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Posting Title
Chief Administrative Officer
Job Requisition Number
COA091307
Position Number
107047
Job Type
Full-Time
Division Name
Housing Dept
Minimum Qualifications
Education and/or Equivalent Experience:
- Graduation with a Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with major coursework in a field related to Business; Finance; Accounting; or Economics or related field, plus five (5) years of experience associated with department wide budget programs or programs associated with operational services, of which three (3) years must be supervisory.
- Masters degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, Economics or other related field may substitute for two (2) years of the required managerial experience.
Licenses or Certifications:
- None.
Notes to Applicants
The Housing Department partners with the community to shape a more equitable Austin and to prevent the displacement of people and services through the investment of affordable housing resources.
Join us for an exciting opportunity as a Senior Manager in Leadership overseeing pivotal functions within the Housing Department. In this role, you will lead four key areas: human resources; communications, administration (including records management, facilities, timekeeping, and IT support), and core business operations (encompassing RCA/RBAs, CAFs, CIURs, and PIRs). Your responsibilities will include project management, effective communication with City executives via presentations, memos, and talking points, as well as drafting responses to City Council and Boards and Commissions agenda items. As part of your duties, you’ll also handle financial forecasting, budget development, performance data reporting, and internal budget analysis. Join our dynamic team and make a tangible impact on our community’s housing initiatives.
The ideal candidate should be a change agent and big-picture thinker who connects a myriad of activities into an integrated system of standards and performance measurements to achieve results and improve standards. They should have experience in, and be comfortable and competent with, managing information and making decisions, finding innovative solutions to problems, and administering and monitoring budgets. They should have demonstrated success in working in a deadline-driven environment while balancing multiple projects and changing priorities and demonstrated organizational development and change management skills, highly capable of working with different leadership styles, and diverse and/or complex organizational issues and structures.
Working with the City of Austin provides a number of health and wellness benefits such as low-cost medical, dental, vision, paid leave time, a highly competitive retirement plan, training opportunities, and more. For more information on City of Austin Benefits click here!
Working with the City of Austin provides a number of health and wellness benefits such as low-cost medical, dental, vision, paid leave time, a highly competitive retirement plan, training opportunities, and more. For more information on City of Austin Benefits click here!
Pay Range
$47.75 – $62.07
Hours
Monday through Friday; 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
- Flexible work arrangements, not to exceed 50 percent of the pay period, may be available after an initial training period with the department.
- Work schedules are implemented to support the business and operational needs of the department and are subject to change.
Job Close Date
03/28/2024
Type of Posting
External
Department
Housing Department
Regular/Temporary
Regular
Grant Funded or Pooled Position
Not Applicable
Category
Professional
Location
1000 East 11th Street, Austin Tx. 78702
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in collaborating with executives, officers, division managers, and supervisors regarding strategic planning, performance management/measurement, and data analytics.
- Experience managing a program budget that is aligned with strategic and operational goals and objectives.
- Experience with process improvement, establishing defined measures of success, metrics, and incremental goals, short- and long-term, surrounding equity, diversity, and inclusion.
- Experience with leadership, overseeing and managing multiple diverse divisions/business units, and with counseling, coaching, and managing staff performance.
- Experience establishing and maintaining effective communication and working relationships with City employees at all levels of the organization, the public, and industry stakeholders.
- Experience responding to City council requests.
- Knowledge of Imagine Austin, the Austin Strategic Housing Blueprint, and Project Connect.
- Experience in human resource management.
Duties, Functions and Responsibilities
Essential duties and functions, pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act, may include the following. Other related duties may be assigned.
- Plans, organizes, directs, audits and controls support services within the department. The services assigned to this type of workgroup provide a more complex strategic focus to the overall business operations.
- Analyzes business and workforce needs to develop targeted short and long range strategies, and implement operational plans to meet performance measures. Operational plans include the strategic involvement and mediation for departmental workforce issues.
- Works to align the programmatic services and activities of internal systems, which are associated with the desired outcomes for the department.
- Serves as a direct or indirect resource for the department’s operational needs.
- Works to influence and serve as an advisor by communicating the business strategy to Executive leadership, City Officials or policy makers both internal and external to the department. Confers with the stakeholders to execute comprehensive program development which impacts the departmental policy initiatives.
- Provides solutions to complex problems and works to resolve difficult issues between involved parties.
- This job may have the responsibility for the development and monitoring of a departmental budget. In large departments, this job serves as an administrative resource tying budget needs to the programs of the organization.
- Develops and evaluates short range and long range strategic plans and establishes the criteria for a variety of human resources and business services projects, programs, and plans.
- Administers contracts and vendors to ensure delivery of agreed upon deliverables.
- Prepares and reviews reports as part of the process of monitoring and communicating performance results.
- Makes recommendations associated with purchasing and expenditures for departmental programs.
Responsibilities- Supervision and/or Leadership Exercised:
- Responsible for the full range of supervisory activities, including selection, training, evaluation, counseling and recommendation for dismissal
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
Must possess required knowledge, skills, abilities, and experience and be able to explain and demonstrate, with or without reasonable accommodations, that the essential functions of the job can be performed.
- Knowledge of business case development, strategic business planning, reengineering, organizational change strategies, performance measurement, and project management.
- Knowledge of fiscal planning and budget preparation.
- Knowledge of Federal, State, and Local laws.
- Knowledge of City practices, policies, and procedures.
- Knowledge of supervisory and managerial techniques and principles.
- Skill in oral and written communication.
- Skill in handling multiple tasks and prioritizing.
- Skill in using computers and related software.
- Skill in data analysis and problem solving.
- Skill in planning and organizing.
- Skill in handling conflict and uncertain situations.
- Ability to analyze and resolve irregular events.
- Ability to work with frequent interruptions and changes in priorities.
- Ability to establish and maintain good working relationships with City employees and the public.
Criminal Background Investigation
This position has been approved for a Criminal Background Investigation.
EEO/ADA
City of Austin is committed to compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. If you require reasonable accommodation during the application process or have a question regarding an essential job function, please call (512) 974-3210 or Texas Relay by dialing 7-1-1.
The City of Austin will not discriminate against any applicant or employee based on race, creed, color, national origin, sex, gender identity, age, religion, veteran status, disability, or sexual orientation. In addition, the City will not discriminate in employment decisions on the basis of an individual’s AIDS, AIDS Related Complex, or HIV status; nor will the City discriminate against individuals who are perceived to be at risk of HIV infection, or who associate with individuals who are believed to be at risk.
The City of Austin will not discriminate against any applicant or employee based on race, creed, color, national origin, sex, gender identity, age, religion, veteran status, disability, or sexual orientation. In addition, the City will not discriminate in employment decisions on the basis of an individual’s AIDS, AIDS Related Complex, or HIV status; nor will the City discriminate against individuals who are perceived to be at risk of HIV infection, or who associate with individuals who are believed to be at risk.
Information For City Employees: If you are an employee within
the department, are in good standing and meet both the minimum and preferred qualifications, then you will receive an initial interview.
