Description
SALARY AND BENEFITS ARE CURRENTLY UNDER REVIEW
Are you someone who has the ability to develop strong relationships and create collaborative partnerships? Do you enjoy working with others to implement innovative solutions and improve business processes?
The City of Corona is searching for an experienced, visionary with innovative ideas who is a creative solver of complex urban design challenges. Someone who has a drive for exceptional customer service and collaborative planning with exceptional judgment and a can-do mindset.
If these describe you, you might be right as our next Planning and Development Director.
Bring your expertise to creatively solve challenges, take full advantage of the unique opportunities created by this moment of transformation in the city, provide innovative and effective solutions to the team, exude humble confidence in representing the City’s interests. You’re going to love this team, and this town.
Education And Experience
- Equivalent to a bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with major coursework in urban or regional planning, public administration, architecture, or a related field.
- Eight (8) years of increasingly responsible administrative government experience in planning, building, housing, or a related field.
- Five years of management experience.
Licenses And Certifications
- Possession of a valid California Driver’s License, to be maintained throughout employment.
Skills/Abilities
- Lead the $200M planned investment in the redevelopment of the City’s downtown over the next 5-7 years through a new Downtown Revitalization Specific Plan.
- Partner with the Director of Economic Development to negotiate the best possible urban design and community benefits as you work with our development industry partners
- Be a working Director. Support your team by both empowering your staff with authority and responsibility to do great work, and also by being hands-on in the development process where your expertise and skill can make the biggest difference
- Be successful in the nuts and bolts of Department Head life – managing budgets, handling contract services, coaching the team and handling personnel matters, making great presentations, and building working relationships with your fellow Directors and City Management folks
Characteristics
- An upbeat attitude, eager to participate and actively engage in all aspects of the organization.
- A passion for producing outstanding quality of work and delivering exceptional program outcomes.
- A self-starter with a can-do attitude who will take initiative to address issues and propose solutions.
- Detail and process-oriented individual who prides themselves on high quality, error-free work.
- A high-performing, genuine, authentic individual with a good sense of humor will thrive in this role.
- Integrity, and principled decision-maker, regardless of outside pressures.
- A team builder who will unify a diverse staff around the shared vision of the City’s purpose.
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The position is a full-time benefited position with a 4/10 work week, every Friday off, unless emergency occurs.
The Idea Candidate
The ideal candidate will embrace the six values in the City’s Strategic Plan, bring their experience and expertise to creatively solve the challenges, take full advantage of the unique opportunities to promote the local and regional economy and support the high quality of life enjoyed by residents.
Humble, hungry, smart – and a visionary
The P&D Director is a super important role on this team. You will champion the “Sense of Place” component of the City’s Strategic Plan by influencing how we build out the town. You will need to lean into building relationships, because all great work is done by teams and through teams. You will not shy away from the hard projects and the hard work. Does this sound like you?
- You have the skills, but you lead with humility. You’re working on that balance.
- You like work that is varied and involves many disciplines.
- You love historic preservation and adaptive reuse, as well as new forms of development. You can weave them together in a way that creates unique places.
- You like working with people and serving the public. You actually look forward to those Commission meeting nights (both Planning and Housing, and Historic Resources Commissions).
The Planning and Development Director will oversee planning, building, land development engineering, code compliance, building inspections, and utility inspections. The Department has a staff of 60 and an annual budget of $9.4 million.
Application Process
Applications will be accepted on a continuous basis. The first review of application is Tuesday , November 5th, 2024, at 8:00AM . Applicants are encouraged to apply early as the recruitment may close at any time without notice after the first review period.
The Selection Process Will Consist Of
- HireVue - Video Interview - November 7th - 13th, 2024 (Tentative Dates)
- Oral Examination - Week of November 25th, 2024 (Tentative Dates)
Successful candidates will be placed on an eligible list, and highly qualified candidates will be referred to the hiring authority for further consideration. Candidates advancing in the selection process will receive information/instructions via email.
Community
A City whose heritage spans more than 125 years, the City of Corona, located in Riverside County, California, encompasses approximately 40 square miles and has a vibrant, culturally diverse population of approximately 160,000 residents, along with a thriving local economy that is home to more than 7,200 businesses. Roughly 1,000 city employees work together as a Team Corona to serve our stakeholders.
Residents of Corona enjoy a variety of cultural, recreational, and educational opportunities that provide a first-rate quality of life for its residents and visitors. Within an hour's travel time, outdoor enthusiasts can enjoy winter activities such as snowboarding and skiing and summer activities including surfing, boating, or simply relaxing on world class beaches. Corona's economy is strong and getting stronger; more than 84,000 people work here. Our retail, commercial, and housing areas are expanding, and office development continues to be strong.
The Organization
The City of Corona is a General Law city operating under a Council-Manager form of government. Policy making and legislative authority is vested in the City Council, consisting of a Mayor and four Council Members. Members of the City Council are elected by District to a four-year term. The Mayor is selected by the Council and serves as the presiding officer for one year.
The City is organized into the following departments/organizational units: Community Services, City Manager’s Office, Economic Development, Finance, Fire, Human Resources, Information Technology, Legal and Risk Management, Police, Planning & Development, Public Works and Utilities. Oversight of these departments is divided between the City Manager and two Assistant City Managers.
The City's total operating budget for Fiscal Year 2025 is $399.1 million with a General Fund operating budget of $209.6 million. Corona enjoys a workforce of 922 dedicated employees who provide high quality services to its residents and visitors each day.
