Posting number: ATM26
Department: TOWN MANAGER
Job classification: Assistant Town Manager
Posting type: Open & Promotional
Categories: Executive Management
Team Gilbert is seeking an Assistant Town Manager to join our executive leadership team and help guide a high-performing organization serving nearly 300,000 residents. This is an opportunity to work alongside an experienced, strategic, and thoughtful executive team in a community known for its commitment to innovation, collaboration, and becoming the “City of the Future.”
Gilbert has partnered with the Duffy Group for this recruitment. In order to apply for this position, please send a detailed resume and a cover letter to Nicole Gruenhaupt, Practice Leader at Duffy Group, at ngruenhaupt@duffygroup.com. You may also contact Nicole via phone at 602-899-9294.
Learn more about our ideal candidate, the position, and the Town of Gilbert by viewing our candidate brochure below, or clicking the following link: https://canva.link/pku8datunbkdqg4.
Joining the Town of Gilbert means becoming part of a dynamic, mission-focused organization that takes pride in serving its community through over 220 lines of service. Whether your interests lie in public safety, sustainability, technology, community engagement, or local service, Gilbert offers an opportunity where your contributions can genuinely make a difference in our mission to Anticipate. Create. Help People.
Gilbert is committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities. If any reasonable accommodation is needed while participating in the application and interviewing process, please contact our People Team (Human Resources) at 480-503-6823. Requests should be made as early as possible to allow time to arrange the accommodation.
Gilbert provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.
Once known as the “Hay Shipping Capital of the World,” Gilbert, Arizona has evolved into one of the fastest growing communities and the largest town in the United States. Encompassing 72.6 square miles, just southeast of Phoenix, Gilbert has transformed from an agricultural community to a thriving and economically-diverse suburban community.
Incorporated in 1920, Gilbert owes its beginnings to William "Bobby" Gilbert who provided land to the Arizona Eastern Railway in 1902 to construct a rail line between Phoenix and Florence, Arizona.
During the last three decades, Gilbert has seen tremendous growth, increasing in population from 5,717 in 1980 to nearly 250,000 in 2017. Many recent accolades, including being named the 2nd Safest City and the 22nd Best Place to Live in the country, explain why so many want to live and do business in Gilbert.
Gilbert boasts a nationally ranked K-12 education system including public schools, unique magnet and charter schools, with an average graduation rate of 90%. Nearly 40% of Gilbert residents hold a bachelor’s degree or higher and the median household income is $80,080.
Gilbert’s booming housing industry is coupled with booming business. With a targeted focus in the Science, Technology, Engineering and Math industries, Gilbert is home to many companies with focuses in Advanced Manufacturing, Aerospace and Defense, Bio-Technology, Clean Technology and Renewable Energy.
As Gilbert approaches build-out over the next decade, the estimated population is expected to reach 330,000. With a continued focus on building the latest satellites, conducting cancer research and producing algae technology, Gilbert will continue to grow and thrive and uphold its reputation as being clean, safe and vibrant.
For the official LinkedIn Page for Gilbert's Office of Economic Development, visit linkedin.com/company/gilbertazecodev.
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