Chief Prosperity Officer

Chief Prosperity Officer is a senior level position that serves as a member of the City Manager’s Cabinet. Performs complex professional and administrative work with a daily focus toward supporting the needs of the whole community through collaboration, coordination, and leadership in developing programs, policies, and trainings that help to operationalize the Social Determinants of Health in the City of Charlottesville.

The purpose of this role is to align programs, services, and practices to remove systemic barriers to access and opportunity as prioritized by the City Manager and envisioned by City Council.

This position requires considerable initiative, judgment, and independent decision-making to develop, execute, and evaluate citywide initiatives aimed at implementing the Council’s strategic priorities. The work will be carried out with transparent decision-making and accountability, ensuring that priorities are set and communicated openly.

The Chief Prosperity Officer will be an openly disciplined, empathetic, strategic advocate, and empowering leader who models the organizational excellence performance standard. This role reliably visions, ideates, and strategizes with the City Manager to produce and deliver results as an engaged and accountable team and serves as a trusted advisor to and analyst for the City Manager. Reports to the Assistant to the City Manager.

Not to exceed $ Annually
. Starting offer is based on applicable education, experience, and internal equity. This is a full-time, exempt, position which provides excellent benefits including 13 paid holidays plus 1 floating holiday, paid vacation and sick leave, health insurance options with employer contribution, employer-paid life insurance, City's retirement options, gym membership reimbursement, tuition reimbursement, and continuing education/training opportunities.

This position is eligible to receive 80 hours of discretionary leave per calendar year.

• General summary of benefits offered by the City: Please click the 'benefits' tab on this posting, or visit https://(Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)..
• Retirement system: The City of Charlottesville manages its own retirement system which offers both a defined benefit and a defined contribution option. While the City does not participate in VRS, the City has a Portability Agreement with VRS and there are certain provisions that must be met. For questions pertaining to the Portability Agreement, please contact the City's Benefits Administrator at .

• Plans, organizes and coordinates the operational and administrative functions of core programming designated for this role.
• Develops, executes, and evaluates a series of citywide initiatives to meet priorities set by the City Manager to implement Council’s vision.
• Provides oversight and support in the ongoing management and operations of the Office of Human Rights, Office of Police Civilian Oversight, Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Coordinator's Office, and Home to Hope Reentry Program.
• Independently manages the operationalization of the Social Determinants of Health through the development and execution of community prosperity initiatives that aim to:
  • Improve health outcomes in marginalized households.
  • Prioritize interruption and intervention in opioid use and abuse.
  • Convene discussions that identify and prioritize projects and programs to consistently enhance community well-being.
  • Leverage relationships to create access to resources that expand the self-directed outcomes of historically underserved households.
  • Explore opportunities to broaden options for households routinely unable to achieve self-sufficiency through reasonably ordinary efforts.
  • Invest in the community in planning celebrations where culture, history, and heritage reverse past harm.
  • Coordinate community-directed reclamation of community pride projects.
• Serves as a liaison between the City and community stakeholders to align efforts that improve the quality of life for Charlottesville residents through the practice of active listening, fostering psychological safety, and creating conditions where diverse voices…