Overview
Position Title: Assistant City Attorney
Company: City Of Beaverton
Location: 12725 Millikan Way Beaverton
Job Description:
The Beaverton City Attorney’s Office is seeking an experienced land use attorney to provide accurate and timely advice on a broad range of legal issues arising out of or relating to real estate and land use matters.
Responsibilities:
- erve as the city’s primary legal resource for land use matters, working closely with the community development director, division managers, and staff to identify and resolve legal issues arising out of or relating to real estate and land use matters.
- Attend meetings and hearings and provide legal guidance on land use matters to the city’s planning commission and city council. Represent the city’s interests on appeals to the Land Use Board of Appeals and other appellate courts.
- Provide legal advice and assistance to staff tasked with updating the Beaverton Development Code.
- Assist staff in negotiating and documenting real estate transactions for the city and its urban renewal agency.
- Draft, review, and negotiate contracts, agreements, intergovernmental agreements, real property transaction documents, land use orders, and legal memoranda to assure legal protection for the city in conformance with applicable federal, state, and local laws.
- Ability to travel as necessary to meet the needs of the position.
- Create a workplace that promotes the organizational values of workplace diversity, equity and inclusion.
- Assist in creating a positive and supportive work environment with a culture of teamwork and communication and enforce a safe workplace.
- Actively promote an environment respectful of living and working in a multicultural society.
- Perform duties outlined in the classification for which you are hired and other duties as assigned
Requirements:
- Substantial experience in land use and real estate law.
- Ability to self-manage multiple tasks and produce quality work in a timely manner.
- Ability to define issues, perform legal research, analyze problems, evaluate alternatives, make sound decisions and recommendations, and effectively communicate verbally and in writing.
- Ability to build and maintain good working relationships with others.
- Ability to use common law office software applications.
- Knowledge of legal principles, issues and practices related to municipal government functions, including public records, public meetings, and governmental ethics law.
- Law degree from a fully accredited law school and be an active member in good standing with the Oregon State Bar Association.
- Five years of progressively responsible experience, with a primary focus on land use law, or an equivalent combination of education and experience enabling the incumbent to perform the essential functions of the position.
- Ability to obtain and maintain Criminal Justice System Information Services (CJIS) security clearance. Security clearance application must be submitted prior to start date. Clearance must be obtained prior to start date unless a reasonable and temporary alternative arrangement can be made at employer’s sole discretion.
- Ability to satisfy the requirements of a background check and pass reference checks and a drug screen.