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The City of Walnut Creek is a thriving community of over 70,000 residents that offers a distinctive blend of urban flair, suburban grace, and the tranquility of surrounding nature. With an exceptional quality of life that has become a hallmark of the city, Walnut Creek continues to show strength as a major employment center; a successful retail, arts, and entertainment hub; a regional medical provider, and a safe community with highly rated schools and attractive residential neighborhoods. To learn more about the City of Walnut Creek, please visit www.walnutcreekca.gov.
The City Manager is seeking a local government professional who has a good understanding of city leadership and council and staff relations to join the City’s high performing Executive Team to cultivate an organizational culture that focuses on responsiveness, excellent customer service, and organizational development.
Walnut Creek is known for having a positive organizational culture, therefore, a leader who brings a collegial, service-oriented mindset, and one who embodies the City’s values of Respect, Integrity, Excellence, Teamwork and Creativity, will make a good fit. Individuals who are skilled at relationship management and consensus building and have the ability to make difficult decisions in an equitable manner make ideal candidates.
The City Manager seeks a strategic partner to assist in shaping the future of the organization. Candidates passionate about local government who place importance on values-based leadership, are committed to continuous learning and bring a strong coaching mindset are ideal for this role. Additionally, the City Manager is seeking a confident individual who is a creative and intuitive thinker, a proactive problem solver with the ability to anticipate problems and issues, and someone who can identify and facilitate win-win solutions, make clear recommendations, and take calculated risks.
The salary range is $188,039 – $260,005. The City is currently in contract negotiations and a wage adjustment is anticipated to occur based on the outcome of negotiations. Placement within this range is dependent upon qualifications.
Please submit your cover letter and resume (including month/year of employment) via our website:
Peckham & McKenney
Feel free to contact Maria Hurtado at (831) 247-7885 if you have any questions regarding this position or recruitment process.
Filing Deadline: May 7, 2024