Neighborhood Development Executive

Job Description

Description

Position Grade: 17M

Job Type: Full-Time (Permanent)

Examination Number: EX1361

Location:
Downtown - St. Louis, MO

Incumbents in this position are responsible for planning, directing, coordinating and supervising the activities of the Neighborhood Stabilization Team and the Citizen’s Service Bureau.

• Oversees the activities of the Neighborhood Stabilization Team and Citizen’s Service Bureau to ensure efficient and effective service delivery.
• Establishes and maintains strong working relationships with elected officials, appointing authorities, and community stakeholders to enhance neighborhood quality of life.
• Identifies and coordinates City services that contribute to neighborhood improvement and revitalization programs.
• Prepares, manages, and monitors the annual budget to ensure proper allocation of resources and fiscal responsibility.
• Determines standards of performance and oversees ward assignments for field staff to ensure accountability and effectiveness.
• Represents the department at meetings and task forces.

• Data Utilization:
  Requires the ability to perform mid to upper-level data analysis including the ability to coordinate, strategize, systemize and correlate, using discretion in determining time, place and/or sequence of operations within an organizational framework. Requires the ability to implement decisions based on such data, and overseeing the execution of these decisions.
• Human Interaction:
  Requires the ability to manage and direct a large group of employees, which may include firstline supervisors, professional, field or contracted employees. Oversees and controls employee discipline, selection and allocation, and planning of human resources.
• Equipment, Machinery, Tools and Materials Use:
  Requires the ability to operate, maneuver and/or provide simple but continuous adjustment on equipment, machinery and tools such as a personal computer, telephone, calculator and/or materials used in performing essential functions. May be required to operate a motor vehicle.
• Verbal Aptitude:
  Requires the ability to utilize a variety of advisory data and information such as budgets, performance appraisals, neighborhood plans, regulations and non-routine correspondence.
• Mathematical Aptitude:
  Requires the ability to perform addition, subtraction, multiplication and division; calculate percentages, and decimals.
• Functional Reasoning:
  Requires the ability to apply principles of influence systems such as supervision, managing, leading, teaching, directing, planning, coordinating and controlling. Ability to exercise independent judgment to apply facts and principles for developing approaches and techniques to problem resolution.
• Situational Reasoning:
  Requires the ability to exercise the judgment, decisiveness and creativity required in situations involving the direction, control and planning of an entire program or multiple programs.
• Environmental Factors:
  Work is normally performed in an office environment under generally safe and comfortable conditions where exposure to irate individuals poses a very limited risk of injury.
• Physical Requirements:
  
  Tasks involve the ability to exert light physical effort in sedentary to light work, but which may involve some lifting, carrying, pushing and pulling of objects weighing five to ten pounds, such as file folders or office paper. Tasks may involve extended periods of time at a keyboard or workstation.
• Sensory Requirements:
  Requires the ability to recognize and identify similarities or differences between characteristics of colors, shapes and sounds associated with job‑related objects, materials and tasks, such as participating in a community meeting.

A Bachelor’s degree in Business or Public Administration or related field; plus four years of managerial experience in neighborhood stabilization, improvement and effective community problem solving which includes supervising subordinate staff involved in neighborhood stabilization, improvement, and community problem solving work activities.
OR
, an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.

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