Assistant City Manager

JOB DESCRIPTION

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform the essential job functions satisfactorily.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the primary job functions herein described. Since every duty associated with this position may not be described herein, employees may be required to perform duties not specifically spelled out in the job description, but which may be reasonably considered to be incidental in the performing of their duties just as though they were actually written out in this job description. 

Assistant City Manager

JOB SUMMARY

The purpose of this position is to perform managerial and administrative work in assisting with the oversight of the overall daily operations of the City government as well as providing oversight to the departments that impact the operations of the City of Myrtle Beach including, but not limited to, Public Works and Capital Projects. 

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

• Supervises, directs, and evaluates assigned staff; processes employee concerns and problems; directs work; and counsels, disciplines, and completes employee performance appraisals.
• Directs assigned City departments and their daily operations; establishes long range plans, goals and objectives; works with department heads; ensures programs, services and systems support City goals and objectives.
• Analyzes operations, staffing levels and organizational structures, support systems, resources and effectiveness; works with department managers to identify needed changes and opportunities to improve effectiveness; conducts work sessions with the City Council to provide needed information; and obtains policy direction on various issues.   
• Coordinates submission of budget proposals from assigned departments; oversees budget recommendation and adoption process; monitors revenues and expenditures of assigned departments for adherence to established budgetary parameters; and prepares and submits financial reports to the City Council. 
• Manages and conducts varied special projects as requested; prepares proposals; researches information; reports study findings and recommendations; drafts ordinance changes; analyzes and reports on City departments, activities, accomplishments, programs and services; and prepares and presents briefing papers and reports to the Council and other administrative officials.  
• Attends and participates in City Council meetings and staff meetings; receives and reviews agenda items, presentations and reports; prepares and presents agenda items, presentations and reports; answers questions; and provides information as requested. 
• Establishes, develops and maintains a variety of professional relationships with external parties in support of government plans, programs and services; maintains effective communication with the press and the general public; collaborates with other local, state and federal government agencies on issues which affect the City.
• Oversees the personnel functions for assigned departments through assigned managers and staff; ensures personnel programs and services comply with state, federal and local regulations, support City goals and objectives, and provide a fair and equitable work environment for City employees; supervises investigations against City personnel and for grievance and other complex employee relations issues; assists citizens with issues that cannot be resolved by Department staff and/or which are sensitive/political in nature; investigates complaints; and resolves and recommends solutions.
• Prepares or completes various forms, reports, correspondence, charts, budget documents, agenda items, spreadsheets, presentations, performance appraisals, or other documents.
• Receives various forms, reports, correspondence, statistical data, invoices, budget documents, time sheets, job applications, agenda items, project status reports, codes, ordinances, policies, procedures, manuals, reference materials, or other documentation; reviews, completes, processes, forwards or retains as appropriate.
• Communicates with City officials, City employees, vendors, the public, outside agencies, and other individuals as needed to coordinate work activities, review status of work, exchange information, resolve problems, or give/receive advice/direction.
• Attends various meetings, serves on committees, and makes presentations or speeches as needed; represents City Manager at various meeting and functions.
• Maintains comprehensive, current knowledge of applicable laws/regulations; maintains an awareness of new products, methods, trends and advances in the profession; reads professional literature; maintains professional affiliations; and attends workshops and training sessions as appropriate.
• Operates a personal computer, general office equipment, or other equipment as necessary to complete essential functions, including the use of word processing, spreadsheet, database, or other system software.

ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONS

• Acts as City Manager when City Manager is absent.
• Performs other related duties as required, requested, and assigned. 

Education and Experience:

Requires a Bachelor’s degree; Master’s degree in Public Administration is highly preferred; ten (10) years of progressive, related experience in local government. Experience in economic development is strongly preferred.

Licenses or Certifications:

Must possess and maintain a valid driver’s license.

Special Requirements: 

None.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: 

• Knowledge of public administration principles and practices.
• Knowledge of City practices, policies, and procedures.
• Knowledge of budgeting and accounting.
• Knowledge of algebra and geometric principles and calculations.
• Knowledge of project management including capital projects.
• Knowledge of customer service principles.
• Skill in negotiating.
• Skill in organizing and planning.
• Skill in resolving conflict.
• Skill in solving problems.
• Skill in communicating, both verbally and in writing.
• Skill in performing addition, subtraction, multiplication and division; calculating decimals, percentages and fractions; and performing mathematical operations including algebraic and geometric calculations. 
• Skill in managing the work of others.
• Ability to synthesize and integrate data for predicting, anticipating, and planning for future events impacting the organization. 
• Ability to function in a director capacity for a major organizational unit requiring significant internal and external interaction.
• Ability to operate, maneuver and/or control the actions of equipment, machinery, tools, and/or materials used in performing essential functions.
• Ability to utilize consulting and advisory data and information as well as reference, descriptive and/or design data and information as applicable.
• Ability to analyze major problems that require complex planning of interrelated activities that span multiple work units.
• Ability to exercise judgment, decisiveness and creativity in situations involving broader aspects of organizational programs and operations, moderately unstable situations, or the direction, control and planning of an entire program or set of programs. 
• Ability to establish rapport.
• Ability to listen.
• Ability to establish positive work-related relationships.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The work is sedentary work.   The employee is occasionally required to exert up to 10 pounds of force to move objects. Additionally requires: hearing voices and discriminating among sounds, lifting, mental acuity, pulling, pushing, speaking, expressing ideas by the spoken word, and visual acuity in data/color. Tasks may require the ability to:  sit for extended periods of time at a keyboard or workstation.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

Work is performed in a general office or meeting room setting without exposure to adverse environmental conditions. Work is performed in a dynamic environment that requires sensitivity to change and responsiveness to changing goals, priorities, and needs.

The City of Myrtle Beach has the right to revise this job description at any time. This 

 description does not represent in any way a contract of employment.

Equal Opportunity Employer

The City of Myrtle Beach commits to a policy of equal employment opportunity for applicants and employees, complying with local, state and federal laws. The City’s policy is to employ qualified persons without discrimination on the basis of any protected characteristic, including race, color, religion, national origin, citizenship, sex, political affiliation, veteran’s status, age, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, to include transgender status, disability or status in any other group protected by federal/state/local law.