Planner Campus Historic Preservation Officer

Duties Responsibilities Develop scope and program statements for projects based on campus partner and university needs. Assist the campus partners (colleges, departments, units) in determining the needs for new projects or renovations with the ability to perform space analysis and assess program requirements. For all assigned capital projects, assist in the preparation of the scope of professional services required for each project. For assigned feasibility or conceptualization projects, coordinate and determine the scope, negotiate the professional services fees, and manage the project. Determine, compile, and reconcile project budgets with input from all pertinent parties for such projects. Participate in the process for the selection of professional services consultants. Attend all planning meetings as the campus representative on assigned capital projects through construction documents. Develop periodic status reports for all assigned projects for the campus partner and F S director reviews. Provide architectural or engineering design assistance and interpretation to the campus partners and project management. Act as consultant to Project Delivery Division for requested change orders and professional services consultant amendments during design and construction. Understands the history of campus development, objectives of the current master plan and desired objectives of the Campus. Acts as campus liaison regarding historic preservation issues, with external organizations such as the National Park Service (NPS), the Illinois State Historic Preservation Office (ISHPO), local, state, and national historic preservation advocacy organizations to maintain and continue the historic heritage of the campus. Acts as liaison for all campus units involved in planning for and execution of undertakings potentially affecting campus historic resources. Assists campus units in the pursuit of capital funding for campus historic resources. Manages the work of a professional services consultant in writing, writes, or assists campus units in grant application writing for funding addressing campus historic resources. Coordinates with university counsel regarding undertaking/general administrative legal agreements regarding campus historic resources. Negotiates, drafts, and prepares for final execution programmatic and project memorandum of agreements regarding university/campus generated effects on campus historic resources. Completes historic architectural engineering archival research and reconnaissance surveys related to campus properties. Prepares, submits and presents National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) and National Historic Landmark (NHL) nomination forms for campus historic resources. Coordinates ISHPO and NPS NRHP/NHL nomination notification process for campus. Prepares scope of work for IL HABS/HAER documentation projects and rehabilitative/re-adaptive use feasibility studies for campus historic resources. Selects and coordinates with archaeological survey contractors for any archeological investigation on campus property. Participates in plan presentations involving campus historic resources to the Chancellor's Design Advisory Committee concerning the modification, utilization, reuse, rehabilitation, reconstruction, preservation, and/or renovation of significant campus buildings, open spaces, and sites. Other duties as assigned by the Associate Director of Project Planning.