Career Center

Cumberland County, NC (pop. 336,000) seeks a skilled and experienced county government professional to lead the fifth-largest county in North Carolina. The next County Manager will join an organization on the move with a number of major initiatives underway and significant priorities on the horizon. This requires a capable leader and a quick study who can shepherd projects to completion while simultaneously guiding the organization out of the pandemic and toward a new level of innovation and service delivery. The organization has benefitted from stable leadership and a culture that employees describe as collaborative and supportive. The leadership team is a healthy mix of longer-tenured and newer department heads who possess deep subject-matter expertise in their respec