ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY POSITION – TRANSACTIONAL (PROCUREMENT)
The City of Miami, Florida (“City”), the largest municipality in South Florida, seeks an experienced Florida licensed attorney to join its vibrant in-house legal team to handle complex transactions. The ideal candidate should have at least three (3) years of procurement/public finance experience.
This position will afford the successful candidate the potential to provide general legal services for all types of transactions; with a focus on public procurement, contract negotiation, and compliance with federal, state, and local laws governing municipal purchasing.
Under the general guidance of the City Attorney, the Assistant City Attorney will assist in the provision of transactional legal services to the City; involving the responsibility for performing a wide variety of complex professional legal duties which include providing sound and effective legal services for all city departments, boards, and agencies. The successful candidate will provide contractual legal services, including but not limited to drafting and/or reviewing public procurement documents, contracts, agreements, ITBs, RFPs, RFQs, and bid documents related to procurement. Key responsibilities include the ability to advise the Procurement Department and other departments on legal issues concerning competitive bidding, contract interpretation, ethics, and procurement regulations. Work also includes the drafting of ordinances, resolutions, and other documents, and the rendering of significant legal opinions. Work is performed with considerable independence within the framework of established policies requiring considerable initiative and judgment. Applicants should be capable of handling all stages of contract drafting, negotiations, and amendments as well as possess excellent research and writing skills. The successful candidate will also serve as an advisor in the resolution of moderately complex legal matters with other legal staff and administrators, when necessary.
Prior experience representing a municipal or other local government is not required, but preferred. The ideal candidate will have experience working for a municipality, including working with elected officials, municipal departments, senior attorneys and administrative staff.
Salary and benefits for this position are competitive and commensurate with qualifications.
Full Time Position – Assistant City Attorney - $95,400.00 - $185,000.00 Annually
To Apply: Please send your resume, cover letter, and writing sample to: law@miamigov.com. Attention: George K. Wysong III, City Attorney c/o Domini Gibbs-Sorey, Internship and Recruitment Coordinator.
The Office of the City Attorney handles employment applications only for attorneys, legal consultants and law students. Assistant City Attorneys are "at will" employees and are not members of the civil service system.
The City of Miami's Human Resources Department handles applications for all other legal positions including legal assistants and paralegals. Employees in these related legal positions, like most city employees, are in the civil service system. For information concerning any positions other than attorney, legal consultants and law student positions, you may visit the City of Miami Human Resources Department.