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First review of applications on July 11, 2025. Expected Hiring Range: $66,336 to $74,628. Starting Salary Depending on Experience and Qualifications. Under direction, plans, organizes, and manages the daily operations of the Town's Economic Initiatives activities and staff. Essential Functions
Assists potential new businesses in site analysis, including demographic, tax, fee, development, permitting, and related information. Collaborates with intra- and inter-departmental personnel, develops project goals and objectives, evaluates project success and regulatory compliance. Completes website edits and additions on various sites. Reviews and provides updates to information about Oro Valley on regional partner's sites where Town information is housed or promoted. Manages the Town's Business Retention and Expansion (BR&E) Program, including co-management of the Shop Oro Valley Campaign with the Oro Valley Chamber of Commerce. Makes presentations that demonstrate implementation strategies regarding the Town's ongoing policy of broadening its retail, commercial, and industrial base. Manages and directs complex projects by coordinating, forecasting, budgeting, analyzing, and collaborating. Prepares and reviews reports and correspondence; provides advice, researching and analyzing information such as cost-benefit studies, developing and maintaining databases, and responding to and forwarding inquiries related to economic development issues. Prepares forecasts for project funding, assists in the development and implementation of budgets, monitors project budgets, authorizes expenditures and budget allocations, reviews budget documents and prepares reports and communications. Prepares verbal and written reports, creates information packets including economic, statistical, financial, population, growth, demographic, and other information for dissemination to retail and commercial businesses and primary employers. Proposes and writes resolutions, ordinances, staff reports, commercial activity reports, financial participation agreements and other official documents as required related to Economic Development. Provides back-up support to the Community and Economic Development Director as needed for projects and during absences. Represents the Town as a liaison in local and regional economic development, private and public arts programs, retail, business, marketing, Chamber of Commerce, and related associations and at meetings, conferences, and trade shows. Assists with the forecasting, development and monitoring of the department budget. Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in written communication. Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships. Ability to observe, review and check the work of contractors to ensure conformance to standards and local, state, and federal agencies. Ability to operate personal computer hardware and software, office computing suites, and online meeting programs. Ability to organize work, set priorities, meet critical deadlines and follow up on work assignments with minimal supervision. Knowledge and competence in management, collaboration, project development and implementation, and leadership principles. Knowledge of management and/or supervision principles and possession of strong leadership skills. Knowledge of research sources and trend data reports for new development techniques and methods. Knowledge of Town and Department policies and procedures. Skill in interpreting and applying relevant Town, state and Federal statutes, ordinances, codes, rules and regulations governing economic development and tourism. Ability to demonstrate flexibility and judgment in difficult or stressful situations. Minimum Qualifications
A bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in Economics, Business, Public Administration, or a closely related field. Five (5) years' experience in private or public economic development. Must possess a valid Class D Arizona driver license upon the first day of employment. An equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered. Environmental Factors and Working Conditions
Work is performed in an indoor and outdoor environment. Some local, state, and national travel is required. Regular and reliable attendance; may work more than forty hours in a workweek without additional compensation to perform assigned job duties, including weekends, evenings, early morning hours, and holidays as required. The Town of Oro Valley is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. The Town does not discriminate in the provision of employment opportunities, benefits or privileges; create discriminatory work conditions; or use discriminatory evaluative standards in employment if the basis of that discriminatory treatment is, in whole or in part, the person's race, color, national origin, age, religion, disability status, gender, veteran status, political affiliation, sexual orientation, genetic information or marital status. Oro Valley is a planned community cradled in the shadows of the magnificent Santa Catalina Mountains, with hiking trails through Catalina State Park, hiking and bicycle trails throughout the Town, world-class golf courses, horseback riding and a long-valued cultural tradition, vibrant for over a thousand years. Oro Valley has received many accolades through the years and is proud to have been named: Best Places to Live in Arizona, Best Towns for Families and Best Places in America to Live and Launch a Small Business. Oro Valley is located in northern Pima County, just three miles north of Tucson, and a quick drive to the University of Arizona and Tucson International Airport. With average high temperatures of 83.4 degrees, average lows of 53.8 degrees, the town sits at an elevation of 2,640 feet, covers more than 34 square miles and has a current population of 41,011. Oro Valley was incorporated in April, 1974. Oro Valley is also quickly developing a strong reputation as home to the emerging bioscience and biotech industries. We are a young, diverse, dynamic community with a responsive government and our schools are among the finest in Arizona. The Town of Oro Valley has a council/manager form of government. Six council members and the mayor are elected for four-year terms. The town manager is appointed by town council. The Town of Oro Valley provides high-quality services including: police, planning, zoning, construction, inspection, transit services, traffic engineering, street maintenance, storm water management, flood control, water utility, parks, recreation, aquatics, library, cultural resources, economic development, constituent services, community and media relations, budget development, debt and investment management, attorney services, magistrate court and more. Town of Oro Valley currently has a benefits program that is currently offered to employees of the Town who work 20 or more hours per week on a regular basis. (Part-time employees working at least 20 hours per week may qualify for participation in the individual plans, dependent upon the specific terms of coverage.) Please click on the following link to get a full description of all the benefits that the Town of Oro Valley offers. Do you have a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in Economics, Business, Public Administration, or a closely related field? Yes or No. Do you have five (5) years' experience in private or public economic development. Please explain.
