Planner Jobs in Iowa
Planner jobs in Iowa concentrate in urban and regional planning, transportation, supply chain, and community development, with demand at levels from entry-level associate planner to senior program manager. Des Moines, Cedar Rapids, and Iowa City lead hiring activity, anchored by employers such as Principal Financial Group, the Iowa Department of Transportation, and the University of Iowa. The most sought-after specialties right now are land use and zoning, logistics and operations planning, and comprehensive plan development. Find a role that fits below and apply directly.
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Top employerState of Iowa
Top cityLe Mars, IA
Cities hiring24
Work type100% On-site
Top industryFood
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Career Planner
State of Iowa·Sioux City, Iowa
Job functions:
$50k.4 - $74k.8/yr
Bachelor's degree
10,000+ employees
Job Description
Job Description
Iowa Workforce Development (IWD) is seeking a Career Planner to join our team at the IowaWORKS office in Sioux City, Iowa.
Position Details
- Location: 2508 4th St., Sioux City, IA
- Schedule: Full-time | Monday – Friday | 8:00 AM – 4:30 PM
- Work Flexibility: Hybrid telework and alternate schedules available after six months of employment and training have been completed.
What You’ll Do
Provide customer-focused services, assessing needs, and delivering career guidance. Coach job seekers, assisting with resumes and interviews, connecting customers to workshops and employment opportunities, performing job matching, and documenting services in the database system. Support employers with recruitment and job orders while maintaining employer relationships. Assist unemployment claimants with re-employment activities and follow unemployment administration rules and Iowa law when addressing unemployment insurance claims and appeals.
Core Responsibilities
Customer Service and Team Collaboration
- Provide courtesy, respect, and politeness during all interactions with customers, both internal and external.
- Work with and ask customers appropriate questions to determine services they are seeking and/or needing.
- Interact effectively and build respectful relationships among coworkers and partners.
- Collaborate with team members within the American Job Center (AJC), resulting in a better experience for customers.
- Provide feedback as well as potential solutions to team and/or leadership and provide first day service to Veterans.
- Promptly greet customers upon entry into the IowaWORKS Center in a friendly and professional manner.
Career Coaching and Customer Support
- Coach, motivate, and encourage job seekers on all aspects of the job search and assist customers to build their personal and job skills for the primary goal of successful employment.
- Provide customers with assistance with preparing and tailoring resumes and cover letters and facilitate mock interviews for customers, identifying ways to improve their interview responses.
- Process paperwork for partners and team programs and services.
- Refer, direct, and result customers to appropriate workshops and employment events.
- Facilitate workshops or one-on-one appointments in-person or through virtual conferencing platform for customers/participants of system programs and services, update workshops and presentations as new information is available.
- Accurately document all services, appointments, or other pertinent information in the database system and send/receive work-related documents for customers.
Employment Services and Labor Market Guidance
- Assist customers by answering questions about employment and training opportunities.
- Perform “job matching” referring career opportunities to candidates in the IowaWORKS System.
- Train customers in the benefits and use of the Virtual Recruiter tool.
- Provide appropriate referrals to partner organizations.
- Share current labor market information to support informed decision making by job candidates.
Business Services and Employer Recruitment
- Provide direct services to businesses for recruitment of employees.
- Provide information and guidance to employers on how to use the IowaWORKS system.
- Identify sources for potential new employer customers for AJC.
- Participate in development and implementation of customized recruitment strategies and events.
- Provide follow-up contact and services to job seekers and businesses.
- Utilize case management system for tracking and maintaining employer information.
- Enter job orders and referrals into the IowaWORKS system.
- Network with businesses to determine their hiring practices and employer needs.
Unemployment Insurance and Re-employment Support
- Connect unemployment claimants with re-employment activities at the AJC.
- Adhere and refer to unemployment administration rules and Iowa law when working with customers regarding filing unemployment insurance (UI) claims, answering questions and concerns.
- Use database systems to review salary histories, cross reference database systems to ensure personal identification information matches and adjudicate issues within the claim in accordance with all UI laws.
