The City of Live Oak, located in beautiful northern Sutter County, offers an outstanding combination of quality-of-life attributes including a small-town ambiance, affordable housing, friendly people, quality schools, and a great climate. Strategically located along the Highway 99 corridor between Yuba City and Chico, the City of Live Oak provides easy access to desirable destinations such as San Francisco, Lake Tahoe, and nearby Sacramento. Incorporated in 1947 and named for the oak forest that once dominated the landscape, Live Oak is rooted strongly in agriculture, surrounded on all sides by bountiful agriculture production, including peaches, nuts, rice, and other crops. The City Manager is the administrative head of the government of the City and receives policy direction from the City Council in planning, organizing and directing the overall administrative activities and operations of the City. Under Council direction, the City Manager ensures that the policy directions set forth by the Council are carried out and the day-to-day operations of the City government run smoothly.
The City is seeking a collaborative City Manager with exceptional interpersonal, creative, leadership, and communication skills. The ideal candidate will be a seasoned, reliable, and forward-thinking visionary who is capable of handling economic development while ensuring the long-term financial stability of the City. The new City Manager will continue to move the City in a positive direction by providing clear direction to staff, engaging and building relationships with the community, and bringing a broad perspective to further developments. The successful candidate will offer strong management skills with the ability to complete projects and take collective direction from City Council. Candidates who possess appreciation for and understanding of the history of Live Oak are encouraged to apply.
The annual salary range for the City Manager is $153,000 - $229,500; placement within this range is dependent on qualifications and experience. If you are interested in this outstanding opportunity, please visit our website at www.bobmurrayassoc.com to apply online. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to call Ms. Stephanie Dietz at (916) 784-9080.
About Bob Murray & Associates - City of Live Oak, CA
Formed in May 2000, Bob Murray and Associates brings a unique and personal approach to executive recruitment – one that emphasizes teamwork and responsiveness. We are firmly committed to a process driven by your needs. You determine how the search will proceed and what types of candidates you are looking for. You define your needs and goals and we act accordingly. Our firm is committed to providing personal attention to the smallest details of your recruitment to ensure that the candidates we present for your consideration are outstanding. Combined with our proven expertise in the field of executive recruitment, your needs become a reality. Bob Murray and Associates is known throughout the industry by both clients and candidates alike, as the leading firm in terms of customer service. We pride ourselves on our responsiveness to clients and candidates and assure that you will receive the highest caliber of service from every member of our team. Bob Murray and Associates is a small corporation consisting of ten full time staff members. We have offices in Tallahassee, Florida and Sacramento (Roseville), California. In his 25 years as an executive recruiter, Bob Murray, the f...irm’s principal, has proven again and again that he knows how to find outstanding candidates. With a national reputation for excellence, Bob Murray & Associates has extensive experience working with counties, municipalities, special districts, and other organizations in the western half of the United States. Renee Narloch, Vice President - Eastern Region, is responsible for our practice located in Tallahassee, Florida. Ms. Narloch brings almost 20 years of public sector recruitment experience for agencies throughout the Central, Midwest, Southeast and Mid-Atlantic regions of the nation. Our experience includes conducting recruitments for: administration, building, development, engineering, finance, fire, human resources, legal, library, parks and recreation, planning, police, public information / communications, public works, redevelopment, technology, transportation and utility professionals, to name a few. Clients include large, complex organizations such as San Francisco, CA, San Diego, CA, San Jose, CA, Los Angeles, CA, Phoenix, AZ, and San Antonio, TX to smaller organizations.Our knowledge of what makes a candidate truly outstanding, along with our ability to assess the candidates’ administrative skills, management style, leadership ability, communication skills and experience working with diverse and competing interests, will ensure that your organization has an outstanding group of finalists from which to select your new executives.
