Jobs at DeKalb County Economic Development Corporation (DCEDC)

Provides administrative, clerical, customer service, records management, payroll, budget, purchasing, data entry, correspondence, scheduling, and departmental support. Duties include processing personnel and financial documents, maintaining confidential records, handling payments and mail, preparing reports, coordinating travel, and assisting the public and county staff. The role requires passing assessments covering typing, filing, spelling, Microsoft Word, math, and proofreading, along with background, physical, and drug screening.

Provides direct administrative support to department managers, including correspondence, scheduling, meeting coordination, records management, data entry, report preparation, communications, customer service, and travel arrangements. Maintains confidential files, liaises with internal and external stakeholders, processes departmental documentation, and supports routine administrative operations. The role requires strong typing, filing, proofreading, spelling, math, and Microsoft Word skills, along with successful pre-employment screening.

Provides policy, operational, financial, and workforce analysis for the Human Resources Policy Division. Conducts research, develops recommendations, supports budgeting and grants, monitors legislation and compliance, coordinates departmental projects, and assists with workforce and succession planning. Partners with department leaders and HR staff to improve policies, address workforce needs, strengthen employee engagement, and measure outcomes. Represents the department with internal and external stakeholders and provides strategic support to management.

Provides countywide leadership for equity and accessibility initiatives, advising executives and departments on policies, programs, compliance, and community responsiveness. Conducts equity audits and organizational assessments, develops accountability frameworks and performance measures, analyzes data, and recommends corrective actions. Builds partnerships with community and governmental stakeholders, leads staff, supports training and organizational development, monitors regulatory compliance, and represents the County in public forums and community events.

Develops and publishes print, digital, social media, website, and public relations content for department programs. Plans and coordinates community outreach events, manages volunteers and sponsors, represents the department publicly, responds to media inquiries, and maintains community partnerships. Collects participation and feedback data, prepares reports, processes communications documentation, and coordinates with staff, officials, schools, community groups, and media.

Investigates discrimination complaints and grievances, conducts interviews and mediation, prepares findings and reports, monitors nondiscrimination compliance, advises employees and departments, maintains confidential records and statistical data, and recommends policy and procedural improvements. Provides training and guidance on federal, state, and local nondiscrimination requirements and serves as a liaison between County departments.

Administers County information systems and enterprise technology solutions. Installs, configures, monitors, troubleshoots, upgrades, and secures servers, networks, databases, software, hardware, and backup systems. Manages user accounts and access controls, resolves connectivity and system issues, supports technology implementations, documents configurations, trains users, and coordinates with vendors and departments on technology solutions.

Analyzes, designs, and develops information systems solutions by gathering requirements, evaluating software alternatives, documenting specifications, and supporting implementation. Coordinates project plans, develops training and testing materials, conducts user acceptance and technical testing, monitors system compliance, and researches emerging technologies and methods. Collaborates with county employees, managers, subject matter experts, users, technical staff, and vendors throughout system development and deployment.

Supervises IT staff and oversees the design, development, maintenance, implementation, and analysis of HCM and other technology systems. Coordinates technology projects, resolves technical issues, evaluates operational effectiveness, manages vendors and stakeholders, oversees budgets, ensures policy compliance, and provides technical guidance and reporting to management.

Supervises election and voter registration operations, staff scheduling, training, compliance, reporting, audits, election technology coordination, procedural documentation, and budget monitoring. Ensures elections and registration processes comply with federal and Georgia laws, oversees early and Election Day voting logistics, manages registration reviews, prepares regulatory reports, and maintains current policies and manuals. Requires election or registration experience with supervisory responsibility and Georgia election certification.

Performs civil engineering for capital projects, infrastructure design, plan review, construction support, and site development compliance. Conducts engineering studies, modeling, calculations, cost estimates, and project programming; develops plans, designs, specifications, and reports using CAD. Reviews consultant work, coordinates contractors and agencies, supports bidding, and provides technical leadership to engineering staff and project teams.

Performs civil engineering analysis, modeling, design, plan review, cost estimation, and construction support for infrastructure and capital projects. Develops project requirements, plans, specifications, and improvement recommendations using CAD and engineering principles. Reviews calculations, coordinates with owners, contractors, agencies, and the public, and may provide limited oversight to engineering and drafting technicians.

Coordinates special projects, management studies, and departmental initiatives for County operations. Conducts operational, financial, and cost analyses; prepares reports and recommendations; supports budgeting and strategic planning; administers grants; oversees contractors and consultants; monitors regulatory compliance; evaluates programs; and serves as a liaison to stakeholders, government agencies, and community organizations.

Performs government accounting functions including accounts payable and receivable, reconciliations, journal entries, financial reporting, tax forms, audits, fixed asset management, budgeting support, and financial analysis. Provides accounting assistance to vendors, customers, taxpayers, and county personnel; researches discrepancies, maintains records, prepares regulatory reports, and supports special projects and mandated reporting.

Designs and reviews traffic signal systems and transportation plans, performs traffic modeling and signal timing studies, prepares plans/specifications, coordinates contractors and agencies, provides technical support during construction, estimates costs, troubleshoots signal and communications issues, and provides limited leadership on complex projects.

Develops, coordinates, delivers, and evaluates departmental training programs. Creates and updates course materials, facilitates in-house training, tracks attendance and exam grades, manages certification/recertification logistics, maintains compliance records and databases, prepares communications and promotional materials, and analyzes training effectiveness to improve employee knowledge and performance.

Provide executive leadership for DeKalb County transit strategy, policy, planning, capital investment, funding procurement, regional coordination, public engagement, organizational governance, and technology-driven modernization to expand and sustain equitable, resilient transit services.

Review commercial and residential development plans, approve projects, coordinate departmental permit reviews, conduct project meetings with engineers and developers, review hydrology and stormwater management, ensure erosion and sedimentation control and infrastructure compliance, review plats for zoning and recording, and assist customers with code and FEMA flood inquiries.

Performs general and specialized accounting for county watershed management: posts transactions, reconciles accounts, prepares journal entries and reports, manages fixed assets, assists audits, processes accounts payable, conducts cash flow analysis, and supports banking functions and special projects.