Deputy City Clerk

Deputy City Clerk

The City Clerk's Office is seeking a Deputy City Clerk to support City Council meetings and public hearings by preparing agendas, recording proceedings, and ensuring follow-up on Council actions. In this role, you'll also help maintain accuracy and compliance by reviewing and processing key city documents, legal notices, resolutions, ordinances, and meeting minutes, along with technical records and the Municipal Code.

Recruitment information:

• The first round of application will be reviewed on Friday June 12, 2026
• Default schedule will be the following: 5/8 Mondays-Fridays (8 am - 5pm)
• Note: This role will initially be onsite for up to the first six months with the potential opportunity to transition to a hybrid schedule.

What will you do in this position?

• Support City Council meetings and public hearings by preparing agendas, recording and transcribing proceedings, and ensuring timely follow-up on action items.
• Review and process official records, including ordinances, resolutions, minutes, legal notices, and agreements, ensuring accuracy and legal compliance.
• Certify official documents and administer oaths or acknowledgments in the absence of the City Clerk.
• Assist with budget development, monitoring, and expenditure oversight for the City Clerk's Office.

A successful candidate in this position will:

• Learn and adapt new tools and systems with ease to support work efficiency.
• Communicate clearly, respectfully, and professionally across a variety of settings.
• Quickly identify challenges and apply logical, evidence-based approaches to resolve them.
• Contribute to a workplace culture where everyone feels welcomed and included.
• Build and maintain collaborative relationships across departments and disciplines.
• Identify creative solutions to challenges and implement improvements.

About City of Bothell:

• The City is comprised of 13.6 square miles within both King and Snohomish Counties and is home to 51,760 people (2025). This figure is projected to grow to nearly 75,000 over the next 20 years in tandem with Bothell's increasingly vibrant downtown and life sciences employment cluster near the I-405 corridor.
• Learn more about the City's Organizational Values and the Bothell's City Council 2040 Vision and Strategic Priorities.
• Learn more about the City of Bothell's City Clerk's office here!

We are committed to being a safe, equitable, and inclusive workplace and community. The City of Bothell is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to providing equal opportunity for all employees and applicants. Our employees are people with different strengths, experiences and backgrounds, who share a passion for improving people's lives. The City of Bothell recruits, hires, trains, promotes, compensates, and administers all personnel actions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sex stereotyping, pregnancy (which includes pregnancy, childbirth, and medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding), gender, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, age, mental or physical disability, ancestry, medical condition, marital status, military or veteran status, citizenship status, sexual orientation, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable law. We seek to recruit and hire talented and engaged job candidates from a widely diverse range of backgrounds. We celebrate the diversity in our workplace and community and believe it makes us stronger. If you need a reasonable accommodation to support your participation in the recruitment and selection process, please send an email to View email address on click.appcast.io. To learn more about the City of Bothell's commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, visit the DEI at Bothell Webpage.

Why Bothell? Bothell offers a career-enriching opportunity to apply your skills and experience in a way that has a positive effect on the community. We encourage professional growth and for employees to "think outside the box". We value work-life balance and provide paid vacation and sick leave benefits. We offer ample time off including 11 paid holidays as well as 2 personal holidays. As an employee, you have access to a robust benefits package that includes medical, dental and vision for you and your family. We also offer life and disability insurance, state pension membership and deferred compensation for retirement. Commute trip reduction, alternative work schedules, flexible work environment, and hybrid work options are available when appropriate. The City of Bothell creates an environment that supports wellness practices which enhance the quality of life for City employees, and encourage and incentivize participation in an employee wellness program. As a result, the City is a recipient of the Association of Washington Cities WellCity Award.