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Job Description
Pay Range: $71,661 - $93,159 annual compensation
Job Posting Closing on: Friday, April 11, 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, 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.
A PID Administrator position is available with the City of Fort Worth FWLab Department, Revenue and Special Districts Division. The FWLab is an initiative commissioned by previous City Manager David Cooke in February 2023 in support of Fort Worth's organizational values and to make government better. The work undertaken by the FWLab advances the City's Vision to " be the most livable and best managed city in the country " through building organizational capacity to explore, analyze and learn from data that is discoverable via existing and new municipal system and components. Specific systems or components of the FWLab include priority-based budgeting, data analytics and management, comprehensive planning, strategic infrastructure planning, bond program coordination, operational assessments/internal consulting, strategic foresight or futurist studies, departmental strategic planning (FWStat) and Lean Six Sigma. The Revenue and Special District division of the FWLab is the newest addition to the department and will oversee long-range revenue forecasting and administration of the City’s PIDs, TIFs, and 380 agreements.
The PID Administrator position will need a driven relationship, detail-oriented, and analytical person to oversee both capital and operating Public Improvement Districts (PIDs). This role will manage the financial administration, compliance, and project coordination for PIDs, serving as a key liaison between City departments, PID management companies, property owners, and other stakeholders.
The ideal candidate will have a strong background in financial oversight, contract compliance, stakeholder engagement, and process improvement. The ability to analyze and manage financial transactions, coordinate capital improvement funding, and oversee operating budgets is essential. A high level of emotional intelligence, diplomacy, and problem-solving ability is required to successfully navigate complex relationships with PID boards, City leadership, and external partners. A high level of emotional intelligence, diplomacy, and problem-solving ability is essential for success in this role.
- This is a full-time temporary position. Position assignment/duration is contingent on business needs.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Master’s degree from an accredited college or university with major course work in Public Administration, Finance, Business Administration, or related field;
- Two (2) 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 in project management coordination, particularly in municipal infrastructure or economic development projects.
- Coursework or experience in governmental accounting. Experience in contract compliance and municipal budgeting.
- Proficiency in enterprise accounting software, and project management systems.
- Strong analytical skills and understanding of system databases, data elements, and application software solutions to optimize data gathering and analysis.
The PID Administrator job responsibilities include:
- Oversee capital PID funding, financial tracking, and contract compliance to ensure alignment with City policies and regulations.
- Manage draw request processing, ensuring proper routing, approvals, and financial reporting for capital PIDs.
- Track capital project expenditures across multiple PID-funded projects (e.g., water, sewer, transportation), ensuring proper coding and reconciliation.
- Work closely with Finance, Legal, and Economic Development teams to ensure compliance with funding agreements and municipal regulations.
- Assist in the review and formation of new PIDs, including feasibility studies, petition management, and stakeholder outreach.
- Serve as the primary administrator for the City's operating PIDs, overseeing budget management, procurement, contract compliance, and service delivery.
- Review and monitor PID management contracts, ensuring adherence to financial and service agreements.
- Support the annual Service and Assessment Plan (SAP) preparation, ensuring compliance with City policies and state law.
- Work with PID management companies, property owners, and stakeholders to ensure efficient service delivery and responsiveness to district needs.
- Monitor revenues, expenditures, and fund balances to ensure financial sustainability and compliance.
- Prepare monthly financial reports, track fund utilization, and provide revenue collection updates.
- Attend monthly PID board meetings (evenings as needed) to provide financial and operational updates.
- Assist in the annual assessment and levy process for PIDs, working with Finance, Legal, and third-party administrators.
- Implement new financial tracking systems and reporting structures to improve transparency and efficiency.
- Conduct business process analysis, identifying opportunities for automation and operational improvements.
- Support cross-departmental coordination ensuring proper alignment between capital and operating PID functions.
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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