- Provide information to customers for UI appeals when necessary and prepare and participate in all UI appeal hearings relating to issued adjudications decisions.
About Iowa Workforce Development
IWD is a state agency committed to providing employment services for individual job seekers and to connecting employers to available workers through our IowaWORKS partnership.
IWD is a state agency committed to providing employment services for individual job seekers and to connecting employers to available workers through our IowaWORKS partnership.
IWD continually strives to improve processes and align the organization to provide effective, demand-driven products and services. IWD staff in Des Moines consists of administrative services, disability determination services, information technology, labor market information, unemployment insurance services, vocational rehabilitation services, and workforce services. The agency also maintains a statewide delivery system for IowaWORKS Offices where both employers and job seekers can receive workforce assistance.
Employer Highlights
IWD is focused on serving Iowans and providing outstanding customer service. Our strength is driven by the skills and talents of our people. IWD offers a rewarding team atmosphere, a flexible working environment, and a great total compensation package for our full-time employees, including:
- Iowa Public Employees’ Retirement System (IPERS)
- Retirement Investors Club (RIC)
- Hybrid telework opportunities for eligible classifications
- Health, Dental and Vision Insurance
- Vacation Leave
- Sick Leave
- Paid Holidays (9 days/year)
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Life Insurance
- Long-Term Disability Insurance
If you’re looking for a career with a well-respected organization that values its employees and customers, you’ve come to the right place!
The State of Iowa participates in E-Verify; a federal program that helps employers confirm the employment eligibility of all newly hired employees. Within the required timeframe, new hires will be verified through the E-Verify system to ensure authorization to work in the United States. The State of Iowa also complies with the federal Right to Work laws, which protect employees’ rights to work without being required to join a labor organization. For more information, please visit www.e-verify.gov.
No applicant for employment with the Iowa Department of Workforce Development can have a current, ongoing overpayment balance with Iowa Workforce Development without a payment plan in place. Selected positions will be subject to a criminal background check.
Minimum Qualification Requirements
Applicants must meet at least one of the following minimum requirements to qualify for positions in this job classification:
- Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with a degree in any field.
- Four years of full-time work experience in career services, teaching or training to improve skills, job coaching, providing human services to individuals in need, sales, customer service, call center operations, or human-resources-related services involving interviewing, reviewing job applications, conducting employment-related assessments, or job placement.
- A total of four years of education and/or full-time experience (as described in number two), where thirty semester hours of accredited college or university coursework in any field equals one year of full-time experience.
- Current, continuous experience in the state executive branch that includes twelve months of full-time work as a Workforce Associate.
For additional information, please click on this link to view the job description.
State of Iowa
Career Planner
Sioux City, Iowa
New 5h ago10,000+ employees
Job functions:
$50k.4 - $74k.8/yr
Bachelor's degree
Job Description
Job Description
Iowa Workforce Development (IWD) is seeking a Career Planner to join our team at the IowaWORKS office in Sioux City, Iowa.
Position Details
- Location: 2508 4th St., Sioux City, IA
- Schedule: Full-time | Monday – Friday | 8:00 AM – 4:30 PM
- Work Flexibility: Hybrid telework and alternate schedules available after six months of employment and training have been completed.
What You’ll Do
Provide customer-focused services, assessing needs, and delivering career guidance. Coach job seekers, assisting with resumes and interviews, connecting customers to workshops and employment opportunities, performing job matching, and documenting services in the database system. Support employers with recruitment and job orders while maintaining employer relationships. Assist unemployment claimants with re-employment activities and follow unemployment administration rules and Iowa law when addressing unemployment insurance claims and appeals.
Core Responsibilities
Customer Service and Team Collaboration
- Provide courtesy, respect, and politeness during all interactions with customers, both internal and external.
- Work with and ask customers appropriate questions to determine services they are seeking and/or needing.
- Interact effectively and build respectful relationships among coworkers and partners.
- Collaborate with team members within the American Job Center (AJC), resulting in a better experience for customers.
- Provide feedback as well as potential solutions to team and/or leadership and provide first day service to Veterans.
