Management Specialist (Design & Development) - City of La Quinta California - La Quinta, CA

THE CITY OF LA QUINTA INVITES APPLICATIONS FOR

MANAGEMENT SPECIALIST IN THE DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT

FINAL FILING: 5:00 P.M. TUESDAY, AUGUST 16, 2016

IMPORTANT–PLEASE NOTE: A Supplemental Exercise is required with submission of application. Click HERE to download the Supplemental Exercise, complete, and upload in the Attachments section of the online application. Job applications will not be accepted unless the exercise is attached to the original application by the application deadline.

Do you want to be a part of a forward thinking team? Excited about new technology and inventing new ways to get your job done while serving the public? Come join the team, with quality management, a progressive Council, and first class City services. World-renowned as a destination for art, health, golf, and well-being, La Quinta continues to identify new revenue to reinvest in its community to enhance its status as “The Gem of the Desert.” The City has recently updated technology and takes a business approach to running municipal operations by empowering staff to solve problems. City management is customer service focused, rewards high performance, creative thinking, and teamwork leading to professional and personal satisfaction.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES: This position will supervise at least one staff member; oversee the City’s Short-Term Vacation Rental Program; Manage Community Development Block Grant funds and program; Prepare and process agreements and contracts from inception to full execution; Run reports off various systems, pull statistics, create metrics, analyze and interpret data; Write staff reports and present to City Council; and other duties as needed in support of the Design & Development Department. Click HERE for the Management Administration Class Specification.

SALARY AND BENEFITS: $61,008.39 – $73,210.06 per year (DBM Rating B24). City benefit plan includes: Retirement: 2% at 62 formula for new CalPERS members and an employee pre-tax contribution of 6.25%; 2% at 60 formula for existing or “Classic” CalPERS members with an employee pre-tax contribution of 7%; Short & long-term disability; group health/dental/vision/life insurance (up to $1,370/month); 12 sick days per year; 10 vacation days first year; 12 holidays.

TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE: Associate’s Degree and, as assigned, two (2) years’ experience related to area of assignment; or an equivalent of education and experience sufficient to successfully perform the essential duties of the job.

ADA AND OTHER REQUIREMENTS: Positions in this class typically require: standing, walking, fingering, talking, hearing, seeing and repetitive motions. Some assignments may be characterized as Sedentary Work: Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally and all other sedentary criteria are met.

APPLICATIONS: CITY APPLICATION AND SUPPLEMENTAL EXERCISE MUST BE COMPLETED ONLINE by 5:00 p.m., Tuesday, August 16, 2016 at www.la-quinta.org.

DISCLAIMER: The City reserves the right to accelerate or extend the “Closing Date” of open positions at any time, dependent upon the number of applications received. The City is in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act and will make all reasonable accommodations for the disabled to participate in employment programs and facilities. Women, minorities, and disabled individuals are encouraged to apply. The finalist candidate must pass a pre-employment physical and drug screen.