GLO – State Run Housing Manager (III-IV) (00030961)
: GENERAL LAND OFFICE
: Texas-Austin
:
CDR Lavaca Bldg FL8
504 Lavaca St
Austin 78701
: Business and Financial Operations
: Full-time Standard Hours Per Week: 40.00
State Job Code: 1602 1603
Salary Admin Plan: B
Grade: 25 B24
: 7,500.00 – 8,125.00 (Monthly)
: Mar 1, 2023, 8:05:02 AM
Closing Date
: Mar 15, 2023, 11:59:00 PM
Description
The Texas General Land Office primarily serves the schoolchildren, veterans, and the environment of Texas. The agency does so by preserving our history, maximizing state revenue through innovative administration, and through the prudent stewardship of state lands and natural resources. This position is with our Community Development & Revitalization (CDR) Department.
Manager III – Performs complex (journey-level) managerial work administering the daily operations and activities of an agency’s business function, division, or department. Work involves establishing goals and objectives; developing guidelines, procedures, and policies; developing schedules, priorities, and standards for achieving established goals; coordinating and evaluating business function, division, or department activities; developing and evaluating budget requests; and monitoring budget expenditures. Supervises the work of others. Works under general supervision, with moderate latitude for the use of initiative and independent judgment.
Manager IV- Performs highly complex (senior-level) managerial work administering the daily operations and activities of an agency’s business function, division, or department. Work involves establishing goals and objectives; developing guidelines, procedures, and policies; developing schedules, priorities, and standards for achieving established goals; coordinating and evaluating business function, division, or department activities; developing and evaluating budget requests; and monitoring budget expenditures. Supervises the work of others. Works under limited supervision, with moderate latitude for the use of initiative and independent judgment.
Military Crosswalk information can be accessed at: https://hr.sao.texas.gov/Compensation/MilitaryCrosswalk/MOSC_ProgramManagement.pdf
In order to receive Veteran’s preference, a copy of the DD #214 is required at the time of interview.
This is a federally funded position contingent upon continued funding.
May be required to pass both Federal and State Background check.
May be required to work outside of normal business hours.
PAPER, FAX OR E-MAIL APPLICATIONS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.
The successful candidate will be an integral part of the GLO’s CDR State Run Single Family Housing team. To be successful the candidate must model the GLO’s competencies of Integrity, Open Communications, Teamwork, Innovation and Proficiency.
Benefits
- Free Parking
- Defined Retirement Benefit Plan
- Optional 401(k) and 457 accounts
- Medical Insurance – State pays 100% of the health plan premium for eligible full-time employees and 50% of the premium for their eligible dependents. State pays 50% of the eligible part-time employee’s premium and 25% for eligible dependents.
- Optional Benefits such as dental, vision, and life insurance
- Minimum of 96+ Hours of Annual Leave a year **Annual leave increases with length of service.
- Telework Policy
Essential Job Elements
- Oversees the activities of GLO-CDR State Run Housing Single Family team and individual staff to establish goals, objectives, and priorities; develop and approve schedules; institute standards for achieving goals; and manage evaluation activities.
- Carries out personnel management functions ensuring consistent and equitable employee performance evaluations are conducted, appropriate and complete documentation is maintained, and team development plans are kept current. Ensures timeliness and consistency for the single family housing team.
- Oversees contracting, program compliance, and implementation of all single family housing activities assigned to the State Run Housing team within GLO-CDR and performs program related activities.
- Confers with Director of Housing to develop strategic plans and long- and short-term goals for the single family housing team and assists with the establishment of planning, implementation, coordination, monitoring, and evaluation of CDBG and GLO-CDR policies and procedures to ensure compliance across all programs and allocations.
- Oversight of GLO-CDR single family housing vendors procured to assist with the administration of disaster recovery programs to ensure CDBG program compliance, contract compliance, and productivity.
- Develops and implements techniques for evaluating activities across all programs and allocations, identifies areas needing change, and makes recommendations for operational improvement.
- Prepares regularly scheduled management and productivity reports related to housing activities, studies and assesses GLO-CDR and other reports that affect the team, and provides ad hoc reports and status updates as requested.
- Serves as a liaison and representative for GLO-CDR programs with the constituents, elected officials, their assignees, vendor representatives and the general public through a general knowledge of all GLO-CDR programs and activities.
- Coordinates with other GLO and CDR sections and departments on program related activities to ensure compliance and efficiency.
- Maintains knowledge of and proficiency in all GLO and CDR systems of record including Texas Integrated Grant Reporting (TIGR), Texas Records System (TRecS), BuySpeed (BSO), DocuShare, and others as required by Grant Management to ensure program compliance.
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications
Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with major course work in Public Administration, Business Management, Business Administration, Leadership or other related field.
Two (2) years experience in the management of a business function, division, or department.
Experience and education may be substituted for one another.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience managing programs related to Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Disaster Recovery, Grant Management or related field. Familiar with State and Federal programs related to housing, housing management, grant management and disaster recovery.
- Experience managing CDBG-DR or other federally funded disaster recovery programs and/or staff overseeing projects in such programs.
- Work experience in overseeing the planning, coordinating, and managing of multi-level, complex programs/projects.
- Work experience in business process and workflow analysis.
(Manager III) 3+ years experience in a supervisory capacity responsible for the work performance and timely deliverables of others.
(Manager IV) 5+ years experience in a supervisory capacity responsible for the work performance and timely deliverables of others.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Knowledge of Emergency Management principles and doctrine.
- Skill in using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems;
- Skills in operating a computer with word processing, database and spreadsheet software;
- Ability to manage business function, division, or department activities; to develop and evaluate administrative policies and procedures; to prepare reports;
- Problem solving and relationship management skills with a proactive and open approach to conflict resolution;
- Skill in providing excellent customer service to both internal and external customers;
- Excellent leadership, management and strategic planning skills;
- Effective verbal and written communication, analytical, organizational and time management skills;
- Effective critical thinking skills;
- Ability to manage team activities;
- Ability to monitor, assess, and manage staff performance;
- Ability to plan, coordinate, and assist in overseeing the work of others;
- Ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment;
- Ability to work effectively under pressure and meet strict deadlines while maintaining attention to detail;
- Ability to adapt successfully and quickly to change and deliver quality results;
- Ability to plan, organize and work independently, as well as within a team environment;
- Ability to establish goals and objectives;
- Ability to anticipate needs and risks.
- Ability to attend work regularly and adheres to established work schedule in accordance with agency leave and attendance.
Physical Requirements
This position requires the employee to primarily perform non-sedentary work; mobility (moving around the work-site) is routinely required to carry out some duties including extensive moving upon and traveling across uneven surfaces, rough terrain and/or desolate areas; normal cognitive abilities including the ability to learn, recall, and apply certain practices and policies; marginal or corrected visual and auditory requirements; constant use of personal computers, copiers, printers, and telephones; the ability to move about the office to access file cabinets and office machinery; requires the stamina to maintain attention to detail despite interruptions; ability to move and transport records, documents, boxes and all related information, materials and tools, weighing up to 50 pounds; frequent sitting and/or remaining in a stationary position; ability to bend, stoop, kneel, reach and/or steer a boat as needed; the ability to work outside and adapt to adverse weather conditions to include sea, sky and land environments; the ability to work under deadlines, as a team member, and in direct contact with others; and the ability to remain stationary for long periods of time when commuting to and from assigned destination and when traveling on state business including field work and training assignments.
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