- Promptly greet customers upon entry into the IowaWORKS Center in a friendly and professional manner.
Career Coaching and Customer Support
- Coach, motivate, and encourage job seekers on all aspects of the job search and assist customers to build their personal and job skills for the primary goal of successful employment.
- Provide customers with assistance with preparing and tailoring resumes and cover letters and facilitate mock interviews for customers, identifying ways to improve their interview responses.
- Process paperwork for partners and team programs and services.
- Refer, direct, and result customers to appropriate workshops and employment events.
- Facilitate workshops or one-on-one appointments in-person or through virtual conferencing platform for customers/participants of system programs and services, update workshops and presentations as new information is available.
- Accurately document all services, appointments, or other pertinent information in the database system and send/receive work-related documents for customers.
Employment Services and Labor Market Guidance
- Assist customers by answering questions about employment and training opportunities.
- Perform “job matching” referring career opportunities to candidates in the IowaWORKS System.
- Train customers in the benefits and use of the Virtual Recruiter tool.
- Provide appropriate referrals to partner organizations.
- Share current labor market information to support informed decision making by job candidates.
Business Services and Employer Recruitment
- Provide direct services to businesses for recruitment of employees.
- Provide information and guidance to employers on how to use the IowaWORKS system.
- Identify sources for potential new employer customers for AJC.
- Participate in development and implementation of customized recruitment strategies and events.
- Provide follow-up contact and services to job seekers and businesses.
- Utilize case management system for tracking and maintaining employer information.
- Enter job orders and referrals into the IowaWORKS system.
- Network with businesses to determine their hiring practices and employer needs.
Unemployment Insurance and Re-employment Support
- Connect unemployment claimants with re-employment activities at the AJC.
- Adhere and refer to unemployment administration rules and Iowa law when working with customers regarding filing unemployment insurance (UI) claims, answering questions and concerns.
- Use database systems to review salary histories, cross reference database systems to ensure personal identification information matches and adjudicate issues within the claim in accordance with all UI laws.
- Provide information to customers for UI appeals when necessary and prepare and participate in all UI appeal hearings relating to issued adjudications decisions.
About Iowa Workforce Development
IWD is a state agency committed to providing employment services for individual job seekers and to connecting employers to available workers through our IowaWORKS partnership.
IWD is a state agency committed to providing employment services for individual job seekers and to connecting employers to available workers through our IowaWORKS partnership.
IWD continually strives to improve processes and align the organization to provide effective, demand-driven products and services. IWD staff in Des Moines consists of administrative services, disability determination services, information technology, labor market information, unemployment insurance services, vocational rehabilitation services, and workforce services. The agency also maintains a statewide delivery system for IowaWORKS Offices where both employers and job seekers can receive workforce assistance.
Employer Highlights
IWD is focused on serving Iowans and providing outstanding customer service. Our strength is driven by the skills and talents of our people. IWD offers a rewarding team atmosphere, a flexible working environment, and a great total compensation package for our full-time employees, including:
- Iowa Public Employees’ Retirement System (IPERS)
- Retirement Investors Club (RIC)
- Hybrid telework opportunities for eligible classifications
- Health, Dental and Vision Insurance
- Vacation Leave
- Sick Leave
- Paid Holidays (9 days/year)
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Life Insurance
- Long-Term Disability Insurance
If you’re looking for a career with a well-respected organization that values its employees and customers, you’ve come to the right place!
The State of Iowa participates in E-Verify; a federal program that helps employers confirm the employment eligibility of all newly hired employees. Within the required timeframe, new hires will be verified through the E-Verify system to ensure authorization to work in the United States. The State of Iowa also complies with the federal Right to Work laws, which protect employees’ rights to work without being required to join a labor organization. For more information, please visit www.e-verify.gov.
No applicant for employment with the Iowa Department of Workforce Development can have a current, ongoing overpayment balance with Iowa Workforce Development without a payment plan in place. Selected positions will be subject to a criminal background check.
Minimum Qualification Requirements
Applicants must meet at least one of the following minimum requirements to qualify for positions in this job classification:
- Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with a degree in any field.
