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City of Austin - JOB DESCRIPTION

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Assistant Director, Austin Code
FLSA: Executives/2 EEO Category: (10) Official/Adm
Class Code: 10024 Salary Grade: E00
Approved: October 02, 2013 Last Revised: November 17, 2017

Purpose:
 

Under nominal direction, directs the daily operations and management of the Austin Code department requiring knowledge of business planning, finance and budgeting, policy and program administration, and strategic management of human capital. Executes policies included in City ordinances, resolutions, administrative regulations, and State law.
Duties, Functions and Responsibilities:
  Essential duties and functions, pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act, may include the following. Other related duties may be assigned.
  1. Directs, develops, implements, and maintains activities related to the key goal areas of housing standards, abandoned vehicles, vacant lots, salvage yards, and other zoning violations.
  2. Represents Code Compliance's interests and positions before national and Local government officials, boards, commissions, associations, and community organizations.
  3. Plans and directs long-range goals for current and new programs within Code Compliance.
  4. Ensures all activities are carried out in compliance with departmental policy, Local, State, and Federal regulations, and law-governing activities.
  5. Directs the activities of subordinate personnel in planning the operating budget for the department.
  6. Coordinates with other City departments to provide technical expertise to concerned members of the public on Citywide and current developments in Code Compliance.
  7. Fosters and develops excellent working relationships with key staff, division and departmental employees, other governmental organizations, and with external services, such as consultants, legal counsel, boards, commissions, and City Council.
  8. Prepares policies and reviews agendas, reports, and policy statements for presentation to boards and commissions and to City Council.
  9. Prepares annual reports, trend analyses, and budget estimates for Code Compliance; makes presentations to City management on Code Compliance issues.
  10. Leads special studies and projects to improve the provision of services within the City.
  11. Directs and evaluates professional staff engaged in carrying out the work of the department.
Responsibilities - Supervisor and/or Leadership Exercised:
 

Responsible for the full range of supervisory activities including selection, training, development, evaluation, counseling, and recommendation for dismissal.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
  Must possess required knowledge, skills, abilities, and experience and be able to explain and demonstrate, with or without reasonable accommodations, that the essential functions of the job can be performed.
  • Knowledge of planning and budgetary processes.
  • Knowledge of municipal government, public administration, and legal and regulatory processes.
  • Skill in directing the activities of a large, complex organizations.
  • Skill in writing, interpreting, analyzing, long-range forecasting, and goal setting.
Minimum Qualifications:
 
  • Graduation with a Bachelor’s degree from an accredited four year (4) college or university with major course work in a field related to Engineering, Business or Public Administration, Environmental Management, plus a minimum of seven (7) years of experience in a related field, including two (2) years of experience in a managerial capacity.
  • One (1) additional year of relevant work experience may be substituted for the required degree with a maximum substitution of four (4) years.  
Licenses and Certifications Required:
  None.

This description is intended to indicate the kinds of tasks and levels of work difficulty required of the position given this title and shall not be construed as declaring what the specific duties and responsibilities of any particular position shall be. It is not intended to limit or in any way modify the right of management to assign, direct and control the work of employees under supervision. The listing of duties and responsibilities shall not be held to exclude other duties not mentioned that are of similar kind or level of difficulty.