Job Overview

Reporting to the Competitive Sites Manager, this position performs highly responsible professional duties related to a proactive and holistic effort to position competitive sites within Hillsborough County. This position provides support to the manager and department leadership in program administration, client outreach, and data analysis to assist County efforts in incentivizing strategic real estate development. This position is essential in assisting the County in diversifying its economic base by attracting jobs and investment to unincorporated Hillsborough County.

Salary

Min: $57,075

Mid: $75,628

Max: $94,182

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate will be one who can track development activity in the County through monitoring of permitting activities within County departments, and other means such as private real estate trend analysis reports and data bases and being able to transfer the results to on-line and static ESRI GIS maps and monitoring reports. Other work such as expedited permitting execution and monitoring, capital improvement plan development and execution, competitive site analysis and new site identification, redevelopment studies and plans, and redevelopment opportunities analysis and program improvements will also come into play providing for a dynamic and challenging environment requiring the ideal candidate to be able to juggle multiple priorities simultaneously and effectively.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in economic development, economics, business, public administration, or a related field; and
• Three (3) years of experience in planning, development, economic development, engineering, real estate, or a related field.

Core Competencies

• Customer Commitment - Proactively seeks to understand the needs of the customers and provide the highest standards of service.
• Dedication to Professionalism and Integrity - Demonstrates and promotes fair, honest, professional, and ethical behaviors that establishes trust throughout the organization and with the public we serve.
• Organizational Excellence - Takes ownership for excellence through one's personal effectiveness and dedication to the continuous improvement of our operations.
• Success through Teamwork - Collaborates and builds partnerships through trust and the open exchange of diverse ideas and perspectives to achieve organizational goals.

Duties and Responsibilities

Note: The following duties are illustrative and not exhaustive. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related, or a logical assignment to the position. Depending on assigned area of responsibility, incumbents in the position may perform one or more of the activities described below.

• Manage the process of identifying and maintaining the County's inventory of competitive sites, redevelopment sites, and other priority projects.
• Perform independent technical analysis of site potential, including planning and permitting processes associated with horizontal/vertical development, infrastructure requirements, land entitlements, etc., and coordination with other departments and consultants.
• Manage and operate ESRI GIS programs to analyze data, create and add data, and produce associated site maps.
• Provide coordination services in expediting projects through public permitting and regulatory processes.
• Develop policies and regulations that facilitate redevelopment site development through modifications to the Comp Plan/Land Development Code.
• Review requests to rezone properties and evaluate impacts to the Department's economic development policies.
• Provide recommendations on programs and policies based on analysis of data and site knowledge.
• Create high quality presentations, reports, and other materials based on continued analysis.
• Develops conceptual plans and policies for redevelopment sites, including prioritization of infrastructure.
• Provide information and assistance to County staff, business organizations, businesses, and citizens.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Job-Specific Competencies

• Knowledge of procedures related to public grant administration.
• Knowledge of funding sources and associated requirements and regulations.
• Knowledge of governmental administration and organization.
• Knowledge of legislative, planning, and development processes.
• Skill in the application of managerial techniques.
• Skill in making presentations to groups.
• Ability to formulate goals and objectives and evaluate research projects.
• Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing.
• Ability to collect, organize, and evaluate data and to develop logical conclusions.
• Ability to plan, organize, and supervise the work of others and to effectively work with others.
• Critical Thinking: Problems are complex, varied and only mildly related to those seen before. Simply determining what the problem is requires major individual effort and/or consultation with others within the department. A high degree of analytical ability and inductive thinking is required to solve highly intricate, technically complex problems. Must be able to develop new and non-standard approaches.
• Decision Making: Supervisor is available to establish broad objectives relative to basic position duties or departmental responsibilities. Independent judgment is required to study previously established, often partially relevant guidelines; plan various interrelated activities; and coordinate such activities within a work unit or while completing a project.
• Communication: Requires regular contact with internal and external persons of influence. Involves considerable tact, discretion, and persuasion in obtaining the cooperation of others. Requires the handling of delicate relationships and complex situations.
• Strategic Planning: Makes decisions and final recommendations that routinely affect the activities of others.
• Managerial/Operational Skills: Responsible for coordinating multiple functions while attending to additional duties and responsibilities as required by the Manager of Competitive Sites.
• Leadership: Able to influence others by gaining support for ideas, proposals, projects and solutions. Ability to build relationships with others who can provide information, support, and other forms of help. Ability to delegate responsibility and to work with others and coach them to develop their capabilities. Empower employees by having confidence in their ability to be successful, especially at challenging new tasks, delegating significant responsibility and authority; allowing employees the freedom to decide how they will accomplish their goals and resolve issues.
• Analytical Ability: Ability to visualize, articulate, conceptualize, or solve both simple and complex problems by making decisions that are sensible given the available information.
• Managing Complexity: Work is non-standard and widely varied requiring the interpretation and application of a substantial variety of procedures, policies, and/or precedents used in combination. Frequently, the application of multiple technical activities is employed; therefore, analytical ability and inductive thinking are required. Problem solving involves identification and analysis of diverse issues.

Nature of Work

• Sedentary work: Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally, and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull, or otherwise move objects, including the human body. 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.

Working Conditions

• Primarily works in a standard office environment.
• Frequently requires travel, excluding overnight stays.
• Occasionally requires travel, including overnight stays.

Physical Effort

• Primarily sits at a desk or table.
• Occasionally standing and/or walking.
• Occasionally intermittently sitting, standing, or stooping.
• Occasionally uses equipment requiring high dexterity.
• Occasionally required good hearing.
• Frequently requires good near and distant vision.

Emergency Management Responsibilities

In the event of an emergency or disaster, an employee may be required to respond promptly to duties and responsibilities as assigned by the employee's department, the County's Office of Emergency Management, or County Administration. Such assignments may be for before, during, or after the emergency/disaster.