Job Abstract

FUTURE SALARY INCREASES:

• Effective July 1, 2024, 3% Cost of Living Adjustment
• Effective July 1, 2025, 3% Cost of Living Adjustment

INCENTIVES FOR NEW EMPLOYEES:

• Sign on Bonus - $2,000
• 40 hours of sick leave for immediate use

FUTURE INCENTIVES FOR ALL EMPLOYEES:

• Employees employed as of July 1, 2024 will receive a $2,000 lump sum
• Employees employed as of July 1, 2025 will receive a $2,000 lump sum

The City of Stockton’s Economic Development Department is seeking a self-motivated, highly professional candidate to work with the Housing, Homelessness, and Grants unit. The ideal candidate for this position will possess the following skills and experience:

• Implementation of housing & homelessness strategies and plans;
• Administering local, State, and Federal Grant programs with familiarity of processes and best practices of grant management;
• Understanding homelessness landscape including key organizations and governmental departments;
• Coordination with the public, private and non-profit agencies;
• Community engagement and public communication for outreach efforts;
• Responsible for program implementation, compliance, and auditing procedures; and
• Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate effectively and cohesively as a team.

• Plans, organizes, directs, and controls programs and projects with Citywide implications; provides expert professional assistance to City management staff.
• Reviews and enforces administrative policies, procedures, and operations; ensures that internal and externally imposed program requirements are met.
• Develops and directs the implementation of goals, objectives, and work standards.
• Supervises staff, planning, assigning, reviewing, and evaluating work; participates in the selection of staff and provides for their training and professional development.
• Provides staff leadership and technical assistance to task forces, citizen advisory committees, commissions, or boards; confers with and provides technical assistance to City departments in areas of responsibility.
• Prepares a variety of periodic progress and special reports related to programs and activities.
• Represents the City in meetings with representatives of governmental agencies, professional, business and community organizations and the public.
• Prepares recommendations for annual grant and program budgets; and/or provides input for and prepares various grant applications or annual performance report of activities.
• May confer and negotiate with developers and property owners relative to the acquisition and disposition of property and improvements; may draft project contract language and performance specifications.
• Monitors legislation and developments related to areas of responsibility; evaluates their impact on City operations and programs; recommends and implements policy and procedural improvements.
• Performs related duties as assigned.

• Policies, principles, and resources related to the program(s) to which assigned; program monitoring and evaluation techniques;
• Public administration principles, practices, and methods of administrative and organizational analysis;
• Applicable federal, state, and local laws, rules and regulations;
• Business computer user applications, particularly as related to data analysis and management;
• Principles and practices of employee selection, supervision, training, and professional development;
• Principles of grant application, proposal preparation, and monitoring and reporting techniques; and
• Basic budgetary principles and practices.

• Analyzing administrative, operational, or organizational problems and issues related to the program(s) to which assigned; evaluating alternatives and reaching sound conclusions;
• Establishing, prioritizing, and implementing goals, objectives, policies, and work standards;
• Planning, assigning, reviewing, evaluating, and directing the work of assigned staff;
• Interpreting, explaining, and applying complex rules, regulations, policies, laws, and ordinances;
• Providing technical assistance and staff leadership to City departments, boards, and commissions;
• Preparing clear and concise management-level reports and correspondence;
• Making persuasive oral presentations of ideas and recommendations;
• Negotiating favorable contract terms for the City in assigned areas of responsibility;
• Effectively representing the interests of the City in meetings with public agencies, the business community, or others outside the City;
• Preparing, administering, and monitoring grant or program budgets;
• Exercising sound, independent judgment within established guidelines; and
• Establishing and maintaining effective relationships with those contacted in the course of the work.

• Mobility – Constant standing or sitting for long periods of time while operating a keyboard; frequent bending; occasional walking, stooping, kneeling, reaching, pushing and pulling;
• Lifting/Carrying – Constant lifting/carrying of 0 to 10 pounds; frequent lifting/carrying of 11 to 25 pounds; occasional lifting of 26 to 50 pounds;
• Vision – Ability to read fine print, and/or normal type size print, and detect color; ability to read and see PC screens; ability to read and produce printed material and information displayed on a visual display terminal;
• Dexterity – Constant fingering (typing, picking, pinching), repetitive use of both hands, simple grasping and fine manipulation of either/both hands; occasional power grasping, pushing and pulling of either/both hands, and reaching above and below shoulder level;
• Hearing/Talking – Ability to detect specific noises, proper equipment operation; ability to understand what people are saying in normal conversation, over the telephone, and frequently over noise;
• Special Requirements – Frequently requires working evenings; occasionally requires working nights and weekends, and driving;
• Emotional/Psychological – Ability to concentrate, make decisions, work with the public, exercise sound judgment, handle stressful situations, and work alone;
• Environmental Conditions – Occasional to frequent exposure to noise, indoor cold/heat, working around equipment and machinery;
• Working Conditions – Primarily performed in an office environment which is typically quiet;
• Comprehension – Ability to understand, remember, and apply oral and/or written instructions or other information; ability to understand, remember, and communicate routine, factual information; ability to understand complex problems and to collaborate and explore alternative solutions; ability to understand opposing points of view on highly complex issues and to negotiate and integrate different viewpoints;
• Organization – Ability to organize thoughts and ideas into understandable terminology; ability to organize and prioritize own work schedule and work schedules of others on short-term (longer than one month) and long-term basis;
• Reasoning and Decision-Making: Ability to apply common sense in performing job; ability to make decisions which have moderate impact on immediate work unit and monitor impact outside immediate work unit; ability to make decisions which have significant impact on the department's credibility, operations, and services; and
• Communication – Ability to understand and follow basic instructions and guidelines; ability to complete routine forms, use existing form letters, and/or conduct routine oral communication; ability to compose letters, outlines, memoranda, and basic reports and/or to orally communicate technical information; ability to communicate with individuals utilizing a telephone; requires ability to hear and speak effectively on phone; ability to express or exchange ideas by means of the spoken word, communicating orally with others accurately, loudly, and quickly; ability to make informal presentations, inside and/or outside the organization, and speak before groups; ability to compose materials such as detailed reports, work-related manuals, publications of limited scope or impact, etc., and/or to make presentations outside the immediate work area.