The City of Austin is seeking highly qualified individuals to fill two Deputy City Attorney positions. 

The Deputy City Attorney will face exciting challenges and have opportunities to make a meaningful impact on the City's legal strategy, policy development, and risk management efforts. The successful candidate will be instrumental in leading and managing attorneys and support staff to ensure effective legal services are delivered efficiently and professionally. The Deputy City Attorney will support the City Attorney in aligning legal advice and counsel with citywide policy goals and objectives,
while maintaining the highest standards of legal integrity and ethical practice.

Requirements

Minimum Qualifications:
Graduation from an accredited law school, plus seven (7) years of experience as an attorney, five (5) years of service in the State of Texas, two (2) years of which were in an upper management legal capacity.

 Licenses and Certifications Required:
Admission to the State Bar of Texas.

The selected candidates will have substantial experience in municipal law or general government law, and strong interpersonal skills. 

The following core competencies are important for this role:

Transformational Leader – Inspires and motivates teams to go beyond routine tasks and think strategically.
Servant Leadership – Emphasizes prioritizing the team and public interest, fostering trust, collaboration, and inclusion.
Situational Leadership – Adapts management style based on team readiness and task urgency.
Community Collaborator – Experience presenting complex information to public stakeholders, management, City Manager’s Office, Boards and Commissions, and City Council.
Politically savvy – Ability to exhibit confidence and professional diplomacy, while effectively relating to people of all levels, internally, and externally.
Communicates Effectively – Ability to work with diverse communities and populations to build constructive and effective relationships and convey and receive information.
Thinks Critically and Strategically – Enables others to understand better and implement the vision and strategy, while being an aligned forward thinker and can formulate and communicate sound business strategy and implement clearly and concisely.

About City of Austin

The City of Austin is a progressive, full-service municipal organization operating under the Council-Manager form of government. Austin’s Mayor is elected from the city at large, and ten City Council members are elected from single-member districts. Terms of the Mayor and City Council members are four years, and terms are staggered so that a general election is held every two years, with half the council being elected at each election. Term limits for the Mayor and City Council members provide for two consecutive four-year terms. The City Council is responsible for the appointment of the City Manager, who is the Chief Executive Officer of the City, the City Clerk, the City Auditor, Municipal Court Judges, and the Municipal Court Clerk. To learn more about the dynamic City of Austin, visit austintexas.gov. To learn more about the City of Austin’s guiding principles, click here.

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