Deputy or Assistant Director of Utilities - Administration

Town of Leesburg • Leesburg, VA • 1h ago

Do you want to apply your expertise for a cause you can feel good about? Do you want to work for an organization that wants you to grow with it and offers tuition reimbursement, certification training, and a chance to learn about multiple industries? Come work for the Town of Leesburg, hometown of the 21st century! Located 35 miles west of the nation's capital in the heart of DC's Wine Country, you'll enjoy a vibrant and authentic community with "big city" amenities. The Town of Leesburg strongly encourages innovation, promotes career development, and offers excellent benefits to employees. Benefits include membership to the Town's full-service recreation center, enrollment into the Virginia Retirement System, excellent healthcare insurance, and other fringe benefits.

Who We're Looking For If you identify with the following descriptions, then you may be perfect for the Town of Leesburg:

Creative problem solver

Proactive self-starter

Life-long learner

Strong team player

Passionate about excellent customer service

Positive, can-do attitude

Effective communicator

Desire to impart knowledge to others

"Early adopter" of new technologies

What You'll Be Doing This professional level position is primarily responsible for administrative aspects of the Department of Utilities including budget development, tracking, and reporting; utility rate studies and implementation; customer service; personnel matters, and staff development. Tasks include strategic and annual planning processes, strategic initiatives, policy management, budget development, employee engagement, community outreach, customer satisfaction, and financial and administrative functions. The Deputy supports the Director in all administrative matters and serves as an extension of the Director's guidance, vision, strategic planning, initiatives, directives and business plans. The Deputy completes complex professional work and provides direction to the department through planning, policy management and coordination of staff, projects and activities. The work includes partnering with managers and employees to support relationship building, performance management, leadership, organizational effectiveness and culture as well as employee relations and recruitment. The Deputy of Administration performs the functions of the Director as delegated in coordination with the Deputy Director of Engineering and Operations. For more detailed job descriptions, please visit the Town's [Job Descriptions page.

Position is open until filled with first review of applications on October 5, 2026.

The Town may consider applicants for an Assistant Director Position that do not necessarily meet the requirement for the Deputy Director position. ](https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/leesburgva/classspecs){tabindex="0"}

Required Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree in Business, Public Administration, or related degree

Ten years of progressively responsible experience of senior-level human resources and/or financial management experience with accounting, budget, procurement, and/or treasury responsibilities

Five years of management responsibility with direct supervision and management of others

A combination of education and experience as described above

Must possess and maintain a valid driver's license

Must successfully pass a credit check

Preferred Qualifications

MBA, MPA or related degree

Twelve (12) years of progressively responsible management-related experience in municipal government accounting, budgeting or finance experience and advanced management skills in the administration of personnel with proven experience at the senior management level

Project Management certification

Six Sigma certification and/or Lean practices

Bilingual in English/Spanish

Compensation and Benefits The Town of Leesburg is committed to providing competitive compensationand benefits, and opportunities to grow one's career, all while making a significant impact on the operations and quality of life in a thriving community.

The Town offers competitive compensation, affordable health insurance coverage, participation in the Virginia Retirement System, an optional 457(b) retirement plan with a Town matching contribution, flexible spending accounts, voluntary benefits, employee assistance program (EAP), membership to the Town's full-service recreation center, an optional payroll Roth IRA, and generous paid time off. For more information on the Town's robust benefits package, please visit the Town's

Employee Benefits page.

ADA/EOE.

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