Assistant Clerk II

Job Summary

Provide a wide range of administrative and technical support to the Borough Assembly and Borough Clerk’s Office. Attend meetings as assigned; serve as parliamentarian at committee meetings. Research issues, develop ordinances and resolutions, and prepare for service area elections. This position is required to handle sensitive and confidential communications and documents that pertain to the operation of the Department of the Assembly.

SALARY: 10A

REPORTS TO: Borough Clerk
POSITIONS SUPERVISED: Early Voting Station Election Officials

Monday through Friday 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM, including evening meetings and Saturday Budget Worksessions.

• 1. Research, collect, analyze and track information at the request of the Assembly and Borough Clerk, to include preparing reports. Draft proposed assembly ordinances, resolutions, amendments and substitutes in legislative format. Manage flow of information for the agenda packet addendums. Manage assembly email.
• 2. Attend regular and special assembly meetings in the role of the Deputy Borough Clerk, and clerk assembly committee meetings as assigned by the Borough Clerk. Provide high level administrative support to the assembly and Borough Clerk. Draft minutes of regular and special assembly meetings and action memorandums for assembly committee meetings.
• 3. Maintain and troubleshoot the Assembly Chambers audio and video system to include working with the maintenance and repair contractor, as needed.
• 4. Prepare for Spring, Fall and Special Service Area elections to include public notice requirements, ballot preparation, posting to the Elections webpage, and working with the canvass board to include verifying voter qualifications. Supervise the early voting station election officials, as assigned, during Regular and Special Municipal Elections.
• 5. Responsible for processing appeals to the Board of Adjustment and Assembly. Serve as the point of contact for appeals sent to a hearing officer. Attend appeal hearings as assigned. Assist the Borough Clerk in the processing of ethics complaints against Assemblymembers, Board Members, Commissioners, and the Borough Mayor to include preparing for hearings and meetings of the Board of Ethics.
• 6. Communicate with elected officials, professional organizations, government agencies, and borough departments to obtain and distribute information. Assist with projects relating to the Borough Clerk and Assembly. Distribute ordinances and resolutions to local and state legislators and borough lobbyist as necessary.
• 7. Scan, upload, and index department files into the electronic records management system to include the special projects, appeals, ethics complaints, and code of ordinances supplements.
• 8. Keep informed of borough wide projects, issues, and current events.
• 9. Answer general inquiries from the public and borough personnel. Manage and respond to general emailed inquiries sent to the Clerk’s Office.
• 10. During absence of the Deputy Borough Clerk-Clerk’s Office/B & C, act as designated. During the absence of the Borough Clerk and both Deputy Borough Clerks act as the Borough Clerk, as designated.
• 11. Serve as Notary Public and Voter Registrar.
• 12. Assist in special projects as needed.

• 1. High School diploma and four (4) years of experience providing high level administrative support, one (1) year of which was performed in an executive or legal setting. An Associate’s degree may be substituted for two (2) years of the experience requirement or the executive and legal setting experience. Experience with local or state government preferred.
• 2. Demonstrated ability to operate a personal computer in a Windows environment utilizing a variety of software programs,…