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Town of Franklin is seeking next Franklin Town Manager

Location: USA

Job Type: Full-time

About the Community:

Franklin is a unique town located in the heart of the Nantahala National Forest and the County seat of Macon County. With access to the Blue Ridge and Great Smokey Mountains, Franklin offers beautiful views, outdoor recreation, and small-town charm. Recently named the 25th Best City to Live in North Carolina by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Franklin is known for its Scottish and Cherokee heritage. Hosting multiple festivals per year, the annual population of Franklin (est. 3940) doubles in the Spring, Summer, and Fall when visitors increase to enjoy the natural environment and welcoming atmosphere of this idyllic mountain community. Franklin is an hour from Asheville and two hours from Atlanta, offering residents the best of Mountain living with access to urban environments when desired.

About Job:

The Town of Franklin, NC is seeking a community-based leader who is energetic, facilitative, and visionary to be their next Town Manager. The Town Manager will demonstrate the ability to work effectively with a Council holding diverse perspectives, partnering with outstanding and competent staff as well as an engaged community to carry out the strategic priorities of the community.

Position Responsibilities:

The Town Manager reports to the Mayor and a six-person Town Council and works with four Boards: Planning, the Board of Adjustment, Tourism Development Authority, and Franklin Alcoholic Beverage Control Board. The Franklin Town Manager will oversee 57 FTE employees working in the departments of finance, fire and rescue, human resources, police, planning, public works, tax and water and sewer. The FY 21-22 general fund and capital budgets of $10.5M are supported by a tax rate of $.32 per $100 of assessed tax value.

proactively creating and supporting economic vitality opportunities related to regional partnerships, business recruitment, and workforce development programs to improve economic indicators such as education, employment, income, and affordable/ safe housing

addressing aging infrastructure needs through strategic planning and funding

maintaining and enhancing local and regional partnerships with local governments, non-profits and businesses

evaluating personnel policies to ensure continued excellence in employee performance and ensuring effective annual goals/evaluations to nurture employee performance.

Qualifications:

The successful candidate must have a minimum of a bachelor’s degree and 3-5 years increasingly responsible professional experience in municipal government management. Familiarity with NC municipal management and a master’s degree are preferred. Must have a proven track record in effective budget development and management, oversight of capital improvement projects, and economic development, building effective intergovernmental partnerships, visible community engagement, and participation in civic and professional organizations.

The Successful Candidate is:

A confident and trusting leader who allows department heads to exercise their expertise without undue oversight an advocate for continuing education for staff and self to ensure effective training, development and succession planning committed to the value of citizen accessibility and is visible and engaged with residents and visitors alike through community involvement experienced in developing and managing annual general and capital budgets an assertive consensus builder in working with an engaged Board and staff to carry out Town initiatives adept at assertively and constructively advising and providing guidance to Town Council committed to open and transparent government by leveraging social media, working with local and regional media outlets, encouraging citizen input, and publicizing decisions skilful in carrying out current CIP and debt commitments while finding creative ways to increase revenue, manage expenses, and leverage existing funds for new and necessary initiatives that may arise a responsive, detailed and deadline-oriented professional who continuously monitors and engages in process improvement in a service-driven organization resilient in the face of challenges and seeks innovative solutions to problems an excellent communicator both verbally and in writing and possesses well-developed interpersonal skills and abilities disciplined and values accountability with high expectations of self and others while also being an effective and respected leader a relationship builder and effectively networks with peers in neighbouring communities, municipalities throughout the state and other intergovernmental entities.

Interested candidates please apply.

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