The York County Economic Alliance (YCEA) drives York County’s
Economic growth by leveraging the collaboration, resources, and expertise
needed to create sustained prosperity for our community.
A little about this position:
This position is responsible for helping to oversee an assigned portfolio of
strategic economic development initiatives, ensuring alignment with
organizational goals and community needs. You will play a pivotal role in
managing transformative community projects, coordinating stakeholders,
and identifying opportunities for economic growth.
This position reports to the Assistant V.P. of Economic and Community
Development, with general oversight provided by the Chief Strategy Officer.
The position works within a department of 7 and an organization of 27
employees. Most importantly, you must be willing to have fun, to manage
multiple projects simultaneously, to meet new individuals, and work among
our extroverted team charged with creating shared, widespread economic
prosperity in York County.

HERE’S SOME OF THE DAY-TO-DAY DUTIES:

• Support the implementation of assigned strategic economic
  development initiatives through project management, including the
  development and management of budgets, sources and uses,
  timeline coordination, and other necessary resources.
• Identify and support funding and financing procurement through
  grants, loans, and other mechanisms. In some cases, you will serve
  as a point for grant applications, administration, and compliance.
•  Provide support and communication to strategic site inquiries, site
  selectors, and prospective businesses to help meet our business
  attraction and retention goals.
• Facilitate public and stakeholder engagement, working with our team,
  to ensure community outreach efforts provide education and
  awareness to achieve public support.
• Support our implementation of York County’s 10-Year Economic
  Action Plan.
•  Provide project, program, and administrative support for designated
  boards and authorities that are aligned within our organization each
  supporting our overarching goals.
• Network and build relationships with local businesses and community
  stakeholders across York County to anticipate and address concerns
  and document successes.

Core Competencies:

• 1-5 years’ relevant experience is preferred but not required.
  AS/BS/BA degree in Business, Economics, Finance, Project
  Management, or a related field is preferred but not required.
•  You are a development generalist and a strategic thinker. You
  can conduct the full orchestra of coordinating stakeholders, board
  administration, moving projects forward with precision and
  compliance.
• You are first and foremost a team player. The limelight is nice
  but not essential. It’s more important to do the challenging, behindthe-scenes work of making good things happen for York County.
• You are a scrappy, hardworking, team player who doesn’t mind
  rolling up your sleeves. While you primarily oversee different
  components of a project life cycle, you could run the show if you
  had to.
• You are passionate about seeing public/private partnership
  projects come to fruition.
• You are confident and love supporting people in reaching their
  potential and personal fulfillment. You do not shrink from coursecorrecting performance.
• You are a connector and have a proven record of thinking
  creatively about partnerships to raise the visibility of YCEA and our
  initiatives.
• You are approachable, caring, positive, and outgoing. You are
  energized to show up and work the room when the situation calls
  for it.
•  You are constantly evolving as a professional. You adjust your
  approach as opportunities evolve. You prioritize and reprioritize,
  exhibiting excellent time management and problem-solving skills.
•  You are a clear, confident, verbal and written communicator.
  You are detail oriented with the ability to manage multiple projects
  and deadlines with excellence. You can adapt your tone and
  approach across audiences and platforms while cross
  communicating across the full team

Why work for us?
We #MakeThingsHappen in YoCo! We have a great team, and our job is
to wake up daily and make positive chance occur across our County.
We offer competitive benefits that include healthcare, a retirement plan,
paid parental leave, and tuition reimbursement. We respect that your
personal time is important, that is why we offer generous holiday time
off, including your birthday, and four weeks’ vacation (PTO) per year,
and encourage you to utilize it. We can accommodate flexible office and
remote working. We respect and encourage community volunteer
involvement.
We are a welcoming workplace:
The York County Economic Alliance and Downtown Inc. are Equal
Opportunity Employers and are committed to cultivating an environment
where all voices are welcomed, celebrated, and treated with respect.
Our mission is to create equitable economic prosperity. Read Economic
Equity Plan here
Our organization is dedicated to providing opportunities to all employees
and applicants. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color,
religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran
status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other
basis protecting employees and applicants under the law.
Interested? Here’s how to apply: Send cover letter, resume, salary
requirements, and the names/contact information for three references in
one PDF file to lschmaltz@yceapa.org with “Manager, Economic &
Community Development in the subject line.