Title
Recruitment Services for Assistant Aviation Director (Ordinance S-43424)
Description
Request to authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to enter into a contract with Ralph Andersen & Associates to provide executive recruiting services for two Assistant Aviation Director positions in the Aviation Department. Further request authorization for the City Controller to disburse all funds related to this item.
Report
Summary
The Aviation Department has two Assistant Aviation Director vacancies. Ralph Andersen & Associates was selected from the Human Resources Department's Recruiting and Consulting Services Qualified Vendor List. A successful search process relies heavily on person-to-person contact to identify outstanding potential candidates and, in the evaluation phase, to gain a complete understanding of the background, experience, and management style of the top candidates. The executive recruitment techniques used by Ralph Andersen & Associates have been developed and used successfully with hundreds of clients, including the hiring of the current Director of Aviation Services.
Ralph Andersen & Associates will provide the following services:
* Develop recruitment brochure(s) utilizing the prior design used for the Director of Aviation Services search.
* Conduct extensive personal outreach, in-person and by telephone, to qualified candidates throughout the nation.
* Develop a marketing strategy that uses selected advertising to supplement the extensive candidate identification process, uses the Internet and social media, and uses professional contacts on a national basis.
* Develop a screening process that narrows the field of candidates to those that most closely match the needs of the Aviation Department and are based on extensive reference checks and telephone interviews with the top candidates.
* Deliver a product in the form of a search report that recommends the top group of candidates for each position.
Financial Impact
The total cost for the services will not exceed $48,750. Funding is available in the Aviation Department's operating budget.
Department
Responsible Department
This item is submitted by Deputy City Manager Paul Blue and the Aviation Department.