Executive Assistant

Executive Assistant

Salary

$98,563.44 - $119,804.76 Annually

Location

City of Brentwood, CA

Job Type

Full-Time

Job Number

2026-3060-07

Department

City Attorney

Opening Date

07/14/2026

Closing Date

7/30/2026 10:00 AM Pacific

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Position Information

Are you interested in working in a fast-paced, action-oriented, and legally focused office where you will be exposed to nearly every facet of City government? Do you have strong writing skills, excellent attention to detail, sound judgment, organizational acumen, and polished client service skills? Do you have experience maintaining the confidentiality of legal matters? If so, apply now for the Executive Assistant position in the City Attorney's Office.

In this position, you'll work directly with the City Attorney to support his work with Assistant City Attorneys, the City Manager's Office, the City Clerk's Office, the City Council, department heads, City staff, outside counsel, and other City partners.

The Executive Assistant provides high-level administrative and legal-office support to the City Attorney. The City Attorney's Office is an internal service department that advises City officials and employees, supports City Council and Planning Commission matters, coordinates legal documents and records, assists with contracts and agenda items, and helps maintain confidential and attorney-client privileged communications and records.

The ideal candidate will be able to exercise sound judgment and maintain legal confidentiality in a fast-paced City Attorney's Office environment. The ideal candidate will also be highly organized, disciplined, detail-oriented, and proactive, with the ability to anticipate ways to support the City Attorney's Office, prioritize competing demands, deliver timely completion of the most important and urgent tasks for the City Attorney, track deadlines, prepare and proofread professional correspondence and documents, maintain confidential files, assist with legal and City Council-related processes, and assist the City Attorney's Office in providing responsive support to executive management and department staff.

For more information about this position please see the job description here.

What We Offer:

The City of Brentwood provides an engaging, collaborative, and cooperative work environment where you can team up with your peers and with the community toto maintain Brentwoods high quality of life. The City is an employer that emphasizes work-life balance, supports employee wellness, and offers a wide range of benefits and retirement alternatives, while also investing in its employees' professional and personal growth. We offer:

• Competitive salary
• Alternative work schedule (AWS) option, with Director approval
• Telework option (up to 2 days a week), with Director approval
• 15 paid holidays (13 City observed holidays, 2 floating holidays)
• Generous leave accruals (Vacation - 11 days per year; Sick Leave - 12 days per year)
• Selection of health care plans with City paid contributions; cash-in-lieu offered if waiving coverage
• City-paid dental and vision insurance
• CalPERS pension participation
• Deferred compensation (457 plan) options
• City paid contributions to Retiree Health Savings account
• Employee Engagement Program (includes recognition for service, safety, peer nominations, and more)

To review more of what the City of Brentwood offers, please check out our Benefits Guide and visit our Human Resources page.

Qualifications

Education and Experience:

Any combination of training and experience that would provide the required knowledge, skills, and abilities is qualifying. A typical way to obtain the required qualifications would be:

• Equivalent to the completion of twelfth (12th) grade.
• Five (5) years of increasingly responsible experience performing technical, clerical, and administrative support involving significant public contact.

Desirable Qualifications:

• At least three (3) years of experience providing executive assistant, legal secretary, paralegal, or comparable support in a City Attorney's Office, County Counsel's Office, law firm, public agency legal office, or other legal practice setting.
• Experience working with confidential, sensitive, and attorney-client privileged records and communications.
• Experience preparing, formatting, proofreading, tracking, routing, or coordinating legal documents, contracts, agreements, resolutions, ordinances, staff reports, agenda materials, claims, litigation-related documents, subpoenas, discovery, or other legally sensitive records.
• Experience supporting senior attorneys, executive management, or other high-level decision-makers in a confidential and deadline-driven environment.
• Demonstrated professional strengths in attention to detail, organization, proactiveness, discipline, sound judgment, discretion, follow-through, and written communication.
• An associate degree, bachelor's degree, paralegal certificate, legal secretary certificate, or other higher education or training related to public administration, legal studies, business administration, records management, or a related field.
• Experience with municipal government, agenda management, records retention, the California Public Records Act, Brown Act processes, contract routing, claims administration, or legal office case/document management systems.

Licenses and Certifications:

• Depending on assignment, possession of a valid California Driver's License and a satisfactory driving record must be maintained throughout employment.

Application Process

Applicants must do the following:

• Submit a complete City of Brentwood Employment Application
• Attach a Resume
• Attach a Cover Letter that outlines your background and experience and how it has prepared you for this role
• Submit responses to the supplemental questions

Postmarks, faxes, and incomplete applications will not be accepted. Your application must be filled out completely online. Resumes must also be submitted but are not a substitute for a completed application.

The examination process will consist of:

• Application Review - Submitted applications will be assessed based on job-related qualifications, including desirable qualifications and the specific needs of the hiring department. Candidates may be screened to identify those who are best qualified to proceed in the examination process.

Eligible List: All applicants that pass the examination process will be placed on the eligible list which is good for at least 6 months and may be extended up to an additional 18 months. This eligible list will be used by the City of Brentwood to fill all current and future openings in this classification as long as the list is active.

