ASST BUDGET DIR-CPDR

About the role

The City of Chicago’s Office of Budget and Management is seeking an Assistant Budget Director to assist in coordinating the City's Capital Planning and Disaster Recovery efforts. The Assistant Budget Director will direct and coordinate professional staff engaged in the development, preparation, and administration of the City's annual budget, and perform related duties as required.

Responsibilities

• Forecasts availability of Capital Planning and Disaster Recovery resources over multiple years.
• Prepares Capital Planning and Disaster Recovery plans, budgets and reports.
• Administers Capital Planning and Disaster Recovery funds in City systems.
• Documents and improves Capital Planning and Disaster Recovery policies and procedures.
• Establishes goals and objectives in compliance with OBM’s central function of preparing, implementing, and managing the city’s annual operating budget.
• Oversees, in partnership with department staff, the management of studies and/or program reviews to assess the effectiveness of the City’s Capital Planning and Disaster Recovery programs and services.
• Represents the Budget Director at meetings with city officials, governmental agencies and with operating departments, as requested.
• Prioritize division work to ensure assignments are handled in an expeditious, accurate and professional manner.
• Plans, assigns, directs and supervises the work of subordinate employees engaged in evaluating, approving, and monitoring departments’ requests for personnel, commodities, equipment, travel, professional services, and capital expenditures.
• Develop work standards and oversee the implementation of new or modified policies and procedures to facilitate the annual budget process.
• Reviews and approves recommendations for funding and the disbursement of appropriations, whether from the Annual Budget Ordinance, bond proceeds, or other funding sources.
• Confers with staff of departments and agencies to explain budgetary practices, procedures and policies, and offers assistance on budgetary matters.
• Provides technical assistance to managers in operating departments involved in preparing revenue estimates and budget recommendations for inclusion in the Annual Appropriation Ordinance.
• Directs staff training and development activities, including performance evaluations and performance improvement plans.
• Supervises the preparation of comprehensive operational, administrative and/or other fiscal or program reports for internal and/or external consumption.

Requirements

• Graduation from an accredited college or university with a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Public Administration, Public Policy, Political Science, Finance, Economics or a directly related field, plus five (5) years of budgetary, financial analysis, legislative analysis, program evaluation or program management work experience.
• OR Graduation from an accredited college or university with a Master's degree or higher in Business Administration, Public Administration, Public Policy, Political Science, Finance, Economics or a directly related field, plus four (4) years of budgetary, financial analysis, legislative analysis, program evaluation or program management work experience.

Qualifications

• Previous experience with governmental departments and agencies.
• Previous budgetary experience supporting infrastructure projects.
• Previous budgetary experience supporting infrastructure agencies.
• Previous experience with disaster recovery programs.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite.

Skills

• Desired skills include previous experience with governmental departments and agencies, previous budgetary experience supporting infrastructure projects, previous budgetary experience supporting infrastructure agencies, previous experience with disaster recovery programs, and proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite.

Benefits

For information on our employees benefits, please visit our benefits website at: https://www.chicago.gov/content/dam/city/depts/fin/benefits-office.html

For information on our salary and title structure, visit our classifications website at: https://www.chicago.gov/content/dam/city/depts/dhr/supp_info/JobClassification/2025_Classification_and_Pay_Plan.pdf

Pay

Annual Starting Salary Range: $125,316 to $141,660

Schedule

Days: Monday-Friday
Hours: 9:00a.m. to 5:00p.m.

THIS POSITION IS EXEMPT FROM THE CAREER SERVICE

Commitment to Diversity

To further our commitment to hiring applicants with diverse experience, the City of Chicago has adopted the following ordinances:

• 2-74-020 and 2-74-075.

The ordinances provide a preference for applicants who meet minimum qualifications and who are veterans of the Armed Forces, and/or residents of Socio-Economically Disadvantaged Areas (SEDA) and/or Chicago Public School (CPS) high school graduates to be referred to departments for consideration.