Legal Secretary I - Airport Team - City Attorney's Office (TPV 1458)

Company Description

The San Francisco City Attorney’s Office is looking for a qualified and motivated legal secretary to join its Airport Team.

Appointment Type: Temporary Provisional (TPV). This temporary position is excluded by the Charter from the competitive Civil Service examination process, is considered "at will" and shall serve at the discretion of the Department Head. This position will be subject to the Permanent Civil Service examination process. Successful participation in the Permanent Civil Service examination and selection through an open competitive process is needed in order to be considered for the permanent appointment.

• Application Opening: March 2, 2026
• Application Deadline: Continuous, earliest close 5:00 p.m. Monday, March 16, 2026
• Compensation Range: $95,784 - $116,402
• Recruitment ID: RTF0164405-01158375

About the Office
The San Francisco City Attorney’s Office is an innovative, nationally-recognized municipal law office working to protect and advance the rights and interests of the City and County of San Francisco and its residents. With nearly 350 talented and dedicated employees, the Office provides exceptional legal services to the City’s Mayor, Board of Supervisors, officials, and departments. Our work empowers City leaders with effective, responsive, and creative legal solutions and representation so they can deliver critical public services, and our affirmative advocacy enhances the lives and wellbeing of San Francisco’s residents and visitors.

The Office recognizes that diversity in the backgrounds, identities, and experiences of our employees enriches our workplace and enhances our work. We aspire to recruit, employ, retain, and promote talented individuals representing the full spectrum of our community, and welcome all candidates, including candidates of any race, religion, national origin, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, and age, and candidates with disabilities. We have a clear vision: to be the place where a diverse mix of people want to come and stay, grow professionally, and find purpose and engagement, and where all employees feel welcomed and respected, and valued for their work and contributions to the Office and the City. To learn more about the Office’s efforts to provide an inclusive workplace where employees feel they belong and can meaningfully contribute, please visit: https://www.sfcityattorney.org/aboutus/dei/.

The Office provides a hybrid work schedule for eligible employees.

To learn more about the City Attorney’s Office please visit our website.

Job Description

About the Airport Team
The Airport Team is a collaborative and dynamic group, currently with nine attorneys and one legal secretary. The Team functions as in-house legal counsel to the Airport Commission, an enterprise department of the City and County of San Francisco, which owns and operates San Francisco International Airport (Airport). The Airport Commission has an annual operating budget of over $1 billion and a workforce of over 1,600 employees. The Team is located at the Airport.

Position Information and Responsibilities
Legal secretaries work under the direction of attorneys and provide a variety of secretarial and clerical duties in a fast-paced transactional and civil litigation practice. The responsibilities listed below are representative of the range of duties assigned and are not intended as an exhaustive list.

• Preparing and editing a wide variety of legal documents in proper format, including, contracts, leases, memoranda of understanding, correspondence, motions, discovery, subpoenas, notices (including knowledge of and/or ability to create Table of Authorities and Table of Contents).
• Knowledge of and familiarity with the California Tort Claims Act claims intake and processing.
• Reviewing, preparing, editing, and finalizing resolutions and ordinances for submission to the Airport Commission or Board of Supervisors.
• Practical knowledge of multiple word processing systems, spreadsheet software, and case management systems/software.
• Maintaining and updating attorney meetings and team calendars and proofreading time billing; keeping abreast of important court dates, local court rules and procedures regarding filing legal documents with courts as mandated including e-filing, and serving legal document as required by rules; prioritizing duties and deadlines to accommodate work schedules of attorneys.
• Managing contracts and invoicing process for multipl