DISCLAIMER: The provisions of this bulletin do not constitute a contract, expressed or implied, and any provisions contained in this bulletin may be modified or revoked without notice. Tests may consist of any combination of written, oral or other exercises or assessment procedures that test content. Components may include, but are not necessarily limited to, typing, math, reading, writing and analytical skills; problem solving ability; computer and software proficiency, or any other job-related knowledge, skill, ability or qualification. The City may, without notice, change or eliminate any particular assessment component or combination of components as needs dictate.

All correspondence regarding application status, test and/or interview dates, etc. will be sent by email and will be available on your GovernmentJobs account. Please check your email folders, including your junk/spam folders and accept emails from the domain governmentjobs.com, neogov.com, or brentwoodca.gov. It is the applicants responsibility to ensure a correct email address is provided and that all correspondence is received.

The City of Brentwood is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Applicants requesting special accommodations during the examination process may contact the Human Resources Department at (925) 516-5191.

The City of Brentwood provides a wide range of competitive benefits which can be viewed on our City Benefits page: https://www.brentwoodca.gov/government/human-resources/salary-and-benefits-overview

01

Please describe your experience providing executive, administrative, legal secretary, paralegal, or similar support to attorneys, executive management, or other high-level decision-makers. Include the type of office or organization, your role, the level of responsibility, and how you managed competing priorities and deadlines. If you do not have experience in these areas, please enter N/A.

02

Please describe your experience working in a legal office, City Attorney's Office, County Counsel's Office, law firm, public agency, or other confidential professional office environment. Include whether you have supported attorneys or legal staff and the types of legal, administrative, or executive support duties you performed. If you do not have experience in these areas, please enter N/A.

03

Please describe your experience handling confidential, sensitive, or attorney-client privileged information. Include the types of information you handled and the steps you took to protect confidentiality, privilege, and discretion. If you do not have experience in these areas, please enter N/A.

04

Please describe your experience preparing, formatting, proofreading, tracking, routing, or coordinating contracts, agreements, resolutions, ordinances, staff reports, agenda materials, legal correspondence, claims, litigation documents, subpoenas, discovery, records retention documents, or similar legal or municipal records. If you do not have experience in these areas, please enter N/A.

05

Please describe your professional strengths in attention to detail, organization, proactiveness, discipline, follow-through, and written communication. Please provide one specific example of how those strengths helped you succeed in a prior position.

06

Please indicate the areas in which you have professional work experience. Check all that apply.

• Providing administrative support in a legal office, public or private
• Supporting attorneys or legal staff
• Supporting executive management
• Municipal or local government administration
• Preparing legal correspondence and documents
• Contract administration, routing, tracking, or filing
• Preparing, formatting, or tracking resolutions or ordinances
• Records management or records retention
• Processing or coordinating Public Records Act requests
• Preparing agendas, minutes, staff reports, or City Council/commission materials
• Managing confidential, sensitive, or privileged information
• Coordinating with outside counsel, consultants, or other professional service providers
• None of the above

07

Which of the following documents or legal processes have you prepared, reviewed for formatting, tracked, routed, filed, or coordinated? Check all that apply.

• Contracts or agreements
• Ordinances or resolutions
• City Council agenda packets or staff reports
• Legal correspondence or memoranda
• Claims against a public agency
• Litigation documents or pleadings
• Subpoenas or discovery documents
• RFPs, RFQs, bid documents, or procurement-related documents
• Records retention or destruction documentation
• Outside counsel invoices, matter files, or legal billing records
• None of the above

08

Please indicate which of the following best describes your experience working in a public-sector or legal environment. Check all that apply.

• I have experience in a City Attorney's Office.
• I have experience in a County Counsel's Office.
• I have experience in another government legal office.
• I have experience in a private law firm.
• I have experience supporting attorneys in a non-legal setting.
• I have municipal or public agency experience, but not in a legal office.
• I have administrative experience but no legal office or public agency experience.

09

Please identify your highest level of education completed.

• High school diploma or equivalent
• Some college coursework
• Associate degree
• Bachelor's degree
• Graduate degree

10

Please identify any training completed.

• Paralegal certificate
• Legal secretary certificate
• Other relevant certification or training

11

If you selected "Other relevant certification or training" in the previous question, please specify the certification or training you have completed.

12

How many years of progressively responsible experience do you have performing technical, clerical, and administrative support duties that involve significant public contact?

• 0 to less than 3 years
• 3 years to less than 5 years
• 5 years to less than 7 years
• 7 years or more

13

I acknowledge that I am required to attach a Resume. I understand that failure to include a Resume will result in automatic disqualification.

• Yes

14

I acknowledge that I am required to attach a Cover Letter. I understand that failure to include a Cover Letter will result in automatic disqualification.

• Yes

Required Question

Employer City of Brentwood, CA

Address Brentwood City Hall

150 City Park Way

Brentwood, California, 94513

Phone 925-516-5191

Website http://www.brentwoodca.gov