Assistant City Attorney I/II (Prosecutor)

POSITION TITLE : Assistant City Attorney I / II (Prosecutor) (Full-Time Regular) (Unclassified Management)

REQUISITION # : req7709

DEPARTMENT : City Attorney's Office

LOCATION : CITY HALL

BENEFIT CATEGORY : Unclassified Management

EMPLOYMENT TYPE : Full-Time Regular

ASST CITY ATTORNEY I ANNUAL SALARY RANGE : $84, - 132, (Salaries are paid biweekly)

ANTICIPATED HIRING RANGE : $88,000 - $106,

ASST CITY ATTORNEY II ANNUAL SALARY RANGE : $97, - 152, (Salaries are paid biweekly)

ANTICIPATED HIRING RANGE : $105, - $125,

SELECTION PROCESS : Application deadline is 3 : 00 MT on 7 / 31 / 2024 .

The City of Fort Collins is a bias-conscious employer. We ask that you please avoid the use of photos when submitting a resume and / or an application for employment.

You will receive an email acknowledgment when you have successfully submitted an application. Your completed application will be forwarded to the hiring manager.

You will be notified if you are selected for further testing or interviews. Please keep your contact information up-to-date.

The status of your application will be updated in your applicant profile. Post-offer background check required .

The Community : The City of Fort Collins sits nestled against the foothills of the Rocky Mountains alongside the banks of the Cache La Poudre River.

At 5,000 feet in elevation, residents enjoy a moderate, four-season climate, with an average of 300 days of sunshine per year.

With 174,800 residents, Fort Collins is Colorado’s fourth-largest city and spans 57 square miles. With the 20 year growth projection, the City of Fort Collins is expected to reach 255,000 residents.

The first people who hunted in this region arrived approximately 11,000 years ago, and Northern Colorado remains an integral part of the traditional and ancestral homelands of the Arapaho, Cheyenne, and Ute Nations.

European-American trappers and traders arrived by the early 1800s but rarely established permanent settlements. Gold and silver discoveries in the Colorado mountains in the mid-1800s and the prospect of land for farming and ranching attracted people from eastern cities and across the globe to the Colorado Territory, including what would become the town of Fort Collins;

an agricultural colony that emerged from its founding days as a military fort. The expansion included the sugar beet industry's growth, which brought new residents whose descendants still live here today, including Mexican-American families from southern Colorado, New Mexico, and northern Mexico, as well as Germans from Russia.

Since 1879, Fort Collins has been the home of the state’s land grant institution, Colorado State University, which currently enrolls 34,000 students.

Along with the university, the city’s major high-tech and manufacturing companies and breweries attract new residents from all over the country and world.

The community’s overall social diversity continues to grow.

There are abundant outdoor recreation opportunities available to the many residents who enjoy healthy lifestyles. The nearby Horsetooth Reservoir is a key attraction, as is the Cache La Poudre-North Park Scenic Byway.

The Downtown district provides many venues for live music, shopping, dining, and nightlife within the city. Fort Collins is widely considered the Craft Beer Capital of Colorado.

The City has a strong appreciation for arts, culture, and entertainment. Various national organizations and magazines recognize Fort Collins as one of the best places to live in the nation.

The City’s long list of acknowledgements includes :

• No. 2 Best Tasting Drinking Water in North America : American Water Works June 2021
• No. 5 Best Remote-Ready Cities : Jan 2021
• Top 30 Creative Small Cities : CVSuite May 2020
• No. 18 Safest Cities in America : SafeWise April 2020
• No. 1 Best Place to Live : March 2020
• No. 9 Most Fitness Friendly Places : SmartAsset Dec 2019
• No. 7 Safest Driving Cities : Allstate June 2019
• No. 4 Best Cities to Raise a Family : MarketWatch April 2019
• No. 9 Best Performing Cities : Milken Institute Jan 2019
• No. 3 Cities with Highest Economic Confidence : Yahoo Nov 2018
• No. 2 Brain Concentration Index : Bloomberg Nov 2018
• No. 1 City in America for Cycling : PeopleForBikes-May 2018
• Outstanding Achievement in Local Government Innovation Award : Alliance for Innovation-April 2018
• The Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award-Nov 2017
• 18th Best City for Career Opportunities : SmartAsset Sep 2017
• 3rd Best College Town to Live in Forever : College Ranker July 2017
• 25 Best Towns Ever : Where to Live Now : Outside Magazine June 2017
• No. 1 Stable and Growing Housing Market : 2017
• 11th Happiest City in America : Yahoo! Finance - March 2017
• No. 9 Top 150 Cities for Millennials Report : Millennial Personal Finance - Feb 2017
• No. 2 Best Cities for Small Business Owners : ValuePenguin Feb 2017

Why Work For the City of Fort Collins?

