District Director I

Pay Range: $62,400 annual compensation

Job Posting Closing on: Wednesday, March 19, 2025 📅

Workdays & Hours: Monday – Friday 8am – 5pm; Some evening/weekend work required.

Benefits for this position include: 11 Paid Holidays, Medical, Dental, Vision, Paid Time Off, Pension Plan, Professional Development Opportunities. Find out More!

The City of Fort Worth is one of the fastest growing large cities in the U.S. Our employees serve the needs of nearly 1,000,000 residents, promoting our values of exceptional customer experience, mutual respect, embracing our diversity, continuous improvement, ethical behavior, and accountability.

A District Director I job is available with the City of Fort Worth District 11 Council Office. The District Director I provide professional, technical, and administrative support on behalf of the assigned City Councilmember for the City of Fort Worth. Provides communication between members of the City Council, City staff, and the public. Acts as liaison for the Councilmember and District and provides administrative support and assistance to senior management. This position reports directly to the assigned Councilmember. This individual must be a self-starter and have excellent interpersonal skills. 🌆

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with coursework in Business Administration or Public Administration
• Experience in increasingly responsible high level administrative or management support

Preferred Qualifications:

• Advance skills with Microsoft Office Suite
• Experience with having high-level of contact

The District Director I job responsibilities include: 

• Provides administrative assistance to Council members by maintaining appointment calendars, preparing documents, organizing meetings, events and outreach activities including townhall meeting, neighborhood meetings, special events and screening clients and phone calls. Prepares travel documents, employee travel reimbursement requests and conference registrations.
• Develops and analyzes policies, including but not limited to preparing summaries, conducting research and identifying supporting data and metrics for the Council member.
• Briefs the Council member on all community and media issues relating to the district, and ensures the council member is abreast of items on all committee meeting agendas, council briefings, and council agendas.
• Prepares and reviews all written correspondence, speeches, and other informational material on behalf of the Councilmember.
• Maintains Council members calendars, organizes meetings, events and outreach activities including town hall meetings, neighborhood meetings, and special events.
• Coordinates, tracks and monitors the implementation of projects and programs initiated by Council members; and provides a summary of project completion.
• Prepares Council committee agendas in collaboration with the Council member and City Manager's Office and works with peer departments on the agenda process and posting.
• Responds to and resolves citizen inquiries, complaints and service requests; interprets policies and procedures; and monitors status of requests.
• Serves as an assigned Council member’s liaison with other city organizations and agencies; chairs or facilitates citywide Boards or committees; and negotiates and resolves sensitive issues.
• Performs other related duties as required.

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Working and Physical Demands

Depending on assignment, positions in this class typically require touching, talking, hearing, seeing, grasping, standing, walking and repetitive motions.

Sedentary Work – Depending on assignment, positions in this class typically exert up to 10 pounds of force occasionally, a negligible amount of force frequently, and/or or constantly having to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally, and all other sedentary criteria are met.

Salary : $62,400