Legislative Assistant To County Council; Non-Union Appointed) Grade 25

All members of New Castle County Council staff are appointed, non-union, unclassified employees. Employees in this classification are not members of the classified service and are appointed "at will." Each appointment is for a specified period-of-time to be determined by the appointing Council member and does not extend past the end of the elected official's term (4-year term), unless re-elected.

Starting salary is not negotiable and may be eligible for merit increases each year upon receipt of a satisfactory performance evaluation, up to the maximum salary.

A Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university with coursework in public administration, public policy, political science, planning, leadership or a related field-or-considerable relevant training, education and experience, may be considered in lieu of a four-year degree.

New Castle County is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Performs a wide variety of legislative, research, administrative, clerical and public relations tasks for members of County Council and the Office of the Clerk of Council; does related work as required.

An employee in this class performs responsible and varied legislative, research, constituent, public relations, administrative and clerical work. Duties involve working with and for the supervising Council member(s), supporting the President and other members of Council as appropriate, and working with and for the Office of the Clerk of Council in completing the necessary support work required to fulfill the Council member(s) and Council’s duties.

This work involves the exercise of judgment and initiative and the exercise of confidentiality in fulfilling duties to the Council and the public. The work is performed under the general supervision of the Office of the Clerk of Council and the supervising Council member(s).

(Illustrative only)

• Generally functions as the legislative assistant to the supervising Council member(s), to include analysis, reviewing and correcting, as necessary, legislation sponsored by the supervising Council member(s), drafting legislation for the supervising Council member(s) as requested, obtaining fiscal notes for legislation sponsored by the supervising Council member(s), preparing meeting packets and scripts, researching issues related to pending legislation, and other duties requested by the supervising Council member(s) or as required by Council Rules, the County Council Employee Handbook, the Office of the Clerk of County Council and protocol in support of the legislative function;
• Prepares correspondence;
• Files documents and correspondence;
• Prepares printed material for distribution;
• Receives and processes mail and other communications;
• Answers telephone, electronic mail or other communications and provides general information in response to public or official inquiries;
• Fills in for front desk activities and for legislative assistants who are absent from the office as requested by the Office of the Clerk of Council;
• Prepares various reports, agendas, minutes or statements as necessary or requested;
• Prepares letters, memoranda, articles, minutes, resolutions and ordinances and amendments as required;
• Attends committee meetings and represents the Council member(s) in his/her/their absence on items relating to his or her or their district(s);
• Conducts preliminary review of Council member's(s') legislation for obvious typographical and grammatical errors, for match-up of Land Use titles with plans and other documents, and checks for obvious errors; corrects errors before providing legislation to the Office of the Clerk of Council for the agenda;
• Ensures that ordinances and…