Legislation & Code Editor (Rochester)

General Code, LLC; City of Rochester, Northern (NY, KY); Hybrid; USD 42,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

General Code, LLC in Rochester, NY seeks an Editorial Specialist to review, organize, and edit legislation for municipal codification projects. You will collaborate with municipal clients and ensure accurate disposition lists, cross-references, and historic notes to maintain code integrity.

The role emphasizes independent work, clear client communication, and attention to detail across multiple assignments, while supporting project timelines and delivering high-quality codified content.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or demonstrated equivalent experience/skills.
• Ability to interact with others and to communicate clearly the expectations and instructions for carrying out project requirements.
• Demonstrated project management skills.
• Ability to manage multiple projects successfully.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong customer service acumen.
• Excellent reading comprehension.
• Excellent memory.
• Attentiveness to detail.
• Organized thinking patterns.
• Good organizational and time management skills.
• Good overall working knowledge of MS Office Applications, including file management through Windows Explorer.

Responsibilities

• Read and assimilate background information on client and identify special instructions or needs
• Incorporate additional legislation and/or amend existing legislation
• Determine impact of legislation on Code and completeness of information provided
• Finalize Disposition List from legislation database
• Review legislation and other materials for internal conflicts, inconsistencies and clarity
• Edit content for organization, grammar and style
• Add historical information
• Create or revise effective chapter, article and section titles
• Check, create or revise cross-references in the text
• Check statutory references
• Add editor’s notes
• Identify missing legislation or missing wording in the text of legislation
• Set style for word processing/proofreading to carry out
• Update Adopting Ordinances and supporting documents
• Clarify project deliverables with client
• Follow up on material in hold
• Communicate to other functions any pertinent information needed for the project
• Execute project to most efficiently meet client needs and project budgets
• Set and enforce schedules and timelines, where appropriate
• Communicate with clients via phone, written contact and teleconference, as needed
• Resolve conflicts and solve problems

Skills

Communication skills

Project management

Attention to detail

Reading comprehension

MS Office

Time management

Organizational skills

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

MS Office

Job description

General Code, LLC in Rochester, NY seeks an Editorial Specialist to review, organize, and edit legislation for municipal codification projects. You will collaborate with municipal clients and ensure accurate disposition lists, cross-references, and historic notes to maintain code integrity.

The role emphasizes independent work, clear client communication, and attention to detail across multiple assignments, while supporting project timelines and delivering high-quality codified content.