By Adam Pagnucco.
Council Member Will Jawando, the Democratic nominee for county executive, is not yet ensconced on the second floor of the executive office building. That’s not stopping him from soliciting for senior positions in his administration. If you want to work for him, now’s your chance!
Jawando is using a page on Breezy, a commonly used hiring site, to post job advertisements. At this writing, there are six available positions:
Chief administrative officer ($285-330k)
Assistant chief administrative officer for health, human services and opportunity ($160-240k)
Assistant chief administrative officer for infrastructure, transportation and environment ($160-240k)
Assistant chief administrative officer for public safety and emergency management ($160-240k)
Director, office of intergovernmental relations ($200-280k)
Scheduling manager, office of the county executive ($83-134k)
Jawando’s Breezy page.
The solicitations begin with this language:
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In June 2026, Democratic primary voters in Montgomery County chose their next County Executive: Will Jawando, a civil rights lawyer, Obama White House alum, and two-term County Council member who won by the widest margin of victory in an open primary in nearly two decades. He won on a promise to fully fund public schools, build affordable housing, and grow the economy from the bottom up.
Jawando is building his incoming team now, with a mandate to expand housing options and renter protections, invest in early childhood education alongside K-12 schools, treat equity as a standard for every decision, protect immigrant families and federal workers who call the county home, and craft a budget centered on working people.
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Jawando’s posting for chief administrative officer.
The chief administrative officer, assistant chief administrative officer and director positions are political appointments, nominated by the executive and confirmed by the council. Jawando is entitled to make dozens of such appointments under current county law and he would like to make more of them. I don’t recall scheduling manager being a political appointment, but the executive is entitled to name three special assistants outside of the merit system in addition to other non-merit positions in the executive’s office.
Jawando’s critics will no doubt accuse him of measuring the drapes of the executive office, but consider this. Under federal law, general elections are set for the Tuesday next after the first Monday in November. And under county law, the county executive is inaugurated on the first Monday of December next following the election. If Jawando were to wait until after the election to advertise positions, he would have little time to construct his team. I don’t blame him for starting early.
So how about it, folks? Do you want to work for Jawando? If you do, apply here. Good luck in your interview!