POSITION TITLE: Deputy Director, PDT (Full-Time Regular) (Unclassified Management)
REQUISITION #: req7014
DEPARTMENT: PDT Administration
LOCATION: 281 OFFICE BLDG
BENEFIT CATEGORY: Unclassified Management View Classifications & Benefits
EMPLOYMENT TYPE: Full-Time Regular
ANNUAL SALARY RANGE: $114,345.00 - 190,575.00 (Salaries are paid biweekly)
ANTICIPATED HIRING ANNUAL SALARY RANGE: $145,000.00 - 160,000.00 (Salaries are paid biweekly)
SELECTION PROCESS: Application deadline is 3:00 p.m. MT on 4/30/2023.

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The Community: The City of Fort Collins sits nestled against the foothills of the Rocky Mountains alongside the banks of the Cache La Poudre River. At 5,000 feet in elevation, residents enjoy a moderate, four-season climate, with an average of 300 days of sunshine per year. With 174,800 residents, Fort Collins is Colorado’s fourth-largest city and spans 57 square miles. With the 20 year growth projection, the City of Fort Collins is expected to reach 255,000 residents.

The first people who hunted in this region arrived approximately 11,000 years ago, and Northern Colorado remains an integral part of the traditional and ancestral homelands of the Arapaho, Cheyenne, and Ute Nations. European-American trappers and traders arrived by the early 1800s but rarely established permanent settlements. Gold and silver discoveries in the Colorado mountains in the mid-1800s and the prospect of land for farming and ranching attracted people from eastern cities and across the globe to the Colorado Territory, including what would become the town of Fort Collins; an agricultural colony that emerged from its founding days as a military fort. The expansion included the sugar beet industry's growth, which brought new residents whose descendants still live here today, including Mexican-American families from southern Colorado, New Mexico, and northern Mexico, as well as Germans from Russia. Since 1879, Fort Collins has been the home of the state’s land grant institution, Colorado State University, which currently enrolls 34,000 students. Along with the university, the city’s major high-tech and manufacturing companies and breweries attract new residents from all over the country and world. The community’s overall social diversity continues to grow.

There are abundant outdoor recreation opportunities available to the many residents who enjoy healthy lifestyles. The nearby Horsetooth Reservoir is a key attraction, as is the Cache La Poudre-North Park Scenic Byway. The Downtown district provides many venues for live music, shopping, dining, and nightlife within the city. Fort Collins is widely considered the Craft Beer Capital of Colorado. The City has a strong appreciation for arts, culture, and entertainment. Various national organizations and magazines recognize Fort Collins as one of the best places to live in the nation.

The City’s long list of acknowledgements includes:

• No. 2 Best Tasting Drinking Water in North America: American Water Works – June 2021
• No. 5 Best Remote-Ready Cities: Livability.com Jan 2021
• Top 30 Creative Small Cities: CVSuite – May 2020
• No. 18 Safest Cities in America: SafeWise – April 2020
• No. 1 Best Place to Live: Livability.com March 2020
• No. 9 Most Fitness Friendly Places: SmartAsset – Dec 2019
• No. 7 Safest Driving Cities: Allstate – June 2019
• No. 4 Best U.S. Cities to Raise a Family: MarketWatch – April 2019
• No. 9 Best Performing Cities: Milken Institute – Jan 2019
• No. 3 U.S. Cities with Highest Economic Confidence: Yahoo – Nov 2018
• No. 2 Brain Concentration Index: Bloomberg – Nov 2018
• No. 1 City in America for Cycling: PeopleForBikes-May 2018
• Outstanding Achievement in Local Government Innovation Award: Alliance for Innovation-April 2018
• The Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award-Nov 2017
• 18th Best City for Career Opportunities: SmartAsset – Sep 2017
• 3rd Best College Town to Live in Forever: College Ranker – July 2017
• 25 Best Towns Ever: Where to Live Now: Outside Magazine – June 2017
• No. 1 Stable and Growing Housing Market: Realtor.com-June 2017
• 11th Happiest City in America: Yahoo! Finance - March 2017
• No. 9 Top 150 Cities for Millennials Report: Millennial Personal Finance - Feb 2017
• No. 2 Best Cities for Small Business Owners: ValuePenguin – Feb 2017

Why Work For the City of Fort Collins?

• Medical, dental, vision (for self, spouse, children) – eligible on the 1st of the month following date of hire
• Paid vacation, paid holidays, and sick
• Retirement + company contributions – after 6 month probation period and immediate vesting
• Flexible spending: Medical expenses FSA, dependent FSA or both
• Employee Assistance Program: counseling, legal, financial assistance
• Life insurance, short-term and long-term disability
• Wellness program, workout facilities
• Employee/family onsite health clinic
• Personal & professional learning opportunities including supervisory and leadership development; plus career mobility
• Collaborative work environment

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Job Summary

The Deputy Director of Planning, Development, and Transportation (PDT) Service Area provides strategic oversight and leadership for Engineering, FC Moves, Street Operations, and Traffic Operations ensuring the alignment with the Director, City stakeholders, and annual work plan. This position represents PDT throughout Northern Colorado while collaborating with key constituents regarding the multimodal transportation planning and development for the City’s master plans and programs. The Deputy Director of PDT provides communication, consultation and guidance to City Council, boards and commission, department leadership, and community/ project stakeholders related to the impact of short- and long-term plans.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

The following duties and responsibilities are illustrative of the primary functions of this position and are not intended to be all inclusive.

