Job Description
Salary : $148,998.30 - $201,481.80 Annually
Location : Milwaukie, OR
Job Type: Full Time Regular
Job Number: 24-00016
Department: City Manager
Opening Date: 05/10/2024
Closing Date: Continuous
Description The City Manager serves as the Chief Executive Officer and plays a pivotal role in ensuring effective and efficient administration across all City operations. The City Manager assumes management responsibility, leadership, and accountability for a diverse portfolio of services, including Community Development, Engineering, Planning, Building, Public Works, Sewer, Storm, Water, Streets, Fleet and Facilities, Police, Library, Community Services, Information Technology, Records and Information Management, Finance, and Human Resources. Reporting to the City Council, the City Manager provides direct support, advice, and assistance to the Mayor and City Council on a wide variety of issues.
The City Manager knows how to create a vision for the future while maintaining excellence in the City's programs, services, and daily operations. They are known for monitoring best practices and collaborating to identify alternative solutions in support of City goals and initiatives. With a commitment to financial sustainability, the successful candidate has a strong financial background, including experience with local, state, and federal grants. The City Manager aligns with Milwaukie's climate action initiatives and is prepared to preserve its health and quality of life for current and future generations.
The successful candidate values and appreciates partnerships at all levels and effortlessly builds consensus, guiding others to decisions. The City Manager is an approachable leader with a history of engaging in effective, meaningful communication with residents, business and community leaders, key stakeholders, and regional partners. They intentionally build connections, encourage diverse perspectives, support authentic engagement, provide transparent communication, and ensure the City remains connected to the community at all levels.
View Recruitment Brochure To apply, please
submit your application by June 10, 2024.
Summary of Employee Benefits (actual plan documents, policies and bargaining agreements prevail) The City of Milwaukie offers a generous benefits package to all regular status employees working at least 20 hours per week (benefits are pro-rated for employees working less than full-time). Temporary employees, seasonal workers and part-time employees working less than 20 hours per week are not eligible for benefits. Medical/dental insurance is effective the first of the month following date of hire.
Medical Insurance: You may choose between a traditional indemnity plan (Regence Blue Cross PPO) or a health maintenance organization (Kaiser HMO). Coverage includes you and your dependents. Each plan includes a vision and prescription drug benefit.
Dental Insurance: You and your dependent family members are eligible for a dental insurance plan which includes preventative, routine and major dental care as well as orthodontic benefits. You will have the choice to be covered by either Delta Dental, Willamette Dental or Kaiser's dental plan.
Flexible Spending Account: The City offers a Flexible Spending Account (FSA). FSAs allow eligible employees to pay for non-covered health related expenses and childcare expenses with tax-free income. Additionally, the employee paid portion of the City's medical and dental insurance premiums are paid through the FSA with pre-tax dollars.
Retirement: The City participates in the Public Employees Retirement System (PERS). Benefits paid by PERS are funded from two sources, - Member contributions paid on your behalf by the City (immediately vested); and
- Employer contributions (vested when contributions have been made in each of five calendar years)
Additionally, the city offers a 457 deferred compensation retirement plan.
The city makes a contribution of 3.5% to your 457 plan with no contribution required from you. You may contribute additional pre-tax dollars to the 457 plan up to federal limits.
Life Insurance: The city pays for your basic life insurance in the amount of your annual salary to a maximum of $100,000 and accidental death and dismemberment (AD&D) to a maximum of $100,000.
Long Term Disability Insurance: The city provides you with a long term disability (LTD) plan which provides up to 50% of your salary, up to a maximum benefit of $3,000 per month for qualifying disabilities following a 90-day waiting period.
Employee Assistance Program: Benefit eligible employees and their family can receive up to five free counseling sessions per incident per year from Canopy EAP (formerly Cascade).
Workers' Compensation Insurance: You are provided worker's compensation insurance in accordance with Oregon Revised Statutes (SAIF Corporation).
Holidays The City recognizes the following paid holidays during the calendar year:
- New Year's Day
- Martin Luther King Birthday
- President's Day
- Memorial Day
- Juneteenth
- Independence Day
- Labor Day
- Veteran's Day
- Thanksgiving Day
- The Friday after Thanksgiving
- Christmas Day
- One and a half days Floating Holiday
Vacation
Paid vacation time accrues on a yearly basis as follows: - 1-48 months (up to four years) 8.67 hours per month
- 49-108 months (4-9 years) 10 hours per month
- 109-168 months (9-14 years) 12 hours per month
- 169-228 months (14-19 years) 14 hours per month
- 229 or more months (over 19 years) 16.67 hours per month
Vacation leave may be taken after you have completed six months of employment and may be accrued to a maximum of two years.
Non-represented managers and supervisors who do not receive overtime compensation are eligible for management leave on an annual 'use it or lose it' basis.
Sick Leave: New employees receive 48 hours of sick leave at hire. After six months, sick leave accrues at a rate of eight (8) hours per month.
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