Assistant Director of Airports

Knowledge of:

• Principles and practices of management and organizational theory including planning organizational design business finance business development project management and organizational effectiveness
• Principles and practices of supervision discipline leadership mentoring and training
• Applicable federal state and local laws codes and regulations
• Operational characteristics services and activities of assigned programs and functions
• Office procedures methods and equipment including computers and applicable software applications such as word processing spreadsheets databases and other specialized applications related to area of assignment
• English usage spelling grammar and punctuation
• Principles and practices of airport management
• Principles and practices of general accounting finance commercial fiscal management governmental appropriations and enterprise funds
• Federal state and local agency responsibilities and regulations regarding airport development and operations
• Principles of airport administration and operations commonly used at both air carrier and general aviation airports
• Principles and practices of air service and air cargo development
• Principles of marketing community and media relations
• Principles and practices of airport and land use planning construction and government planning in urban and metropolitan areas
• Federal Aviation Agency rules and regulations
• Principles of organization supervision and personnel management

• Select supervise train and evaluate staff
• Plan coordinate assign and review the work of subordinate staff
• Investigate and resolve disciplinary issues
• Work independently prioritize work coordinate activities and meet critical deadlines
• Develop monitor and interpret budgets and other financial documents
• Plan manage and complete complex work assignments
• Develop and maintain cooperative effective working relationships with others
• Communicate clearly and concisely both verbally and in writing
• Interpret and apply applicable federal state and local laws codes and regulations
• Apply customer service skills including the identification of customer needs and follow up to ensure customer commitments have been met
• Influence and persuade others to take a desired action and/or direction
• Interpret and summarize a variety of data and information
• Exercise discretion and maintain confidentiality of information
• Direct the operations and functions of a medium-hub airport
• Plan coordinate and administer comprehensive policies projects and programs
• Direct supervise and evaluate the work of management and professional staff
• Analyze problems project consequences of proposed actions identify alternative solutions and implement recommendations in support of goals and objectives
• Design and deliver effective presentations of airport plans policies and objectives to public groups and civic organizations tailoring the message for the target audience
• Communicate in a clear concise manner both orally and in writing
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with a large and diverse group of people from the community government and business

Minimum Qualifications

Five (5) years of full-time paid experience in airport management at a commercial aviation facility involving airport operations; planning and development; finance and administration; and/or marketing and air service development. Experience must have been at the managerial or supervisory level within the commercial airport facility and have included policy planning; program development; budget preparation and administration; and/or contract administration.

Note: If the word experience is referenced in the minimum qualifications it means full-time paid experience unless the minimum qualification states that volunteer experience is acceptable. Part-time paid experience may be accumulated and pro-rated to meet the total experience requirements.

General Qualifications

Criminal History and Background Checks: The County may access criminal history information on candidates who have accepted a conditional offer of appointment for this class consistent with the provisions of Board of Supervisors Resolution No. 82-602 Personnel Policies and applicable federal and state laws. The County shall not consider for employment any candidate who has been convicted of a felony or misdemeanor that relates to or impacts the candidates ability to perform the job duties of this class unless it is determined that mitigating circumstances exist. For purposes of accessing criminal history information the candidate will be fingerprinted. A subsequent arrest notification may be obtained.

The County may also conduct a background check on the candidate prior to appointment to a position within this class. The background check may include personal and professional reference checks credit history checks where authorized by Labor Code section 1024.5 Social Security Number verification professional license/registration verification military service information and driving history. Information obtained in the course of this background check will be considered by the appointing authority in the selection obtaining such information the County will comply with applicable consent and disclosure practices in the Fair Credit Reporting Act and the California Investigative Consumer Reporting Agencies Act.

Travel Requirement: This position will be required to travel to industry association meetings and meetings with current/prospective stakeholders such as FAA TSA airlines and other tenants. Travel will be required approximately 10% of the time.

License Requirement: A valid California Driver License Class C or higher shall be required at the time of appointment. Failure to obtain or maintain the appropriate California Driver License or comply with state and federal requirements for utilization may constitute cause for personnel action in accordance with Civil Service Rules or applicable bargaining agreement. Individuals who do not meet this requirement due to disability will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis.

