Attorney IV Municipal Transactions)

Description

Salary: $50.04/Per Hour

Position Grade: 20G

Department: City Counselor's Office

Job Type: Full-Time (Permanent)

Location: Downtown - St. Louis, MO

Examination Number: EX1499

Incumbents in these positions will provide legal advice to City department heads and staff on a regular basis. Work will include contract and transaction matters, including commercial, tax, bond and other municipal finance issues. This will include drafting of proposed legislation and coordination with the City's development agencies.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities:

• This attorney will handle highly complex municipal transactions and redevelopment deals.
• This attorney must possess significant transactional or real estate experience.
• This attorney must possess excellent research and writing skills.

• Familiarity with the structure and operations of City government is preferred.

• Work will include contract and transaction matters, including commercial, tax, bond and other municipal finance issues. This will include drafting of proposed legislation and coordination with the City's development agencies.

• Responsible for providing legal advice to boards, commissions, officials, departments, and employees, as assigned.

• Responsible for working independently and exercising sound judgment on a daily basis.

• This attorney will receive assignments directly from the Deputy City Counselor and City Counselor.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

• Data Utilization: Requires the ability to perform mid to upper-level data analysis including the ability to coordinate, strategize, systematize and correlate, using discretion in determining time, place and/or sequence of operations within an organizational framework. Requires the ability to implement decisions based on such data and oversee the execution of these decisions.

• Human Interaction: Requires the ability to apply principles of negotiation within the context of legal guidelines.

• Equipment, Machinery, Tools and Materials Use: Requires the ability to operate, maneuver and/or provide simple but continuous adjustment on equipment, machinery and tools such as a computer, calculator, copy and fax machines, and materials used in performing essential functions.

• Verbal Aptitude: Requires the ability to utilize reference, descriptive, consulting, design and advisory data and information such as legal briefs and opinions, statutes and ordinances, contracts and legal research material.

• Mathematical Aptitude: Requires the ability to perform addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division; ability to calculate percentages and decimals and may use basic algebra.

• Functional Reasoning: Requires the ability to apply principles of logical or synthesis functions involving planning and directing of interrelated activities or multiple departments. Ability to deal with several concrete and abstract variables in working out approaches to major problems.

• Situational Reasoning: Requires the ability to exercise the judgment, decisiveness and creativity required in situations involving the evaluation of information against sensory, judgmental and/or subjective criteria, as opposed to criteria that are clearly measurable or verifiable.

• Environmental Factors: Work is normally performed in an office environment under generally safe and comfortable conditions where exposure to irate individuals poses a very limited risk of injury.

• Physical Requirements: Tasks require the ability to exert light physical effort in sedentary to light work. Tasks may involve extended periods of visual concentration at a keyboard or workstation.

• Sensory Requirements: Requires the ability to recognize and identify individual characteristics of colors, shapes, and sounds, associated with job-related objects, materials and tasks.

Licensures and Certificates:

• Documentation of license to practice law must be submitted with the Employment Application or upon request.

Qualifications

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

Graduation from a school of law approved by the American Bar Association; current membership in the Missouri Bar in good standing or licensure in another state with eligibility for reciprocity in Missouri; plus seven years of legal practice or the equivalent in the area of transactions, contracts, commercial, tax, bond, grant administration, and/or municipal finance issues.

Scoring Components and Their Weights

Experience and Training: 100%

May be Subject to:

Background Investigation: Pass/Fail

Medical Examination: Pass/Fail

Documentation of Academic Credentials must be Submitted Upon Request

When completing the Employment History and the Educational/Training History sections of the Employment Application, please be as thorough as possible when describing your education, training and experience relating to this position. Applicants will only receive credit for their experience, training and education as shown on the application. Resumes will not be accepted as a substitute to a fully completed application. Incomplete applications will not be considered.

Veterans Preference Points

To be eligible for veteran's preference points, the applicant must submit a copy of their DD 214 Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty with the Employment Application or upon request. The Director of Personnel may, in their discretion, accept alternate documentation.

City Residence Preference Points

City residents who pass an examination for a position in the classified service and do not receive any other preference will receive a five (5) point preference on a scale of 100 points on the exam. An additional one (1) point shall be added to the passing score of City residents who receive any other preference on a scale of 100 points. City residents must have resided in the City for at least one (1) year at the time of filing their application to be eligible for the preference points.

Accommodations

If assistance with the job application is necessary based on a physical impairment, mental impairment, or otherwise, they should reach out to the Office on the Disabled with contact information. This office will not disclose any information that an applicant or employee has a disability or has discussed possible accommodations without the applicant's or employee's prior consent.

Job Posting: Oct 30, 2025, 10:18:48 AM