Business Development Senior Executive Analyst-U

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About the Department

Housed within the City Manager’s Office, the Office of Economic Development & Cultural Affairs (OEDCA) leads the implementation of San Jose’s strategic economic and cultural initiatives and programs by working with other City departments, stakeholders, private businesses, and community partners. OEDCA fulfills a critical role in strengthening the City’s long-term fiscal resiliency.

OEDCA has four integrated divisions:

• Business Development, focused on business attraction, expansion and retention including corporate, downtown and the small business team;
• Real Estate, focused on revenue generation, enhancing community benefits, management of City owned property;
• Office of Cultural Affairs, responsible for arts and cultural development; and
• work2future, the federally funded workforce development program serving Silicon Valley.

Position Duties

OEDCA’s Business Development Division is the primary contact for the City’s business community.

The Business Development team is responsible for: proactive outreach to attract new and retain existing businesses, facilitating investment in major commercial and residential site development, developing equity-led approaches to economic development, catalyzing downtown economic vitality, strengthening the small business ecosystem and local placemaking, managing business support programs, management of Foreign Trade Zone 18, business communications and marketing, as well as providing leadership and support across the City’s Community and Economic Development Service Area.

The Business Development Senior Executive Analyst is one of 12 full-time members of the Business Development Division directly responsible for business engagement and support. This position is located within the small business team and reports to the Assistant to the City Manager in the Office of Economic Development that leads the small business team.
The position duties include:

• Strengthening the local business ecosystem through collaboration and impact with federal, state and county tax dollar funded business support/technical assistance service providers, non-profits, and business advocacy organizations.
• Designing and facilitating immediate and long-term approaches for creating and supporting self-organizing neighborhood business associations including the establishment and renewal of business improvement districts.
• Procuring, managing and evaluating the impact of a wide range of projects designed to support the San Jose economy, local neighborhoods and individual businesses.
• Supporting equity-led economic development initiatives and enhancing the positive impact the City and its partners can affect in supporting underserved communities and business owners.
• Promoting local entrepreneurship and the take up of business service programs relevant to the economic cycle and the needs of the business community.
• Convening and engaging with business leaders and local groups on a broad range of economic and other relevant City led initiatives.
• Supporting the City’s business engagement program and campaigns with active business neighborhood walks, use of webinars, and multilingual collateral.
• Drafting memos, reports and presentations to the Small Business Advisory Committee, City Council and City Council committees as necessary.
• Encouraging public, private, and philanthropic collaboration, and identifying new revenue and funding streams for economic and business projects/programs.
• Responding effectively to leads and inquiries from business and property owners and maintaining a highly respected customer facing service and effective internal city-wide liaison.
• Working collaboratively and effectively with existing team members, senior City staff, elected officials, high ranking business professionals
• Public speaking and/or presentations at events and public meetings.
• Supervising Executive Analyst staff and taking a proactive approach to professional development and support for colleagues in the Division.
• Performing other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

Education and Experience

Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college or university and four (4) years of professional level analytic and/or administrative experience. A Master's Degree in public administration, business administration or related field is preferred, and can be substituted for one year of the required experience.

Required Licensing (such as driver’s license, certifications, etc.)

-Possession of a valid California Driver’s license may be required for some assignments

-Possession of FEMA Professional Development Series (PDS) Certificate is preferred upon hire, otherwise must be completed within one (1) year of employment.

-Possession of FEMA Advanced Professional Series (APS) Certificate is preferred upon hire, otherwise must be completed within two (2) years of employment.

-State of California EOC Position Credential within approximately two (2) years of employment. Must be maintained continually as a condition of employment.

-IAEM Certified Emergency Manager within approximately six (6) years of employment. Must be maintained continually as a condition of employment.

Other Qualifications

The ideal candidate will possess the following competencies as demonstrated from past and current employment history. Desirable competencies for this position include:

Job Expertise - Demonstrates knowledge of and experience with applicable professional/technical principles and practices, Citywide and departmental procedures/policies and federal and state rules and regulations.

Management - Evaluates priorities to ensure the 'true' top priorities are handled satisfactorily; sets clear goals for the employees and the work unit.

Collaboration - Develops networks and builds alliances; engages in cross functional activities.

Communication Skills - Effectively conveys information and expresses thoughts and facts clearly, orally and in writing; demonstrates effective use of listening skills; displays openness to other people’s ideas and thoughts.

Creativity - Addresses objectives and problems while questioning traditional assumptions/solutions in order to generate creative ideas and new ways of doing business; exhibits creativity and innovation when contributing to organizational and individual objectives; seeks out opportunities to improve, streamline, reinvent work processes.

Initiative - Exhibits resourceful behaviors toward meeting job objectives; anticipates problems, is proactive, and avoids difficulties by planning ahead; displays willingness to assume extra responsibility and challenges; pursues continuing education opportunities that promotes job performance.

The selection process will consist of an evaluation of the applicant's training and experience based on the application and responses to all the job specific questions. You must answer all of the following supplemental questions to be considered or your application will be deemed incomplete and withheld from further consideration. Applicants who type "see resume" or similar responses will also be withheld from further consideration. Only those candidates whose backgrounds best match the position will be invited to proceed in the selection process. Additional phases of the selection process will consist of one or more interviews. If you have any questions regarding the duties for this position, please contact Vic Farlie at victor.farlie@sanjoseca.gov. If you have any questions regarding the recruitment process, please contact Lori Venzon at lori.venzon@sanjoseca.gov.

Additional Information:

Employment Eligibility: Federal law requires all employees to provide verification of their eligibility to work in this country. Please be informed that the City of San Jose will NOT sponsor, represent or sign any documents related to visa applications/transfers for H1-B or any other type of visa which requires an employer application.

You must answer all job-specific questions to be considered for this vacancy or your application will be deemed incomplete and withheld from further consideration. Applicants are expected to write their own essays/responses. Please be advised that use of AI content in your responses may result in your removal from the hiring process.

Please note that applications are currently not accepted through CalOpps or any other third party job board application system.

This recruitment may be used to fill multiple positions in this, or other divisions or departments. If you are interested in employment in this classification, you should apply to ensure you are considered for additional opportunities that may utilize the applicants from this recruitment.

Please allow adequate time to complete the application and submit before the deadline or the system may not save your application. If your online application was successfully submitted, you will receive an automatic confirmation email to the email address you provided. IF YOU DO NOT RECEIVE THE CONFIRMATION, please email CityCareers@sanjoseca.gov and we will research the status of your application.

The City of San Jose offers a wide range of core health benefits including Medical, Dental, Vision, Employee Assistance Program, Life Insurance, Disability, and Savings Plans. Please visit the City's benefits pagefor detailed information on coverage, cost, and dependent coverage.

For information on the City’s Retirement Plan(pension for full-time employees), please visit the Office of Retirement Services website. You will be able to view information based on different Sworn/Federated job classification.

In additional to the benefits above, there is an additional perks siteto explore further benefits of working for the City of San Jose like paid leave, educational reimbursements, and holiday pay are specific to the job classification and union membership.

Closing Date/Time: 12/20/2024 11:59 PM Pacific

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