Senior Advisor ProgramOCCMA IS SEEKING APPLICATIONS FOR TWO SENIOR ADVISOR POSITIONS DESCRIPTION: The Oregon City/County Management Association (OCCMA) is soliciting applications for two Senior Advisor positions. Senior advisors provide counsel, experience, and support of respected, retired managers of the profession for city, county and COG chief administrators and assistants. Senior advisors help with personal and professional issues of managers, advise managers in transition, and keep in contact with all the managers in the region. They help with membership recruitment and take part in ICMA and OCCMA activities. Advisors serve one-year terms with up to two-year reappointments after the first year. This is a volunteer position, with some eligible reimbursable expenses. For more information please visit OCCMA and ICMA’s websites. Questions can be directed to Angela Speier at aspeier@orcities.org or (503) 540-6599. ABOUT THE REGIONS: The region assignments are flexible and will be evaluated once the vacant positions are filled. Currently the vacancies are in the north/central coast (Clatsop, Columbia, Lincoln, and Tillamook counties) and the south Willamette Valley (Benton, Lane, and Linn counties). HOW TO APPLY: Submit a resume and statement of interest to Angela Speier at aspeier@orcities.org by October 9, 2023. The statement of interest should include the following:
A significant benefit of membership is access to the Senior Advisor Program. This ICMA-OCCMA program makes available to members, the experience, advice and support of respected, retired managers of the profession.The ICMA Senior Advisor program (formerly Range Rider Program *) is a joint activity of ICMA and OCCMA established by the ICMA Executive Board in 1974 to make the counsel, experience, and support of respected, retired managers of the profession available to members. Currently 8 Senior Advisors provide service by volunteering their time to offer confidential professional and personal support and advice in Oregon. Senior Advisors are selected jointly by OCCMA and the ICMA Executive Director. Although they are expected to be visible, accessible and responsive to members and association needs, Senior Advisors are unpaid volunteers who pursue other activities while in retirement and thus are not “full time.” Expenses are shared by ICMA and OCCMA. Senior Advisors are available to meet periodically with members in their areas to discuss the profession and their concerns as members. Discussion topics range from relations with elected officials, overall management questions, relations with OCCMA, ICMA, responses to local controversies such as referenda on the council-manager plan, to career development. Senior Advisors are friends, colleagues, and advisors to the profession—not consultants. The Senior Advisor program is designed to help with personal and professional issues, not to provide technical assistance or solve substantive problems in a local government. However, Senior Advisors may consult with local governments as individuals, on a part-time basis, if the consulting does not impair the effectiveness of the Senior Advisors. Senior Advisor guidelines contain advice for Senior Advisors who do part-time consulting. Members with questions on the Senior Advisor program can contact: Scott Derickson, OCCMA President, Woodburn City Administrator at scott.derickson@ci.woodburn.or.us. |
VacantCounties: Clatsop, Columbia, Lincoln, Tillamook |
VacantCounties: Benton, Lane, Linn |
Dave KannerCounties: Crook, Deschutes, Jackson, Josephine*, Klamath, Lake. *Note: Gary Milliman has Cave Junction. |
Dave Waffle503-360-6797 Counties: Gilliam, Jefferson, Sherman, Wasco, Washington, Wheeler |
Rob Drakedrarej@comcast.net503-781-3160 Counties: Baker, Grant, Harney, Malheur, Morrow, Umatilla, Union, Wallowa |