- Four years of full-time work experience in career services, teaching or training to improve skills, job coaching, providing human services to individuals in need, sales, customer service, call center operations, or human-resources-related services involving interviewing, reviewing job applications, conducting employment-related assessments, or job placement.
- A total of four years of education and/or full-time experience (as described in number two), where thirty semester hours of accredited college or university coursework in any field equals one year of full-time experience.
- Current, continuous experience in the state executive branch that includes twelve months of full-time work as a Workforce Associate.
For additional information, please click on this link to view the job description.
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Where Iowa roles are concentrated, by current openings.
Le Mars
4 jobsDes Moines
3 jobsJohnston
2 jobsDavenport
2 jobsUrbandale
2 jobsFort Dodge
2 jobsCedar Rapids
2 jobsAmes
1 jobPalo
1 jobWever
1 jobAnkeny
1 jobHarlan
1 jobKeokuk
1 jobWaukee
1 jobBettendorf
1 jobMason City
1 jobMontpelier
1 jobSioux City
1 jobForest City
1 jobMarshalltown
1 jobSioux Center
1 jobCouncil Bluffs
1 jobSergeant Bluff
1 jobWest Des Moines
1 jobPlanner Job Market in Iowa
A snapshot from current Iowa openings, updated as new roles post.
Who's Hiring
Top Industries Hiring
- Food & Beverage
- Technology & Software
What Iowa Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in planner jobs across Iowa.
- AICP certification recognized by the Iowa chapter of the American Planning Association preferred
- Bachelor's or master's degree in urban planning, public policy, or a related field
- Experience with GIS software for spatial analysis and land use mapping
- Knowledge of Iowa zoning codes, comprehensive plan processes, and state land use statutes
- Strong written and verbal communication skills for public presentations and stakeholder engagement
- Proficiency in project management tools and ability to coordinate across multiple government agencies
Planner Jobs in Iowa: Frequently Asked Questions
How do you become a planner in Iowa?
Most planner positions in Iowa require at least a bachelor's degree in urban planning, public administration, or a closely related field, with a master's degree preferred for senior roles. Iowa does not issue a state-specific planning license, but the American Institute of Certified Planners credential, administered through the American Planning Association, is widely expected by Iowa municipal governments and regional planning agencies. Candidates typically build their path through internships with Iowa cities or county planning departments before moving into full-time roles.
Which companies hire planners in Iowa?
Employers hiring planners in Iowa right now include State of Iowa, Wells Enterprises, and Booz Allen Hamilton, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Iowa's mix of state agencies, regional planning commissions, and large private-sector logistics and financial firms creates a steady range of openings at multiple seniority levels.
Which Iowa cities have the most planner jobs?
Le Mars, Des Moines, and Johnston account for the largest concentration of planner openings in Iowa. Des Moines drives the bulk of demand as the state capital and a hub for financial services, transportation planning, and municipal government, while Cedar Rapids and Iowa City generate consistent openings through county planning offices, university-affiliated development projects, and regional infrastructure initiatives.
Are there remote planner jobs in Iowa?
Yes, but they're less common than in purely desk-based fields, since many planner roles involve site visits, public hearings, and coordination with local government offices. About 0% of planner openings tied to Iowa are remote or hybrid as of November 2026, with remote work most prevalent in policy research, long-range planning, and data analysis positions rather than in current planning or zoning review roles.
How can I get hired as a planner in Iowa with little or no experience?
The most realistic entry path is a paid internship or graduate assistant position with an Iowa city or county planning department, such as those offered through Des Moines, Cedar Rapids, or the Mid-Iowa Regional Planning Commission. Recent graduates can also look for associate planner or planning technician postings, which accept candidates who have completed relevant coursework without requiring prior professional experience. A GIS certificate or a strong capstone project involving an Iowa community plan makes a measurable difference when competing for these roles.
Where can I find and apply to planner jobs in Iowa?
You can find and apply to planner jobs in Iowa on Migrate Mate, which lists current Iowa openings from employers across the state. Search the listings to find roles that match your experience and specialty, then apply directly to the ones that fit.
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