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City of Ramsey — Position Description <br />Essential Functions <br />Essential Accountabilities <br />Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities <br />Technical and <br />Business <br />Knowledge <br />Community Development <br />• Proven knowledge and practical application of community <br />development in the public sector <br />Community <br />Development <br />Planning <br />Long Range Planning <br />• Proven long range planning skills and experience in directing <br />and implementing the Comprehensive Plan for a City <br />• Proven planning skills of developing healthy, mixed -use <br />residential strategies for a City <br />• Demonstrated ability to research and keep abreast of <br />economic trends; monitor local, state and federal legislation <br />and regulations that impact community development <br />• Ability to apply and submit grant applications and other <br />funding opportunities to further a city's community <br />development <br />• Ability to coordinate with a regional planning organization <br />such as the Metropolitan Council <br />Organizational <br />Management <br />Operations <br />• Ensure department's <br />goals are being <br />measured and achieved <br />• Ensure allocation of <br />resources across <br />competing priorities <br />• Demonstrated ability to deliver quality community <br />development services <br />• Proven effective delegation skills <br />• Proven ability to manage execution <br />• Knowledge of management and operation's principles and <br />practices as they apply to the public sector <br />Fiscal Management <br />Budget and Finance <br />• Administer the approved <br />department's budget <br />• Help increase the City's <br />taxable property market <br />value <br />• Demonstrated knowledge of budgeting, accounting, and <br />government financing, particularly capital improvement <br />financing mechanisms <br />• Demonstrated budget management skill; use of financial and <br />quantitative data <br />• Demonstrated knowledge of sound fiscal practices <br />Human Resources <br />Department Structure and <br />Design <br />• Ensure appropriate <br />department design and <br />structure <br />• Ensure the department <br />is maximizing its <br />employees' talents and <br />skills <br />• Provide coaching for <br />performance <br />improvement and <br />development <br />• Ability to design an effective department structure <br />• Ability to staff effectively; build a team whose members have <br />complementary strengths <br />• Ability to recruit and maintain excellent employees; matching <br />individuals to jobs <br />• Ability to anticipate long-term staffing needs <br />Communications <br />Communications Planning and <br />Implementation <br />• Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing with <br />architects, contractors, developers, builders, residents, <br />commercial business owners, the public, staff, Planning <br />Commission and City Council <br />• Ability to prepare communication articles for website and The <br />Resident Newsletter <br />• Ability to develop community development materials that are <br />easy to read and informative <br />Planning Programs <br />and Services <br />Community Development <br />Programs and Services <br />• Land Use Applications <br />• Building Permit <br />Applications <br />• Building Inspections <br />• Maintenance Standards <br />Enforcement <br />• Ability to develop and manage exemplary community <br />development programs and services <br />• Ability to execute outstanding client -driven services <br />• Ability to design/redesign processes that deliver cost-effective <br />programs/services <br />• Ability to provide timely issuance of building permits and <br />completion of inspections to ensure code compliance <br />Real Estate and <br />Development <br />Real Estate Transactions <br />• Proven experience of delivery timely and detailed submittal of <br />review projects <br />• Ability to negotiate and implement development agreements <br />for new and redevelopment agreements including <br />3 <br />