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We are always looking for like-minded, smart people to join our team. If you are a passionate planner who wants to make a difference in the Bay Area, apply to work with us.

Who We Are

Urban Planning Partners is known for finding faster, better, and smarter ways to get s%!t done. UPPers are talented, driven, fun-loving planners dedicated to a collaborative process and community-informed, sustainable development.

Benefits

We offer 19 days of paid time off, medical and dental insurance, chiropractor/acupuncture plan, life & long-term disability, 401k contribution, commuter benefits, partially subsidized parental leave, and more!

Professional Development

Urban Planning Partners is active in multiple professional organizations, and our staff can often be found leading or participating in panels at American Planning Association (APA), Association of Environmental Professionals (AEP), and Urban Land Institute (ULI) conferences and events.

Lynette serves on the Executive Board of the SF District Council for ULI and is Co-Director of the ULI’s UrbanPlan program which brings a customized urban planning and land use development curriculum into high schools and universities. She also serves on SPUR’s Oakland Policy Board. UPP staff members are also actively involved in the East Bay Housing Organizations (EBHO).

Diversity Statement

A large part of our mission at Urban Planning Partners – Creating Better Places Together – is ensuring that people of all races, age, gender identities, language, and sexual orientation feel welcome and celebrated in the places that they live and work. For us, this work starts in our office, where our employees’ unique identities, perspectives, and points of view help to create innovative and novel solutions for our clients. Urban Planning Partners’ inclusive workplace culture celebrates diversity and difference and brings us closer to the communities we serve.

Perks

Open office with ample natural light
Transit-accessible location one block from 19th Street BART (exit at 17th Street)
Close to Oakland’s best food and coffee
Quarterly social events
Kitchen stocked with coffee and snacks
Friday Happy Hours
Employer Commuter Benefit
Smoothie bar
Monthly wellness initiatives
Standing desks and customizable ergonomic office equipment
Secure bicycle parking
La Croix-stocked fridge with rotating flavors
Office book club
Weekly catered lunches for Lunch and Learn sessions
Generous professional development support

Take us out to the ball game! UPP cheered on the Oakland A’s against the SF Giants, August 2018.

Office Manager Brigitte takes a spin at the Oakland Museum of California’s Eames Exhibit, February 2019. We liked the spin chairs so much that we are ordering one for the office!

“The Social Climbers” strike a pose at the Oakland Treasure Hunt, October 2017.

The view from UPP’s annual lakeside retreat in Jamestown, CA.

Planners off duty. Relaxing in Lake Tulloch at the 2018 UPP retreat.

Excursion to Transbay Terminal’s Salesforce Park, August 2018.

Barry, Puppy-in-Charge, visits the office.

UPP eats their greens for Healthy Eating Challenge month.

Emilie and Emilio play Oakland 2100, a game that images the city's future.

Service and Charitable Giving

Urban Planning Partners is committed to contributing to Oakland and the greater Bay Area through service and charitable giving. UPP has an employee match program for charitable donations, and the team participates in service activities in partnership with local nonprofits.