Project Assistant

Neighborhood Empowerment

Exempt | Location: Civic Center

Annual Salary

$63,475.20 - $92,790.72

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job description

Background: Since its establishment in 1999, the Los Angeles Department of Neighborhood Empowerment (aka EmpowerLA) has grown into the nation’s largest and most innovative initiative in civic engagement and citizen-based government. Through a network of 99 Neighborhood Councils (NC), the City promotes public participation in government and works to improve government responsiveness to local concerns.

Duties: Project Assistants will be responsible for assisting in the coordination of

Neighborhood Council election and selection activities and outreach in conjunction with Neighborhood Council Boards and the Office of the City Clerk. This position will also assist in promoting civic participation in government and in the system of Neighborhood Councils, including the Charter of the City of Los Angeles and the Plan for a Citywide System of Neighborhood Councils, and assisting in the development of informal training.

Additionally, this position will be tasked with responsibilities associated with the Technology & Empowerment Services team that include, but are not limited to, the following:

IT Infrastructure & Hardware Management

Equipment Inventory
Hardware Support
Onboarding and Offboarding Equipment
Cell Phone Administration

Systems Administration & Software Licensing

Software Support
Domain & Account Administration
Network Access Support
Google Appsheet Support
Website Maintenance Assistance

Neighborhood Council & Public Platforms

Boundary Map Support
NC Roster Management
Constant Contact Support
Neighborhood Council Distribution Groups (NCDGs)
Other Special Projects As Needed

Requirements: A minimum of two years of full-time, paid experience in data processing, including the installation, operation, programming, analysis, design, and data control of hardware and software for small, medium, and large scale computer systems, as well as performing basic systems analysis, user requirements analysis, and troubleshooting.

A minimum of two years of experience (paid or unpaid) working in a professional office environment, processing complex requests through various business systems, interacting with the public, and providing status reports to management teams.

Preferred Requirements: Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with a major in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a major in a closely related field.

Experience supporting website design, development, or maintenance (e.g., HTML, CSS, or CMS platforms such as WordPress).

Experience managing or maintaining databases, including data entry, reporting, and quality assurance.

Familiarity with AI tools or platforms (e.g., automation tools, chatbots, data analysis tools, or generative AI applications).

Selection Process: Applications are subject to review. The most qualified candidates will be invited for an interview.

How to apply

How to Apply:

Interested candidates must submit a City of Los Angeles Application for Employment and resume to https://forms.gle/HShHNPDiafTyXvU9A. Applications may be obtained at http://per.lacity.org/Application.pdf. The application filing period will remain open until Friday, June 19, 2026, at 10:00am PST, or until a sufficient number of applications has been received.

* This is an exempt, at-will position. The individual appointed to this position will not accrue any civil service tenure, contractual employment rights, or due process rights. The incumbent may be removed, without any finding of cause, by the hiring authority.

exempt employment

If employment is said to be exempt, it is meant that the employment is exempted from the civil service provisions of the City Charter. In order to receive a regular civil service appointment, employees must have successfully participated in a civil service examination, received a high enough score on the examination to be placed on and receive an appointment from an eligible list, and they must serve a probationary period. Exempt employees do not compete in a civil service examination, they are not placed on an eligible list and receive an appointment from that list, nor do they serve a probationary period. As a result, exempt employees do not have what is referred to as a “property interest” in their job. Exempt employees serve at the will of the appointing authority and can be terminated at any time without cause. Employees with a property interest in their job, i.e. civil service employees, cannot be deprived of their employment(discharged or suspended) without due process.

General Information About Exempt Employment

Exempt employees serve at the will of the appointing authority, and as such, they may be discharged, suspended or otherwise disciplined without cause. Exempt employees have no property interest in their employment, and any procedural benefit or other prerogative extended to them by their appointing authority is not intended to create and does not create any such property interest. No officer or employee of the City may make to any other officer or employee any representation of a property interest in employment which does not correspond to Charter provisions unless the City Council, by ordinance, permits such representation. No unauthorized representation can serve as the basis of an employee's reliance on, or expectation of, a property interest.

Employees Seeking To Become Civil Service Employees

There is no protective leave for an exempt employee appointed to a civil service position. Upon receiving a civil service appointment and passing probation, the former exempt employee will be subject to the Civil Service provisions described in Article X of the City Charter. Upon appointment, the civil service employee will begin to accrue displacement and layoff seniority on the first day of his/her civil service appointment and may file for promotional examinations for which s/he qualifies. A full or half-time exempt employee appointed to a full or half-time civil service position continues to: contribute to the Retirement System; accrue vacation time; accrue sick time; receive anniversary date salary increases; and, receive health and dental benefits identical to those received in the civil service position.

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