Legal Codification Editor
About The Position
The Legal Codification Editor analyzes, organizes, and edits municipal legislation for incorporation into municipal codes and related legal publications. The role combines analytical review, editorial work, project management, and client collaboration. The editor works with municipal clients to review legislative changes, identify and resolve inconsistencies, maintain legal accuracy, and prepare high-quality publications that serve as authoritative resources for local governments and their communities. It is suited to someone who enjoys analytical reading, solving organizational challenges, reviewing legal language, and ensuring information is accurate, clear, and accessible. The position is in the Operations department in Rochester, New York, and reports to the Editorial Team Manager. General Code, an International Code Council subsidiary, provides municipal code publishing and maintenance services. The company describes its work environment as diverse, flexible, supportive, team-oriented, and focused on work-life balance.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
- Strong reading comprehension and analytical reasoning skills.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Exceptional attention to detail and accuracy.
- Strong organizational and project management skills.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines simultaneously.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications and standard business software.
- Ability to work independently and collaborate effectively within a team.
- Ability to comprehend and analyze complex legal and legislative documents.
- Strong editorial judgment and problem-solving skills, including the ability to identify inconsistencies, conflicts, and gaps in information.
- Strong customer service and relationship management skills.
- Ability to assimilate, retain, and apply complex information across multiple projects.
- Willingness to learn new technologies, workflows, and editorial standards.
Nice To Haves
- Experience editing, analyzing, reviewing, or organizing legal, legislative, regulatory, technical, or policy documents.
- Experience in municipal government, legal publishing, legal research, law, public administration, planning, or a related field.
- Experience managing client-facing projects.
Responsibilities
- Analyze legislation and its impact on municipal codes and related publications.
- Review legislation for completeness, consistency, clarity, and appropriate organization.
- Identify conflicts, duplications, obsolete provisions, missing information, and other content issues.
- Determine where legislative content belongs in existing code structures and incorporate new legislation and amendments into municipal codes.
- Compare legislation with statutes, regulations, and existing code provisions, and research questions with clients to clarify legislative intent, organization, and implementation.
- Edit and copyedit legislative content for style, grammar, clarity, consistency, and accuracy.
- Create and revise chapter, article, and section titles; update statutory citations and legal references; and verify cross-references.
- Prepare editor's notes, historical annotations, and supporting documentation.
- Ensure the accuracy of amendment insertions, legislative histories, and publication records.
- Work directly with municipal clients to clarify project requirements and deliverables.
- Manage multiple projects and deadlines; communicate project status, schedules, questions, and recommendations to clients and internal stakeholders.
- Follow up on outstanding materials and client decisions, resolve project issues, and recommend practical solutions.
- Review and finalize tables of contents, disposition records, derivation tables, and related publication materials.
- Prepare and update adopting ordinances and supporting documents, implement approved client decisions, and maintain records of substantive revisions.
- Finalize manuscripts and related materials for publication.
- Collaborate with editorial, production, customer support, and publishing team members; provide instructions and guidance to support staff.
- Participate in discussions about quality improvement, workflow efficiency, and editorial standards.
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Job Type
Full-time
