Legislative Analyst
State of Florida
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Office
Location: Tallahassee • Florida • 🇺🇸 United States
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Mid-LevelSenior
About the role
- Analyzes and objectively summarizes proposed legislation to determine its effectiveness and the impact of its passage on the state and other entities and individuals.
- Researches and drafts legislation and amendments to legislation at the direction of the committee chair, committee members, and other legislators.
- Assists in planning full committee and/or subcommittee meetings to include agenda, speakers, presentations, and materials.
- Monitors the implementation of legislation in the Executive and Judicial Branches to ascertain that legislative intent is met.
- Briefs legislators verbally or in writing on issues to be discussed in committee, on the floor, or with constituents.
- Conceives, plans, and conducts research projects and performs legislatively mandated studies.
- Prepares oral and written reports on research and committee work such as end of session committee reports, interim projects, and oversight reports which include recommendations for legislative action.
- Provides information and problem-solving assistance to legislators, their constituents, and the public.
- Prepares letters, summaries, talk-sheets or speeches, reports, and informational memoranda on committee issues at the request of the committee chair, other legislators or staff director.
- Keeps abreast of new and ongoing issues affecting assigned area of responsibility by collecting resource materials, attending workshops and conferences, reading industry publications, communicating with agency personnel, and the public.
- Assists in the coordination of the work of the administrative assistant, legislative intern, and other staff members.
- Serves as liaison with state agencies.
- May operate a computer to perform word processing, database management, and/or spreadsheet applications.
Requirements
- A bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university and three years of professional experience in research, analysis, program planning and evaluation, or administrative work.
- A master’s degree from an accredited college or university can substitute for one year of the required experience.
- A doctorate from an accredited college or university can substitute for two years of the required experience.
- Professional experience as described above can substitute on a year-for-year basis for the required college education.
Benefits
- Competitive benefits package
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
researchlegislation draftinganalysisprogram planningevaluationreport writingdata managementword processingdatabase managementspreadsheet applications
Soft skills
communicationproblem-solvingorganizationalplanninginterpersonalbriefingcoordinationliaisonpresentationsummarization
Certifications
bachelor's degreemaster's degreedoctorate