SENIOR ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY
Apply NowCompany: City of Burbank, CA
Location: Burbank, CA 91505
Description:
Salary : $165,887.02 - $218,141.56 Annually
Location : Burbank, CA
Job Type: Full-Time Exempt from Civil Service
Job Number: 240753Z1
Department: City Attorney
Opening Date: 05/17/2024
Definition
Come join a dynamic team as a Senior Assistant City Attorney for the City of Burbank. Admission to the Bar of the State of California is required and a minimum of five years' experience in advisory and/or transactional legal work. Experience in municipal utilities, public works construction, fee studies, reviewing and adopting rates and charges, drafting regulatory ordinances, drafting/reviewing IT agreements such as for software, public works construction procurement and compliance, land use/real property, CEQA review, and/or any other area of law that will prove beneficial to a municipal and/or utility practice is highly desirable. The position primarily involves transactional/advisory work to City departments, implementing public works construction projects, as well as a broad range of municipal law related assignments such as drafting/reviewing contracts/resolutions and ordinances and giving advice concerning Brown Act, Public Records Act and conflict of interest. A candidate for this position should either have a working knowledge of these topics or be prepared to quickly develop such knowledge. The ideal candidate should have excellent legal writing, research, analysis, and communication skills. Resumes will not be accepted in lieu of the City application and supplemental questionnaire. Priority review will be given to applications submitted by 11:59 p.m. on June 13, 2024.
OPEN COMPETITIVE RECRUITMENT
Open to all qualified candidates.
Tentative examination dates for this recruitment:
Week of 6/24/24 - Blind application and supplemental scoring
Dates may change due to unforeseen circumstances. Candidates who pass each phase of the recruitment process will be notified of the official examination dates.
Under direction of the City Attorney, to perform the more difficult, complex, and responsible legal work without detailed supervision; to supervise professional staff; to act for the City Attorney when absent; and to do related work as required.
Essential Functions
Supervises, trains, and evaluates employees; manages caseloads and assures proper distribution of work among professional staff; makes effective recommendations regarding hiring, promotions, and transfers; effectively recommends disciplinary action as needed, up to and including termination; performs legal research and prepares the more complex legal opinions for the governing body, boards, commissions, and departments; gives legal advice to City officials and department managers; drafts a variety of legal instruments; represents the City and City officials in litigation from initial preparation through the appeals process; investigates the more serious claims and complaints by or against the City; recommends action and takes such action as is necessary; handles correspondence and holds interview, telephone conversations, conferences and negotiations in performing legal duties; attends meetings of the Council, boards, commissions, and committees, when required; drafts proposed charter amendments; advises and assists in preparing for elections; prepares petitions for sewer and street improvements and forms for easements, bonds, complaints, notices and assessment proceedings; may be required to assist in handling criminal matters, and when so assigned, shall have the same rights, powers, duties and immunities of a City prosecutor; drives on City business.
Minimum Qualifications
Employment Standards:
Knowledge of civil and criminal law, local laws and ordinances of established precedents, and of sources of legal reference; legal principles and practices, including civil, criminal, constitutional and administrative law and procedure; trial procedure and rules of evidence; research; principles of sound supervision.
Ability to analyze and apply legal principles; present statements of law, fact and argument clearly and logically; prepare proper legal instruments; plan and direct the work of others; win the confidence and cooperation of others; establish and maintain effective working relationships with supervisors, City officials, fellow employees, and the public.
Education/Training: Any combination of education and/or experience that has provided the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary for acceptable job performance as determined by the City. Example combination includes, but is not limited to five years of experience as a practicing attorney and membership in the State Bar of California.
License & Certificates: A valid California Class "C" driver's license or equivalent at time of appointment.
Supplemental Information
None.
This is an unrepresented job title that is a Z-Group (Unrepresented Mid-Manager) title
The City of Burbank offers excellent employee benefits, please click on the following link for additional information regarding employee benefits:
Additionally, there are Benefit Summary Sheets for each represented and unrepresented employee group that provide a more detailed summary of benefits. There are also some Benefit Summary Sheets for specific job titles. To access the Benefit Summary Sheets, please click here: https://www.burbankca.gov/web/management-services/benefits-summary-sheets
Please note, employee benefits vary based on employment status - full-time or part-time; regular or temporary, and many benefits are not applicable to temporary employees.
