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Featured Jobs
Budget Director
Pay Rate:
$104,810- $148,140
The Budget Director plays a key role in developing and managing the City of Albany’s annual operating budget. This position works closely with department leaders to review budget requests, analyze financial data, and ensure city spending aligns with approved budget plans.
The Budget Director also monitors departmental spending and city revenue throughout the year, identifies financial trends, and makes recommendations to support responsible and efficient use of public funds. This role reports to the Commissioner of Administrative Services and helps guide the city’s overall budgeting process.
Key Responsibilities:
Coordinate and manage the preparation of the City’s annual operating budget.
Review and analyze departmental budget requests and financial data.
Work with department heads to confirm budget needs and make adjustments.
Monitor department spending and city revenue throughout the year.
Identify financial trends, cost projections, and potential budget issues.
Prepare reports and recommendations for city leadership.
Present budget information to city committees and at public hearings.
Support the approval and publication of the final city budget.
Process budget adjustments and transfers when needed.
Pay Frequency:
Department:
Administrative Services
Type:
Full Time
Senior Investigator
Pay Rate:
$65,300 - $91,910
The Senior Investigator leads and supervises investigations into serious police incidents, such as officer-involved shootings, deaths in custody, and complaints of misconduct or unprofessional behavior. This role oversees investigative staff, gathers and analyzes evidence, interviews witnesses and police officers, and maintains confidentiality throughout the process.
The Senior Investigator also serves as the CPRB’s second-in-command, stepping in to lead the agency when the Program Director is unavailable. All work must be thorough, fair, and unbiased.
Key responsibilities include:
Supervising investigative staff and guiding their work.
Conducting investigations, including interviewing complainants, witnesses, impacted parties, and Albany Police Department employees.
Collecting, preserving, and analyzing evidence.
Conducting canvasses to find additional evidence or witnesses.
Maintaining confidentiality for all case files and materials.
Serving as the second-in-command for the CPRB and leading the agency when the Program Director (or designee) is unavailable.
Pay Frequency:
Annually
Department:
Community Police Review Board
Type:
Full Time
Special Patrol Officer
Pay Rate:
$40
This position involves responsibility for maintaining order and providing security in public buildings, schools and courtrooms. Persons employed in this class shall have all the powers of a peace officer, as set forth in section 2.20 of Criminal Procedure Law, when performing the duties of protecting property or persons on such premises. The work is performed under general supervision of the Police Chief. The incumbent does related work as required.
Pay Frequency:
Hourly
Department:
Police
Type:
Full Time
Information Security Officer
Pay Rate:
$68,670 - $98,280
The City of Albany’s Department of Administrative Services is seeking a highly skilled and proactive Information Security professional to join our team. In this role, you'll be instrumental in shaping and maintaining our enterprise security vision, strategy, and programs, directly contributing to the protection of our information assets and technologies. You'll develop and manage security policies, assess organizational risks, guide third-party security practices, and lead the charge in formalizing asset management and incident response. This position demands strong leadership, exceptional communication, and the ability to collaborate across departments to ensure our security function consistently adds value to the business.
Pay Frequency:
Annually
Department:
Information Technology
Type:
Full Time
Community Center Director
Pay Rate:
$38,700 - $55,430
Looking for an exciting opportunity to make a difference in the community? The city of Albany is seeking a Community Center Director to supervise and direct recreation programs, activities, and events at a community center.
As the Director, you will have a chance to work with people from diverse backgrounds and of all ages and lead a team of professional staff and volunteers to create engaging and enriching experiences for the community.
The Director has full creative license to direct programs, activates, and events at the Community Center, to meet demand from the local community and generated expanded interest in the activities.
Pay Frequency:
Annually
Department:
Recreation
Type:
Full Time