County Administrator- Comal County

Mackenzie Eason & Associates • New Braunfels, TX

1d • $183,674 - $257,144 • Onsite

About The Position

Comal County, Texas is seeking an experienced County Administrator to lead one of Texas’s fastest-growing counties through its next stage of growth and organizational development. Located in the Texas Hill Country between San Antonio and Austin, Comal County has grown to approximately 209,000 residents while maintaining its community character, fiscal discipline, natural resources, and quality of life. The County Administrator serves as Comal County’s chief operating and staff officer, reporting directly to the five-member Commissioners Court. The Administrator provides executive leadership to departments under Commissioners Court while working collaboratively across a decentralized county government. Comal County has nearly 1,000 full-time positions and manages a broad portfolio of operating, capital, transportation, public safety, court, health, and community responsibilities, with a proposed FY2027 budget of approximately $213.8 million. This role offers an opportunity to make a lasting impact by helping Commissioners Court strengthen long-range planning, financial forecasting, capital strategy, organizational systems, project execution, and coordination across a complex county government.

Requirements

• A bachelor’s degree from an accredited four-year college or university in Business Administration, Management, Public Administration, or a field directly related to the responsibilities of the position.
• A minimum of ten years of progressively responsible professional management experience in a position of comparable scope and responsibility.
• Executive-level experience involving finance, planning, budgeting, and public-sector management or administration.
• Demonstrated experience advising or working directly with elected officials or a governing body.
• Strong knowledge of public administration, organizational management, government finance, strategic planning, and internal controls.
• Demonstrated ability to analyze complex financial, operational, business, and administrative issues and recommend practical solutions.
• Strong written, verbal, presentation, and interpersonal communication skills.

Nice To Haves

• Significant county government experience, including service as a County Administrator, County Manager, Deputy/Assistant County Administrator, or comparable senior county executive.
• Leadership in a county or public organization of similar or greater scale and complexity.
• Managing rapid population growth and significant capital or infrastructure programs.
• CIP development, bond programs, debt planning, facilities, roads, public safety, or other major governmental investments.
• Developing and implementing long-range strategic and financial plans.
• Building or leading professional budget, grants, project-management, or administrative functions.
• Knowledge of Texas county government, statutory structures, budgeting, and legislative issues.
• Financial and operational acumen combined with exceptional relationship-building skills.
• Comfort working with multiple elected officials, leading through influence when formal authority is limited, providing candid professional recommendations, building consensus when appropriate, and respectfully standing firm when necessary.

Responsibilities

• Develop a long-term roadmap connecting population growth with future infrastructure, facilities, staffing, technology, public safety, court, and service needs.
• Strengthen multi-year financial forecasting, scenario planning, capital modeling, and understanding of the long-term operating costs associated with major investments.
• Guide significant capital and infrastructure decisions, including facilities, jail capacity, roads, bond strategy, and other major public investments.
• Continue developing the County’s professional budgeting, grants, project-management, and administrative capacity.
• Strengthen organizational systems, accountability, communication, project execution, and coordination while preserving practices that have served the County well.
• Provide professional continuity as elected and appointed leadership changes over time.
• Build productive relationships across independently elected offices, municipalities, regional organizations, water and natural-resource partners, state agencies, and other stakeholders.
• Provide Commissioners Court with candid, objective, timely, and well-supported professional advice.
• Introduce proven practices without assuming that another organization’s model should simply be replicated.
• Listen first, understand the County’s culture and existing strengths, establish priorities, build trust, and implement practical improvements with appropriate organizational support.

Benefits

• County-paid employee medical coverage
• Dental and vision options
• Paid leave
• Life and disability coverage
• 457 deferred compensation plan
• Participation in the Texas County & District Retirement System (TCDRS) with a 2-to-1 retirement match
• Relocation assistance may be negotiated and authorized by Commissioners Court.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Executive