Date Posted:

January 26, 2015

Salary:

$95,000 to $115,00 annually

Description:

The Ione City Council is seeking an effective leader and “hands-on” professional administrator to serve as its next City Manager. Individuals with excellent management skills, a collaborative, team-building style and the ability to effectively and efficiently achieve the community goals of the Council are encouraged to apply. Candidates with a management style that is characterized by open, transparent communication, responsiveness and the ability to achieve goals despite limitations on staffing and funding will be highly successful in the City of Ione. The Council is looking for a City Manager with the ability to administer available funding proficiently and the talent to find new financial resources with which to meet the City’s goals despite economic limitations.

The new City Manager will be working to:
• Develop new funding sources to improve the financial condition of the City
• Identify funding sources to implement capital improvement projects including: City Hall upgrades, wastewater facility improvements, new police facilities and park improvements
• Evaluate capital equipment and operational needs and funding sources of City departments
• Attract and retain local businesses
• Implement community based economic development programs
• Re-purpose public facilities to generate local economic activity
• Work with the development community on approved residential and commercial projects
• Promote effective leadership, accountability, and fiscal responsibility within the City
• Improve the delivery of services and programs within the City

Qualifications:

The Ione City Council is seeking candidates with a Bachelor’s degree in Public Administration, Business Administration or a closely related field, with at least five year’s management-level experience, preferably in the area of local government administration, personnel supervision and financial management. A Master’s degree with experience working with elected officials, Economic Development programs and Wastewater system compliance issues is highly desirable.

The successful candidate shall have demonstrated experience and expertise in financial and budget management, agency administration, the ability to build and maintain positive working relationships, and to effectively communicate comfortably with a variety of individuals, groups, and outside agencies. The ideal candidate will display uncompromising professional ethics and have a proven track-record of successes with previous organizations.

How to Apply:

If you are interested in pursuing this exceptional career opportunity, please forward (electronic submission is preferred) a letter of interest, your resume, including your current salary and your salary for your previous two (2) jobs, and five (5) work related references (who will not be contacted until mutual interest is established) to:

City of Ione
Attention: Interim City Manager
P.O. Box 398
(#1 Main Street)
Ione, CA 95640

Or email to: dandres@ione-ca.com

If you need any additional information, please contact Dave Andres, Interim City Manager at dandres@ione-ca.com; (209) 274-2412, or

Mary Wren-Wilson, Administrative Assistant at (209) 274-2412; mwren@ione-ca.com. 

Filing Deadline:

5:00 PM, March 16th, 2015