Salary : $115,670.00 - $185,062.00 Annually
Location : 101 City Hall Plaza, Durham, NC
Job Type: Full time with benefits
Job Number: 26-05923
Department: Housing & Neighborhood Services
Opening Date: 08/07/2026
Closing Date: 8/21/2026 11:59 PM Eastern

Position Description
The Assistant Director of Administration is an Executive Leadership position within the department focused on advancing our mission building a Durham where everyone has affordable, safe, and fair housing. The ideal candidate will bring experience in team leadership, familiarity with affordable housing and community development, administrative and fiscal management competencies, and commitment to public service.

About the Department

This is an exciting time for the Housing and Neighborhood Services Department. We have recently combined the City's Affordable Housing, Code Enforcement, and Human Relations teams into one department.

Collaboratively, the teams work together to execute the City Council's affordable housing and neighborhood services goals. The department is committed to fostering an environment where everyone on the team is empowered to lead and achieve results consistent with the Council's goals and the department's work plan.

Duties/Responsibilities
Department Executive Leadership: Serves as a member of the HNS Executive Leadership team, which includes three Assistant Director positions and the Department Director, who collaboratively provide strategic direction and leadership to the HNS department, consistent with direction from the City Manager's Office and Council.

Fiscal Oversight: Directs the management of the budget for the department; works collaboratively with a team to prepare the department's annual budget; supports a team in monitoring revenues and expenditures, preparation of financial reports, and completion of complex financial and budgetary analysis with implications for department operations and policy development.

Procurement: Directs all processes for the department related to contracts and procurement and ensures compliance with local, state, and federal regulations related to procurement.

Data Analysis and Reporting: Directs the research and analyses of data with implications for administrative problem solving, the management of records and data sets; preparation of written and oral reports.

Performance Management Systems: Develops, monitors, and reports progress for the department's performance management systems, including work plans, learning and development plans, and performance measures for all department divisions.

Personnel: Directs personnel functions, including developing internal policies and procedures; supporting the department's implementation of our employee performance evaluation processes; supporting department recruitment efforts; and participating in the hiring process and onboarding for new employee.

Performs other duties as required, including serving in an acting capacity as Department Director in their absence.

Supervisory Responsibility

This position supervises and monitors the performance of a regular group of employees or division.

Knowledge of:

• Trends and practices in local government administration
• Relevant federal, state, and local ordinances, policies, and procedures
• Management and supervisory principles and practices
• Budgeting and financial management
• Performance management and pay and benefits systems
• Federal affordable housing and community development funding programs

Ability to:

• Organize, prioritize, and manage workload and timelines for self and others
• Supervise, train, and evaluate assigned staff
• Communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with coworkers, residents, vendors, and community partners
• Model behaviors that are consistent with the City's values

Minimum Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor's degree in public administration or a directly related field.
• Nine years of progressively responsible related experience
• Professional experience must include significant management and supervisory experience.

Additional Preferred Skills

• Master's Degree preferred.
• Experience developing strategies aligned with organizational goals.

Benefits - General Full-Time Employees

• 12-13 paid holidays per year
• 13 standard work days of vacation per year
• 13 standard work days of sick leave per year, which accumulates indefinitely; sick leave may be used toward early retirement
• 2 weeks paid military leave per year
• Medical, dental, vision, and supplemental life insurance plans
• State and City retirement plans
• Short and long term disability plans
• Paid temporary disability leave for specified conditions
• City contribution of 13.6% into the N.C. State Retirement System
• Paid funeral leave
• Employee Assistance Program - personal and family counseling
• Paid life insurance equal to annual salary
• 48 hours for volunteer work each year*
• 4 hours parental leave each year
• Workman's Compensation Insurance
• 457 Deferred Compensation Plans

Benefits - Part-Time (1,000 hours or more per year)

• 401(k) retirement plan (5.0% of salary)
• State retirement plan

Benefits Part-Time (Average 30 hours per week over 12 month period)

• 401(k) retirement plan (5.0% of salary)
• State retirement plan effective first day of the month following date of hire
• Health insurance effective first day of the month following date of hire
• Dental and life insurance, after one year of service
• Pro-rated vacation, pro-rated sick, pro-rated floating holiday, parttime holiday pay (based on scheduled hours for that day) after one year of service

01

Where did you first hear about this opportunity?

• City of Durham Website
• Walk in
• Job fair
• Employee referral
• Professional organization ***Please list the organization in "other" box below***
• Internet posting ***Please list the specific web site in the "other" box below***
• Craig's List
• Facebook
• LinkedIn
• GlassDoor
• governmentjobs.com
• Monster.com
• Indeed.com
• Employment Security Commission
• Magazine/Newspaper
• Other

02

If you listed "other" above please give specific web site, organization, or publication.
03

Please select your highest level of COMPLETED education.

• Less than a High School Diploma or Equivalent (GED, HiSET, TASC)
• High School Diploma or Equivalent (GED, HiSET, TASC)
• Associates Degree
• Bachelor's Degree
• Master's Degree
• Doctoral Degree (PhD, Juris Doctorate)

04

How many years of progressively responsible professional experience do you have related to public administration, or a closely related field?

• No related experience
• Less than 7 years of related experience
• 7 years but less than 9 years
• 9 years but less than 11 years
• 11 or more years

05

Briefly describe your professional experience in public administration or a related field, highlighting roles, responsibilities, and how your duties increased over time. If none put N/A
06

Do you have experience serving in a senior leadership or executive capacity?

• Yes
• No

07

Please describe your experience serving in a senior leadership or executive capacity. If none, type N/A.
08

How many years of experience do you have developing strategies aligned with organizational goals?

• No related experience
• Less than 1 year of related experience
• 1 year but less than 3 years
• 3 years but less than 5 years
• 5 or more years

09

How many years of experience do you have managing a budget of an organization, division, or department?

• No related experience
• Less than 1 year of related experience
• 1 year but less than 3 years related experience
• 3 years but less than 5 years related experience
• 5 or more years related experience

10

How many years of supervisory or management experience do you have?

• No related experience
• Less than 1 year of related experience
• 1 year but less than 2 years of related experience
• 2 years but less than 6 years of related experience
• 6 years but less than 10 years of related experience
• 10 or more years of related experience

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