City Clerk - City of Los Altos, California
Los Altos has been identified as a top Bay Area locale for families with children. Los Altos also has several highly ranked schools that serve K-12 students, including schools recognized as California Distinguished Schools and National Blue-Ribbon Schools. Foothill College as well as Stanford, Santa Clara, and San Jose State Universities are within proximity to Los Altos. Los Altos provides walkable neighborhoods, parks, and open space as well as seven neighborhood commercial areas that provide services to the community. With its picturesque neighborhoods, downtown village, and highly rated public and private schools, Los Altos is one of the premier residential communities on the San Francisco Peninsula and prides itself as an exceptional place to live, work, and raise a family. For more information on this charming city, please visit the City of Los Altos’ website at www.losaltosca.gov
The City seeks a City Clerk with experience working with an elected or appointed body within a local government agency and knowledge of all aspects of the City Clerk role, including elections, developing Council agenda packets, and working with commissions. The next City Clerk will embrace the evolving nature of technology and the importance of it within the Clerk’s Office and will have a propensity for accuracy, attention to detail and timely communication and responsiveness, ensuring a high-quality work product. The City Clerk is expected to remain impartial, unbiased, even handed, and apolitical. The ideal candidate demonstrates patience, the ability to effectively manage priorities, meet deadlines, and will have strong interpersonal skills and a calm demeanor under pressure.
The next City Clerk will have the ability to work diplomatically with a wide range of colleagues (staff, Council, commissioners) and residents, and will bring a customer service orientation. The City Clerk candidate who values team development and mentorship and has a heart of a teacher is the ideal candidate.
Any combination of experience and education, including at least five years of increasingly responsible public sector administrative experience, experience with elected and appointed officials, citizen committees, and governing bodies, and/or a Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited college or university with major course work in public administration, business administration or a relate field. Certification by the International Institute of Municipal Clerks as a Certified Municipal Clerk (CMC) or as a Master Municipal Clerk (MMC) is highly desirable. Certification as a Notary Public is desirable with ability to obtain within six months of employment.
The annual salary range is $134,108.62 to $163,009.87. Placement within this range is dependent upon qualifications.
Filing Deadline: February 10, 2023
Resumes are acknowledged within 2 business days.