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You must answer the following question in order to be considered for the position. The purpose of this Supplemental Questionnaire is to give you an opportunity to provide additional information regarding your specific qualifications for the position of Senior Assistant City Attorney. This Supplemental Questionnaire is considered part of your application process and will be evaluated along with your application on a competitive basis to determine which applicants will proceed to the next step in the selection process.INSTRUCTIONSAnswer should be complete, specific, and precise. Incomplete, illegible, vague, or excessively long responses to any question may disqualify you from being considered further for the position. Please be specific in answering the Supplemental Questions, as they will be used to evaluate which applicants will be given further consideration in the process. DO NOT answer, "see resume" or "see application" as these are not valid answers. Click "Yes" to reflect that you have read and understand this statement.
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Please describe your experience in representing local governmental agencies. Have you ever represented a charter city? Have you ever represented a general law city? If no previous experience in representing local governmental agencies, please describe how your specific legal experience is relevant to a municipal practice?
03
Please describe your experience in negotiating and drafting contracts, including those involving federal funds and grant assurances, and information technology contracts.
04
Please describe your experience in drafting ordinances and resolutions including the subject matter involved.
05
Please describe your knowledge of and experience with the Public Records Act, the Brown Act and the Fair Political Practices Act.
06
Please describe your experience with public works construction. Include an example of a complex public works construction project you worked on, and explain what aspects of the project made it complex.
07
Please describe any municipal utility or public services experience you have, including electric, potable water, water reclamation, fiber optic, and/or solid waste?
08
Please describe your experience with land use and/or real property law. Include an example of a complex land use or real property matter you handled, and explain what aspects of the project made it complex.
09
Please describe your experience with the California Environmental Quality Act.
10
I understand that all requested information must be furnished on the application itself. Resumes and/or attachments may be included, but CANNOT BE SUBSTITUTED for a completed application form. A resume submitted in lieu of an application will not be sufficient. Furthermore, "See resume" is not an acceptable response under Duties. An application containing this response may be deemed incomplete. If I do not provide information on my application under Education, Experience, and/or License and Certificates sections that I meet the minimum qualifications for the position I am applying for, I will be deemed "not qualified" and may not proceed in the recruitment.
Required Question
Location : Burbank, CA
Job Type: Full-Time Exempt from Civil Service
Job Number: 240753Z1
Department: City Attorney
Opening Date: 05/17/2024
Definition
Come join a dynamic team as a Senior Assistant City Attorney for the City of Burbank. Admission to the Bar of the State of California is required and a minimum of five years' experience in advisory and/or transactional legal work. Experience in municipal utilities, public works construction, fee studies, reviewing and adopting rates and charges, drafting regulatory ordinances, drafting/reviewing IT agreements such as for software, public works construction procurement and compliance, land use/real property, CEQA review, and/or any other area of law that will prove beneficial to a municipal and/or utility practice is highly desirable. The position primarily involves transactional/advisory work to City departments, implementing public works construction projects, as well as a broad range of municipal law related assignments such as drafting/reviewing contracts/resolutions and ordinances and giving advice concerning Brown Act, Public Records Act and conflict of interest. A candidate for this position should either have a working knowledge of these topics or be prepared to quickly develop such knowledge. The ideal candidate should have excellent legal writing, research, analysis, and communication skills. Resumes will not be accepted in lieu of the City application and supplemental questionnaire. Priority review will be given to applications submitted by 11:59 p.m. on June 13, 2024.
OPEN COMPETITIVE RECRUITMENT
Open to all qualified candidates.
Tentative examination dates for this recruitment:
Week of 6/24/24 - Blind application and supplemental scoring
Dates may change due to unforeseen circumstances. Candidates who pass each phase of the recruitment process will be notified of the official examination dates.
Under direction of the City Attorney, to perform the more difficult, complex, and responsible legal work without detailed supervision; to supervise professional staff; to act for the City Attorney when absent; and to do related work as required.
