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Pay Grade: E-1 |
Dept: Community Development |
Exempt: Yes |
Reports to: Assistant City Manager |
Hours: 40 per week |
Date: October 2008 |
SUMMARY: Highly professional and technical work coordinating the City’s efforts toward improving the local economy. Work includes preparing and implementing long range goals and objectives for the City, including especially the Downtown tax increment district and the Airport Industrial Park.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Oversees the City’s economic development planning and implementation efforts and coordinates the City’s economic development and revitalization efforts with private sector and other governmental agencies.
- Provides a high level of customer service using a proactive approach towards solving problems and expediting development, as well as assisting developers, businesses and property owners to work out problems with the City and other agencies.
- Acts as business recruitment and commercial development facilitator for the City as well as focus on the retention and expansion of existing businesses.
- Maintains an updated file of business and development opportunities.
- Evaluates local resources, needs, goals and opportunities and aggressively promotes businesses in the DeLand area.
- Works with the Volusia County Economic Development department, the DeLand Area Chamber of Commerce, Halifax Business Development Partnership and various private and public agencies to assist in the continued development of the Airport Industrial Park, Downtown DeLand and the general economic development of the City.
- Ensures the collection and provision of useful data to businesses and individuals in making investment decisions, as well as advises the City Manager regarding capital improvements and funding mechanisms for projects that serve as a catalyst for economic development and redevelopment programs.
- Attends public meetings to provide information regarding the activities associated with economic development. Develops citizen good will and positive public relations.
- Prepares financial reports, analyses, and budgets.
- Provides direction and support to Economic Development Committee.
- Prepares and presents action requests to the City Commission.
- Writes reports and speeches.
- Represents the City in meetings with Federal, State, and County agencies.
- May develop grant requests.
- Attends professional workshops and conferences.
- Markets City-owned buildings and land.
- Negotiates leases on City-owned properties.
QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills, and /or abilities required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE: Extensive professional experience in the field of economic or community development. Graduation from a recognized college or university, preferably with a graduate degree, or any equivalent combination of education, experience, and training is required.
OTHER SKILLS AND ABILITIES:
- Extensive knowledge of the principles and techniques of research in making economic studies.
- Knowledge of real estate marketing and land development.
- Ability to express oneself orally, clearly, and concisely.
- Considerable ability in writing complex research reports.
- Thorough knowledge of municipal and business finance.
- Knowledge of business principles.
- Ability to plan projects, estimates, and specifications.
- Ability to make comprehensive recommendations to community improvements problems.
- Ability to maintain effective working relationships with others, including County, State, and Federal agencies, civic groups and the public.
- Good professional judgment and ability to maintain discretion in business negotiations.
- Tact and courtesy.
- Ability to communicate both orally and in writing.
WORK ENVIRONMENT/ADA: Employee will work inside an office environment.
Lifting: 10-45 Pounds
Environment: Inside Office Environment
Vision: 20/20 or Corrected to 20/100
Hearing: Low Noise Levels for Office Environment
*Class Descriptions are not intended to be restrictive. The use of (or absence of) a particular illustration of duties shall not be held to exclude or limit the authority of a Department Head to assign other duties which are similar and related to work.
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