DEVELOPMENT OFFICER (SPECIAL PROJECTS) (UNCLASSIFIED)

About the role

The Development Officer – Special Projects serves as a lead administrator and project manager for strategic initiatives within the Department of Opportunity and Resident Services (DORS). This position is responsible for developing, implementing, coordinating, and evaluating special projects that advance resident opportunity, economic mobility, homeownership, small business growth, neighborhood investment, and human services priorities.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development, implementation, and management of special projects and strategic initiatives across DORS program areas.
• Support programs related to resident services, human services, housing stability, homeownership, small business development, financial empowerment, and other community investment priorities.
• Research and recommend innovative approaches to address resident and neighborhood needs.
• Develop project scopes, implementation plans, timelines, and performance measures.
• Carefully coordinate project activities from initiation through completion while ensuring milestones are achieved.
• Aid in identifying funding opportunities and leveraging public, private, philanthropic, and grant resources.
• Coordinate application, review, award, and contracting processes as applicable.
• Review budgets, scopes of work, and supporting documentation to assess feasibility and alignment with project goals.
• Maintain organized and audit-ready project files, records, and documentation.
• Prepare reports, presentations, and recommendations for departmental leadership, City administration, and elected officials.
• Track project outcomes and performance metrics to measure effectiveness and impact.
• Maintain compliance with applicable federal, state, local, and program-specific requirements.

Requirements

• Knowledge of: Principles, practices, and terminology of economic development.
• Principles and practices of community development and revitalization programs.
• Basic practices and principles of economics and finance.
• Principles and practices of real estate.
• Pertinent Federal, State, and Local laws, codes, rules and regulations.
• Methods of program development, evaluation, and administration.
• Principles and practices of municipal accounting and budget development.
• Principles and practices of grant application and administration.
• Principles and practices of research and analysis.
• Methods and techniques of report writing.
• City geography.
• Job related computer software applications, including word processing, spreadsheets, and database applications.

Skills

• To negotiate and mediate effectively.
• Read and understand maps, blueprints, and specifications.
• Operate a personal computer and other standard office equipment.
• Operate motor vehicle in performance of job duties.
• Read and interpret financial statements.
• Read and interpret real estate agreements and financing documents.
• Ability to produce and explain results of financial analyses.
• Identify, analyze, and resolve program deficiencies; develop solutions and recommend changes.
• Create and make effective presentations.
• Recommend actions to decision makers based on a logical analysis of the information.
• Interpret and explain City policies and procedures.
• Process complex information while maintaining attention to detail.
• Conduct research and prepare clear and concise reports.
• Communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing.
• Prioritize work and manage time to meet deadlines.
• Maintain confidentiality of City information; maintain highest ethical standards of conduct.
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with those contacted while work (i.e. stakeholder groups, business owners, executives and elected officials).

Qualifications

• Graduation from an accredited college or university with a Bachelor's degree in Public or Business Administration, Economics, Real Estate, Urban Design/Planning, Finance, or related field.

Benefits

This is a general listing of benefits for all employees and is not intended to be a comprehensive listing for all bargaining units. The City offers a variety of training programs, ranging from job-specific skills such as computer and equipment instruction, to helping supervisors improve their management techniques.

The City of Cincinnati offers its employees competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefit package designed to actively attract and retain quality employees' to add additional value to the City of Cincinnati's workforce. A summary of these benefits for full-time employment is listed below.

• Health Insurance: The City of Cincinnati 80/20 offers 3 medical plans to all full time City of Cincinnati employees and eligible dependents: the 80/20 PPO medical plan, the HDHP medical plan with an HSA contribution, and a Health Reimbursement Arrangement for those enrolled on another non-city eligible group plan.
• Flexible Benefits Plans: Healthcare Flex Spending Account, Dependent Care Flex Spending Account, and Transportation Expense Reimbursement Account.
• Healthy Lifestyles Program: Wellness incentive program that encourages and rewards employees and their spouses/equal partners for making positive choices for better health.

Equal Employment Opportunity

The City of Cincinnati is dedicated to providing equal employment without regard to race, gender, age, color, religion, disability status, marital status, sexual orientation or transgendered status, or ethnic, national or Appalachian origin, or on the basis of any other category protected under federal, state and local laws.