• Provides strategic support and leadership to multiple departments that make up the Planning, Development and Transportation (PDT) Service Area, ensuring alignment and collaboration with the Service Area Director, City leadership, and annual work plan items.
• Serves as a critical member of the PDT leadership team while overseeing one or more departments directly. Departments may include: FC Moves (transportation planning), Engineering, Street Operations, and Traffic Operations.
• Offers systems and data-driven thinking to leverage the strengths and opportunities among all PDT departments as well as other City departments and partners.
• Builds strong relationships and makes meaningful connections with employees and partners, representing the PDT Director, service area, and City throughout Northern Colorado.
• Leads the development of new policies on land use, trans¬portation aligned with adopted plans, our City’s Strategic Plan and Council priorities.
• Guide the effective efforts of multi¬modal transportation planning, project development, construction, maintenance and operations and the provision of transportation services.
• Leads staff in working to provide the effective and safe movement of people throughout the community.
• Provide ongoing support to the City Council, various boards and com¬missions, and ad hoc committees on matters within the scope of oversight and responsibilities. Facilitate communications with all external agencies and groups, interpreting the City's development and transportation policies and practices
• Partners with the Chamber of Commerce, Downtown Development Association, Colorado State Univer¬sity, Northern Colorado Economic Development Corporation, Metro¬politan Planning Organization and other organizations on planning, development and transportation issues related to the City's master plans and programs.
• Consults on the preparation of short term and long-range plans and the PDT Service Unit annual budget based on overall City goals and growth objectives with other members of the leadership team.
• Ensure that all PDT Service Unit programs, projects and operations are carried out in compliance with applicable local, state, and federal regulations and laws.

Management Responsibilities

Yes

City Competencies

• Demonstrated cultural competence to effectively interact, work, and develop meaningful relationships with people of diverse identities, perspectives, and cultural backgrounds.
• Strong learning orientation. Leverages all resources and is creative in ways of learning for self to continue adapting to changing issues and trends.
• A desire and ability to understand the diverse needs of internal and external customers, and to create experiences and deliver services that exceed their expectations.
• A desire and ability to utilize digital tools for organizational information, individual, and teamwork.
• Experience building teams and implementing practices to lead others well in an inclusive, high-performance organization. Skill in integrating and synthesizing others’ viewpoints to build alignment of diverse perspectives to achieve results.
• Capable of creating conditions of emotional safety and demonstrates self-awareness and regulation in responding to others.
• Capable of systems thinking to see interdependent relationships and recognize multiple causes and effects of community issues, to predict or anticipate the consequences of policy decisions, and to community and organizational resources.
• Strong ability to assess alternatives in terms of their financial, revenue, social, environmental, and strategic advantages and disadvantages and propose solutions.

Required Knowledge Skills and Abilities

• Demonstrated experience with collaboration and influence across diverse disciplines
• Superior judgment and intuition and the ability to lead independently; mindfulness of the importance of leading up, out, and across the organization
• Effective conflict strategies; ability to convene diverse groups and individuals successfully for optimized outcomes
• Enthusiasm for developing staff and growing the talent within the City
• Dedication to continuous improvement, performance measurement, and alignment with City mission, vision, and values
• Superior oral and written communication skills; the ability to present sensitive, complex information to diverse audiences; the ability to mentor staff in productive counsel and public correspondence
• Ability to lead and evaluate policy and programs that have regional impact
• Ability to proactively recognize, analyze, and resolve operational, strategic, cultural, and workforce issues that occur within PDT departments
• Ability to support the Director in the executive management of the approximately 450-person work force in PDT; lead department level managers in exercising sound management philosophies in personnel management, diversity, financial management, safety and a respectful work environment
• Ability to maintain a sound organizational plan by establishing policies that ensure management development and provide for capable management succession
• Ability to offer leadership consistency when representing Director and City interests
• Knowledge of advanced technology-based systems related to planning, development and transportation services programs
• Working knowledge of financial management and budget development
• Ability to skillfully manage a challenging workload and diverse community issues and preferences
• Knowledge of or ability to learn annexations, zoning, site planning, subdivision and capital improvement programs; public works; operation of traffic and transit systems; engineering; building and fire codes; neighborhood services; and quality growth management
• Knowledge of or ability to learn the principles and practices of urban and city planning, urban design, architecture, transportation planning and multi-modal services, civil and construction engineering as applied to municipal planning, project development, construction and operations

Required Education

Experience Requirements

• 12 or more years experience including at least 5 years of senior management experience in community or economic development, transportation, planning, or building code administration; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
  
• PREFERRED: Background in urban or regional planning, public administration, architecture, engineering, transportation, community or economic development, or related professions with demonstrated senior leadership experience that will allow for effective influence across the diverse disciplines.

Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply for jobs unless they believe they can perform every job description task. We are most interested in finding the best candidate for the job, and that candidate may come from a less traditional background. The City may consider an equivalent combination of knowledge, skills, education, and experience to meet minimum qualifications. If you are interested in applying, we encourage you to think broadly about your background and skill set for the role.

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Deputy Director, PDT

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