Asst Budget Dir-Cdpr

Assistant Budget Director

The City of Chicago's Office of Budget and Management is seeking an Assistant Budget Director to assist in coordinating the City's Capital Planning and Disaster Recovery efforts. This position directs and coordinates professional staff engaged in the development, preparation, and administration of the City's annual budget, and performs related duties as required.

Essential duties include:

• Forecasting availability of Capital Planning and Disaster Recovery resources over multiple years.
• Preparing Capital Planning and Disaster Recovery plans, budgets, and reports.
• Administering Capital Planning and Disaster Recovery funds in City systems.
• Documenting and improving Capital Planning and Disaster Recovery policies and procedures.
• Establishing goals and objectives in compliance with OBM's central function of preparing, implementing, and managing the city's annual operating budget.
• Overseeing, in partnership with department staff, the management of studies and/or program reviews to assess the effectiveness of the City's Capital Planning and Disaster Recovery programs and services.
• Representing the Budget Director at meetings with city officials, governmental agencies, and with operating departments, as requested.
• Prioritizing division work to ensure assignments are handled in an expeditious, accurate, and professional manner.
• Planning, assigning, directing, and supervising the work of subordinate employees engaged in evaluating, approving, and monitoring departments' requests for personnel, commodities, equipment, travel, professional services, and capital expenditures.
• Developing work standards and overseeing the implementation of new or modified policies and procedures to facilitate the annual budget process.
• Reviewing and approving recommendations for funding and the disbursement of appropriations, whether from the Annual Budget Ordinance, bond proceeds, or other funding sources.
• Conferring with staff of departments and agencies to explain budgetary practices, procedures, and policies, and offers assistance on budgetary matters.
• Providing technical assistance to managers in operating departments involved in preparing revenue estimates and budget recommendations for inclusion in the Annual Appropriation Ordinance.
• Directing staff training and development activities, including performance evaluations and performance improvement plans.
• Supervising the preparation of comprehensive operational, administrative, and/or other fiscal or program reports for internal and/or external consumption.

Location:

121 N. Lasalle Suite #604 Chicago, IL. 60602 Days:
Monday-Friday

Hours:

9:00a.m. to 5:00p.m. This position is exempt from the career service.

Qualifications:

Graduation from an accredited college or university with a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Public Administration, Public Policy, Political Science, Finance, Economics, or a directly related field, plus five (5) years of budgetary, financial analysis, legislative analysis, program evaluation, or program management work experience. OR Graduation from an accredited college or university with a Master's degree or higher in Business Administration, Public Administration, Public Policy, Political Science, Finance, Economics, or a directly related field, plus four (4) years of budgetary, financial analysis, legislative analysis, program evaluation, or program management work experience.

Note:

To be considered for this position, you must provide information about your educational background and/or work experience. You must include job titles, dates of employment, and specific job duties. If you are a current City employee, Acting Up cannot be considered. If you fail to provide this information at the time you submit your application, it will be incomplete, and you will not be considered for this position.

Desired skills include previous experience with governmental departments and agencies, budgetary experience supporting infrastructure projects, budgetary experience supporting infrastructure agencies, previous experience with disaster recovery programs, and proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite.