Long-term Recovery & Major Initiatives Administrator

What Success Looks Like In This JobThe County Manager’s Office of Adams County Government, based in Brighton, CO, is looking for an Administrator of Long-term Recovery & Major Initiatives to identify and develop county-wide efforts, beginning with long-term economic and community recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. This leader is the project lead of a multi-disciplinary response, working with the County’s Community Recovery Working Group, as well as community stakeholders.

This position will convene stakeholders from within the County organization and in the community to work toward a strong recovery, focusing primarily on housing stability, business support and equitable access to resources. It will equip our local cities and towns with tools, processes and best practices to address the recovery and transformation of our post-pandemic communities with a focus on civility and equity.

The position will also coordinate and develop major initiatives and other special projects as assigned by the Executive Leadership Team. Strong capabilities in flexibility, creative and strategic thinking, stakeholder engagement, problem-solving, and program development are some of the necessary assets for this role.
 

Examples of Duties for Success 

The following duty statements are illustrative of the essential functions of the job and do not include other non-essential or marginal duties that may be required. The County reserves the right to modify or change the duties or essential functions of the job at any time.

• Performs highly responsible technical and administrative work, conducting or overseeing a variety of complex and sensitive assessments of County operations, as well as initiatives having regional or community relations impacts, at the direction of the County Manager and/or Executive Leadership Team.
• Responsible for researching, proposing, developing, and/or managing a wide range of strategies, projects, and initiatives in support of the County’s mission, vision and goals, starting with the long-term recovery from community disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
• Responsible for the day-to-day management of the County’s Community Recovery Working Group.
• Manages COVID-19 community recovery efforts on behalf of the County, including tracking, reporting and outreach.
• Responsible for coordinating community recovery activities with appropriate County departments and offices, as well as public stakeholders, such as local non-profit agencies, faith-based organizations, municipalities, state agencies, coalitions and other key stakeholders as identified.
• Responsible for coordinating response efforts with existing programs related to emergency response and recovery, public and environmental health, housing stability, community equity and financial well-being.
• Evaluates evidence-based findings and analyzes information that can inform options for county and community-level policies, programs and services that promote economic and general recovery within the community.
• Conducts cost-benefit analysis of proposed policies, programs, and services to provide a resource context to proposed opportunities.
• Identifies and leverages resources as needed for recovery efforts and other major initiatives, including private and governmental sources.
• Implements and completes a variety of special projects as assigned.
• Uses information technology in accessing, collecting, analyzing, using, maintaining, and disseminating data and information.
• Maintains knowledge and ability to communicate relevant policy, funding and regulatory actions being analyzed or proposed by federal and state legislative bodies and agencies.  
• Prepares a variety of reports, tabular and narrative, as required.  
  Prepares staff reports and presentations for the Community Response Working Group, Executive Leadership Team and the Board of County Commissioners related to community recovery and other major countywide initiatives.
• Performs other related duties and responsibilities as required.

Comptencies

• Decision Quality:  Makes good and timely decisions 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.
• Informing: Provides timely and relevant information to colleagues, stakeholders, or the public using appropriate means to facilitate understanding and decision making.
• Teamwork:  Must work as a part of the team, bringing together relevant partners (internally and externally) to achieve goals and objectives.  Must be able to take the lead when necessary, but also follow through on other’s directives when needed.
• Organizing: Can marshal resources (people, funding, material, and support) to get things done; can orchestrate multiple activities at once to accomplish a goal; uses resources effectively and efficiently; arranges information and files in a useful manner.
• Problem Solving:  Uses rigorous logic and reasoning methods to solve difficult problems with effective solutions; probes all fruitful sources for answers; can see hidden problems; is excellent at honest analysis; looks beyond the obvious and doesn’t stop at the easiest answers.  Must be able to make a good decision and stick with it.
• Process Management: Good at figuring out the processes necessary to get things done; knows how to organize people and activities; understands how to separate and combine tasks into efficient work flow; knows what to measure and how to measure it; can see opportunities for synergy and integration where others can’t; can simplify complex processes; gets more out of fewer resources.  
• Written Communications: Is able to write clearly and succinctly in a variety of communication settings and styles; can get messages across that have the desired effect to specific audiences.
   

Experience: 

• Minimum of five (5) years of progressively responsible experience managing or supervising major community recovery efforts or other similar major public initiatives.
• Experience in long-term recovery from major community disruption (e.g. natural disaster, public health emergency, major economic downtown, etc.) highly desired.
• Education and Training: Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work, Political Science, Public Administration, Strategic Management/Planning or related field. 
• Significant demonstrated experience may substitute for some or all of the educational requirement.
• Background Check: Muss pass a criminal background check