Assistant City Manager

Assistant City Manager

Salary : $187,164.00 - $262,020.00 Annually

Location : City of Poway, CA

Job Type : Full-time, At-will

Job Number : 25-37

Department : Legislative Services

Division : City Manager's Office

Opening Date : 09 / 18 / 2025

Closing Date : Continuous

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Notice : Benefits listed below assume full-time (2,080 hrs / yr) status. Benefits for positions considered less than full-time are pro-rated based upon hours and may differ from those indicated. This is an At-Will Classification.

Vacation - Annual paid vacation as follows : 0-4 years service = 120 hrs / yr; 5-9 years service = 144 hrs / yr; 10-14 years service = 180 hrs / yr; and 15+ years service = 199.2 hrs / yr. Employees may elect to convert up to 5 days (40 hours) vacation per year to cash on an hour-for-hour basis when they meet certain criteria. Prior Public Service Credit for vacation accruals may be granted for verifiable experience.

Executive Leave - Employees in this group are entitled to 64 hours of executive leave each fiscal year. Executive leave is not be carried over into the next fiscal year, but may be exchanged for compensation equal to 100% of the value at the end of the current fiscal year.

Sick Leave - Employees in this group accrue 96 hours of sick leave per year. There is no maximum accrual. There is a sick leave incentive program available to those who qualify.

Holidays - The City observes 10 holidays and two floating holidays each year.

Flexible Savings Account - These are IRS-approved plans, which enables you to have witheld from your paycheck an amount to cover eligible dependent care, and / or certain eligible medical expenses without being subject to federal income or social security tax on the income used to pay for these benefits. Employees can opt into either the Dependent Care or medical expense accounts.

Life Insurance - The City provides group term life insurance equal to 1 1 / 2 times annual salary to a maximum of $350,000. Supplemental life insurance for employees and family members is available by payroll deduction at reasonable group rates and is portable.

Short & Long Term Disability - The City provides short-term disability insurance equal to 66 2 / 3% of your income (up to $2,516) after a 7-day waiting period if totally disabled due to illness or injury. The City provides long-term disability insurance equal to 66 2 / 3% of your income (up to $10,900) after a 90-day elimination period if totally disabled due to illness or injury.

Retirement - Benefits are provided by the California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS). Classic CalPERS members - 2% @ 60 formula with employees contributing 8% of regular salary. New CalPERS members - 2% @ 62 formula with employees contributing 8% of salary. Effective July 1, 2013, new members contribute 50% of the total normal cost. Beginning the first full pay period in July 2024, employees considered "classic" members will contribute an additional 1%. The total employee contribution will be 9%. The City participates in Medicare, but does not participate in Social Security.

Health Insurance - Poway provides employer-paid group medical and dental insurance for the employee. For medical plans, the City contributes 100% of the cost for employees enrolled in either the Kaiser or CIGNA HMO plans and 60% of the cost for dependent coverage for both HMO plans. The City also has a CIGNA PPO option, and the City covers the premium costs for employees enrolled in the CIGNA PPO equivalent to what the City covers for employees enrolled in the CIGNA HMO, at every coverage level. For dental plans, employees have a choice between an HMO and PPO plan. Family vision insurance is provided at no cost to the employee. An IRS Section 125 plan (Flexible Spending Account) for reimbursement of medical and dependent care expenses is also available.

Deferred Compensation Plan - Participation in a 457 deferred compensation plan is available to all regular employees and is voluntary with no City matching contribution. The City contributes $129.31 per pay period to a 401(a) deferred compensation plan with vesting on a graduated schedule beginning with 2 years service and becoming 100% vested after 6 years. Employees in this group are required to contribute $200 per pay period to the 401(a) plan with no vesting requirement for those funds.

Automobile Allowance - Employees in this group receive an automobile allowance equivalent to $300 / month. The monthly allowance does not apply to those positions assigned a City vehicle.

Tuition Reimbursement - The City may reimburse the actual cost paid for tuition, books and required technical supplies and equipment up to a maximum of $2,000 per fiscal year for eligible employees receiving a grade of "C" or better in approved courses.