(May include, but are not limited to, those duties listed below).

• As a member of the City Management Team, assists the City Manager and Assistant City Manager in carrying out the vision of the City through the overall administrative and policy planning process.
• May supervise and provide administrative direction to assigned divisions and staff.
• Serves as resource to City Departments; confers with departments on initiatives, programs and projects; assists with strategic planning and ensuring policy/procedure consistency with City goals and objectives; assists with the development of alternative solutions, recommendations and implementation.
• Assists in the innovation, implementation and monitoring of goals, objectives, policies, priorities, procedures, and performance measures for continued organizational excellence.
• Participates in developing and monitoring the City’s strategic plans and integration with the annual budget preparation process.
• Develops specific subject area details for a section(s) of the City strategic plan – e.g., homelessness, legislative program. Identifies and implements strategic, short and long range planning and programmatic frameworks to achieve subject area strategic plan.
• Represents the City and department(s) in meetings with community organizations, the public, private organizations, businesses, boards, commissions and other government agencies; provides staff support to City Council subcommittees and City Council advisory bodies.
• Assists the City Council in its intergovernmental relations and acts as liaison with other governmental jurisdictions, as needed.
• Conducts complex and sensitive administrative, operational and management analyses, studies and researches projects utilizing statistical, financial and/or organizational data on city wide topics and ultimately translates this work into viable recommendations to the City Manager or City Council.
• Researches, analyzes, and interprets a variety of laws, rules and regulations in response to City Council requests and inquiries; receives, researches and responds to inquiries, questions and complaints from the public in support of the City Council and City Manager’s Office.
• Prepares technical and administrative reports and special documents and makes presentations to the City Council.
• May serve as the Department Head for the City Manager’s Office.
• Performs other related duties that may be reasonably expected as part of this classification.

The minimum qualifications for Education, Experience, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities are the following:

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in Business Administration, Public Administration, public policy or a related field; and
• Five years of increasingly responsible management experience in municipal government administration.

• Principles and practices of:

• Public administration and municipal services.
• Researching and analyzing the economic feasibility of programs and projects.
• Supervision, training and performance evaluation.
• Budget/fiscal and operations analysis, and performance measurement.
• Skilled written and oral communications.
• Organizational analysis and administration.
• Leadership, motivation, team building and conflict resolution.
• City government structure and processes, as well as those for other public sector agencies and non-profits.

• Pertinent State and Federal laws, rules and regulations and legislative processes.
• Public relations and methods of negotiations.
• Best practices and community approaches to specific subject matter areas such as homelessness, legislative programming, districting, Council committees, community outreach, and more.

• Gain cooperation through discussion and persuasion.
• Perform responsible and difficult professional analytical and administrative duties involving the use of independent judgment and personal initiative.
• Analyze problems, identify alternative solutions, project consequences of proposed actions and implement recommendations in support of goals. Independently create and manage an assigned program and project through its full cycle: research, interpret and analyze appropriate information and data; translate into sound recommendations with deference to overarching budgetary, legal, management and organizational considerations; and, present the recommendations accurately in oral and written forms.
• Communicate strategically and effectively and produce lucid, concise documents.
• Independently manage and prioritize workload, demands and time.
• Use initiative and judgment within established guidelines.
• Maintain effective working relationships and represent the City professionally.
• Develop and implement effective City organizational policies and procedures.
• Effectively train, supervise, mentor and evaluate staff.
• Manage complex programs and projects.
• Represent the City Manager’s Office with high standards of ethics, professionalism and dedication.
• Employ creativity and innovation in addressing current and forecasted challenges.
• Make effective oral presentations at large and small, formal and informal meetings.
• Perform basic statistical analysis and prepare generally accessible summary documents.

• Master’s degree in Business Administration, Public Administration or related field

City Manager

Reports to: Assistant City Manager
Supervises: City Manager’s Office staff
Bargaining Unit: Executive

Classification No.: 818
Date of Issue: 06/16
Supersedes: 08/20
Updated: 01/21