Director of the City Manager's Office of Administration, Policy & Intergovernmental Relations

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About the Department

The City Manager’s Office of Administration, Policy and Intergovernmental Relations is responsible for administrative support, policy analysis, and intergovernmental affairs. Administrative duties include oversight, management, and planning of the City Manager's Office budget, contract development and management, fiscal and purchasing services, hiring and retention of staff in the City Manager's Office, management of administrative staff, strategic and operational support for city-wide initiatives, and coordination of multi-departmental Public Record Act (PRA) requests. Policy duties include City Council and Committee agenda services and tracking of referrals, oversight of the design of complex, interdepartmental or interjurisdictional policy and special initiatives, support of program evaluations, strategic planning efforts, and the strategic support for the City Council’s and City Manager’s focus areas. Intergovernmental Relations duties include tracking, monitoring and advocating for legislation at the federal, state, and local levels, and oversight of the state and federal lobbying contracts.

Supporting this work is a staff of 19 full time equivalent positions, 2 external lobbyists and an annual operating budget of approximately $6.5 million.
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Position Duties

The City of San José is seeking proven executives with cross-disciplinary local government experience. Candidates should have a passion for working in a fast-paced and high-profile environment and bring a combination of public policy, public administration, intergovernmental relations, leadership, and hands-on management experience and capabilities.
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Minimum Qualifications

Education

A bachelor’s degree in public administration, public policy, business administration, or related field. A master’s degree in public administration, public policy, business administration or related field preferred.

Experience

Ten years of progressively responsible professional experience demonstrating proficiency at the management, policy making of a public sector and/or private sector organization responsible for a complex range of programs and activities is required, including at least five years at a management and policy-making management level, preferably within local government.
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Other Qualifications

How to Apply:
Interested candidates are encouraged to apply online by Friday, May 2, 2025 at https://wbcp.applicantpool.com/jobs/1205018

Confidential inquiries are welcome tocontact Wendi Brown:

• wendi@wbcpinc.com
• 541-664-0376 (Direct)
• 866-929-9227 (Toll Free)

Interviews are tentatively scheduled to be conducted on May 29, 2025.
The City of San José is an equal opportunity employer.

Additional Information:

Employment Eligibility: Federal law requires all employees to provide verification of their eligibility to work in this country. Please be informed that the City of San Jose will NOT sponsor, represent or sign any documents related to visa applications/transfers for H1-B or any other type of visa which requires an employer application.

You must answer all job-specific questions to be considered for this vacancy or your application will be deemed incomplete and withheld from further consideration. Applicants are expected to write their own essays/responses. Please be advised that use of AI content in your responses may result in your removal from the hiring process.

Please note that applications are currently not accepted through CalOpps or any other third party job board application system.

This recruitment may be used to fill multiple positions in this, or other divisions or departments. If you are interested in employment in this classification, you should apply to ensure you are considered for additional opportunities that may utilize the applicants from this recruitment.

Please allow adequate time to complete the application and submit before the deadline or the system may not save your application. If your online application was successfully submitted, you will receive an automatic confirmation email to the email address you provided. IF YOU DO NOT RECEIVE THE CONFIRMATION, please email CityCareers@sanjoseca.gov and we will research the status of your application.

The City of San Jose offers a wide range of core health benefits including Medical, Dental, Vision, Employee Assistance Program, Life Insurance, Disability, and Savings Plans. Please visit the City's benefits pagefor detailed information on coverage, cost, and dependent coverage.

For information on the City’s Retirement Plan(pension for full-time employees), please visit the Office of Retirement Services website. You will be able to view information based on different Sworn/Federated job classification.

In additional to the benefits above, there is an additional perks siteto explore further benefits of working for the City of San Jose like paid leave, educational reimbursements, and holiday pay are specific to the job classification and union membership.

Closing Date/Time: 5/2/2025 11:59 PM Pacific

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• City of San Jose

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