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Do you have a bachelor's degree, or better yet a graduate degree? Have 10 years of senior management experience? Have experience in government work, with some transit agency background?
Those are the formal qualifications that the Utah Transit Authority includes in a job listing posted over the weekend to fill its president/CEO position.
It said the salary will be based on experience and qualifications, and "UTA compensation philosophy is to pay within the average of the labor market."
Michael Allegra, 62, retired last month as UTA president and CEO but will remain on the payroll through March as a senior adviser. He had a total compensation (including pay and benefits) of $402,187 in 2013, including a $30,000 bonus.
Amid public criticism over high UTA pay and benefits, Allegra's compensation dropped last year by $34,579 to $367,608, mostly because he received no bonus.
While the new job listing may not include many requirements for formal qualifications, it did describe what the agency sees as the ideal candidate — including someone who "is the proven leader of a large, complex, transparent and diverse organization focused on serving customers."
It said that ideal person would also be "skilled in advising a board on key strategic policy and legislative issues; plans and designs long-range strategic objectives; a high-level negotiator, communicator and master facilitator; [and is] known for honesty and integrity for building trust within the community."
The person should be "a proven strategic innovative leader who guides, develops and motivates staff to ensure organizational effectiveness, demonstrating social responsibility, commitment and value to stakeholders and the public."
The UTA listing said the agency will begin screening candidates in 30 days.
Among "challenges and opportunities" that the job posting said the new president would face are "building and maintaining public trust and credibility." The agency has been criticized recently in state audits and news reports for possible sweetheart deals with developers, extensive executive travel, and high pay and bonuses.
It also said in the "challenges and opportunities" section that voters will decide on Nov. 3, through Proposition 1, whether to raise sales taxes for transit and other transportation.
If the ballot measure passes, it said UTA would use new funding primarily to expand bus service — including adding more weekend service, expanding weekday service hours and increasing weekday bus frequency.