Economic Vitality Manager

Economic Vitality Manager

The Economic Vitality Manager serves a crucial role as a key resource for local businesses in Douglas County. Serving as a liaison between businesses and the Community Development department, the role helps to guide businesses through the permit application and review process, ensuring a smooth and efficient experience. Through close collaboration with internal departments and external stakeholders, the Economic Vitality Manager helps to ensure the success of the County's goal to enhance the economy and quality of life for residents of Douglas County. In addition to submitting the application, the department has requested you attach a resume and a cover letter illustrating why you are interested in this role and the value your experience will bring in helping Douglas County achieve its Economic Vitality Plan objectives.

Primary Objectives

Performs complex work leading initiatives that foster strong community partnerships while supporting sustainable community growth. Responsible for the implementation of the County's Economic Vitality Strategic Plan, serves as a liaison to successfully facilitate guidance through permit application and review processes. Collaborates closely with planning, building, and engineering teams to ensure economic strategies align with land use policies and community goals. Responsibilities include stakeholder engagement, promotion of investment and business expansion while preserving the County's unique character and natural resources and acting as an advocate to ensure applications move efficiently, predictably, and professionally through review processes; performing related work as apparent or assigned.

Supervision Exercised

Supervision is exercised over assigned personnel.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

1. Manages implementation and modification of the County's Economic Vitality Strategic Plan; coordinates and facilitates multiple special purpose work groups; coordinates, manages, and implements economic vitality and redevelopment projects and programs, including the Economic Vitality Champion Program.
2. Expertly streamlines the processes of submission, review, and approval of permit applications by facilitating the coordinated permit review process, serving as a primary point of contact for developers, contractors, and internal agencies. Proactively identifies and resolves regulatory constraints and potential bottlenecks in the review cycle through effective collaboration, shepherding toward viable outcomes consistent with regulations.
3. Oversees the status and progression of high-complexity permit applications, facilitates the cross-functional review process by centralizing communication through a primary contact, and ensuring a unified and predictable project timeline.
4. Supervises assigned staff, including hiring, training, mentoring, evaluating performance, and providing guidance to ensure effective operations. Assigns work, sets expectations, and monitors progress to achieve department goals. Fosters a positive and productive work environment while addressing performance concerns and facilitating professional development.
5. Tracks and evaluates progress of application reviews, conducts performance monitoring, implements proactive solutions, and escalates systemic issues to leadership with recommended process improvements. Designs and monitors service standards for development review timelines.
6. Develops and maintains community contacts; makes informational presentations to various boards, business, community and other groups; develops strategies to inform the public on programs, services, and events; responds to inquiries providing information related to business expansion, retention, and relocation in coordination with the regional development authority; represents the County on various boards and committees.
7. Develops and administers program budget; monitors expenditures and implements adjustments as necessary.
8. Uses County vehicle to perform various tasks related to job duties.
9. Prepares and directs the preparation of a variety of written correspondence, reports, letters, fact sheets, briefing papers, agenda materials, speeches and promotional materials and related correspondence; gathers statistics and resource materials for a variety of research projects.
10. Represents the County with dignity, integrity, and a spirit of cooperation in all relationships with staff and the public.
11. Contributes effectively to the accomplishment of team or work unit goals, objectives, and activities.

Minimum Qualifications/Certifications & Licenses

Minimum Qualifications

• Position requires a Bachelor's degree in public administration, business administration, economics, or related field and four (4) years of experience in economic development, business development, regional economic analysis, or marketing in a governmental or regulatory environment including at least two (2) years in a supervisory or management role; OR an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.

Certifications/Licenses

• Valid Driver's License

Working Conditions/Acknowledgments

Working Conditions The characteristics listed below are representative of the physical demands, physical agility, sensory requirements, and environmental exposures required by an individual to successfully perform the essential duties of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties.

• This work requires the frequent exertion of up to 10 pounds of force and occasional exertion of up to 25 pounds of force.
• Work regularly requires using hands and repetitive motions; frequently requires speaking or hearing; occasionally requires standing, walking, sitting, climbing or balancing, kneeling or crawling, reaching with hands and arms and pushing or pulling.
• Work has standard vision requirements; vocal communication is required for expressing ideas by means of the spoken word; hearing is required to perceive information at normal spoken word levels.
• Work requires preparing and analyzing written or computer data.
• Work is generally in a moderately noisy location (e.g. business office, light traffic).
• Work has no exposure to adverse environmental conditions.

Acknowledgments

• i. Continued employment is contingent upon all required licenses and certificates being maintained in active status without suspension or revocation.
• ii. Employment is contingent upon successful completion of background/screening.
• iii. Douglas County participates in E-Verify and will provide the Social Security Administration (SSA) and, if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), with information from each applicant's Form I-9 to confirm work authorization. All candidates who are offered employment must complete Section 1 of the Form I-9 along with the required proof of their right to work in the United States and proof of their identity prior to starting employment. Please be prepared to provide required documentation as soon as possible after the job offer is made.
• iv. This job description indicates, in general, the nature and levels of work, knowledge, skills, abilities and other essential functions expected of the incumbent. The duties listed above are intended only as illustrations of the various types of work that may be performed. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related, or a logical assignment to the position. Incumbent may be asked to perform other duties as required.

Douglas County provides benefits to full-time employees. Benefits are prorated for part-time employees working 20–29 hours per week. Part-time employees working 19 hours or less, as well as on-call employees, are not eligible for benefits.

No Nevada State income tax. Retirement – Public Employees' Retirement System of Nevada (PERS) Douglas County contributes 36.75% of an eligible regular member and 50% of an eligible Police and Fire member's salary for retirement.

Deferred Compensation Plans – Employees have the option to participate in a deferred compensation program through VOYA, which is funded by the employee.

Employee Perks

• Vacation: Accrued at the rate of 4.6154 hours per pay period, or 120 hours per year (increase with years of service).
• Sick Leave: Earned at the rate of 3.6923 hours per pay period, or 96 hours per year.
• Holidays: 12 paid holidays per year.
• Employee Recognition Programs
• Annual Gym Membership
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Tuition Reimbursement Programs

Health Insurance As a Douglas County employee, you'll enjoy a comprehensive benefits package with several medical plan options, plus dental and vision coverage, life insurance, and disability insurance. Benefits start on the first of the month after a 30-day waiting period. To learn more about our health insurance and employee benefits, please visit our website for details. Compensation Douglas County uses a Pay for Performance compensation system, where employees receive annual performance evaluations and may be eligible for merit-based salary increases. Qualified employees can earn up to a 3% merit increase on their anniversary date, and may also receive an annual Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) during the first pay period of each fiscal year, based on the Consumer Price Index, up to a maximum of 5%. In addition, eligible employees who demonstrate exceptional, above-and-beyond performance may receive further compensation through the County's Recognition of Excellence Program.