Summary
When joining the City of Steamboat Springs, you can expect to work for an organization with:
- A team that strives to make this the best place you’ve ever worked!
- A focus on supporting our employees’ mental, physical, and financial well-being
- A commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion that creates a welcoming city
- A highly engaged workforce proudly serving our community with excellence and distinction
- A passion for strategically providing outstanding municipal services
- A promise to each other to support the work we all do for the city, community & Yampa Valley
Uniqueness Fuels Our Innovative Spirit
Our commitment to inclusion across race, gender, age, religion, identity and experiences drives us forward every day. It's the collective sum of our experiences that makes Steamboat Springs and the Yampa Valley a powerful, insightful and welcoming community.
GENERAL PURPOSE
The Deputy City Manager is a second-in-charge position and provides leadership, direction, and supervision for the City Clerk, Facilities, Information Technology, Programs & Grants, Communications & Marketing, and the Steamboat Springs Urban Renewal Authority, and serves a key role in formation of strategic decisions. This individual is an active member of the city’s Leadership Team and maintains strong, productive, and cooperative relationships with other city departments to maximize use of city resources and talent. In addition, this person develops and maintains positive relationships with staff, council, citizens, other groups and agencies.
Position works cohesively and ethically as part of a high functioning team while leading projects and initiatives independently and can assist in the development of future community and organizational visioning.
SUPERVISION RECEIVED
Works under the broad policy guidance and direction of the City Manager.
SUPERVISION EXERCISED
Exercises supervision over department division managers, and department support staff, either directly or through subordinates.
Exercises supervision over department heads and division managers in the absence of the City Manager.
The qualified individual
Serves as an ambassador of the City of Steamboat Springs and upholds City values of Service, Teamwork, Integrity, Well-being, Respect and Compassion, while always espousing safety.
- Manages assorted projects that are generated in the City Manager’s office.
- Represents the city and specifically the City Manager’s office in public situations. Be an ambassador for the city.
- Participates in the development of the city’s budget.
- Leads city’s strategic planning and performance excellence efforts.
- Facilitates policy making and team building at the upper management level. Interpret and enforce City Manager and City Council policies.
- Responds to inquiries and resolves complaints relative to city services, policies and procedures.
- Provides effective professional leadership, positioning the city to meet the community’s current and future needs through appropriate technologies and services.
- Attends council meetings and represents the city in the City Manager’s absence.
- Communicates regularly with Council as needed.
- Meets with Leadership Team when needed to answer questions, resolve issues and address challenges.
- Leads special initiatives, as assigned by the City Manager that require coordination of multiple internal and external stakeholders.
- Represents the City Manager at various meetings and may attend various boards and commissions, outside government agencies, various non-profits, and other citizen groups relative to goals, actions and activities of the city.
- Performs a variety of supervisory, complex administrative and professional work in planning, organizing and executing the operations of the department divisions: City Clerk, Facilities, Programs & Grants, Communications, Information Technology, and the Steamboat Springs Urban Renewal Authority.
- Other duties as assigned.
DEPARTMENT ADMINISTRATION
- Supervises division managers and department support staff, either directly or through subordinates.
- Evaluates and formulates short- and long-range plans to meet needs in all areas of responsibility.
- Responds to public or other inquiries relative to department policies and procedures.
- Studies and standardizes department policies and procedures to improve efficiency and effectiveness of operations.
- Determines work procedures, prepares work schedules, and expedites workflow.
- Issues written and oral instructions.
- Assigns duties and examines work for exactness, neatness, and conformance to policies and procedures.
- Maintains harmony among workers and resolves grievances.
- Prepares composite reports from individual reports of subordinates.
- Adjusts errors and complaints.
- Conducts periodic and formal job performance evaluations of subordinates.
- Prepares and documents budget requests; administers adopted budget in assigned area of responsibility.
- Plans, organizes, coordinates, supervises and evaluates programs, plans, services, staffing, equipment, and infrastructure for the department.
PERIPHERAL DUTIES
Serves on various city committees as assigned by the City Manager.
We Are Seeking The Following Qualifications
Education and Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree in public administration, Business Administration, Organizational Development, Political Science, Urban Planning, or a degree in a closely related field
- Ten years of progressively responsible experience, including at least five years in a government management role, or equivalent
- A valid driver’s license or evidence of equivalent mobility is also required
Necessary Knowledge, Skills And Abilities
- Ability to effectively communicate to large groups as well as individuals of varied backgrounds and cultures.
- Ability to prepare and present accurate and reliable reports containing findings and recommendations.
- Excellent customer service skills including demonstrated ability to build positive relationships with employees, managers, other organizations and the public.
- Strong research, analytical, and problems solving skills.
- Ability to express oneself clearly and concisely both orally and in writing.
- Ability to inspire confidence in citizens, staff and City Council.
- Ability to find a balance point for conflicting political goals and directions with an outcome of positive direction for the organization.
- Ability to perform a wide variety of duties and responsibilities with accuracy and speed under the pressure of time-sensitive deadlines.
- Ability to demonstrate integrity, ingenuity and inventiveness in the performance of assigned tasks.
- Ability to maintain highest confidentiality when dealing with sensitive or private information.
Desirable Qualifications
- Master’s degree in public or business administration is strongly preferred.
Other
TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT USED
Issued personal computer, including word processing, spreadsheet, and database; motor vehicle; phone; radio; fax and copy machine.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Work is performed mostly in office settings. Some outdoor work is required in the inspection of construction sites, or public works facilities. Hand-eye coordination is necessary to operate computers and various pieces of office equipment.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, feel or operate objects, tools, or controls; and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to sit; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; talk or hear; and smell.
The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
WORK ENVIRONMENT
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee occasionally works in outside weather conditions. The employee occasionally works near moving mechanical parts and in high, precarious places and is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, risk of electrical shock, and vibration.
The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet to moderate.
SELECTION GUIDELINES
Formal application, rating of education and experience; oral interview and reference check; job related tests may be required.
The duties listed above are intended only as illustrations of the various types of work that may be performed. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related or a logical assignment to the position.
The job description does not constitute an employment agreement between the employer and employee and is subject to change by the employer as the needs of the employer and requirements of the job change.
EOE.
The City of Steamboat Springs offers Regular Full-time employees numerous benefits as part of their total compensation package. These benefits are in addition to mandated benefits such as: workers' compensation, unemployment insurance, and social security. Some benefits are provided at no cost to the employee while others require employee cost sharing or contributions. Employees are eligible for most benefits on the first day of the month following date of hire.
Free Benefits Include
Term Life Insurance
Short Term Disability
Long Term Disability
Employee Assistance Program
Paid Time Off
Regional Bus Pass - also available to immediate family members
Howelsen Hill Skiing and Skating Pass - also available to immediate family members
Cost Sharing Benefits Include
Medical Coverage
Dental Coverage
401(a) Retirement Plan [City contributes 6% of base salary with employee contribution of 3% to 457] - 5 year vesting schedule
Full-time Employees Can Also Take Advantage Of
Wellness Benefits
Flexible Spending Account
Dependent Care Account
457 Deferred Compensation Plan
Tuition Program
Supplemental Life Insurance
