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Job Description
Pay Range: $78,326 - $101,824 annual compensation
Job Posting Closing on: Wednesday, February 19, 2025
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. Find Out 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 FWLab is at the forefront of driving innovation and strategic initiatives within the City of Fort Worth (COFW), and we are looking for a Sr. Management Analyst - Strategic Projects to join our team. This newly created role will be critical in supporting the department’s growing project management and communication needs. As a Sr. Management Analyst - Strategic Projects, the successful candidate will take the lead in coordinating and managing a variety of high-priority projects, both internal and external, ensuring that they are executed effectively and aligned with the FWLab’s strategic goals. In addition to overseeing the execution of complex projects, this role will involve developing data-driven communication strategies to support key processes such as annual budgeting, long-range planning, and data analytics initiatives.
The Analyst will also play a pivotal role in advancing major city-wide initiatives, including the 2050 Comprehensive Plan, the 2026 Bond Program, Priority-Based Budgeting, and other organizational improvements. The position will be crucial in driving forward the department's contributions to upcoming FY25 strategic initiatives, with a focus on spearheading and coordinating cross-departmental projects that will shape the city’s future.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Master’s degree from an accredited college or university with major course work in Public Administration, Finance, Business Administration, or related field.
- Four (4) years of experience in the analysis of processes, procedures, operations, systems or methods, including experience in the functional area of assignment such as budget/financial management, research analysis or related experience.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience with public engagement, stakeholder outreach, and inter-departmental communication efforts are preferred.
- Proven experience in managing complex projects and initiatives with multiple stakeholders.
- Strong writing and editing skills, with the ability to translate complex information into clear, concise messages.
- Proficiency in data analysis and data visualization tools (e.g., Excel, Tableau, etc.).
- Experience with social media platforms, content management systems, and communication software.
- Knowledge of government operations and public-sector communication strategies is a plus.
The Sr. Management Analyst - Strategic Projects responsibilities include:
- Develop and Implement Communication and Project Management Strategies: Create comprehensive internal and external communication plans to support key FWLab initiatives, while also coordinating cross-divisional projects to ensure alignment with department objectives, organizational priorities, and data-driven insights. Manage and track the progress of projects spanning multiple divisions or those that come from the City Manager’s Office, ensuring timely updates and successful execution.
- Collaborate on Data-Driven Communication & Project Execution: Partner with the Data Analytics division to translate data insights into actionable communication strategies that support decision-making, while also tracking the progress of relevant projects and communicating status updates through various channels such as newsletters, formal reports, and social media.
- Public Engagement & Project Outreach: Facilitate public outreach and engagement efforts for large-scale projects, ensuring that communication is clear, transparent, and effectively managed across multiple touchpoints. Coordinate project timelines, milestones, and public messaging to keep stakeholders and the community informed of progress and outcomes.
- Inter-Departmental Project Coordination: Act as a liaison between FWLab and other departments, overseeing communication strategies while ensuring that projects are on track and delivered on time. Promote cross-functional collaboration to ensure the effective execution of projects, while also managing communication efforts that align with broader city initiatives.
- Lead Communications for Key Initiatives and Projects: Develop communication plans for large-scale initiatives, such as the 2050 Comprehensive Plan and 2026 Bond, while simultaneously taking charge of coordinating and managing project deliverables, timelines, and progress reporting. Serve as the point of contact for projects coming from the City Manager's Office.
- Content Creation, Distribution, and Project Tracking: Develop and distribute a variety of content-reports, presentations, project showcases, newsletters, social media posts-that effectively communicate complex data and ongoing project developments. Ensure communication is aligned with project milestones and results.
- Data Analysis, Reporting, and Project Performance Monitoring: Utilize data analytics tools to measure the effectiveness of communication efforts and project progress. Provide regular status reports to stakeholders, track key performance indicators (KPIs), and recommend adjustments as needed to ensure projects remain on track.
- Public Communication and Project-Specific Updates: Assist in proactive and reactive communication efforts, particularly during key project milestones or critical situations. Provide clear, timely updates to the public on project statuses, deliverables, and next steps through a variety of communication methods.
- Training, Support, and Project Management Tools: Offer training and support to team members on best practices for both communication and project management. Help build a sustainable project management framework within the department, utilizing tools for tracking, reporting, and improving project execution.
