Position Summary

Under direction, plans, organizes, and manages the daily operations of the Town’s Economic Initiatives activities and staff.

Essential Functions

• Assists potential new businesses in site analysis, including demographic, tax, fee, development, permitting, and related information.
• Collaborates with intra- and inter-departmental personnel, develops project goals and objectives, evaluates project success and regulatory compliance.
• Completes website edits and additions on various sites.
• Reviews and provides updates to information about Oro Valley on regional partner’s sites where Town information is housed or promoted.
• Manages the Town’s Business Retention and Expansion (BR&E) Program, including co-management of the Shop Oro Valley Campaign with the Oro Valley Chamber of Commerce.
• Makes presentations that demonstrate implementation strategies regarding the Town’s ongoing policy of broadening its retail, commercial, and industrial base.
• Manages and directs complex projects by coordinating, forecasting, budgeting, analyzing, and collaborating.
• Prepares and reviews reports and correspondence; provides advice, researching and analyzing information such as cost-benefit studies, developing and maintaining databases, and responding to and forwarding inquiries related to economic development issues.
• Prepares forecasts for project funding, assists in the development and implementation of budgets, monitors project budgets, authorizes expenditures and budget allocations, reviews budget documents and prepares reports and communications.
• Prepares verbal and written reports, creates information packets including economic, statistical, financial, population, growth, demographic, and other information for dissemination to retail and commercial businesses and primary employers.
• Proposes and writes resolutions, ordinances, staff reports, commercial activity reports, financial participation agreements and other official documents as required related to Economic Development.
• Provides back-up support to the Community and Economic Development Director as needed for projects and during absences.
• Represents the Town as a liaison in local and regional economic development, private and public arts programs, retail, business, marketing, Chamber of Commerce, and related associations and at meetings, conferences, and trade shows.
• Assists with the forecasting, development and monitoring of the department budget.

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in written communication.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships.
• Ability to observe, review and check the work of contractors to ensure conformance to standards and local, state, and federal agencies.
• Ability to operate personal computer hardware and software, office computing suites, and
  online meeting programs.
• Ability to organize work, set priorities, meet critical deadlines and follow up on work assignments with minimal supervision.
• Knowledge and competence in management, collaboration, project development and
  implementation, and leadership principles.
• Knowledge of management and/or supervision principles and possession of strong leadership skills.
• Knowledge of research sources and trend data reports for new development techniques
  and methods.
• Knowledge of Town and Department policies and procedures.
• Skill in interpreting and applying relevant Town, state and Federal statutes, ordinances,
  codes, rules and regulations governing economic development and tourism.
• Ability to demonstrate flexibility and judgment in difficult or stressful situations.

Minimum Qualifications

• A bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in Economics, Business, Public Administration,  or a closely related field.
• Five (5) years’ experience in private or public economic development.
• Must possess a valid Class D Arizona driver license upon the first day of employment.
• An equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.

Environmental Factors and Working Conditions

• Work is performed in an indoor and outdoor environment.
• Some local, state, and national travel is required.
• Regular and reliable attendance; may work more than forty hours in a workweek without additional compensation to perform assigned job duties, including weekends, evenings, early morning hours, and holidays as required.

How to Apply / Contact

Apply for the Economic Development Program Manager Position