Mayor & City Council Support Specialist

Date Opened: Thursday, July 09, 2026 12:00 AM Close Date: Friday, July 24, 2026 12:00 AM Department: Mayor & City Council Department Salary: $66,826.00 - $96,061.8 Commensurate with Experience **Welcome to the City of Charlotte** Charlotte is America’s Queen City, opening her arms to a diverse and inclusive community of residents, businesses and visitors alike. Here you will find a safe, family-oriented city where people work together to help everyone thrive. The mission of the City of Charlotte is to deliver quality public services and promote the safety, health, and quality of life for all residents. Our guiding principles include: - Attracting and retaining a skilled and diverse workforce - Valuing teamwork, openness, accountability, productivity, and employee development - Providing all customers with courteous, responsive, accessible, and seamless quality services - Taking initiative to identify, analyze, and solve problems - Collaborating with stakeholders to make informed decisions **SUMMARY** Performs advanced administrative and operational support functions for assigned elected officials and leadership, ensuring the efficient coordination of daily activities, constituent services, communications, and office operations. This role manages schedules, correspondence, meeting logistics, records requests, and special projects while maintaining confidentiality, exercising sound judgment, and supporting continuity of operations. The position serves as a liaison between internal departments, external agencies, community stakeholders, and leadership to facilitate responsive and effective service delivery. **Major Duties and Responsibilties:** - Provide administrative and operational support for assigned elected officials, including calendar management, scheduling, meeting preparation, and coordination of daily priorities. - Manage multiple communication channels including email inboxes, voicemail, telephone calls, visitors, mailed correspondence, and invitations, determining priorities and routing items appropriately. - Managing high-level event logistics, travel coordination, and VIP or governmental visits involving independent decision-making - Take executive-level meeting notes and synthesize key insights, decisions, and action items into strategic summaries. - Work with Government affairs staff to Track key legislative and intergovernmental initiatives of specific interest to Mayor and Council - Provide strategic oversight of Council budget administration and fiscal stewardship - Collaborate with Deputy City Managers to coordinate high-profile stakeholder summits and strategic convenings for Council - Anticipating operational or political issues and proactively resolving problems before they escalate - Preparing and coordinating meeting agendas for Council and stakeholder briefings, including identifying key discussion items, gathering supporting materials, and ensuring they’re adequately prepared - Partner across the organization to streamline executive reporting, elevate critical issues, and ensure responsiveness to Council and community priorities. - Maintains a forward-thinking approach, identifying potential challenges and implementing proactive solutions. - Demonstrates initiative and sound judgment by anticipating executive needs and advancing solutions before issues arise. - Support constituent services by reviewing inquiries and service requests, coordinating responses with appropriate departments, and monitoring resolution of concerns. - Assist with preparation, tracking, and coordination of correspondence including letters, greetings, speeches, talking points, and official responses. - Fulfill public records requests by researching, collecting, and organizing required communications and documentation in accordance with established procedures. - Maintain office records, files, and documentation while ensuring the confidentiality of sensitive information and compliance with applicable policies and procedures. - Pr…