Assistant City Manager Job at City of Clayton, Saint Louis, MO

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  • City of Clayton
  • Saint Louis, MO

Job Description

Job Description

Job Description

The City of Clayton is seeking applicants for the Assistant City Manager position. The Assistant City Manager plays a key leadership role in supporting the City Manager by overseeing essential municipal functions, including Communications, Human Resources, and the Municipal Court. The role involves preparing and presenting policies, budgets, and research, representing the City at official functions, and ensuring alignment of the City's goals and objectives. This individual also serves as Assistant City Clerk and Acting City Manager in their absence. The Assistant City Manager serves as a staff liaison to boards and commissions, and must be comfortable working with elected officials and the public.

Strong leadership, analytical, and communication skills are essential, along with the ability to manage multiple projects under pressure. A deep knowledge of local government operations, budgeting, strategic planning, and intergovernmental relations is required. The successful candidate must be committed to public service, demonstrate high ethical standards, and maintain professionalism while navigating complex administrative and community issues. Evening and weekend availability for meetings is also expected.

The City of Clayton is proud to provide world class service levels to a community which greatly values the contributions of the professional team. Comprised of approximately 185 full-time and over 200 part-time and seasonal employees, the average full-time employee tenure is over ten years!

Employee Compensation & Benefits:

  • Competitive starting salary: $132,162
  • Generous paid leave, including vacation, sick, personal time, holidays, community service, parental, military and pandemic leave. During the first year of service, leave accruals are prorated based on the date of hire.
  • Comprehensive insurance package including health, dental, vision, group term life insurance, City-paid AD&D, flexible spending account and dependent care assistance plan, deductible reimbursement, long-term disability, and additional voluntary AD&D, life insurance, accident, critical illness, and hospital indemnity options for employee, spouse and dependents.
  • Retirement plans including City pension and several deferred compensation plans.
  • Tuition reimbursement program for employees, Missouri MOST 529 program to help save for education expenses, and the City is a qualifying public service employer for the federal government's Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program.
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for confidential counseling and coaching services
  • Platinum family membership to The Center of Clayton and Shaw Park Pool. Employee reciprocal memberships available for The Pointe in Ballwin and THE HEIGHTS in Richmond Heights.
  • Transportation benefit available for employees to receive a 25% subsidy for the purchase of Metro passes, which are paid for on a pre-tax basis through payroll deduction.
  • Voluntary identity theft protection available from Lifelock.
  • Voluntary pet insurance available from Nationwide.
  • Click here for further details on the City's benefit package.

Required Qualifications of the Assistant City Manager Position:

  • Master of Public Administration degree
  • Minimum of five (5) years experience in municipal government
  • Prior supervisory experience is required

Successful candidates for the position will be required to successfully complete additional screening including, but not limited to the following: Background investigation, driver license check, employment and reference checks, pre-employment physical and drug screening.

Application Information:

The position is open until filled; however, applicants are encouraged to apply as soon as possible as applications will be reviewed as they are received.

Employment Notice

The City of Clayton is an Equal Opportunity Employer. To provide equal employment and advancement opportunities to all individuals, employment decisions made at the City of Clayton will be based on merit, qualifications and abilities. It is the policy of the City of Clayton not to discriminate against any individual because of race, color, national origin or ancestry, religion or creed, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or other legally protected statuses. The City of Clayton will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with known disabilities unless doing so would result in an undue hardship. The City of Clayton encourages both prospective and current employees to discuss potential accommodations with Human Resources.

This policy extends to all stages of the employment process, including but not limited to: recruiting or advertising for employment; evaluating the skills, education and experience of applicants; establishing rates of pay and terms, conditions and privileges of employment (including training opportunities); and promoting, upgrading, demoting, transferring, laying off and terminating employees.

Any employees with questions or concerns about any type of discrimination in the workplace are encouraged to bring these issues to the attention of their immediate supervisor, Human Resources, or the City Manager. Employees can raise concerns and make reports without fear of retaliation. Anyone found to be engaging in any type of unlawful discrimination will be subject to disciplinary action, up to and including termination of employment.

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Job Tags

Full time, Part time, Seasonal work, Local area, Immediate start, Flexible hours, Weekend work, Afternoon shift,

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