Director of Economic Development

Major Duties

• Plans, direct, and supervise Economic Development employees engage in day-to-day activities which directly relate to business recruitment and retention.
• Schedules, assigns, inspects, and evaluates work; instructs and trains in correct methods and procedures; monitors work daily; reviews and evaluates employee performance.
• Engage developers and investors as a function of new business development and business expansion efforts.
• Facilitates target marketing of the City to new business development and business expansion efforts through meetings and various advertising strategies.
• Manages and negotiates the sale and disposition of City owned real estate and rights-of-way.
• Handles a variety of land acquisition projects.
• Provides administrative and technical support to the City’s Main Street Program and East Point Business and Industrial Development Authority (EPBIDA).
• Develop strategies to eliminate blight and stimulate development in target districts throughout the city.
• Conducts demographic and market trend analysis of the city.
• Facilitate meetings between developers, real estate investment trusts, engineers, and architects to promote business activity within the city.
• Coincides strategies and processes with the Planning and Zoning Department to help eliminate blight in the city.
• Provides business development and financing advice to local business owners and entrepreneurs.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required with coursework in Business, Economics, Management, City Planning, or Economic Development; Master’s degree preferred with ten (10) years of experience in Economic Development; five (5) years in a supervisory role, experience as a realtor, mortgage broker, or commercial lender; equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Knowledge of real estate principles and practices, zoning, land use, availability of vacant property and buildings in the local market.
• Knowledge of marketing principles and strategies.
• Knowledge of City’s Zoning Ordinances, land use plans, development regulations related to land use.
• Knowledge of economic development and business retention and recruitment.
• Knowledge of socio-economic and demographic research techniques.
• Knowledge of supervisory and management principles and practices.
• Skill in dealing with both the public and with private enterprises.
• Skill in oral and written communication.
• Skill in dealing with large-scale financial transactions.
• Skill in basic computer applications for word processing and spreadsheets.
• Ability to develop and implement an economic development strategy for the City.
• Ability to network and develop relationships with real estate and site selection professionals.
• Ability to read and interpret development site plans and civil engineering maps.
• Ability to write reports clearly and in a professional manner conveying technical information to the public.
• Ability to operate City vehicle.

Paid Holidays

• Paid Holidays

Vacation Leave

• Vacation Leave

Sick Leave

• Sick Leave

457b Supplemental Retirement (Deferred Compensation Plan)

• 457b Supplemental Retirement (Deferred Compensation Plan)

Long and Short-Term Disability

• Long and Short-Term Disability

Direct Deposit

• Direct Deposit

Employee Assistance Program

• Employee Assistance Program

Life Insurance

• Life Insurance

Pension Plan

• Pension Plan

Medical

• Medical

Dental

• Dental

Vision

• Vision

Flexible Spending Account

• Flexible Spending Account

Dependent Care - Flexible Spending Account

• Dependent Care - Flexible Spending Account

Employer

The City of East Point

Address

2757 East Point Street
East Point, Georgia, 30344

Website

http://www.eastpointcity.org