Deputy City Manager

About the role

The City of Vista is seeking a Deputy City Manager to lead key strategic initiatives, foster organizational excellence, and partner with departments across the organization to advance the City's vision and achieve new levels of excellence.

Responsibilities

• Participates in the development of City goals, objectives, policies, and priorities.
• Oversees and directs a variety of special projects.
• Facilitates project activities and resolves problems.
• Develops and submits project reports to the City Manager.
• Supervises the conduct of studies, surveys, and the collection of information on difficult operational and administrative problems.
• Coordinates and participates in providing responsible staff assistance to the City Manager, Assistant City Manager, City Council, and other City boards and commissions as assigned.
• Provides direction to assigned staff on implementing City Council policy and direction and ensures City Council and City goals are carried out.
• Recommends and administers policies and procedures.
• Plans, directs, and coordinates, through management level staff, the work plan for assigned functions and assigns projects and programmatic areas of responsibility.
• Oversees and participates in the development, coordination, analysis, and administration of the budget for assigned functional areas.
• Analyzes data, makes recommendations, prepares reports and make presentations on the formulation of policy and procedure, staffing and organizational requirements for assigned departments.
• Conducts difficult policy and fiscal related analytical studies and reports involving the evaluation of departmental operations and delivery of services.
• Assists in the negotiation, development and administration of contracts for service.
• Represents the City Manager at various community and official events and meetings.
• Meets with the public and with officials of other cities, agencies and civic groups in the development and coordination of City affairs.
• Performs intergovernmental relations and liaison to federal, state, county and other public agencies.
• Coordinate activities with other city departments and other public or private agencies.
• Assists in the drafting and reviewing of proposed resolutions and ordinances.
• Analyzes and drafts legislation and recommends City action based upon proposed and/or enacted legislation.
• Serves on assigned committees, community groups and task forces.
• Selects, trains, motivates, and evaluates assigned personnel; provides or coordinates staff training; works with employees to correct deficiencies; implements discipline and termination procedures.
• Attends and make presentations at meetings of the City Council, and other boards, commissions, and committees, as required.
• Answers inquiries by telephone or in person to accurately provide information requested or refers people to the proper source of information.
• Operates City vehicles.

Requirements

• A typical combination would include a bachelor’s degree in public administration, business administration, or a closely related field; and ten years progressively responsible experience in the field of municipal government administration, including two years managing professional level staff.
• A master’s degree in public administration is highly desirable.

Qualifications

• Knowledge Of pertinent federal, state, and local laws, codes, and regulations.
• Advanced principles and practices of public administration, including the organization, functions, and problems of municipal government.
• Operations, services, and activities of a municipality.
• Government, council, and legislative processes.
• Principles and practices of municipal budget, preparation, and administration.
• Current social, political, and economic trends and operating problems of municipal government.
• Principles and practices of program development and administration.
• Advanced principles and practices of organization, management, and supervision.
• Principles and practices of strategic planning.
• Methods of analyzing, evaluating, and modifying administrative procedures.
• Advanced principles of business letter writing and report preparation.
• Office procedures, methods, and equipment including computers and applicable software applications such as word processing, spreadsheets, and databases.
• Principles of effective public relations and interrelationships with community groups and agencies, private businesses and firms, and other levels of government.
• Methods and techniques of research, statistical analysis, and report presentations.

Skills

• Effective leadership and coordination of the activities of assigned municipal organization.
• Ability to provide effective leadership and coordinate the activities of assigned municipal organization.
• Ability to analyze and define problems, identify alternative solutions, project consequences of proposed actions, and implement recommendations in support of goals.
• Ability to identify and respond to sensitive community, organizational, and City Council issues, concerns, and needs.
• Ability to research, analyze and evaluate new service delivery methods and techniques.
• Ability to plan, organize, direct, and coordinate the work of lower level staff.
• Ability to select, supervise, train, and evaluate staff.
• Ability to exercise sound judgment and professionalism when addressing sensitive personnel matters.
• Ability to prepare clear and concise administrative and financial reports.
• Ability to prepare and administer large and complex budgets.
• Ability to handle multiple demands and priorities simultaneously.
• Ability to interpret and apply federal, state and local policies, laws and regulations.
• Ability to negotiate and resolve complex issues.
• Ability to make effective public presentations.
• Ability to delegate authority and responsibility.
• Ability to operate office equipment including computers and supporting word processing, spreadsheet, and database applications.
• Ability to demonstrate an awareness and appreciation of the cultural diversity of the community.
• Ability to communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with those contacted in the course of work.

Benefits

Not specified.

Pay

TBD

Schedule

TBD