Commission Aide

Job Description

Job Description

Job Title : Commission Aide

Department : City Clerk’s Office

Reports To : City Clerk

Prepared by : City Clerk

FLSA Classification : Exempt / Non-bargaining unit

Status : Full-time Regular

Job Summary :

Under direction from the City Clerk, performs a variety of complex, responsible, highly sensitive, and confidential executive support functions for the Mayor and City Commission; and performs other related duties as assigned. The Commission Aide is responsible for providing a wide array of complex, diverse, and confidential support services to the city’s elected officials in a highly sensitive, demanding, political, and rapidly changing environment. The work is characterized by involvement with broad city-wide issues and interactions with other elected officials, constituents, representatives of a wide variety of community, civil, and business groups, City management staff, and others on complex and sensitive matters. The Commission Aide performs a variety of constituent and administrative staff services for the Mayor and City Commission, often involving politically sensitive issues and requiring a high degree of independent judgment and sound political acumen.

Key Responsibilities and Essential Duties :

The duties listed below are intended only as illustrations of the various types of work that may be performed. The omission of specific duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related, or a logical assignment to this class.

• Briefs the City Commission on issues appearing on City Commission and Committee agendas.
• Maintains a reputation for being on time to meetings and assist in providing all materials and equipment needed for the Mayor and Commission to have timely and successful meetings.
• Provides critical analyses of policy and legislation.
• Collaborates with the City Administration and the City Attorneys to draft proposed legislation and projects.
• Conducts research and policy analysis to assist the City in policy matters.
• Tracks, monitors, and analyzes new legislative proposals and prepares legislative summaries to inform the Commissioner.

Maintains awareness of county, state, and national policy that may have impacts on the City of Opa locka.

Qualifications :

Basic principles and practices of public administration, including budgeting, purchasing, and maintenance of public records.