Denver City Council Aide | District

About Our Job

With competitive pay, great benefits, and endless opportunities, working for the City and County of Denver means seeing yourself working with purpose — for you, and those who benefit from your passion, skills and expertise. Join our diverse, inclusive and talented workforce of more than 11,000 team members who are at the heart of what makes Denver, Denver.

This position is expected to stay open until 11:59 PM on Thursday, January 29. Please submit your application as soon as possible and no later than Thursday, January 29 at 11:59 PM.

The City and County of Denver offers competitive pay commensurate with education and experience. New hires are typically brought into the organization between $60,064/year - $70,000/year. We also offer generous benefits for full-time employees which include but are not limited to:

• A guaranteed life-long monthly pension, once vested after 5 years of service
• 457B Retirement Plan
• 140 hours of PTO earned within first year + 12 paid holidays, 1 personal holiday, 1 Wellness Day and 1 volunteer day per year
• Competitive medical, dental and vision plans effective within 1 month of start date

Visit our Perks and Benefits page to find out more about the benefits we offer our employees to find balance and build a mile high career.

Please note that this is an at-will position.

This position requires regular on-site presence in the Council office Monday – Wednesday and working remotely in the community on Thursday and Friday. The role will also require working beyond standard business hours, including nights and weekends, depending on office needs and community events.

The Office of Council member Amanda Sawyer is seeking a City Council Aide to support the constituent, policy, and community impact work across Council District
5. This individual is a self-starter with an inherent high work ethic. The desired candidate should be capable of maintaining a positive attitude in a high pressure, confidentiality-sensitive and fast-paced, politically charged environment.

District 5 is the East Central Denver geographical area. Its borders generally include East Colfax Avenue to the north, Downing Street to the west, the Aurora City border to the east, and Leetsdale Avenue to the south. Denver’s District 5 Council Office represents many unique statistical neighborhoods, such as Cherry Creek, Country Club, Hale, Hilltop, Lowry, Montclair, Washington Virginia Vale, and Windsor.

More information about Councilwoman Amanda Sawyer and District 5’s projects, priorities, and values can be found on District 5’s webpage.

Specifically, as a City Council Aide, you will:

• Assist in a variety of constituent services such as answering questions, complaints, concerns, and requests in a timely and professional manner
• Assist in distribution or delivery of marketing/informational materials
• Work directly and develop relationships with the community
• Write competently in a variety of styles to communicate agendas, briefs, summaries for notifications and a variety of events/meetings
• Facilitate advance efforts and coordinate logistics for the Council member’s schedule and community engagements/commitments
• Attend external meetings, public meetings, and project team meetings
• Request and collect briefs and agendas for speaking & event preparations & meetings
• Identify issues and solutions particularly in advocating for district programs, policy, and legislation
• Calendar management
• Special event planning and execution
• Draft formal and official language on behalf of the office
• Work with racially, linguistically, and socioeconomically diverse populations
• Perform other duties and administrative activities as assigned

To be successful in this role, our candidate will have excellent interpersonal communications skills, exceptional attention to detail, and be a self-starter with a high work ethic. The ideal candidate is either familiar with or has a desire to learn how to navigate municipal government departments and agencies while remaining well-informed of current council and community activity. This position requires a…