Temporary Specialist, Legislative
Job Description
- Preparing complex, specialized and technical documentation, i.e., minutes and Council reports
- Undertaking duties of the Regional Clerk in subcommittee meetings of Council
- Providing procedural advice and legislative support
- Reviewing and maintaining Legislative Services’ operational procedures
- Supervising a Legislative Assistant and provide general guidance to staff
- Interpreting legislation and provide guidance to client departments with respect to legislative processes
- Administering various legislative requirements such as: attending meetings, recording minutes, preparing agendas, correspondence and other related matters for Regional Council
- Facilitating training and presentations
- Researching and responding to queries
- Participating on various projects as required
- Delivering effective adult-based training on the e-scribe application
What the role requires:
- University degree in political science, public administration or related field, with progressive related municipal experience
- Enrollment or completion of the Certified Municipal Designation Program (CMO)
- Demonstrated leadership skills to provide advice and direction to staff
- Knowledge of Council, Committee and parliamentary procedures in addition to the municipal structure
- Knowledge of the Municipal Act
- Familiarity with Regional by-law preparation and decision-making procedures at the provincial level
- Combination of education and experience may be considered
Skills/Abilities:
- Proven ability to interpret legislation
- Excellent presentation and public speaking skills
- Ability to review, comprehend and summarize complex documents, demonstrated report writing skills
- Proficiency in MS Office, specifically Word, Excel, Power-Point and Outlook
- Excellent business, organizational, analytical and problem-solving skills
- Knowledge of local boards, special purpose bodies
- Strong communication and customer service skills in order to interact with the Public, all levels of staff and Council members (written and verbal)
- Demonstrate a commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion through continuous development, modeling inclusive behaviors, and proactively managing bias
Nice to have:
- Previous experience with project planning and delivery
Perks @ Peel and why you will love working for us:
- Comprehensive Health, Dental, Vision benefit plan including psychological health (effective start date)
- Automatic enrolment into OMERS pension plan
- Accrue Vacation on a monthly basis starting at 3 weeks per annum
- 3 Paid personal days and floating holidays
- Flexible hours supporting your wellness and wellbeing
- Annual performance review and merit increases based on performance
- Supportive leadership and a culture of respect and inclusion
- Access to tuition reimbursement and learning and development resources
In this role you will have the ability to work remotely and attend on-site when required based on operational requirements at the 10 Peel Centre Drive, Brampton worksite. The frequency of on-site activities may vary on a weekly basis and based on operational requirements. Your remote work location must be located within the province of Ontario.
The Region of Peel offers job based flexible hours of work that allows employees to manage personal and professional responsibilities while at the same time ensures business operational needs and customer service expectations are achieved.
Interview: Our recruitment process will include video conference technology
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