Public Affairs & Legislative Assistant

Pembroke Park; Pembroke Park (FL); Hybrid; USD 28,000 - 40,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid Time Off

Medical

Dental

Vision

Life Insurance

Retirement benefits

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

The Town of Pembroke Park is seeking a part-time Legislative Assistant to support the Mayor or City Commissioner with clerical and administrative duties, record-keeping, scheduling, and public communications. The role involves handling sensitive information and interfacing with the public and officials.

Duties include drafting correspondence, preparing meeting packets, managing calendars, coordinating events, and monitoring social media.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required.
• Two (2) years of clerical or administrative support experience.
• Any equivalent combination of experience and education may be considered.

Responsibilities

• Executes special projects assigned by elected officials, including entering citizen requests in the electronic system, drafting proclamations, and planning elected official sponsored events.
• Answers phones and emails, providing information or routing and directing calls to appropriate department/personnel as required.
• Gathers data and correspondence relevant to assigned agenda items, conducts research and provides updates and summaries to prepare individuals for meetings as appropriate.
• Manages Elected Official’s social media accounts and public communications, including but not limited to, drafting and initiating social media posts, messages, updates, articles, scripts, podcasts, and panel questions and answers.
• Coordinates and/or schedules and attends meetings, including during evening hours as necessary.
• Attends the events and programs sponsored / hosted and attended by elected officials, including but not limited to external events, proclamation deliveries, charitable contribution presentations; takes pictures for public relations and community engagement initiatives and communications.

Skills

Clerical tasks

Administrative support

Microsoft Office

Public communications

Data gathering & research

Education

High school diploma or GED

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Electronic filing systems

Calendar/scheduling software

Job description

The Town of Pembroke Park is seeking a part-time Legislative Assistant to support the Mayor or City Commissioner with clerical and administrative duties, record-keeping, scheduling, and public communications. The role involves handling sensitive information and interfacing with the public and officials.

Duties include drafting correspondence, preparing meeting packets, managing calendars, coordinating events, and monitoring social media.