City of ChattanoogaDirector of Administration
Jan. 2023Chattanooga, TNResponsible for leading and managing the Administrative Support and Utility Finance work groups, with 21 authorized FTEs. Manage staff, including prioritizing and assigning work, conducting performance evaluations, ensuring staff is trained appropriately, and making hiring, termination and disciplinary recommendations. Manage the day to day activities of the work groups, which includes planning, coordinating, administrating and evaluating programs, projects, processes, procedures, systems and standards. This specifically includes the $160M departmental annual operations and capital budgets, sewer billing, divisional procurement, blanket agreements, City Council legislative actions and utility training, divisional strategic planning and other duties. Serve on the Wastewater Departmental Leadership Team. Communicate and collaborate with internal departments, external consultants, vendors, external agencies, regulatory officials and/or other interested parties to coordinate work activities, exchange information and resolve problems.