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City Attorney

Location:	San Ramon CA 94583 US
Employment Type:	Employee
Work Schedule:	Full-Time
Travel:	Some Travel
Industry:	Public Sector

Category:	Legal
Experience Required:	Yes
Manages Others:	Yes
Degree Required:	Yes

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Description

(Qualifications accepted from individuals and legal firms)

THE ORGANIZATION

Incorporated on July 1, 1983, San Ramon is an attractive, dynamic City. Located in Contra Costa County, San Ramon is a Charter City of approximately 63,000 residents in 18.43 square miles. San Ramon has a five-member City Council; the Mayor is elected for a two year term and the City Council members are elected at large and serve four-year overlapping terms. The City has a FY 09/10 budget of $90.7 million (all funds), for City Council, City Manager, City Attorney and departments of Administrative Services, Economic Development, Engineering Services, Parks & Community Services, Planning/Community Development, Police and Public Services. There are 266 employees in the organization.

THE POSITION

The City Attorney is appointed by and reports directly to the San Ramon City Council. Under the general policy direction of the City Council, the City Attorney advises and renders legal services to the five-member City Council, the City Manager, City departments, boards, agencies and commissions and committee representatives as to legal opinions that guide City policies, decisions and activities. The City Attorney represents the City, its officers and employees, and supervises and directs representation of the City in administrative hearings and civil litigation involving the City.

TO APPLY FOR THIS POSITION

Contact Cheryl Mitchell Wade, Personnel Director at (925) 973-2525 for more information or with any questions. Please forward a letter of interest and resume electronically to the City of San Ramon Personnel Director at:

cwade@sanramon.ca.gov

City Attorney applicants may be individuals interested in full-time, regular employment or may be legal firms interested in representing the City of San Ramon on a contractual basis. Legal firms must submit billable rates. The salary is DOQ and is supplemented by an attractive benefits package.

Requirements

THE IDEAL CANDIDATE

Requirements
Licensed by the California State Bar to practice law in the State of California.
Extensive experience in Municipal Law.

Desirable Knowledge/Skills
Ability to plan, staff, organize, budget and manage City Attorney operations;
Excellent communication skills and the ability to express ideas effectively, and answer questions posed by City Council, City Manager and staff promptly;
Analyze and draw intelligent conclusions from statutes, court decisions, and legal documents;
Analyze and draw intelligent conclusions from statutes, court decisions, and legal documents;
Ability to research and prepare complex ordinances, resolutions, contracts, agreements, and other legal documents
An understanding of case management practices, and principles of employee supervision;
Use of Word processing and legal services software computer programs to retrieve, access and enter legal records, correspondence and reports;
Willingness to assist/work cooperatively with the City Council, City Manager and Staff.

Contact Information
City of San Ramon 2228 Camino Ramon San Ramon CA 94583 US http://www.sanramon.ca.gov Map to Job Contact Cheryl Wade Phone: 925-973-2525 cwade@sanramon.ca.gov More jobs from this employer

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