Administrative and Fiscal Services Manager

<dd style="margin-left: 0; color: inherit; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-indent: 0"><p style="margin: 0 0 10px">The City of Berkeley invites you to apply for the position of Administrative and Fiscal Services Manager! In this role, you will serve as a budgetary and financial expert while supervising the overall administrative, business service, and fiscal activities of a City department. Other responsibilities may include program planning and evaluation, personnel management, and contracts/grants management.</p><p style="margin: 0 0 10px">This is a city-wide classification that is assigned to the largest City departments. The current vacancy is in the Planning &amp; Development Department.&nbsp;</p></dd>See the full job description here: <a href="https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/berkeley/classspecs/782128" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/berkeley/classspecs/782128</a>A typical way of gaining the knowledge, skills, and abilities for this classification is:<br><span style="color: inherit; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-indent: 0">Graduation from a four-year college or university with major work in accounting, finance, economics, business or public administration or a closely related field; and five (5) years of professional-level experience preparing and analyzing major operational and/or capital improvement budgets, and exercising fiscal controls. Two (2) of the five (5) years must have included supervisory responsibilities.</span><br><br><span style="color: inherit; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-indent: 0">A Master's degree in one of the above-mentioned curricula may be substituted for one (1) year of non-supervisory experience and is highly desirable. Grants accounting experience is also desirable.</span><br style="color: inherit; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-indent: 0"><br style="color: inherit; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-indent: 0"><span style="color: inherit; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-indent: 0">Must be able to travel to various locations within and outside the City of Berkeley to meet the program needs and to fulfill the job responsibilities. When driving on City business, the incumbent is required to maintain a valid California driver's license and a satisfactory driving record.</span><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-indent: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)"><div style="margin: 0; padding: 0"><div style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-style: normal; text-indent: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0"><p style="margin: 0; padding: 0; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; color: inherit; text-align: left; text-indent: 0"><span style="margin: 0; padding: 0"><span style="margin: 0; padding: 0">Applications&nbsp;</span><span style="margin: 0; padding: 0">must be received by 5:00 PM Pacific on June 15, 2026</span></span><span style="margin: 0; padding: 0"><span style="margin: 0; padding: 0">&nbsp;and</span><span style="margin: 0; padding: 0">&nbsp;must include a completed application and answers to the supplemental questions.</span></span><span style="margin: 0; padding: 0"><span style="margin: 0; padding: 0">&nbsp;</span><span style="margin: 0; padding: 0">Please note that resumes are not a substitute for a completed application.</span></span><span style="margin: 0; padding: 0">&nbsp;</span></p></div></div></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-indent: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)"><div style="margin: 0; padding: 0; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-style: normal; text-indent: 0"><br></div></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-indent: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)"><p style="margin: 0; padding: 0; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; color: inherit; text-align: left; text-indent: 0"><span style="margin: 0; padding: 0"><span style="margin: 0; padding: 0">Applications are available in alternative formats (audio-format, braille, large print, electronic text, etc.) upon request to&nbsp;</span></span><a target="_blank" tabindex="0" style="text-decoration: none; color: inherit; margin: 0; padding: 0"><span style="margin: 0; padding: 0; color: inherit; text-decoration: underline"><span style="margin: 0; padding: 0">[email protected]</span></span></a><span style="margin: 0; padding: 0"><span style="margin: 0; padding: 0">. Please allow 10 days for production of the material in an alternative format.</span></span></p></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-indent: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)"><div style="margin: 0; padding: 0"><p style="margin: 0; padding: 0; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; color: inherit; text-align: left; text-indent: 0"><span style="margin: 0; padding: 0"><span style="margin: 0; padding: 0">The exam process&nbsp;</span><span style="margin: 0; padding: 0">will</span><span style="margin: 0; padding: 0">&nbsp;include</span><span style="margin: 0; padding: 0">, but may not be limited to</span><span style="margin: 0; padding: 0">:</span></span><span style="margin: 0; padding: 0">&nbsp;</span></p></div><div style="margin: 0; padding: 0"><ul style="margin: 0 0 3pt; padding: 0"><li style="padding: 0; margin: 0 0 0 24px"><p style="margin: 0; padding: 0; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; color: inherit; text-align: left; text-indent: 0"><span style="margin: 0; padding: 0"><span style="margin: 0; padding: 0">Application review for minimum qualifications (qualifying experience will be calculated based on the application filing period closing date)<br></span></span></p></li><li style="padding: 0; margin: 0 0 0 24px"><p style="margin: 0; padding: 0; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; color: inherit; text-align: left; text-indent: 0"><span style="margin: 0; padding: 0"><span style="margin: 0; padding: 0">Oral Board Exam (tentatively scheduled for the week of July 6, 2026)</span></span></p></li></ul><span style="margin: 0; padding: 0"><span style="margin: 0; padding: 0">Tests may consist of any combination of written, oral or other exercises or assessment procedures that test content and may include, but are not necessarily limited to, typing, math, reading, writing and analytical skills; problem solving ability; computer and software proficiency, or any other job-related knowledge, skill, ability or qualification.&nbsp;</span><span style="margin: 0; padding: 0">The examination process and dates&nbsp;</span><span style="margin: 0; padding: 0">are subject to change</span><span style="margin: 0; padding: 0">. The&nbsp;</span><span style="margin: 0; padding: 0">City</span><span style="margin: 0; padding: 0">&nbsp;may, without notice, change or eliminate any assessment component as needs dictate. Applicants passing all examination phases will have their names placed on an employment eligible list that hiring departments will use to conduct final selection interviews (tentatively scheduled for the week of January 6, 2025).</span></span><br><br></div></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-indent: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)"><div style="margin: 0; padding: 0"><p style="margin: 0; padding: 0; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; color: inherit; text-align: left; text-indent: 0"><span style="margin: 0; padding: 0"><span style="margin: 0; padding: 0">Reasonable Accommodations: The City is committed to making reasonable accommodations in the examination process and in the work environment. Individuals requesting reasonable accommodations in the examination process must submit a request in writing to&nbsp;</span></span><a target="_blank" tabindex="0" style="text-decoration: none; color: inherit; margin: 0; padding: 0"><span style="margin: 0; padding: 0; color: inherit; text-decoration: underline"><span style="margin: 0; padding: 0">[email protected]</span></span></a><span style="margin: 0; padding: 0"><span style="margin: 0; padding: 0">&nbsp;at the time of application.</span></span></p></div></div>