Deputy City Clerk

About the Role

The City Clerk’s Office is seeking a Deputy City Clerk to support City Council meetings and public hearings by preparing agendas, recording proceedings, and ensuring follow‑up on Council actions. The role also includes reviewing and processing key city documents, legal notices, resolutions, ordinances, and meeting minutes, along with technical records and the Municipal Code.

• Support City Council meetings and public hearings by preparing agendas, recording and transcribing proceedings, and ensuring timely follow‑up on action items.
• Review and process official records, including ordinances, resolutions, minutes, legal notices, and agreements, ensuring accuracy and legal compliance.
• Certify official documents and administer oaths or acknowledgments in the absence of the City Clerk.
• Assist with budget development, monitoring, and expenditure oversight for the City Clerk’s Office.

• Learn and adapt new tools and systems with ease to support work efficiency.
• Communicate clearly, respectfully, and professionally across a variety of settings.
• Quickly identify challenges and apply logical, evidence‑based approaches to resolve them.
• Contribute to a workplace culture where everyone feels welcomed and included.
• Build and maintain collaborative relationships across departments and disciplines.
• Identify creative solutions to challenges and implement improvements.

The first round of applications will be reviewed on Friday, June 12, 2026. The default schedule will be Monday through Friday, 8 am to 5 pm. The role will be onsite for the first six months, with a potential transition to a hybrid schedule thereafter.

The City of Bothell is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to providing equal opportunity for all employees and applicants. Our employees are people with different strengths, experiences and backgrounds, who share a passion for improving people’s lives. The City of Bothell recruits, hires, trains, promotes, compensates, and administers all personnel actions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, gender expression, sexuality, national origin, age, disability, ancestry, marital status, veteran status, citizenship, genetic information, or any other status protected by law.

We seek to recruit and hire talented and engaged job candidates from a diverse range of backgrounds. We celebrate the diversity in our workplace and community and believe it makes us stronger. If you need a reasonable accommodation, please send an email to hrhelpdesk. For more information about the City of Bothell’s commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion, visit the city website.