Description
The City of Berkeley invites you to apply for the position of Administrative and Fiscal Services Manager! In this role, you will serve as a budgetary and financial expert while supervising the overall administrative, business service, and fiscal activities of a City department. Other responsibilities may include program planning and evaluation, personnel management, and contracts/grants management.
This is a city-wide classification that is assigned to the largest City departments. The current available position is in the Planning & Development Department.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONSA typical way of gaining the knowledge, skills, and abilities for this classification is:
Graduation from a four-year college or university with major work in accounting, finance, economics, business or public administration or a closely related field; and five (5) years of professional-level experience preparing and analyzing major operational and/or capital improvement budgets, and exercising fiscal controls. Two (2) of the five (5) years must have included supervisory responsibilities.
A Master's degree in one of the above-mentioned curricula may be substituted for one (1) year of non-supervisory experience and is highly desirable. Grants accounting experience is also desirable.
Must be able to travel to various locations within and outside the City of Berkeley to meet the program needs and to fulfill the job responsibilities. When driving on City business, the incumbent is required to maintain a valid California driver's license and a satisfactory driving record.
APPLICATION PROCESSApplications must be received by 5:00 PM Pacific on June 15, 2026 and must include a completed application and answers to the supplemental questions. Please note that resumes are not a substitute for a completed application.
Applications are available in alternative formats (audio-format, braille, large print, electronic text, etc.) upon request to ada@berkeleyca.gov. Please allow 10 days for production of the material in an alternative format.
EXAM PROCESSThe exam process will include, but may not be limited to:
Application review for minimum qualifications (qualifying experience will be calculated based on the application filing period closing date)
Oral Board Exam (tentatively scheduled for the week of July 6, 2026)
- Reasonable Accommodations: The City is committed to making reasonable accommodations in the examination process and in the work environment. Individuals requesting reasonable accommodations in the examination process must submit a request in writing to hr@berkeleyca.gov at the time of application.