Huntington Beach, CA30+ days ago
Deputy City Attorney I/II:\n\n Timely responds to the needs presented while working in the City Attorney's Office in a professional, responsible, efficient manner in accordance with office policy as set by the City Attorney\n Performs a full range of legal research, writing, and other law-related transactional duties\n Drafts, reviews, and negotiates leases, contracts, and agreements\n Drafts, reviews, evaluates, revises, and recommends City ordinances, resolutions, policies and procedures\n Performs legal research, analysis, interprets laws, rulings and regulations, and prepares legal opinions to departments, boards, commissions, agencies and established committees as directed by the City Attorney or the Chief Assistant City Attorneys\n Attends meetings with City staff and/or members of the public on behalf of the City and provides legal advice during the meetings as directed by the City Attorney or the Chief Assistant City Attorneys\n May indirectly supervise other less experienced attorneys, support staff, and interns, provide work assignments and direction, review and evaluate work product as directed by the City Attorney or Chief Assistant City Attorney (at the II level)\n \nClick here to view the full job description for Deputy City Attorney I\n \nClick here to view the full job description for Deputy City Attorney II\n \nIn addition to duties listed above, Senior Deputy City Attorney (Advisory) also\n\n Performs the full range of advisory work\n Explains City policies and issues to employees, elected officials and the general public\n Performs a full range of legal research, analysis, interprets laws, ruling and regulations, and provides legal opinions to departments, boards, commissions, agencies and established committees, as directed by the City Attorney or the Chief Assistant City Attorneys\n Attends meetings with City staff and/or members of the public on behalf of the City and serves as legal advisor during meetings of public bodies, including the City Council, Personnel Commission and Planning Commission, as directed by the City Attorney or the Chief Assistant City Attorneys\n Performs to prevent and minimize legal exposure by providing legal advice to City officers and employees\n \nClick here to view the full job description for Senior Deputy City Attorney\n \nThe preceding duties have been provided as examples of the essential types of work performed by positions within this job classification. The Deputy City Attorney I or II perform routine to complex work, while the Senior level position will handle high leveladvisory assignments with emphasis in complex transactions, advising departments on environmental and land useissues, including CEQA, Subdivision Map Act, Coastal Act as well as in-depth knowledge of the Brown Act, PublicRecords Act, Political Reform Act and Roberts Rules of Order to serve as staff counsel to City boards, commissions andcommittees and may provide direction and assistance to less experienced attorneys at the Deputy City Attorney levels.