Assistant City Manager

Job Title:

Assistant City Manager

Department:

City Manager

FLSA Status:

Exempt

Division:

City Manager

Reports To:

City Manager

Classification:

Full-time Regular

Requisition:

1716

Salary Range:

$-$/year

Opening Date:

Friday, October 9, 2026

Closing Date:

Upen Until Filled

NATURE OF WORK:
Under the administrative direction of the City Manager, the Assistant City Manager serves as a senior executive leader responsible for the management, coordination, and performance of assigned City departments and municipal operations. The position serves as the City Manager’s principal executive management partner, ensuring effective implementation of City Council policies and priorities in accordance with the City Manager’s organizational vision, management philosophy, and strategic direction.

The Assistant City Manager provides direct executive oversight of Community & Economic Development, Engineering, Operations, and Utilities, exercising considerable independent judgment and delegated authority to supervise department directors, resolve operational challenges, coordinate capital initiatives, and ensure responsible financial stewardship and high-quality service delivery.

As a member of the executive leadership team, the Assistant City Manager translates the City Manager’s organizational vision into coordinated operational activities, departmental objectives, management practices, and measurable performance outcomes. The position ensures assigned departments consistently reflect the City Manager’s expectations for organizational culture, accountability, professionalism, efficiency, and service excellence. Effective delegation and executive coordination enable the City Manager to concentrate on strategic leadership, City Council relations, long-range priorities, and overall organizational oversight.

Serves as Acting City Manager during the City Manager’s absence, consistent with applicable law, City policy, and delegated authority.

• Serves on the City Manager's Executive Team overseeing and accountable for assigned departments while closely working interdepartmentally to effectively and consistently achieve the strategic goals of the city.
• Directs the highest-level operational, financial, and talent management decisions of the department and provides complex guidance on matters of significance in alignment with policy and executive leadership objectives.
• Serves as an organizational representative engaging with City Council, Boards and Commissions, employees, the public, and other partnership entities.
• Translates the City Manager’s organizational vision, management philosophy, and strategic direction into departmental work plans, operational priorities, management practices, and measurable performance expectations.
• Ensures departmental decisions, operational activities, resource allocation, and service delivery align with the City Manager’s executive direction and City Council’s adopted policies and priorities.
• Exercises independent judgment within delegated authority to resolve routine operational issues, address interdepartmental conflicts, and ensure timely, accountable execution without unnecessary escalation.
• Communicates, models, and reinforces a unified organizational culture consistent with the City Manager’s expectations; identifies and corrects practices inconsistent with that direction.
• Promptly elevates significant policy, legal, financial, personnel, political, or organizational risks to the City Manager with concise analysis and recommended actions.
• Acts on behalf of the City Manager as assigned and represents the City in meetings, negotiations, partnerships, and public forums within…