Strategic Capital Planning Manager

The Strategic Capital Planning Manager leads the Capital Planning team as they plan, coordinate, finance and execute a strategic capital plan for the City of Chattanooga. Working across City departments and partner organizations, they will create a capital plan that serves short and long term interests of the City, emphasizing the importance of addressing infrastructure needs while building a more equitable City and investing in economic development projects and improvements that will provide a positive return on investment to the City.

 

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

The following duties ARE NOT intended to serve as a comprehensive list of all duties performed by all employees in this classification, only a representative summary of the primary duties and responsibilities.

Supervises division staff to include: prioritizing and assigning work; conducting performance evaluations; ensuring staff is trained; ensuring that employees follow policies and procedures; maintaining a healthy and safe working environment; and, making hiring, termination, and disciplinary recommendations.

Directs and monitors the day-to-day division activities and operations, which includes: maintaining, administering, and implementing of standard operating procedures, quality assurance standards, policies, goals, objectives, work plans, and workflow; ensuring procedures and equipment meet operational and program performance; and, ensuring compliance with applicable laws, ordinances, codes, rules, regulations, standards, policies, and procedures.

Implement a mission driven, outcome oriented planning process to develop, analyze, prioritize and execute a plan for the CIP to guide investment of capital dollars in conjunction with the Mayor, City Council and community.

Direct and administer functions of capital budgeting and preparation of Capital Improvement Plan to include maintenance of year to year master plan and overall review of City growth. Present plan to senior staff, Mayor and City Council.

Assist Chief Financial Officer in identifying available financing and establish capital spending levels.

Consult with all departments within the City to identify capital needs and establish capital project prioritization.

Coordinate capital budget requests from departments; assist departments in setting budget priorities; prepare budgetary data for presentation to Mayor and City Council.

Analyzes the impact of public improvement requirements on capital improvement projects; prioritize and determine capital improvement project completion dates.

Attend and participate in professional group meetings; maintains awareness of new trends and developments; incorporate new developments as appropriate into programs.

Collaborate with departments to incorporate Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) projects/activities and Transportation Improvements Plan (TIP), land use plans, and other plans with five-year capital improvement plan.

Assist departments to review, analyze and monitor complex capital improvement budgets.

Coordinate grant funding; seek funding sources to supplement City capital funds; direct preparation of grants and prepares grant paperwork.

Compile and monitor administrative, statistical or demographic data; analyze data and identify trends, summarizes data and prepares reports.

Prepare or complete various forms, reports, correspondence, performance evaluations, budget documents, grant documents, master plans, presentations or other documents.

Establish goals for capital program and track performance indicators to measure progress toward those goals.

Perform other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

Master’s Degree in Public Administration, Urban Planning or Business Administration and four (4) years experience in public sector administrative activities such as data analysis, work with grants and philanthropic communities, or GIS and mapping systems; or any combination of equivalent experience and education.

LICENSING AND CERTIFICATIONS: 

Valid Tennessee Driver’s License

Full job description and application details can be found at https://chattanooga.gov/human-resources