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About the Role

The primary focus of this position is to independently review, organize, and edit legislation, and to collaborate with municipal clients in the preparation of new Codes.

Responsibilities

• Clarify project deliverables with clients and negotiate changes as necessary.
• Plan projects to efficiently meet client needs and budgets.
• Perform regular client management and milestone follow-up for assigned projects.
• Communicate schedules and timelines internally and externally.
• Review client notes, memos, and letters for background information and special instructions, and create project notes.
• Determine the impact of legislation on the Code.
• Communicate pertinent project information to other functions.
• Communicate with clients via phone, written contact, teleconference, and on-site visits as needed.
• Resolve conflicts and solve problems.
• Edit and copyread content.
• Review Proposed Table of Contents, Disposition Lists, and Derivation Tables, making necessary modifications.
• Ensure accuracy of amendment insertion and histories.
• Create or revise effective section titles.
• Edit content for style, including statutory citations, grammar, and internal conflicts.
• Check, create, or revise cross-references in the text.
• Check statutory references in new legislation.
• Add editor's notes.
• Identify missing wording in legislation.
• Prepare draft questions for client submission.
• Finalize Codes for publication, including Disposition List and Derivation Table.
• Create Adopting Ordinances and supporting documents.
• Implement client decisions (ATAC).
• Implement report decisions and track with historical notation (ATAC).
• Create Schedule A to track substantive revisions.
• Ensure accuracy of manuscript histories and amendment insertion.
• Compare legislation to state statutes and other legislation to identify conflicts, inconsistencies, and duplications.
• Review fees, penalties, and missing information.
• Prepare Editorial and Legal Analysis questions for client review.
• Facilitate editorial conferences, including on-site, as necessary.
• Review and triage client decisions to create instructions for Editorial Assistants.
• Review the sort of legislation and finalize organization.
• Analyze and identify issues related to legislation organization.
• Identify missing legislation and information.
• Identify obsolete material.
• Prepare Organizational Analysis report and proposed Table of Contents for client review.

Requirements

• Ability to interact with others and communicate clearly expectations and instructions for project requirements.
• Demonstrated project management skills.
• Ability to manage multiple projects successfully.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong customer service acumen.
• Excellent reading comprehension.
• Excellent memory.
• Attentiveness to detail.
• Organized thinking patterns.
• Good organizational and time management skills.
• Good overall knowledge of MS Office Applications, including file management through Windows Explorer.
• Ability to sit for extended periods while working at a computer or desk.
• Occasional standing, walking, and reaching to access files or office supplies.
• Manual dexterity for typing, filing, and handling office equipment.
• Ability to lift and carry up to 20 pounds occasionally.
• Visual acuity to read printed and digital materials.
• Auditory ability to communicate effectively in person and over the phone.
• May need to climb stairs in a multi-level office building.
• Must be able to work in a standard office environment with artificial lighting and climate control.

Skills

• Project management
• Client management
• Communication (written and verbal)
• Customer service
• Reading comprehension
• Memory
• Attention to detail
• Organization
• Time management
• MS Office Applications
• File management
• Editing
• Copyreading
• Legal analysis
• Organizational analysis

Location

• Rochester, NY

Work Type

• Onsite

Experience Level

• Demonstrated equivalent experience/skills

Education Level

• Bachelor's degree

About the Company

• The International Code Council is the leading global source of model codes, standards, and building safety solutions, including product evaluation, accreditation, technology, training, and certification.
• ICC Codes, Standards, and solutions ensure safe, affordable, and sustainable communities and buildings worldwide.
• General Code is the nation’s leading provider of Municipal Code publishing and maintenance services (codification).
• General Code offers challenging work in a diverse, flexible, supportive environment where an appropriate work-life balance is emphasized.