• Medical, dental, vision (for self, spouse, children) eligible on the 1st of the month following date of hire
• Paid vacation, paid holidays, and sick
• Retirement + company contributions after 6 month probation period and immediate vesting
• Flexible spending : Medical expenses FSA, dependent FSA or both
• Employee Assistance Program : counseling, legal, financial assistance
• Life insurance, short-term and long-term disability
• Wellness program, workout facilities
• Employee / family onsite health clinic
• Personal & professional learning opportunities including supervisory and leadership development; plus career mobility
• Collaborative work environment

Job Summary

The City of Fort Collins City Attorney's Office has two openings for full-time Prosecution Attorney positions. These positions will be a new addition to the City's prosecution team, prosecuting violations of the City's ordinances including red light and camera radar violations, traffic laws, criminal laws, building codes, and nuisance and zoning enforcement.

Additional assignments may include liquor or marijuana licensing enforcement, advising Fort Collins Police and Code Enforcement officers, and special projects.

We will select the top candidates from applicants who fulfill either Assistant City Attorney I or Assistant City Attorney II qualifications.

Differentiating factors between the Attorney I and II designation include job qualifications, level of supervisory oversight, complexity of assignments, and project management.

Please see below for the education and experience requirements for both classifications.

An excellent new opportunity for current prosecutors or people with criminal law related experience, this position offers an opportunity to work as part of a dedicated team of professionals in an upbeat, fast-paced work environment to support the operations of one of the best communities in Colorado.

The work setting is primarily in-person, operating from the Fort Collins Municipal Court on Monday - Friday. Relocation reimbursement may be provided to qualified candidates.

The mission of the City Attorney's Office is to provide excellent legal services that reflect the values and achieve the goals of the City, including the City's commitment to equity and inclusion.

The City Attorney's Office is growing and developing, continually working toward operational excellence, creativity, and innovation.

Additional opportunities may be available in the future for attorneys who demonstrate acuity and continue to build their knowledge and skills.

If you are looking for challenging and rewarding work for your community, this position could be right for you.

NOTE : Applications should include both a resume / CV and Cover Letter. You will receive an email acknowledgment when you have successfully applied.

Your completed application will be forwarded to the hiring manager, and you will be notified whether you are or are not selected for further interviews, evaluation, or testing.

If you have changes in your contact information, please update your profile in our application system. Post-offer background check is required.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

The duties and responsibilities of this position for an AttorneyI or II are expected to include the following :

• Work in a team office environment (an Attorney I can expect to have some direct attorney supervision).
• Conduct legal research, interprets laws, rulings, regulations, and drafts legal opinions and memoranda.
• Provide legal advice and training to City Council, City departments, and officials and various City boards and commissions.
• Communicate directly and effectively with clients, orally in writing, including managing deadlines and deliverables.
• Prepare contracts, ordinances, resolutions, and other legal documents.
• Review contracts and other legal documents for legal sufficiency and potential legal implications.
• Identifies potential and actual legal issues raised by City policies and practices and recommends action to address such issues.
• Provide legal advice to City Council, City departments and officials.
• Represent the City in negotiations and in administrative and court proceedings.
• Develop and maintain strong working relationships with departmental clients, and board and commission members.
• The Attorney II communicates directly and effectively with clients, outside counsel, opposing counsel, and others, manages the strategic direction of projects in cooperation with clients and negotiates deadlines, deliverables, and competing priorities for multiple clients.
• Please note : the differentiating factors between the Attorney I & II include job qualifications, level of supervisory oversight, complexity of assignments, and project management associated with the Attorney II level.

Management Responsibilities

City Competencies

• Demonstrated cultural competence to effectively interact, work, and develop meaningful relationships with people of diverse identities, perspectives, and cultural backgrounds.
• Strong learning orientation. Leverages all resources and is creative in ways of learning for self to continue adapting to changing issues and trends.
• A desire and ability to understand the diverse needs of internal and external customers, and to create experiences and deliver services that exceed their expectations.
• A desire and ability to utilize digital tools for organizational information, individual, and teamwork.

Required Knowledge Skills and Abilities

The requirements listed below are representative of theknowledge, skills and abilities required to perform the necessary functions ofthis position.

Attorney I :

• General knowledge of the law.
• General knowledge of municipal law.
• Skilled in legal writing and research.
• Strong analytical skills.
• Able to communicate to diverse audiences clearly and concisely both orally and in writing.
• Able to use word processing, collaboration, time tracking, and presentation software, and do online research.
• Able to perform duties effectively with regular supervision and assistance.
• Demonstrated ability to solve problems.
• Able to recognize and develop awareness of political and organizational dynamics within the City.

In addition to the above, an Attorney II is expected to demonstrate the following :

• Advanced legal writing and research skills. Produces documents that need minimal editing or revision.
• Contributes to team problem-solving.
• Strong analytical skills when applied to complex or specialized areas of municipal law.
• Leadership skills.
• Able to coordinate and facilitate projects.
• Ability to perform duties effectively with minimal supervision and assistance.
• Comfortable public speaking.
• Sufficiently experienced in advising City staff to effectively fill in for attorneys in other subject matter areas if needed.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE :

Attorney I :

Juris Doctor from an accredited law school; Preferred experience : 1-2 years’experience as a practicing attorney or comparable legal work with an emphasison civil law.

Attorney II :

Juris Doctor from an accredited law school; five years of legal practice in a field or position directly related to the work of the City Attorney's Office.