City of Springfield

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT MANAGER

Pay Grade: 40

FLSA Status: Exempt

Bargaining Unit: Nonunion

Benefits Summary

GENERAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Under the general direction of the City Manager, manages the City's Community and Economic Development Program to ensure businesses, community organizations, and citizens have appropriate government support for the economic development and growth, promotes awareness and understanding of City services, policies, projects, and issues through proactive communications with citizens, City employees, news media, and special interest groups. Performs related duties as required.

Essential Duties

1. Manages the Economic and Community Development program that provides businesses, community organizations, and citizens with information, guidance, support, and an environment which encourages employment, tourism development, and community service opportunities to achieve community goals.
2. Supervises various citywide development programs; negotiates contracts, and authorizes payments; administers funding sources, to include grants, and room tax and sports center revenues; evaluates progress and provides program status to funding agencies; and serves as the city's Enterprise Zone Manager.
3. Participates in the development of inter-governmental relations by serving on various marketing task forces, committees, and work groups.
4. Develops, administers, and monitors the City Manager's Office budget. Prepares or requests supplemental budgets and budget adjustments as needed; attends Budget Committee meetings.
5. Coordinates communications with the news media as the primary City contact on economic development issues, by preparing news releases and public service announcements, arranging news conferences, serving as City spokesperson.
6. Advises elected officials on issues that generate public contact; edits speeches, statements, and documents that are presented by elected officials and City Managers.
7. Manages city wide board, committee and commission program.
8. Prepares, and supervises the preparation of grant applications, agreements, and lobbying materials to achieve program goals; formulates grant strategies; and facilitates opportunities for businesses to obtain local, State, and Federal assistance.
9. Oversees special events, projects, and activities; organizes displays, tours, exhibits, and dedications.

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS

General Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Thorough knowledge of economic development information, issues, programs, and processes; thorough knowledge of supervisory techniques, methods, and principles; considerable know-ledge of funding sources and related regulations; considerable knowledge of the interaction that occurs between government, business, and the community; ability to interpret complex local, State, and Federal laws and guidelines; ability to develop, administer, and monitor programs, grants, contracts, and budgets.

Thorough knowledge of principles and practices used in mass communications, marketing, and public relations; knowledge of the role of local government in the community; ability to learn the unique characteristics of the community; ability to prepare, coordinate, and present various reports, publications, speeches, news releases, and public service announcements; ability to utilize word processing, desktop publishing, graphics metafiles, presentation, and internet systems sufficiently to perform assigned duties; ability to gather, compile, analyze, edit, and interpret data; ability to develop, administer, and monitor budgets; ability to work effectively with the news media, other employees, other agencies, elected officials, and the general public. Ability to prepare and present accurate, understandable reports. Ability and mobility necessary to perform essential duties in various locations locally, regionally and nationally as required

Experience and Training

Completion, or equivalent, of a job-related four-year college degree program, plus related work experience, typically five years of increasingly responsible experience in communication and/or Economic Development, including at least one year as a supervisor, and at least one year of experience in managing/supervising an activity involving public information and/or public relations, or any combination of experience and training that provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities. A job-related Master's Degree may be substituted for one year of the non-supervisory experience, or any combination of experience and training that provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities.

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