Manager Recruitment Services

The Vendor is required to provide executive search consulting firms that are interested in assisting the city with conducting a national search that will lead to the selection of a new city manager.
- Requirement:
• Develop and manage a detailed recruitment timeline, including milestones, deliverables, and completion dates.
• Develop a candidate profile, in conjunction with the city council and other key individuals selected by the city that addresses the education, training, leadership qualities, management style, past experience and other attributes that are desirable for the city manager position.
• Confirm the job requirements and ensure that the description of the duties and responsibilities is accurate, clear and complete.
• Translate the city council’s requirements into a detailed recruitment brochure.
• Assist the council in the involvement of other key stakeholders in the process, including residents.
• Conduct a national search designed to attract a diverse and highly qualified candidate pool that includes recruiting activities such as targeted mailings, selected advertising, networking and direct inquiries, and use of consultant’s knowledge of candidates from other searches.
• Assist the city council in screening the initial pool of applicants to an appropriate number of semifinalists.
• Provide the council with summary reports on all semi-finalists and respond to council questions.
• Work with the city council to narrow the semi-finalist group to finalist candidates, to determine an appropriate interview process, and to discuss preliminary terms of an employment agreement.
• Conduct in-depth interviews, detailed background investigations, and verify references and credentials of finalists.
• Prepare a detailed report on each finalist.
• Assist the city council with their candidate interviews, including involvement of city staff and residents.
• Represent the city’s interests and advise the council on salary, benefits and other terms of the prospective employment agreement (such as relocation and housing allowances), with the goal of negotiating an employment contract that results in appointment of the city’s chosen candidate.