Assistant City Manager

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ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER POSITION SUMMARY
The City of Myrtle Beach, SC is seeking an experienced local government leader to join their team as an Assistant City Manager. The Assistant City Manager provides leadership and administrative oversight of the City's day-to-day operations, with direct responsibility for assigned departments within the City of Myrtle Beach. This role includes guiding departmental operations, managing budgets, and supporting talent development and organizational culture. The Assistant City Manager is a member of the City's executive leadership team and reports directly to the City Manager. The ideal candidate will have significant prior experience involving economic development.


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AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY
Leadership & Operations Management

• Oversees assigned departments, supervising department leaders and setting performance expectations and accountability measures.
• Directs assigned City departments, establishing long range plans, goals, and objectives.
• Collaborates with department heads to ensure programs, services and systems support City goals and objectives.
• Analyzes operations and evaluates effectiveness; identifies and implements strategies to address inefficiencies.
• Evaluates staffing levels, organizational structures, and resources. Leads department managers in efforts to identify needed changes and opportunities to improve effectiveness.
• Leads department heads in managing staff and provides guidance in keeping personnel programs and services in compliance with state, federal and local regulations and in support of City goals and objectives.
• Provides a fair and equitable work environment for City employees and supervises investigations against City personnel or other grievance and complex employee relations issues.
• Incorporates policies and procedures that provide appropriate guidelines to staff and department leaders that allow for highly effective operations. Some of these efforts may include accountability measures or documentation measures that allow for evaluation and analysis of performance and productivity.
• Maintains a comprehensive, current knowledge of applicable laws/regulations and pursues opportunities to stay abreast of advances in the profession through research, reading professional literature, maintaining professional affiliations, and attending training opportunities.
• Manages assigned special projects by preparing proposals, conducting research, communicating findings and recommendations, and drafting ordinance changes if necessary. Communicates with Council and City leadership regarding progress towards completing the project.

Budgetary Oversight

• Manages the budgeting process for assigned departments, leading the development and submission of proposed budgets.
• Oversees budget adoption and budget management activities of assigned departments. Monitors revenues and expenditures of assigned departments, ensuring adherence with adopted budget.
• Leads budget realignment efforts, if necessary, to responsibly manage departmental budgets.

Internal and External Engagement

• Attends and participates in City Council meetings; receives and reviews agenda items, presentations and reports; prepares and presents agenda items, presentations and reports; answers questions, and provides information as requested.
• Conducts work sessions with the City Council to provide needed information and obtain policy direction on various issues.
• Establishes, develops, and maintains a variety of professional relationships with external parties in support of government plans, programs and services.
• Maintains effective communication with the press and the general public.
• Collaborates with other local, state, and federal government agencies on issues affecting the City.
• Assists citizens with issues that cannot be resolved by department staff and/or which are sensitive/political in nature; investigates complaints; resolves and recommends solutions.
• Communicates with City officials, City employees, vendors, the public, outside agencies, and other individuals as needed to coordinate work activities, review status of work, exchange information, resolve problems, or give/receive advice/direction.
• Attends various meetings, serves on committees, and makes presentations or speeches as needed; represents City Manager at various meeting and functions.

QUALIFICATIONS FOR CONSIDERATION

• Bachelor's degree is required. Master's degree in public administration is highly preferred.
• Ten (10) or more years of progressively responsible experience in local government; or any equivalent combination of education, training, and experience which provides the requisite knowledge, skills, and abilities for this job.
• Experience in economic development is strongly preferred.

COMPETENCIES


These competencies are identified by City of Myrtle Beach leadership and must be demonstrated by all employees across the organization.

• Self-Development: Is personally committed to and actively works to continuously improve him/herself; understands that different situations and levels may call for different skills and approaches; works to deploy strengths; works on compensating for weakness and limits.
• Integrity and Trust: Is widely trusted; is seen as a direct, truthful individual; can present the unvarnished truth in an appropriate and helpful manner; keeps confidences; admits mistakes; doesn't misrepresent him/herself for personal gain.
• Ethics and Values: Adheres to an appropriate and effective set of core values and beliefs during both good and bad times; acts in line with those values; practices what he/she preaches.

• Customer Focus: Is dedicated to meeting the expectations and requirements of internal and external customers; gets first-hand customer information and uses it for improvements in products and services; acts with customers in mind; establishes and maintains effective relationships with customers and gains their trust and respect.
• Public Service: First in Service - Demonstrates the competency of public servant by serving the needs of our community and going the extra mile to ensure our residents are taken care; shows attention to small details.
• Approachability : Is easy to approach and talk to; spends the extra effort to put others at ease; can be warm, pleasant and gracious; is sensitive to and patient with the interpersonal anxieties of others; builds rapport well; is a good listener; is an early knower - getting informal and incomplete information in time to do something about it.

JOB SPECIFIC COMPETENCIES

• Strategic Agility: Sees ahead clearly; can anticipate future consequences and trends accurately; has knowledge and perspective; is future focused; can accurately paint credible pictures and visions of possibilities and likelihoods; can create competitive and breakthrough strategies and plans.
• Decision Quality: Makes good decisions (without considering how much time it takes) based upon a mixture of analysis, wisdom, experience, and judgment; most of his/her solutions and suggestions turn out to be correct and accurate when judged over time; sought out by others for advice and solutions.
• Business Acumen: Knows how businesses work; knowledgeable in current and possible future policies, practices, trends, technology, and information affecting his/her business and organization; knows the competitor; is aware of how strategies and tactics work in the marketplace.
• Negotiating: Can negotiate skillfully in tough situations with both internal and external groups; can settle differences with minimum noise; can win concessions without damaging relationships; can be both direct and forceful as well as diplomatic; gains trust quickly of other parties to the negotiations; has a good sense of timing.
• Vision/Purpose (Managing): Communicates a compelling and inspired vision or sense of core purpose; talks about possibilities; is optimistic; creates mileposts and symbols to rally support behind the vision; makes the vision shareable by everyone; can inspire and motivate entire units or organization.

COMPENSATION & BENEFITS
The expected salary at the time of hire is between $215,000 - $235,000 with the salary offered based upon candidate qualifications and experience. The full salary band offers opportunity for compensation growth within the role. The City is also planning for a comprehensive salary study to be conducted in the next fiscal year.


The City of Myrtle Beach offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes city-paid medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance, along with access to a no cost employee health and wellness center, telemedicine, and wellness programs that reward healthy behaviors with paid time off. Employees also receive strong retirement benefits through the South Carolina Retirement System, education reimbursement, flexible spending accounts, optional supplemental insurance plans, and an Employee Assistance Program.


Additional perks include a yearly holiday bonus, free use of city recreation centers, incentives for bilingual employees, and discounted or pre-tax savings options such as deferred compensation plans. Overall, the benefits emphasize affordability, wellness, long-term retirement security, and employee well-being.

TO APPLY
The application period will remain open until the position is filled, with preference given to candidates who apply prior to June 15th. Applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis by the FGP team.


Candidates must meet the qualifications listed above in order to be considered. Questions about the role may be directed to Christin Mack, Practice Lead, Public Sector, Nonprofit, and Community Impact Executive Search, at cm *** @ * gp.com .