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City of San José

PARKS DEVELOPMENT OFFICER (3450)

CLASS PURPOSE
   Under general direction, performs work of considerable difficulty supervising the City's Cultural Heritage Garden Program, acts as the City's primary liaison to the Sister Cities Program and coordinates other major enterprise projects with the City Manager's Office. Performs related work as required.

TYPICAL DUTIES AND RESULTS (Any one position may not include all the duties listed, nor do the examples cover all the duties which may be performed.)

• Supervises and coordinates the development, utilization and promotion of the City's Cultural Heritage Garden Program.
• Coordinates and promotes the participation of volunteer groups in developing, maintaining and providing City sponsored cultural programs to promote the City's Cultural Garden Program.
• Establishes close liaison and effective working relationships with private and public entities in the coordination of each garden project agreement.
• Works and consults with private and public entities in gathering and sharing needed information aimed at establishing partnership agreements, providing garden/parks planning support and resource referral with local ethnic groups and assisting these groups in the formation of garden development strategies.
• Formulates individualized partnership agreements that define design, construction, financing, operations and maintenance requirements for each garden project proponent.
• Plans, coordinates, studies and analyzes parks/garden development projects to facilitate feasibility planning and community resource networking.
• Advises and guides garden program proponents in park site selection and acquisition for developmental purposes.
• Coordinates the developmental processes for each separate project proponent with various City departments; facilitates understanding of the City's grants application processes; ensures compliance with contract agreements and provides accurate and timely information to citizen groups, commissions, media, and council members and ensures a high level of awareness for garden program developmental activities to appropriate entities.
• Acts as primary City liaison to the Sister Cities Program; maintains on-going sister city relationships with existing sister cities to San Jose and provides staff support to developing sister city relationship proponents and advises City administration on appropriate protocol measures for visiting dignitaries.
• Acts as chief liaison with City Manager's Officer on enterprise projects such as golf course development project(s), sports complex, golf driving ranges; researches alternate sources, privatization opportunities and other grant programs to develop enterprise projects.
• Supervises assigned staff and orients, trains, develops and evaluates performance of assigned staff.

TYPICAL DUTIES AND RESULTS INCLUDE
    Ensures the effective maintenance and development of individual partnership agreements for each project proponent in the City's Cultural Heritage Garden Program; ensures that development agreements of all individual project proponents are processed in an efficient manner without delays; ensures meaningful and significant volunteer community assistance; ensures active involvement of local community members to promote and enhance the image of the City's Cultural Heritage Garden Program; ensures the effective maintenance of the City's Sister Cities Program; ensures project proponents' compliance with partnership agreement requirements to protect the City's interests.

DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS
   This is a single position class. The incumbent is responsible for supervising the developmental process of the City's Cultural Heritage Parks/Garden Program and the overall coordination of individual agreements with each project proponent and acts as the City's liaison to the Sister Cities Program.

QUALIFICATIONS
   Minimum Knowledges, Skills and Abilities

• Knowledge of basic horticultural theories and practices.
• Knowledge of community volunteer involvement and coordination practices and techniques.
• Knowledge of the general principles and approaches to municipal parks development activities.
• Knowledge of the general principles and practices of public agency organization and administration.
• Knowledge of project planning and control.
• Ability to supervise the work of community based groups and individuals.
• Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing.

• Knowledge of Federal, State and local laws relating to economic development.
• Knowledge of how the City's development processes work.
• Knowledge of budgeting, grantsmanship and sources of funds from governmental and outside groups.
• Knowledge of Public Works and Planning Departments parks developmental and planning requirements.
• Knowledge of requirements for environmental impact review, parks planning, parks facility operations and maintenance.
• Knowledge of the requirements for formulating and developing partnership agreements with project proponents on design, construction, maintenance, operations and financing.
• Ability to work effectively with culturally diverse communities.
• Ability to effectively supervise and develop collaborative working relationships with City contract staff and other public and private agencies.

Licenses/Certificates
   Possession of a valid State of California driver's license.

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