Manager, Economic & Community Development

A little about this position:

This position is responsible for helping to oversee an assigned portfolio of strategic economic development initiatives, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and community needs. You will play a pivotal role in managing transformative community projects, coordinating stakeholders, and identifying opportunities for economic growth.

This position reports to the Assistant V.P. of Economic and Community Development, with general oversight provided by the Chief Strategy Officer. The position works within a department of 7 and an organization of 27 employees. Most importantly, you must be willing to have fun, to manage multiple projects simultaneously, to meet new individuals, and work among our extroverted team charged with creating shared, widespread economic prosperity in York County.

HERE’S SOME OF THE DAY-TO-DAY DUTIES:

• Support the implementation of assigned strategic economic development initiatives through project management, including the development and management of budgets, sources and uses, timeline coordination, and other necessary resources.
• Identify and support funding and financing procurement through grants, loans, and other mechanisms. In some cases, you will serve as a point for grant applications, administration, and compliance.
• Provide support and communication to strategic site inquiries, site selectors, and prospective businesses to help meet our business attraction and retention goals.
• Facilitate public and stakeholder engagement, working with our team, to ensure community outreach efforts provide education and awareness to achieve public support.
• Support our implementation of York County’s 10-Year Economic Action Plan.
• Provide project, program, and administrative support for designated boards and authorities that are aligned within our organization each supporting our overarching goals.
• Network and build relationships with local businesses and community stakeholders across York County to anticipate and address concerns and document successes.

Core Competencies:

• 1-5 years’ relevant experience is preferred but not required. AS/BS/BA degree in Business, Economics, Finance, Project Management, or a related field is preferred but not required.
• You are a development generalist and a strategic thinker. You can conduct the full orchestra of coordinating stakeholders, board administration, moving projects forward with precision and compliance.
• You are first and foremost a team player. The limelight is nice but not essential. It’s more important to do the challenging, behind-the-scenes work of making good things happen for York County.
• You are a scrappy, hardworking, team player who doesn’t mind rolling up your sleeves. While you primarily oversee different components of a project life cycle, you could run the show if you had to.
• You are passionate about seeing public/private partnership projects come to fruition.
• You are confident and love supporting people in reaching their potential and personal fulfillment. You do not shrink from course-correcting performance.
• You are a connector and have a proven record of thinking creatively about partnerships to raise the visibility of YCEA and our initiatives.
• You are approachable, caring, positive, and outgoing. You are energized to show up and work the room when the situation calls for it.
• You are constantly evolving as a professional. You adjust your approach as opportunities evolve. You prioritize and reprioritize, exhibiting excellent time management and problem-solving skills.
• You are a clear, confident, verbal and written communicator. You are detail oriented with the ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines with excellence. You can adapt your tone and approach across audiences and platforms while cross communicating across the full team.

Important details:

This is a salaried position that occasionally will require work outside of traditional business hours.

Why work for us?

We #MakeThingsHappen in YoCo! We have a great team, and our job is to wake up daily and make positive chance occur across our County.

We offer competitive benefits that include healthcare, a retirement plan, paid parental leave, and tuition reimbursement. We respect that your personal time is important, that is why we offer generous holiday time off, including your birthday, and four weeks’ vacation (PTO) per year, and encourage you to utilize it. We can accommodate flexible office and remote working. We respect and encourage community volunteer involvement.

We are a welcoming workplace:

The York County Economic Alliance and Downtown Inc. are Equal Opportunity Employers and are committed to cultivating an environment where all voices are welcomed, celebrated, and treated with respect. Our mission is to create equitable economic prosperity. Read Economic Equity Plan here

Our organization is dedicated to providing opportunities to all employees and applicants. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other basis protecting employees and applicants under the law.

Interested? Here’s how to apply: Send cover letter, resume, salary requirements, and the names/contact information for three references in one PDF file to lschmaltz@yceapa.org with “Manager, Economic & Community Development" in the subject line.