Essential Functions
Supervises, trains, and evaluates employees; manages caseloads and assures proper distribution of work among professional staff; makes effective recommendations regarding hiring, promotions, and transfers; effectively recommends disciplinary action as needed, up to and including termination; performs legal research and prepares the more complex legal opinions for the governing body, boards, commissions, and departments; gives legal advice to City officials and department managers; drafts a variety of legal instruments; represents the City and City officials in litigation from initial preparation through the appeals process; investigates the more serious claims and complaints by or against the City; recommends action and takes such action as is necessary; handles correspondence and holds interview, telephone conversations, conferences and negotiations in performing legal duties; attends meetings of the Council, boards, commissions, and committees, when required; drafts proposed charter amendments; advises and assists in preparing for elections; prepares petitions for sewer and street improvements and forms for easements, bonds, complaints, notices and assessment proceedings; may be required to assist in handling criminal matters, and when so assigned, shall have the same rights, powers, duties and immunities of a City prosecutor; drives on City business.
Minimum Qualifications
Employment Standards:
Knowledge of civil and criminal law, local laws and ordinances of established precedents, and of sources of legal reference; legal principles and practices, including civil, criminal, constitutional and administrative law and procedure; trial procedure and rules of evidence; research; principles of sound supervision.
Ability to analyze and apply legal principles; present statements of law, fact and argument clearly and logically; prepare proper legal instruments; plan and direct the work of others; win the confidence and cooperation of others; establish and maintain effective working relationships with supervisors, City officials, fellow employees, and the public.
Education/Training: Any combination of education and/or experience that has provided the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary for acceptable job performance as determined by the City. Example combination includes, but is not limited to five years of experience as a practicing attorney and membership in the State Bar of California.
License & Certificates: A valid California Class "C" driver's license or equivalent at time of appointment.
Supplemental Information
None.
This is an unrepresented job title that is a Z-Group (Unrepresented Mid-Manager) title
The City of Burbank offers excellent employee benefits, please click on the following link for additional information regarding employee benefits:
Additionally, there are Benefit Summary Sheets for each represented and unrepresented employee group that provide a more detailed summary of benefits. There are also some Benefit Summary Sheets for specific job titles. To access the Benefit Summary Sheets, please click here: https://www.burbankca.gov/web/management-services/benefits-summary-sheets
Please note, employee benefits vary based on employment status - full-time or part-time; regular or temporary, and many benefits are not applicable to temporary employees.
01
You must answer the following question in order to be considered for the position. The purpose of this Supplemental Questionnaire is to give you an opportunity to provide additional information regarding your specific qualifications for the position of Senior Assistant City Attorney. This Supplemental Questionnaire is considered part of your application process and will be evaluated along with your application on a competitive basis to determine which applicants will proceed to the next step in the selection process.INSTRUCTIONSAnswer should be complete, specific, and precise. Incomplete, illegible, vague, or excessively long responses to any question may disqualify you from being considered further for the position. Please be specific in answering the Supplemental Questions, as they will be used to evaluate which applicants will be given further consideration in the process. DO NOT answer, "see resume" or "see application" as these are not valid answers. Click "Yes" to reflect that you have read and understand this statement.
- Yes
- No
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Please describe your experience in representing local governmental agencies. Have you ever represented a charter city? Have you ever represented a general law city? If no previous experience in representing local governmental agencies, please describe how your specific legal experience is relevant to a municipal practice?
03
Please describe your experience in negotiating and drafting contracts, including those involving federal funds and grant assurances, and information technology contracts.
04
Please describe your experience in drafting ordinances and resolutions including the subject matter involved.
05
Please describe your knowledge of and experience with the Public Records Act, the Brown Act and the Fair Political Practices Act.
06
Please describe your experience with public works construction. Include an example of a complex public works construction project you worked on, and explain what aspects of the project made it complex.
07
Please describe any municipal utility or public services experience you have, including electric, potable water, water reclamation, fiber optic, and/or solid waste?
08
Please describe your experience with land use and/or real property law. Include an example of a complex land use or real property matter you handled, and explain what aspects of the project made it complex.
09
Please describe your experience with the California Environmental Quality Act.
10
I understand that all requested information must be furnished on the application itself. Resumes and/or attachments may be included, but CANNOT BE SUBSTITUTED for a completed application form. A resume submitted in lieu of an application will not be sufficient. Furthermore, "See resume" is not an acceptable response under Duties. An application containing this response may be deemed incomplete. If I do not provide information on my application under Education, Experience, and/or License and Certificates sections that I meet the minimum qualifications for the position I am applying for, I will be deemed "not qualified" and may not proceed in the recruitment.
- YES
Required Question