Deputy or Assistant Director of Utilities - Administration

Town-of-Leesbur; Leesburg (FL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive benefits

Job summary

The Town of Leesburg seeks a Deputy of Administration for the Department of Utilities to lead budget development, tracking, and reporting, and to manage staff and policy initiatives. You will support strategic planning, rate studies, customer service, and financial functions while acting as an extension of the Director's guidance.

Responsibilities include coordinating with the Deputy Director of Engineering and Operations, guiding staff, and driving organizational effectiveness and culture.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Public Administration, or related degree.
• MBA, MPA or related degree.
• Twelve years of progressively responsible management-related experience in municipal government accounting, budgeting or finance.

Responsibilities

• Provide administrative leadership for the Department of Utilities, including budget development, tracking and reporting.
• Conduct utility rate studies and implementation.
• Oversee customer service, personnel matters and staff development.
• Support strategic planning, policy management and coordination of staff and projects.
• Partner with managers to foster relationship building, performance management and organizational culture.
• Act as Director’s deputy in coordination with Deputy Director of Engineering and Operations.

Skills

Budget development

Strategic planning

Leadership

Policy management

Performance management

Customer service

Communication

Employee engagement

Team leadership

Relationship building

Project management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business/Public Administration

MBA/MPA or related degree

Job description

Do you want to apply your expertise for a cause you can feel good about? Do you want to work for an organization that wants you to grow with it and offers tuition reimbursement, certification training, and a chance to learn about multiple industries? Come work for the Town of Leesburg, hometown of the 21st century! Located 35 miles west of the nation's capital in the heart of DC's Wine Country, you'll enjoy a vibrant and authentic community with "big city" amenities. The Town of Leesburg strongly encourages innovation, promotes career development, and offers excellent benefits to employees. Benefits include membership to the Town's full-service recreation center, enrollment into the Virginia Retirement System, excellent healthcare insurance, and other fringe benefits.

Who We're Looking For

• Creative problem solver
• Proactive self-starter
• Life-long learner
• Strong team player
• Passionate about excellent customer service
• Positive, can-do attitude
• Effective communicator
• Desire to impart knowledge to others
• Early adopter of new technologies

What You'll Be Doing

This professional level position is primarily responsible for administrative aspects of the Department of Utilities including budget development, tracking, and reporting; utility rate studies and implementation; customer service; personnel matters, and staff development. Tasks include strategic and annual planning processes, strategic initiatives, policy management, budget development, employee engagement, community outreach, customer satisfaction, and financial and administrative functions. The Deputy supports the Director in all administrative matters and serves as an extension of the Director’s guidance, vision, strategic planning, initiatives, directives and business plans. The Deputy completes complex professional work and provides direction to the department through planning, policy management and coordination of staff, projects and activities. The work includes partnering with managers and employees to support relationship building, performance management, leadership, organizational effectiveness and culture as well as employee relations and recruitment. The Deputy of Administration performs the functions of the Director as delegated in coordination with the Deputy Director of Engineering and Operations. For more detailed job descriptions, please visit the Town's Job Descriptions page. Position is open until filled with first review of applications on October 5, 2026.

The Town may consider applicants for an Assistant Director Position that do not necessarily meet the requirement for the Deputy Director position.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Public Administration, or related degree
• Ten years of progressively responsible experience of senior-level human resources and/or financial management experience with accounting, budget, procurement, and/or treasury responsibilities
• Five years of management responsibility with direct supervision and management of others
• A combination of education and experience as described above
• Must possess and maintain a valid driver’s license
• Must successfully pass a credit check
• MBA, MPA or related degree
• Twelve (12) years of progressively responsible management-related experience in municipal government accounting, budgeting or finance experience and advanced management skills in the administration of personnel with proven experience at the senior management level
• Project Management certification
• Six Sigma certification and/or Lean practices
• Bilingual in English/Spanish

Compensation and Benefits

The Town of Leesburg is committed to providing competitive compensation and benefits, and opportunities to grow one's career, all while making a significant impact on the operations and quality of life in a thriving community.

The Town offers competitive compensation, affordable health insurance coverage, participation in the Virginia Retirement System, an optional 457(b) retirement plan with a Town matching contribution, flexible spending accounts, voluntary benefits, employee assistance program (EAP), membership to the Town's full-service recreation center, an optional payroll Roth IRA, and generous paid time off.

For more information on the Town's robust benefits package, please visit the Town's Employee Benefits page.

ADA/EOE.