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Director of Community & Econimic Development
City of San Bernardino / San Bernardino
Posted on: March 21, 2022
Application Deadline: April 15,2022
Job Description
Located in the Riverside-San Bernardino metropolitan area of Southern California (often referred to as the Inland-Empire), the City of San Bernardino serves as the county seat of San Bernardino County. It spans 81 square miles and has a diverse population of over 222,000.
In 2016, the citizens voted to change the City Charter, choosing to be Governed by a Council-Manager form of government. Today, the governance structure is comprised of an at-large elected Mayor and seven Council Members elected by constituents in a specific ward. Each elected official serves a four-year term. The Mayor and Council appoints the City Manager, who serves as the Chief Executive Officer overseeing all departments, including Community and Economic Development, Finance, Human Resources, Information Technology, Parks, Recreation & Community Service, Police, and Public Works Departments.
The Director of Community & Economic Development is responsible for directing, managing, and integrating the functions, programs, and activities of the Planning Division, Building Division, Code Enforcement, Economic and Housing Development. Responsibilities are broad in scope and involve highly sensitive and publicly visible operations, projects, and processes that require a high degree of policy, program and administrative discretion and high ethical standards. Provides advice and strategic leadership to the City Manager, Mayor, City Council, and other department directors in the development of short- and long-term plans to meet service delivery objectives in a manner consistent with the City’s financial resources. The incumbent reports directly to the City Manager and collaborates with a broad range of officials both internal and external to the organization, business leaders, development professionals, and the general public to achieve the cities goals and objectives.
EXPERIENCE: At least ten (10) years of progressively responsible experience in community development and engineering services, including planning, building, economic development and housing; at least five (5) years of which were in a management capacity.
EDUCATION: Bachelor’s degree in public or business administration urban planning or closely related field.
The ideal candidate is a dynamic, strategic leader and excellent communicator who can represent, promote, and market the City through participation with various local, state, and regional business groups and has experience in leading a successful community and economic development team. The successful candidate will possess a high level of technical proficiency and be a collaborative and inspiring staff manager with the desire to mentor and develop new
employees while fostering a team-oriented working environment.
The ideal candidate will be a hands-on manager with the demonstrated ability to direct and manage multiple priorities while exercising sound independent judgement, flexibility to adapt to changing priorities, and have the emotional fortitude, astute political awareness, and interpersonal skills to build solid staff and business relationships. The ideal candidate will have a passion for public service, especially serving an underserved community; an entrepreneur who recognizes this opportunity to assist in creating and establishing strategies for branding, reinventing, and stimulating the City of San Bernardino of the future.
Salary Range: $172,572.96 – $209,754.48 Annually. Please follow this link to view the Director of Community & Economic Development brochure. To apply for this exciting career opportunity, please send a compelling cover letter and your detailed resume electronically to [email protected]. Please contact Bob Hall at (714) 309-9104 should you have any questions regarding this position or the recruitment process.
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