Deputy City Manager

About the role

Appointed by and reporting directly to the City Manager, the Deputy City Manager will be responsible for assisting the City Manager in overseeing the delivery of high quality City services, including providing leadership and direction to assigned department heads and other staff.

Key challenges & opportunities

The Deputy City Manager will play a key role on the Senior Management team in the continuously evolving and changing role of the City government. The City of Naples embraces its responsibility to continually improve relationships in and among the community and surrounding areas, including its relationship with the local business community. The City continues to balance meeting the needs of residents and the local businesses within the community while preserving the City's historic culture and quality of life.

The City is the heart of a rapidly growing county (Collier) of approximately 400,000. Naples' business districts are very successful and attract traffic as well as new businesses. With all this success, it remains important to balance the future development and growth of the City of Naples with the wants and needs of its residents.

Among the next Deputy City Manager's key priorities will be collaborating with the City Manager, Senior Leadership, and City Council to update the comprehensive plan and corresponding building codes; thoughtfully manage growth and redevelopment; strengthen community resiliency; replace aging infrastructure; and identify the resources needed at full City buildout.

Responsibilities

The Deputy City Manager will offer insight and expert analysis to assist the City Manager and City Council in formulating and implementing short and long-range goals for City redevelopment and management. The Deputy City Manager will interact with the City Council, the community, and other local government stakeholders to ensure that the ongoing business of planning for the City of Naples' future remains a highly inclusive and collaborative process.

Other duties of the Deputy City Manager will include assisting the City Manager with the following, among other things:

• Directing and coordinating staff work and operating departments
• Working with other neighboring jurisdictions, such as the county, state, and federal government, other governmental agencies, local citizens, and interest groups
• Assisting with media relations and public relations
• Responding to and solving citizen problems
• Devising policy recommendations, and advising the City Manager of recommendations

City government context

The City of Naples operates under a Council-City Manager form of government. The Council is comprised of the Mayor and six Council Members, and appoints 3 charter employees including the City Attorney, City Clerk, and City Manager – who serves as the Chief Executive Officer of the City government.

The City provides a full range of services, including seven operating departments: Building (permits, inspections, construction site compliance, and flood management); Community Services (parks, recreation, and facilities); Fire-Rescue; Planning (comprehensive planning, design review, land development regulations, and public art); Police; Streets and Stormwater; and Utilities. They are supported by the following departments: Finance, Human Resources, and Information Technology. The remainder of the employees are in the office of the Mayor and Council, City Attorney, City Clerk, and City Manager.

All but approximately 120 employees are represented by one of five collective bargaining units: Police, Police Sergeants, and Police Lieutenants by the Fraternal Order of Police; Firefighters by the International Association of Firefighters; Supervisors by the Government Supervisors Association of Florida/Office and Professional Employees International Union; and General Employees by the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees.

The organization has a capable and dedicated staff of approximately 554 full-time employees with a Fiscal Year (FY) 2026-27 proposed budget of $292.9 million which includes a Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) program at $108.9 million. The 5-Year CIP is currently projected to be at least $602.1 million through FY 2030-31. The City of Naples is very sound financially with very strong bond ratings, and the City has the resources to tackle capital projects involved with parks, roads, utilities, and other infrastructure. The City has a Community Redevelopment Agency comprised of 508 acres of the downtown area with an annual budget of approximately $12 million.

Pay

$154,423.00 - $242,444.00 Annually