The Town of Summerton is seeking an energetic, proactive, ethical community leader with strong communication skills and a team driven approach to serve as our next Town Administrator. Located in the Santee Lynches Region of South Carolina, our community sits southeast of Columbia and south of Sumter in Clarendon County. Located just off of Interstate 95 and north of Lake Marion, the Town operates under the Council Form of Government with a mayor and six non-partisan council members. The Town is currently administering numerous community development and infrastructure projects.

The Town Administrator provides administrative assistance to Town Council, aids in the general administration, coordination and operations of the departments of the Town. The Town Administrator executes the policies, directives and legislative actions of the Town Council and prepares and presents policy improvements/changes to the same.

The Town Administrator provides supervisory duties as necessary including instructing, assigning and reviewing work, planning, maintaining standards, coordinating activities, allocating personnel, acting on employee problems, and recommending transfers/promotions, discipline, termination, and salary increases, provides instruction and guidance to department heads as needed, etc.