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Job Description
Description
Career Opportunity!
The Palo Alto Airport is seeking a Management Analyst to play a vital role in supporting the Airport Manager. This position involves developing and monitoring operating and capital improvement budgets, preparing Requests for Proposals and Invitations for Bid, creating airport policies and procedures to ensure compliance with local, state, and federal regulations, and overseeing submissions related to the terminal building. The Management Analyst also supervises administrative staff, collaborates with fixed-base operators and tower personnel, and may support or supervise operations staff. Careful monitoring and analysis of all expenses and revenues is critical to maintaining the financial sustainability of the Airport Fund.
Ideal Candidate:- Experience with enterprise budgeting and accounting;
- Knowledge of federal, state, and local grant funding principles and compliance requirements;
- Strong written communication ability;
- Self-motivated, independent thinker with solid accounting and analytical skills;
- Excellent attention to detail and ability to work with a minimum of supervision;
- Comfortable working on a wide range of assignments in an environment of frequently changing priorities.
Benefits:
The City offers a fantastic benefits package including:- Work Schedule: The option of a 9/80 work schedule with every other Friday off
- Hybrid work: Ability to work remotely and onsite (current policy allows for 2 days/week remote and 3 days/week on-site)
- Professional development: including tuition reimbursement, leadership training, and career growth opportunities
- Education benefits: including potential enrollment for dependents in the Palo Alto Unified School District (pilot program, subject to change)
- Childcare support: including up to $10,000 in childcare subsidies (pilot program, subject to change)
- Commute benefits: Walking, biking and taking transit to work and a free all-agency BayPass (pilot program, subject to change)
- Defined-Benefit Retirement Plan: with competitive pension benefits
To learn more about benefits click HERE .
Compensation (MGMT ): Comprehensive compensation plan, to learn more click HERE. (Download PDF reader)
Essential Duties
Essential and other important responsibilities and duties may include, but are not limited to, the following:- May supervise clerical or support staff to include: prioritizing and assigning work; conducting performance evaluations, ensuring staff are trained; and making hiring, termination and disciplinary recommendations.
- Provides professional - level staff assistance and preliminary analysis of routine policies involving organization, procedures, finance and/or services.
- Manages special division level studies and projects, which includes: setting up contracts; establishing and monitoring timelines; preparing requests for proposals; selecting consultants; ensuring compliance with applicable regulations, specifications, and/or requirements; monitoring project budgets; tracking projects; preparing related reports; and, performing other related duties. May serve as a project lead and provides direction to lower level staff on assignments.
- Assists with budget preparation and administration; assists departments in preparing cost estimates for budget recommendations.
- Administers grant funding, including preparation of reimbursement requests (drawdowns), maintenance of financial records, and coordination of grant audits to ensure compliance with Federal and State requirements.
- Manages airport lease agreements to ensure compliance with GASB 87 standards, including tracking, classification, and financial reporting requirements.
To see the full job description click HERE .
Minimum Qualifications
Sufficient education, training and/or work experience to demonstrate possession of the following knowledge and skills, which would typically be acquired through:- Bachelor's degree in a related field and three years of professional experience in public or business administration, public affairs, or a related field; or, an equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to successfully perform the essential duties of the job such as those listed above.
Supplemental Information
The Selection Process:- Recruitment status notifications will be sent via email or text (please enroll in text alerts when applying).
- Updates can also be found on your governmentjobs.com account.
- Applicants will be screened throughout the posting process and highly qualified candidates may be invited to interview at any time.
- The screening process for this position may include a virtual recorded interview and/or panel interviews preceding final interviews with the hiring manager or their designee.
Our online application system is provided by NeoGov. If you have problems while applying online, please contact NeoGov's Live Applicant Support at (855) 524-5627 between 6:00 AM and 5:00 PM Pacific Time, Monday - Friday.
The City of Palo Alto is an Equal Opportunity Employer. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, the City will provide reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities and encourages both prospective and current employees to discuss potential accommodations with the employer.
See our Benefits at a Glance Bookletfor more details.
Learn more about our Compensation Plan HERE.