Security Access Badge: Incumbents in this class must acquire and maintain an airport security badge allowing unescorted access to restricted County airport locations in accordance with Transportation Security Regulations Title 49 CFR 1542.

WorkingConditions: Work is typically performed in an indoor office setting with controlled temperature conditions. Incumbents must be able to sit for extended periods; frequently stand and walk; intermittently twist to reach equipment surrounding desk perform simple grasping and fine manipulations and utilize current office equipment. Given that work may be performed in all areas of the airport system occasionally incumbents may be exposed to aircraft noise rough terrain and/or harsh weather.

Probationary Period

The probationary period for this classification is twelve(12)months.

APPLICATION

Qualified applicants are encouraged to apply immediately. All applicants must complete and submit an online County of Sacramento employment application by 5:00 PM on the posted cut-off date. Clickhereto apply.

County of Sacramento

Department of Personnel Services

Employment Services Division

700 H Street Room 4667

Sacramento CA 95814

Phone ; 7-1-1 California Relay Service

Email

Inter-Office Mail Code: 09-4667

• Employment applications and all documentation requested in this announcement must be submitted by 5:00 p.m. on the cut-off date.
• Employment Services is not responsible for any issues or delays caused by an applicants computer or web browser. Applicants will be automatically logged out if they have not submitted their applications and all documentation prior to 5:00 p.m. on the cut-off date.
• Your application should highlight all relevant education training and experience and clearly indicate how you meet the minimum qualifications for the position as of the cut-off date.
• Application information must be current concise and related to the requirements in this job announcement. You may only apply for this recruitment once. Duplicate and incomplete applications will be disqualified.
• A resume may be included with your application however it will not substitute for the information requested on the application.

SUPPLEMENTAL QUESTIONNAIRE

Applicants are required to provide a full and complete response to each supplemental question. The Supplemental Questionnaire is located in the tab marked Supplemental Questions. Please be descriptive in your response.

Note:Responses of See Resume or See Application or copy and paste of work experience are not qualifying responses and will not be considered.

• Supplemental Questionnaires must be submitted by 5:00 p.m. on the cut-off date. Employment Services is not responsible for any issues or delays caused by an applicants computer or web browser. Applicants will be automatically logged out if they have not submitted their applications and all documentation prior to 5:00 p.m. on the cut-off date.
• The supplemental questions are designed to elicit specific information regarding a candidates experience education and training. Responses should be consistent with the information on your application and are subject to verification.
• Please provide place of employment pertinent dates and concise descriptive and detailed information for each question.
• If a job included responsibilities applicable to several questions separate the different functions of the job to answer all the questions completely.
• Resumes or referral to the application or other questionnaire responses will not be accepted in lieu of completing each question.
• If you have no experience write no experience for the appropriate question.
• For many individuals it is more efficient to develop responses to the supplemental questions in a word processing document and then paste them into the final document to be submitted. Changes or corrections to your Supplemental Questionnaire cannot be made once your application packet has been submitted.
• If the Supplemental Questionnaire is used in the Formula Rate exam failure to complete all of the questions or incomplete responses will result in a lower score. While scoring the Supplemental Questionnaire the candidates application and/or attachments will not be reviewed therefore a candidates responses to the questions should be accurate thorough detailed and complete.

FORMULA RATE EXAMINATION (Weighted 100%)

All candidates meeting the minimum qualifications by the cut-off date will have their Supplemental Questionnaire scored in the Formula Rate Examination.

This examination will evaluate the relevance level recency progression and quality of candidates education training and experience. The candidates application or other materials will not be included in this examination. Therefore the candidates responses to the supplemental questionnaire should be thorough detailed and complete. The score from the Formula Rate Examination will determine the ranking on the eligible/employment list for this job.

All candidates competing in the testing process will receive written notice of their examination results by email. Notices can also be accessed in their inbox. Applicants achieving a passing score will be placed on the eligible list in rank order. The rank is determined by the test score attained from the examination.

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