Senior Management Analyst (20554952)

Description

The City of San Mateo City Manager’s Office is Looking for a

Senior Management Analyst

Why Join our City?

The City of San Mateo is home to a collaborative team of skilled professionals and provides a great benefits and retirement package to care for its employees. The City Manager’s Office (the Office) provides leadership and support throughout the organization to ensure the City Council’s initiatives and programs are executed and that high-quality service is consistently delivered to the community and other departments. Our program areas include Communications, Economic Development, Sustainability, Goal-setting, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Emergency Preparedness, and Grant Coordination, and Legislative Advocacy, and have a community-wide impact. The team within the Office works closely together to assist in the success of each program.

Look to some of the reasons why the City of San Mateo is a great place to work, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GTIzeSpc_g

What You’ll Do

The Senior Management Analyst will perform complex, professional, and sensitive administrative and technical duties in providing staff assistance to the City Manager’s Office, including conducting special studies, surveys, and research assignments in a variety of administrative and operational procedures and topics, often with City‑wide and/or major financial impact. The emphasis of the work may be upon supporting City Council priorities, grant and contract administration, and/or policy development. Successful performance of the work requires a good knowledge of municipal operations and functions in addition to well‑developed communication and analytical skills. Duties may include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Compile and analyze data; prepare reports and make recommendations on the formulation of policy and procedure, and staffing and organization changes, often with City‑wide impact.
• Conduct surveys and perform research and statistical analyses on administrative, fiscal, personnel, and operational problems.
• Conduct financial analyses; prepare reports and make recommendations regarding rate structures, bonding, budgeting and other financial matters.
• Prepare contracts, proposals, grant applications and similar documents; prepare reports and monitor grants and contracts for program compliance.
• Participate in the development of an installation of new or revised programs, systems, procedures, and methods of operation; update and revise policies and procedures.
• Coordinate the development, administration and monitoring of the City or department budget; prepare a variety of fiscal, administrative and management reports.
• Compile materials and prepare technical and administrative reports, manuals, and publications.
• Act as the Department's primary liaison with management staff in discussing and solving sensitive and complex issues.
• Assist in the design and implementation of systems and forms for use in operation.
• Respond to complaints and requests for information; recommend solutions and courses of action after evaluating alternatives.
• Represent the City in interdepartmental, community, and professional meetings as required; negotiate settlements and has authority to adopt course of action.
• Assist in the coordination of intradepartmental and departmental activities with other City departments and divisions, and outside agencies.
• Interpret Federal, State and City regulations; coordinate their application to City operations.
  
  

This Senior Management Analyst position receives direction from the Assistant City Manager or department management personnel and may exercise technical and functional supervision over office, technical and professional personnel.

For a complete list of duties, reference our job specifications at https://www.cityofsanmateo.org/DocumentCenter/Home/Index/86c

Ideal Candidate

Who You Are

• An individual who possesses thorough knowledge of principles and practices of organization and public administration; principles, methods, and practices of municipal finance, budgeting, accounting, and personnel management; research techniques and methods of report preparation; standard office practices, procedures, methods and equipment; research techniques, sources, and availability of information, and of report preparation and presentation; pertinent State, Federal, and local laws and regulations; principles of contract and grant administration; and organization and municipal government practices as applied to the analysis and evaluation of programs, policies, and operational needs.
• An individual who possesses the ability to review complex organizational, administrative and financial problems, and recommend and implement an effective course of action; establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with those contacted in the course of work; communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing; and interpret and apply policies, procedures, rules, and regulations.
  
  

What You Bring

Any combination of experience and training that would likely provide the required knowledge and abilities is qualifying. A typical way to obtain the knowledge and abilities would be:

• You possess four years of general administrative local government experience, preferably in local government, at least two years of which are comparable to those of Management Analyst II with the City of San Mateo.
• Equivalent to a Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college or university with major work in public or business administration or a closely related field.
  
  

Bonus Points (highly desirable)

• Experience working with diverse, multi-disciplinary teams
• Experience or training in financial, grant, or contract analysis and/or administration
• Experience in development and administration of operating budgets
• Experience in emergency preparedness planning
• Experience with implementing project management framework
• Experience developing and administering the RFP process
  
  

ADA Special Requirement: Essential duties require the following physical abilities and work environment: Ability to work in a standard office environment.

Benefits

What We Offer

• Salary: $9,743 - $11,624/month
• Comprehensive benefits package including generous paid leave and health benefits
• CalPERS retirement (2% @ 55 for classic members; 2% @ 62 for new members). Classic employees contribute 8.30% to CalPERS and New members contribute 6.75% to CalPERS
• Participation in the Social Security Program
• City contribution of 1.5% of base salary to a 457 Deferred Compensation Plan, and a 1.0% match to the Employee’s voluntary contribution.
• The City contributes 0.25% of base salary to a Retiree Health Savings Account
• Free Fitness classes through City of San Mateo Parks and Recreation
• Credit Union Membership
• Bilingual Differential $195 monthly (if applicable)
• Employees receive a housing allowance of $200 per month.
• For more information please refer to the Management Association Benefits Summary effective January 2022.
• This classification is represented by the San Mateo Management Association