Closing Date/Time: 11/2/2025 11:59 PM Pacific -
ABOUT THE COMPANY
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City of Palo Alto
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The birthplace of Silicon Valley, Palo Alto, is a community of approximately 68,000 residents and nearly 100,000 jobs. Located on the mid-Peninsula between San Francisco and San Jose, Palo Alto is recognized worldwide as a leader in cutting-edge technology, medicine, and green innovation. The community's treelined streets and historic buildings reflect its California heritage, and, at the same time, many world-class businesses maintain or started offices here, such as Stanford Health Care and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, Amazon, Broadcom, Hewlett-Packard, Houzz, Rivian, SAP and SAP Ariba, Tesla, and Varian Medical Systems. Numerous start-ups are also at home in Palo Alto, arguably making it the start-up capital of the world. Stanford University is foundational to the history and prestige of Palo Alto, reflected in the community's dedication to lifelong learning. Stanford's cultural and educational offerings are integral to the vibrancy and charm of Palo Alto, while the City's exceptional K-12 school district ranks among the top public-school systems in the country. With more than 50% of adult residents holding a graduate degree or higher, Palo Alto is frequently listed as one of the most educated cities in the nation. Palo Alto boasts a genuine sense of community and an active citizenry with strong environmental values. Beautiful neighborhoods are complemented by vibrant commercial corridors and a bustling economy featuring premium shopping and dining options. Excellent healthcare facilities, performing arts, and diverse recreational opportunities are some of the community's incredibly desirable and cherished amenities. To learn more, visit https://www.paloalto.gov/Departments/City-Manager/Latest-NewsCity Government
Palo Alto is a full-service charter city with a council-manager form of government. The seven-member City Council is elected at large, and the City Council annually selects the Mayor and Vice Mayor from among its members. The Mayor and City Council appoint the City Manager, City Attorney, City Clerk, and City Auditor. The City Manager is responsible for the strategic direction and day-to-day operations of the City. Palo Alto is organized into 15 departments/offices with 1,093.10 authorized positions in FY 2025. There is also a FY 2025 capital budget of $316.2 million. Palo Alto owns and operates its own utilities, including electricity (carbon-neutral), gas, water, wastewater, and an expanding fiber network. This dynamic municipal environment ensures an ever-engaging platform for unique problem-solving and advances new initiatives, including sustainability, broadband, and effective service delivery. Community assets also include five libraries, 36 parks, five community centers, a museum and zoo, youth centers, a general aviation airport, an 18-hole golf course, a regional water treatment plant, and wildland open space preserves at the San Francisco Bay and in the foothills of the Santa Cruz Mountains offering 41 miles of walking/biking trails in addition to its police, fire, and ambulance services. Palo Alto has long been a leader in sustainability, and the City's ambitious greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction goals are part of what sets it apart. Since the City's first Climate Protection Plan was passed in 2007, Palo Alto has set goals that exceed State and Federal targets. Today, the City's goal to reduce emissions 80% below 1990 levels by 2030 (the "80x30" goal) and achieve carbon neutrality by 2030 guides sustainability efforts. An award-winning City, Palo Alto is recognized nationally as innovative and well-managed. City services and performance also receive impressive marks from community members in the Palo Alto Community Survey.
Many of those ratings put City programs and services in the highest percentiles among the hundreds of benchmark cities. Palo Alto makes decisions through comprehensive processes and proactively seeks to involve its extremely informed, educated, and engaged residents. Projects are naturally a cooperative effort among the City Council, Boards, Commissions, Committees, engaged residents, neighborhoods, businesses, property owners, and staff.
Join an Award Winning Team
Palo Alto is an award-winning City recognized nationwide as innovative and well-managed. Palo Alto is one of a small number of California cities with a AAA bond rating. Recently, Palo Alto became one of the most livable cities in the U.S. by Livability.com. It's the only city to receive the Platinum Beacon Award in sustainability best practices by California’s Institute for Local Government. We offer a variety of career paths that relate to building and improving communities. The City has fourteen departments employing 1,000 full-time staff. Police officers, fire fighters, paramedics, and building inspectors keep us safe. Engineers and public works staff build and re-build the physical infrastructure. City planners help envision and shape future community growth. Recreation, arts and library professionals enhance community life. Utilities provides electric, gas, water, sewer and other services. Internal services departments help manage, staff, and protect the City.
Want to learn more about our benefits? Learn more by reviewing our "Benefits at a Glance Booklet."
Contact Us
Phone: 650-329-2376
Email: Recruit@paloalto.gov
Location: City Hall, 1st Floor | 250 Hamilton Ave 94301 | View Map
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