Legislative Affairs Specialist

Legislative Affairs Specialist

This position is responsible for assisting in the City's efforts to responsively track, coordinate and respond to pending legislation, regulatory activity and funding opportunities at the state and federal levels, public records requests, for providing research and analysis relevant to City policies and practices, and, as part of the Communications and Legislative Affairs team, for assisting in providing information to the public through print and multimedia formats. This position reports to the Director of Communications and Legislative Affairs.

Essential Job Functions :

• Works with all departments to coordinate responses to public records requests.
• Tracks and analyzes state and federal legislative and regulatory activity as well as funding opportunities.
• Keeps key personnel in all departments informed of the status of state and federal legislative and regulatory activity.
• Assists in the creation, packaging, and dissemination of city information for elected officials at the state and federal levels.
• Assists in the packaging and dissemination of information to the public.
• Performs other related job duties as assigned.

Agency-Wide Competencies :

Qualifications :

Physical Demands :

The work is sedentary work, which requires exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and / or negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull, or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Work is typically performed while sitting, standing, walking, bending, or crouching. The employee uses tools or equipment requiring a high degree of dexterity and distinguishing between shades of color.

Work Environment :

The work is typically performed in an office environment and various outdoor environments, occasionally in cold or inclement weather.