Associate Director, Economic Development & Community Growth

Commonwealth of VA Careers; Richmond (VA); In loco; USD 110.000 - 120.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

Commonwealth of Virginia seeks an experienced Associate Director for Economic Development & Community Vitality to lead key programs like Virginia Main Street, Community Business Launch, and revitalization funds. You’ll guide staff, manage grants, and drive strategic planning to strengthen local economies across the Commonwealth.

Responsibilities include program oversight, performance evaluation, regulatory compliance, and collaboration with Fiscal/Policy Divisions.

Competenze

• Demonstrated knowledge of how state and local entities develop, implement, and administer community economic development, revitalization, entrepreneurial support, and small business advancement programs.
• Thorough understanding of place based revitalization strategies such as main street historic preservation, real estate redevelopment, and capital access initiatives.
• Understanding of leadership principles, employee performance management, coaching strategies, workplace safety requirements, and team development techniques necessary to lead and motivate staff effectively.
• Strong written and oral communication skills used to prepare briefing materials, develop program applications, present information to leadership, and maintain effective communication with communities, partners, and stakeholders.
• High‑level proficiency with spreadsheets, databases, and related computer applications.
• Demonstrated experience leading, motivating, and directing diverse professional staff, with strategic involvement in talent and personnel management.
• Experience managing multiple revitalization programs by maintaining compliance with state regulations and ensuring timely completion of program goals and requirements.
• Strong experience in program design, program funding compliance, and policy development, including analyzing and evaluating program effectiveness.
• Considerable experience developing and coordinating operational work plans, performance systems, technical assistance processes, monitoring tools, and compliance mechanisms.
• Considerable experience conducting research, performing complex technical analysis, identifying emerging issues, and translating complex concepts into targeted presentations or reports on findings.

Mansioni

• Monitors project portfolios to evaluate implementation progress, schedules, budgets, risks, resource utilization and overall program performance.
• Identifies implementation risks, barriers, and resource needs and develops corrective action strategies.
• Oversee program managers and project managers responsible for grant administration, project implementation, monitoring, and compliance activities.
• Directs program planning, policy analysis, performance evaluation, data collection, reporting, and continuous improvement activities.
• Creates a work environment that encourages creative thinking and innovation; encourages staff to be open to applying innovative solutions, open exchange of ideas, and reasonable risk taking.
• Ensures projects and programs are implemented in accordance with approved requirements, grant agreements, state and federal regulations, Office policies, and program objectives.
• Coordinate with Fiscal and Policy Divisions as needed to ensure assigned programs maintain compliance with federal, state and agency funding requirements.
• Oversee Office reporting frameworks, dashboards, implementation metrics, performance measures, and management reporting activities.
• Directs implementation and administration of assigned state and federally funded programs, including Virginia Main Street (VMS), the Community Business Launch (CBL), real estate revitalization (Industrial Revitalization Fund) and the Virginia Enterprise Zone Program.

Conoscenze

Community development

Leadership

Performance management

Policy analysis

Data analysis

Descrizione del lavoro

Commonwealth of Virginia seeks an experienced Associate Director for Economic Development & Community Vitality to lead key programs like Virginia Main Street, Community Business Launch, and revitalization funds. You’ll guide staff, manage grants, and drive strategic planning to strengthen local economies across the Commonwealth.

Responsibilities include program oversight, performance evaluation, regulatory compliance, and collaboration with Fiscal/Policy Divisions.