*Manager of Special Projects (Strong Community)* ID - 11740
Description
ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY
Supporting the Strong Community focal area, the Manager of Special Projects will have an emphasis on supporting impactful community and organizational projects, impact evaluation, and general research and analysis across the Strong Community portfolio. These include Economic Development, Planning, Parks, Emergency Services, Animal Services, Inspections, and Security.
This position will also provide general support on impactful cross-cutting projects to advance Board and community strategic priorities and community engagement along with the preparation of reports, agenda items, and presentations. This role requires attendance to evening Board meetings when related projects are being discussed.
THE IDEAL CANDIDATE
The ideal candidate will have a master’s degree in public policy, public, or business administration, or a related field and five years of experience in local government working across departments to manage high-profile cross-functional projects and experience supervising/leading the work of others.GENERAL STATEMENT OF DUTIES
The Manager of Special Projects, under general direction of the County Manager and Assistant County Manager, helps our organization live its core values and empower Successful People to thrive in a Strong Community supported by Quality Government by providing highly responsible and complex professional, administrative, analytical, and operational support to the County Manager’s Office in achieving Board of Commissioners goals and objectives involving multiple service areas. The Manager of Special Projects operates in a constantly evolving environment and completes a variety of high-level tasks that directly impact county operations, require collaboration across diverse internal and external stakeholders, and may be highly sensitive and confidential in nature.
DISTINGUISHING FEATURES OF THE CLASS
The Manager of Special Projects performs highly responsible and complex professional, administrative, analytical and operational work in the County Manager’s Office. The position supports the County Manager and Assistant County Managers by conducting and managing complex projects, providing project planning and management oversight, and ensuring priority initiatives established by the County Manager’s Office and the Board of Commissioners are implemented.
This position serves as a primary liaison between the County Manager's Office and the departments on special projects and requests, as well as to outside agencies and the general public. The incumbent performs difficult, diverse, and confidential duties which require initiative, independent judgment, and considerable working knowledge of operations and programs. Responsibilities may also include implementation of programs, processes, policies and/or procedures to successfully achieve objectives of the County Manager's Office and the County’s mission, strategic plan, and outcomes. Effectively completing these assignments requires a strong degree of discretion, good judgment, and tact. Assignments cross all areas of county government operations. Contacts are broad at the local, state, and federal level to include county department leadership and program staff, elected officials, other public and private officials and regulatory agencies, and the public.
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The Manager of Special Projects must assume responsibility for completion of assigned objectives and outcome-oriented functions and is accountable to the Assistant County Manager for expected quality of work without direct daily oversight and supervision. Priorities may change without warning and the Manager of Special Projects must be able to adapt quickly and work effectively in rapidly evolving situations. The incumbent will provide support and supervision of County Manager’s Office interns and indirect supervision of and delegation of tasks to team members in other departments as required to complete assignments.