First review of applications on July 11, 2025. Expected Hiring Range: $66,336 to $74,628. Starting Salary Depending on Experience and Qualifications. Under direction, plans, organizes, and manages the daily operations of the Town's Economic Initiatives activities and staff. Essential Functions
Assists potential new businesses in site analysis, including demographic, tax, fee, development, permitting, and related information. Collaborates with intra- and inter-departmental personnel, develops project goals and objectives, evaluates project success and regulatory compliance. Completes website edits and additions on various sites. Reviews and provides updates to information about Oro Valley on regional partner's sites where Town information is housed or promoted. Manages the Town's Business Retention and Expansion (BR&E) Program, including co-management of the Shop Oro Valley Campaign with the Oro Valley Chamber of Commerce. Makes presentations that demonstrate implementation strategies regarding the Town's ongoing policy of broadening its retail, commercial, and industrial base. Manages and directs complex projects by coordinating, forecasting, budgeting, analyzing, and collaborating. Prepares and reviews reports and correspondence; provides advice, researching and analyzing information such as cost-benefit studies, developing and maintaining databases, and responding to and forwarding inquiries related to economic development issues. Prepares forecasts for project funding, assists in the development and implementation of budgets, monitors project budgets, authorizes expenditures and budget allocations, reviews budget documents and prepares reports and communications. Prepares verbal and written reports, creates information packets including economic, statistical, financial, population, growth, demographic, and other information for dissemination to retail and commercial businesses and primary employers. Proposes and writes resolutions, ordinances, staff reports, commercial activity reports, financial participation agreements and other official documents as required related to Economic Development. Provides back-up support to the Community and Economic Development Director as needed for projects and during absences. Represents the Town as a liaison in local and regional economic development, private and public arts programs, retail, business, marketing, Chamber of Commerce, and related associations and at meetings, conferences, and trade shows. Assists with the forecasting, development and monitoring of the department budget. Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in written communication. Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships. Ability to observe, review and check the work of contractors to ensure conformance to standards and local, state, and federal agencies. Ability to operate personal computer hardware and software, office computing suites, and online meeting programs. Ability to organize work, set priorities, meet critical deadlines and follow up on work assignments with minimal supervision. Knowledge and competence in management, collaboration, project development and implementation, and leadership principles. Knowledge of management and/or supervision principles and possession of strong leadership skills. Knowledge of research sources and trend data reports for new development techniques and methods. Knowledge of Town and Department policies and procedures. Skill in interpreting and applying relevant Town, state and Federal statutes, ordinances, codes, rules and regulations governing economic development and tourism. Ability to demonstrate flexibility and judgment in difficult or stressful situations. Minimum Qualifications
A bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in Economics, Business, Public Administration, or a closely related field. Five (5) years' experience in private or public economic development. Must possess a valid Class D Arizona driver license upon the first day of employment. An equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered. Environmental Factors and Working Conditions
Work is performed in an indoor and outdoor environment. Some local, state, and national travel is required. Regular and reliable attendance; may work more than forty hours in a workweek without additional compensation to perform assigned job duties, including weekends, evenings, early morning hours, and holidays as required. The Town of Oro Valley is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. The Town does not discriminate in the provision of employment opportunities, benefits or privileges; create discriminatory work conditions; or use discriminatory evaluative standards in employment if the basis of that discriminatory treatment is, in whole or in part, the person's race, color, national origin, age, religion, disability status, gender, veteran status, political affiliation, sexual orientation, genetic information or marital status. Oro Valley is a planned community cradled in the shadows of the magnificent Santa Catalina Mountains, with hiking trails through Catalina State Park, hiking and bicycle trails throughout the Town, world-class golf courses, horseback riding and a long-valued cultural tradition, vibrant for over a thousand years. Oro Valley has received many accolades through the years and is proud to have been named: Best Places to Live in Arizona, Best Towns for Families and Best Places in America to Live and Launch a Small Business. Oro Valley is located in northern Pima County, just three miles north of Tucson, and a quick drive to the University of Arizona and Tucson International Airport. With average high temperatures of 83.4 degrees, average lows of 53.8 degrees, the town sits at an elevation of 2,640 feet, covers more than 34 square miles and has a current population of 41,011. Oro Valley was incorporated in April, 1974. Oro Valley is also quickly developing a strong reputation as home to the emerging bioscience and biotech industries. We are a young, diverse, dynamic community with a responsive government and our schools are among the finest in Arizona. The Town of Oro Valley has a council/manager form of government. Six council members and the mayor are elected for four-year terms. The town manager is appointed by town council. The Town of Oro Valley provides high-quality services including: police, planning, zoning, construction, inspection, transit services, traffic engineering, street maintenance, storm water management, flood control, water utility, parks, recreation, aquatics, library, cultural resources, economic development, constituent services, community and media relations, budget development, debt and investment management, attorney services, magistrate court and more. Town of Oro Valley currently has a benefits program that is currently offered to employees of the Town who work 20 or more hours per week on a regular basis. (Part-time employees working at least 20 hours per week may qualify for participation in the individual plans, dependent upon the specific terms of coverage.) Please click on the following link to get a full description of all the benefits that the Town of Oro Valley offers. Do you have a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in Economics, Business, Public Administration, or a closely related field? Yes or No. Do you have five (5) years' experience in private or public economic development. Please explain.