General Manager
Under broad policy and general administrative direction from the Board of Directors (“the Board”), the General Manager plans, organizes, directs and reviews the overall administrative activities and operations of the District; provides advice and assists the Board; and represents the District’s interests at local, regional, state, and federal levels. The position is employed under contract as the General Manager for the District, which is the highest-level position in the organization. This position reviews budget requests, makes recommendations to the board on final expenditure levels, and is responsible for employer-employee relations.
Broad Duties:
The broad duties of the General Manager are set forth in the California Water Code as follows:
Section 30580
The General Manager shall:
- Have full charge and control of the maintenance, operation, and construction of the water works or water-works system of the District.
- Have full power and authority to employ and discharge all employees at pleasure.
- Prescribe the duties of employees.
- Fix and alter the compensation of employees subject to approval by the Board.
Section 30581
The General Manager shall also:
- Perform other duties imposed by the Board.
- Report to the Board in accordance with the rules and regulations as it adopts. DPM General Manager Page 2 of 4
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- The following duties are typical for this position. Depending upon the assignment, the position may not perform all of the listed duties and/or may be required to perform additional or different duties from those set forth below to address business needs and changing business practices. The Board retains the right to add, remove, or change duties at any time.
- Serve as the Chief Administrative Officer for the District.
- Perform as the District Incident Manager when Emergency Response Plan is implemented.
- Serve as the District’s spokesperson to the media, general public, and ratepayers.
- Effectively represent the District and its interests with federal, state and local agencies and elected officials, other special districts, professional groups and the public.
- Responsible for the District’s Conservation Program, including performing audits as necessary.
- Direct projects, programs, grants and contracts.
- Prepare leases and agreements with other agencies
- Comply with District, local, state and federal regulations; work with consultants on regulatory and compliance requirements; provide advice/consultation regarding legislation to the District and Board.
Qualifications
Knowledge of:
- Public water system operations.
- Principles, methods, techniques and objectives of public administration.
- Planning, organizing, directing and supervising the operations of a special district.
- Policies, rules and regulations and procedures development and enforcement.
- Principles and practices of leadership, motivation, team building and conflict resolution.
- Federal, state, county and local regulatory compliance.
- Organizational and management practices as applied to the analysis and evaluation of programs, policies and operational needs.
- Principles and practices of safety and risk management.
- Project management, budget principles and fiscal controls.
- Cost estimating, contract administration, research and evaluation methods.
- Public personnel administration, labor relations and employer-employee relations.
Education, Experience and Certification
Required:
- A Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited college or university with major course work in Business, Public Administration, Engineering or a closely-related field.
- Five years of broad and extensive experience in a management position responsible for the formulation and implementation of programs, budgets and administrative operations.
- Three years of increasingly responsible management or supervisory experience related to business, public administration or engineering programs and functions.
- Three years of managerial experience in a public agency.