Pay Range: $120,000 to $150,000 annually compensation Job Posting Closing on: Friday, August 9, 2024 Workdays & Hours: Monday - Friday 8am - 5pm; Some evening/weekend work required.
Benefits for this position include: 11 Paid Holidays, Medical, Dental, Vision, Paid Time Off, Pension Plan, Professional Development Opportunities, and much more.
The City of Fort Worth is one of the fastest growing large cities in the U.S. Our employees serve the needs of nearly 1,000,000 residents, promoting our values of exceptional customer experience, mutual respect, embracing our diversity, continuous improvement, ethical behavior, and accountability. The Development Services Department seeks to make Fort Worth the most livable city in Texas by promoting orderly growth and development, safe construction and neighborhood vitality.
A Transportation Impact Fee (TrIF)
- Sr. Capital Project Officer role is available with the City of Fort Worth’s Development Services Department to administer the Transportation Impact Fee Program. The Fort Worth Transportation Impact Fee Program is of great significance to the City and is the largest program of its kind in the State with 19 active service areas. The program represents a budget of over $180M in collected fees used to construct capital transportation projects such as arterials, intersections, and signals in conjunction with high profile projects throughout the City. The City is seeking a seasoned professional who can review building permits, traffic impact assessments, annexations, plats, and site plans to determine traffic land use classifications; manage fee assessment, expenditures, refunds, discounts, credits, exemptions, and account reconciliations; prepare and execute public-private-partnerships and credit agreements; evaluate appeals; apply the governing City Ordinance in accordance with State Law; and identify and prepare ordinance updates when required. This role also leads a team of two and often presents the program’s features and benefits to City leadership, City staff, the public, and the development community. The position is the administrator for the Capital Improvement Advisory Committee appointed by the City Council to oversee the program. Responsibilities to the committee include the preparation of bi-annual reports and the presentation of the report’s findings to the committee.
Minimum Qualifications: - Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with major course work in project / program management, engineering, landscape architecture, planning, public administration, business administration, or a related field
- Five (5) years of increasingly responsible administrative experience preferably within a local government environment.
Preferred Qualifications: - Two (2) years of supervisory responsibility.
- Strong customer service skills and strong oral and written communication skills.
- Demonstrated proficiency in capital project management and development review.
- Experience in financial and data analysis.
- Proficient in the principles, methods, and practices of managing municipal funds.
- Licensed Texas Professional Engineer (PE) or American Institute of Certified Planners certification (AICP).
- Experience in Accela Automation and GIS.
- Demonstrated knowledge of various municipal and other regulatory requirements related Transportation Impact Fees and public infrastructure projects.
The Transportation Impact Fee (TrIF) - Sr. Capital Projects Officer responsibilities include: - Lead, direct and coordinate activities of the section, which include the assessment and collection of transportation impact fees; determine the appropriate land use classification for projects and evaluate appeals; verify the applicability of discounts; initiate and review agreements for TrIF credit.
- Direct and manage the development and implementation of the TrIF program goals, objectives, policies, ordinances, and priorities in coordination with partner City departments, City commissions and committees, the community, and partner agencies.
- Perform the more complex and technical studies and evaluation including but not limited to: transportation impact fees study updates and amendments, evaluation of appeals, and working with all stakeholders in the leveraging of transportation impact fees for eligible projects via term sheets and contracts.
- Represent and present on the Transportation Impact Fee Program at Pre-Development Conferences and Development Advisory Committee (DAC) meetings; with other departments, developers, outside agencies and the general public; coordinates assigned activities with other departments, outside agencies and organizations; and respond to questions from internal and external stakeholders including developers, city council, and the public.
- Ensure fees collected are deposited into the Service Area fund, are spent appropriately in the Service Area, and accounts are reconciled regularly.
- Participate in the development and administration of the section’s budget; forecasts funds needed for staffing, equipment, materials and supplies; and approves expenditures, as needed.
- Supervise staff, which includes the monitoring, assessment, and prioritization of work; conducting performance evaluations; ensuring staff is trained; ensuring employees follow policies and procedures; maintaining a healthy and safe working environment; and, making hiring, termination, and disciplinary decisions or recommendations.
Working Conditions Depending on assignment, positions in this class typically require touching, talking, hearing, seeing, grasping, standing, walking and repetitive motions.
Physical Demands Depending on assignment, positions in this class typically exert up to 10 pounds of force occasionally, a negligible amount of force frequently, and/or or constantly having to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects.
Conditions of Employment The City of Fort Worth is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. It is the policy and practice of the City to recruit, hire, train and promote a diverse workforce without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, parental status, military service, or another non-merit factor.
The City of Fort Worth is committed to full compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to participate in the job application or interview process and to perform essential job functions.
Candidates who do not meet the Education requirement, may be considered if they have more relevant work experience than the position requires. Those selected for employment will be required to pass Pre-Employment checks depending on the position requirements. Those could include, but are not limited to: criminal background check, drug screen, education verification, etc. criminal convictions will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Employees are paid by direct deposit only.