- Vendor and Contract Management for Projects: Oversee and manage contracts with external vendors or agencies supporting communication and project management efforts. Coordinate deliverables, ensure compliance with contract terms, and monitor performance to ensure projects are completed successfully, within scope and budget.
Working Conditions
Depending on assignment, positions in this class typically require touching, talking, hearing, seeing, grasping, standing, walking and repetitive motions.
Physical Demand
Sedentary Work - 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. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally and all other sedentary criteria are met.
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. -
ABOUT THE COMPANY
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City of Fort Worth
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The City of Cowboys & Culture is known for its Texas hospitality. The stunning and sprawling City of
Fort Worth is one of the fastest-growing cities in the U.S. And it’s no wonder — With great neighborhoods, scenic terrain and a rich history of arts and culture, paired with world-class opportunities for business and education, it’s not only fun to visit Fort Worth, it’s even more rewarding to call it home.Fort Worth truly offers all the benefits and amenities of a bustling metropolitan city, while keeping the small- town charm that keeps it unpretentious and charismatic in all the right ways. Designated as one of America’s “Most Livable Communities” by the Partners for Livable Communities, the city truly offers a melting pot of culture, commerce, community and yes, cowboys.
There are over a dozen remarkable districts full of treasured history among modern luxuries and unique places to have fun, making it the No. 1 tourist destination in Texas and welcoming more than 9.4 million visitors annually.
Being one of the fastest-growing among large cities in the country, Fort Worth has received multiple accolades, including number one downtown (Livability), and the second-best City in the nation for job seekers (Forbes). Our employees serve the needs of over 900,000 residents representing culturally diverse communities.
Exciting Growth & Future Development
One of the most fascinating aspects of the City of Fort Worth is its almost unprecedented growth over the past several years. Both in terms of population and industry, and as the 12th largest city in the United States, Fort Worth is truly booming — which presents both challenges and opportunities to truly develop this city in the right way. Every 30 minutes a new person moves to Fort Worth, so we’re looking for candidates who can embrace an evergrowing and changing environment and improve on it with solutions that work for the entire community of Fort Worth.
Mission
We are working together to build a strong community that others can look to as a pillar of unity and excellence. Through grassroots efforts within the community, and large scale construction and transportation plans that continue to add the infra- structure a growing city like Fort Worth needs, we’ll provide the public services our community requires to continually cultivate the unique city we call home.
Vision
Fort Worth’s vision is to be the most livable and best managed city in the country. We’ll do this by taking care of our citizens, implementing the highest quality standards in our schools, continually improving the neighborhoods we thrive in and the facets of the city that make our town so unique.
Benefits That Are Well Worth It
The City of Fort Worth continues to be dedicated to its employees’ well-being by providing competitive health benefits, a well-rounded wellness program and a Zero Accident Philosophy® workplace. All regular full-time employees and those employees who work 30–39 hours per week are eligible for all City of Fort Worth Benefits. Part-time employees who work 20–29 hours per week are eligible for dental, basic life insurance, supplemental life insurance, flexible spending accounts, 457 Deferred Compensation plan and other voluntary benefits.
Medical Program
The City offers two plan options through Meritain Health, an Aetna company.
The Health Center Plan – Offers employees and their family’s
primary health care services that are 100% completely free and unlimited. Employees can visit any one of the three City of Fort Worth Employee Health Centers and receive guaranteed same or next day appointments for sick visits. Also, services are available at any one of the five satellite locations that serves employees across the city.
The Consumer Choice Plan – Is offered to employees at no cost or low monthly premiums to cover eligible dependents and provides the financial benefits of a Health Savings Account (HSA).
• Preventative services are covered at 100% on both plans.
• Prescription Drug coverage including mail order pharmacy are also included.Vacation
Eligible for 3 weeks of vacation: After successful completion of probationary period (usually
6 months), employees may take time off for rest, relaxation, vacation, illness, religious observances, and personal business.Holidays
Available on the first day of employment, the city provides employees with paid holidays, including two personal holidays.
Wellness Program
The city’s Healthy Challenge Wellness Program rewards all full-time, benefit-eligible employees on the city’s health insurance. The Healthy Challenge Program utilizes a points system. Participants may earn points throughout the year (Jan. 1-Dec. 15) for completing specific program activities and participants can redeem points at the end of the year for a cash reward. By participating, individuals can earn $150, $200 or $250 by accumulating program points.
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