JOB TITLE: City Manager
AGENCY: City of Coalinga
LOCATION: Coalinga, CA
FILING DEADLINE: June 2, 2025
SALARY RANGE: $186,337.10 – $205,436.64 Annually

THE POSITION
The City Manager is the Chief Executive Officer of the City and serves at the pleasure of the City Council. The City Manager is responsible for planning, directing, and managing all activities and operations of the City, ensuring that all public services are delivered in an efficient and effective manner. This position is responsible for coordinating City activities with other agencies and organizations; facilitating the development and implementation of City goals and objectives; implementing policy decisions made by the City Council; and providing highly complex administrative support to the City Council.

The Office of the City Manager is responsible for a wide range of activities, including managing and directing budget and operations, facilities and asset management, public safety, economic development initiatives, legislative analysis, intergovernmental relations, grant administration, employee relations and strategic planning.

The new City Manager will work closely with the City Council and a stable, professional staff to promote a culture of learning and communication that ensures Councilmembers, City employees, and residents are well informed while providing a high level of transparency and confidence in local government.

Key responsibilities of the City Manager include, but are not limited to the following:
• Create a culture of effective communication throughout all levels of the organization as well as with the community.
• Lead efforts to create a strategic plan for the City to guide its initiatives, resources, and projects for the coming years.
• Provide options on a variety of complex topics and programs so that the City Council may consider alternatives guided by expert advice, staff recommendations, and fiscal impacts.
• Drive efficiency and effectiveness across all City programs and activities for budget and financial stability.
• Ensure the overall fiscal health of the organization through resource management, revenue enhancement, and succession planning.

THE IDEAL CANDIDATE
The ideal candidate will be a motivated and collaborative leader with high integrity, possessing excellent administrative, managerial, communication and interpersonal skills; with a focus on effective customer service, community, and smart growth, who can naturally create positive working relationships with community leaders and business partners, city employees, and city council. The successful candidate will demonstrate strong technical and business acumen, understanding the need to provide efficient public service by being a role model, while developing a supportive and responsive city staff, and embracing the opportunities and challenges of a diverse and involved community. The ideal candidate will have a solid track record leading and successfully managing municipal service initiatives in areas of urban planning, financial and fiscal management, community development, agency administration, and staff development.

The next City Manager will be required to manage the City as it moves to improve its infrastructure, promote new and better business ventures, and build and maintain effective and collaborative relationships with regional and national business partners. A passion for public service and desire to work with and build a high performing staff focused on customer service are required, as is a willingness and openness to understand the heritage and local dynamics of the community.

Key Attributes and Characteristics
The ideal candidate will possess the following strengths and attributes:
• A solid understanding of municipal government, and ability to lead staff in successful project completion while following through on the direction of the City’s policy makers.
• The ability to deliver information and comprehensive research to City Council in a clear, balanced, and unbiased manner.
• A strong, seasoned leader with the highest integrity, character, and ethics.
• A leader that will inspire public confidence while bringing ideas, options and solutions, while remaining apolitical.
• Good judgement and follow through, with the ability to build and maintain trust.
• Approachable and friendly; being visible in the community.
• An enthusiastic, inspiring, and engaged communicator.
• A dynamic leader who shares the vision of the Council and community, and can advocate, articulate, and implement that vision.
• A “bridge-builder” able to create and grow positive business relationships.
• A competent manager of both issues and staff; someone who can mentor and develop staff; build morale and attract and retain top talent.
• An active listener.

THE COMMUNITY
Nestled in the Pleasant Valley at the eastern edge of California’s Coastal Mountain Range, surrounded by hills and ranches, Coalinga is 10 miles west of I-5 and 60 miles southwest of the City of Fresno, California’s fifth largest city. Coalinga is a full-service city that provides a wide range of services to approximately 18,000 citizens. Coalinga has an excellent school system, regional medical center, parks and recreation district, a 2-year community college, and enjoys affordable housing and a low level of crime through law-abiding citizenry. The City celebrated its 100th birthday in 2006. Coalinga also has quality schools, a library, a museum, a municipal airport, and many recreational facilities.

For more details about this opportunity, please visit the job brochure at: https://koffassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Coalinga-CM.pdf.

To be considered, please electronically submit your resume, cover letter and a list of five professional references (references will not be contacted in the early stages of the recruitment) to: https://koffassociates.com/coalinga-city-manager/. Resumes should reflect years and months of positions held, as well as size of staff and budgets you have managed.

For additional information, please contact:
Frank Rojas
(510) 495-0448
Frank_Rojas@ajg.com
Website: https://koffassociates.com/