Ethics Officer – Assistant City Attorney/Deputy City Attorney IV
City Attorney’s Office
City of Anaheim, California
Annual Salary:
Assistant City Attorney: $156,264 – $234,396 DOE/DOQ
Deputy City Attorney IV: $148,823 – $223,235 DOE/DOQ
*Scheduled COLAs: 5% in June 2024 and 5% in June 2025*
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The City of Anaheim, California seeks an Ethics Officer, who will be classified as an Assistant City Attorney or Deputy City Attorney IV, in the Ethics Division, a new division that will be part of the Office of the City Attorney. Reporting directly to the City Attorney, the Ethics Officer is a new role that will work heavily with City management and the City Council, offering legal expertise on a wide range of ethical issues, including compliance with campaign finance regulations, conflict of interest rules and regulations, ethics hotline responses, and Anaheim’s Sunshine and Lobbyist ordinances. The Ethics Officer’s role will be to promote public confidence in the integrity of local government and its operation by providing education, advice, oversight and guidance to public officials and those who work or do business with the City.
THE IDEAL CANDIDATE
The ideal candidate will have a strong technical understanding of municipal law and applicable local, state, and federal regulations related to the conduct of public officials. He or she will have foundational experience collaborating effectively with key departmental partners to advance ethics efforts within an organization. The selected individual must have the ability to develop, implement, and sustain a comprehensive ethics education program to ensure compliance with the intricate web of laws and regulations that apply to public officials, and those that work or do business with the City.