Assistant City Clerk #25A-1 (20580175)

WHY JOIN THE REDWOOD CITY TEAM?

We offer a wide range of meaningful career opportunities with potential for growth, training and development, competitive salaries, flexible work schedules, paid time off, and robust benefits. The Redwood City team is guided by the core values of excellence, integrity, service, collaboration, inclusion and innovation. Inherent in these values is a great organizational culture based on trust, strong and supportive leadership, respect, risk-taking, empowerment, and effective communication.

THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK

The City Clerk’s Office is a service department within the City upon which the City Council, all City departments, and the public rely for information regarding the operations and legislative history of the City. The mission of the City Clerk’s Office is to be a steward and protector of democratic processes, including administration of municipal elections, access to official records, participation in City Council meetings, and compliance with federal, state and local statutes. The Office is also responsible for legislative services/records management, elections, and City Council support

ABOUT THE POSITION

The City of Redwood City invites you to apply for the position of Assistant City Clerk. The successful candidate will direct, oversee and supervise a team responsible for a full range of services to the community and manage day-to-day administrative and technical operations of the City Clerk’s Office. The successful candidate will work closely with the City Clerk and City staff. Functional areas of responsibility include administrative and logistical support to City Council meetings, official records management and retention, municipal elections, commissions oversight, legal notices, bid openings and related services.

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Must pay strong attention to detail, be highly organized, possess a growth mindset, embody a positive and proactive attitude, remaining professional and courteous under all circumstances. The ideal candidate will be a respected leader and colleague with a collaborative work style and adhere to the highest principles of internal and external customer service. They will take pride in their work by ensuring consistent quality, timeliness and compliance. The ideal candidate will be politically astute with a proven track record which demonstrates their ability to use independent judgment and analytical skills. They will have experience as a municipal clerk or deputy clerk or will have completed course work leading toward a municipal clerk certification. The ideal candidate will be able to direct, oversee, and supervise the administrative and technical operations and staff within the City Clerk’s Office.

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A City application and supplemental questionnaire is required by 2/28/25. Applications must be filled out completely. Failure to list work experience, and education or training or stating “See Resume” in the work experience section of the application will be considered an incomplete application. Resumes may be attached separately, but resumes will not be accepted in lieu of a city application.