Assistant Budget Director-Community Safety

Company	City Of ChicagoSee more
Address	Chicago, IL
Salary	$114,684 - $129,636 a year
Category	Accounting/Finance

Job description

Job Number:387913

Description

JOB ANNOUNCEMENT

Assistant Budget Director-Community Safety

Chicago Office of Budget and Management

Number of Positions: 1

The City of Chicago’s Office of Budget and Management is seeking an Assistant Budget Director to assist in directing and coordinating professional staff engaged in the development, preparation, and administration of the City's annual budget, and performs related duties as required

ESSENTIAL DUTIES

• Plans and establishes goals and objectives in compliance with OBM’s central function of preparing, implementing, and managing the city’s annual operating budget.

• Oversees, in partnership with department staff, the management of studies and/or program reviews to assess the effectiveness of city programs and services.

• Represents the Budget Director at meetings with city officials, governmental agencies and with operating departments, as requested.

• Prioritizes division work to ensure assignments are handled in an expeditious, accurate and professional manner.

• Plans, assigns, directs and supervises the work of subordinate employees engaged in evaluating, approving, and monitoring departments’ requests for personnel, commodities, equipment, travel, professional services, and capital expenditures.

• Develops work standards and oversees the implementation of new or modified policies and procedures to facilitate the annual budget process.

• Reviews and approves recommendations for funding and the disbursement of appropriations, whether from the Annual Budget Ordinance, bond proceeds, or other funding sources.

• Confers with staff of departments and agencies to explain budgetary practices, procedures and policies, and to offer assistance on budgetary matters.

• Provides technical assistance to managers in operating departments involved in preparing revenue estimates and budget recommendations for inclusion in the Annual Appropriation Ordinance

• Directs staff training and development activities, including performance evaluations and performance improvement plans.

• Supervises the preparation of comprehensive operational, administrative and/or other fiscal or program reports for internal and/or external consumption.

Additional duties may be required for this position.

Location: Chicago Office of Budget and Management, 121 N. LaSalle, Suite 604

Days: Monday-Friday

Hours: 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (may be required to work outside of normal business hours)

Salary: $114,684 - $129,636/year

THIS POSITION IS EXEMPT FROM THE CAREER SERVICE

Qualifications

Graduation from an accredited college or university with a Master's degree in Business Administration, Public Administration, Public Policy, Political Science, Finance, Economics or a directly related field, plus four years of budgetary, financial analysis, legislative analysis, program evaluation or program management work experience, of which two years are in a supervisory role related to the responsibilities of the position

SELECTION REQUIREMENTS

This position requires applicants to complete an interview. The interviewed candidate(s) possessing the qualifications best suited to fulfill the responsibilities of the position will be selected.

Preference will be given to candidates possessing the following: