Economic Development Specialist

About the role

The City of Golden is seeking an Economic Development Specialist to assist with administering economic development policies and programs. This role involves implementing community-wide economic and redevelopment programs, coordinating with various city departments, and managing public art commissions.

Responsibilities

• Researches policy issues and collects data on Golden businesses and trends.
• Prepares meeting materials, contracts, annual reports, and updates economic development webpages, communications, and social media.
• Affords direct business retention and attraction efforts, and coordinates with other city economic development, sustainability, public art, and healthy communities programs.
• Assists with the implementation of the Economic Development Commission (EDComm) work plan, including workforce development and entrepreneurship initiatives.
• Coordinates with regional and state economic development partners to educate and connect Golden businesses to financial incentives and other programs.
• Develops partnerships among the DDA, GURA, Visit Golden, the PAC, and other community organizations to promote respective missions and events.
• Reorganizes and updates contracts, funding applications, and partnership strategies to align with EDComm, DDA, and GURA goals.
• Manages and administers the DDA and GURA, including preparing for and conducting meetings, record-keeping, budget updates, and fiscal controls.
• Assists with the preparation of annual budget materials for the DDA/GURA, including revenue estimates and expenditures.
• Supports the Economic Development Manager in managing and coordinating DDA programs and projects, including holiday decorations, business banners, power washing of sidewalks, downtown directories, and directional signs.
• Works with the Community Marketing Coordinator to promote the DDA area through the "Visit Golden" program and supports downtown events.
• Evaluates and presents potential redevelopment agreements to the DDA/GURA for consideration.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Urban Planning, Economic Development, Marketing, or related field preferred.
• Minimum 3 years of marketing, public relations, or economic development experience promoting businesses.
• In-depth knowledge of business and marketing principles and strategies.
• Strong marketing and public relations skills.
• Strong knowledge of the City of Golden business and cultural community preferred.
• Excellent customer service and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work independently with little direct supervision.
• Excellent organization and administrative skills.
• Prior supervisory experience preferred.

Qualifications

• Any equivalent combination of training and experience that demonstrates the applicant possesses the necessary traits and skills required for the position may be considered as substitution for degree.

Skills and Abilities

• To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

Benefits

• The City of Golden provides numerous benefits as part of the total compensation package, including term life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, employee assistance program, medical coverage, dental coverage, 401(a) retirement plan, flexible spending account, dependent care account, 457 deferred compensation plan, vision coverage, and tuition program.
• Employer-paid benefits include term life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, employee assistance program, medical coverage, dental coverage, 401(a) retirement plan, flexible spending account, dependent care account, 457 deferred compensation plan, vision coverage, and tuition program.
• Cost-sharing benefits include medical coverage, dental coverage, 401(a) retirement plan, flexible spending account, dependent care account, 457 deferred compensation plan, vision coverage, and tuition program.
• Employees are eligible to enroll in most benefits upon hire.
• The City of Golden's benefit package can comprise an average of 35% of total compensation.

Pay

The hiring range for this position is $62,955-$75,546 depending on skills and experience.

Schedule

Regular Full-Time (RFT) employees of the City of Golden currently receive numerous benefits as part of their total compensation package.