Careers

Like many private sector CEO/Board relationships, the city manager serves as CEO, advises City Council on policy matters, implements City Council enacted policies, provides organizational leadership and works with City Council to develop and execute a vision. Organizational priorities include the continued pursuit of improvements and efficiencies to city operations; growing our local economy through programs and projects that encourage private development and maximize New Albany’s return on capital investment; and enhancing our community through development that supports lifelong learning, health and wellness, the arts and sustainability.

Administration functions include human resources, public records management, legal services, information technology, risk management, buildings and grounds, communications, community relations, special event coordination, Mayor’s Court, and special projects.

As a master-planned community, New Albany is able to effectively manage the inevitable growth that all communities experience by collaborating with residents and businesses. Growth does not come without challenges, but our goal is to guide growth, making sure it aligns with our aspirations to improve and protect our quality of life.

The community development team manages the built environment through comprehensive planning, zoning, building, economic development and engineering services. Beauty abounds here, from our Georgian architecture and wooded vistas to our vast array of parks and green space. Counting the Rocky Fork Metro Park and our new Rose Run Park, nearly one in five acres is devoted to parkland or open space; and our 53 miles of leisure trails connect our neighborhoods to the business park and the Village Center, our core and gathering place for dining and community celebrations.

Our 5,000-acre New Albany International Business Park is the largest master planned commercial office park in Ohio with 15,000 jobs, nearly 13 million square feet of commercial development representing more than $5 billion in private investment, and five specialized industry clusters. These company partners are crucial to our community success because local income taxes are the life blood of city services (property taxes mainly support our schools, township fire, parks and county-wide services).

New Albany Finance functions include overseeing fiscal operations, debt issuance, providing an accurate accounting of receipts and disbursements, managing financial investments and coordinating the annual audit. New Albany’s general obligation rating from Moody’s Investors Service is Aaa and from Standard & Poor’s is AAA, the highest ratings possible by those agencies. New Albany is one of only eight Ohio cities to obtain this “double triple” rating.

New Albany was recognized by the Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada for its Comprehensive Annual Financial Report and also received GFOA’s Distinguished Budget Presentation Award, reflecting the city’s commitment to meeting the highest principles of governmental budgeting. In order to receive the award, New Albany had to satisfy nationally recognized guidelines designed to assess how well an entity’s budget serves as a policy document, a financial plan, an operations guide and a communications device. Additionally, the finance staff received the Ohio Auditor of State Award with Distinction for financial reporting.

New Albany is one of Ohio’s safest communities and a key reason is our police force’s strong interaction with residents and businesses to protect life and property. Whether performing vacation house checks, offering women’s self-defense classes, working with businesses, patrolling neighborhoods, conducting bicycle safety programs for children or maintaining a two-officer presence on the school learning campus throughout the academic year, our officers understand that strong relationships set the foundation for a safer community. Click here to learn more about a career with New Albany Police.

No department better depicts traditional City services than the public service department, whose crews work around the clock to perform such services as snow removal, leaf collection, mosquito management, road maintenance, fire hydrant maintenance, water and sewer line maintenance, traffic signal maintenance, maintaining the streetlight flower pots along Market Street, managing trash, recycling and yard waste collection, and trimming of right-of-way trees.

The efforts of this department enhance the quality of life of residents, visitors and employees throughout our community. The public service staff is also essential to other City departments, as they perform maintenance on all City-owned properties, vehicles and equipment.