Government Relations Assistant
Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts · Austin, TX · 1 mo ago
LegalFull-time
We need to output HTML fragment with sections: headings for sections like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real specific content.
We need to parse the job posting.
Key info:
- Agency description: "Serve Texas with private-sector urgency and public-sector purpose..." That's about the agency, maybe "About the role" or "About the agency". The instruction: use
for sections like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real specific content.
We need to parse the job posting.
Key info:
- Agency description: "Serve Texas with private-sector urgency and public-sector purpose..." That's about the agency, maybe "About the role" or "About the agency". The instruction: use for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). So we can have "About the role" heading.
- Work Hours: Monday through Friday, 40 hours a week with occasional evening, weekend hours and holidays. Hours may change based on business need. That's schedule info.
- General Description: Join the Government Relations division as a Government Relations Assistant! Work involves complex (journey-level) legislative and consultative work. Work involves assisting government relations in team in completing core tasks of the division. Assists in preparing and sending responses to legislative inquiries. Assists in maintaining updated schedule of upcoming committee hearings and monitors committees for impacts to CPA. Aids in organizational tasks as requested by supervisor. Works under general supervision, with moderate latitude for the use of initiative and independent judgment.
- Education Minimum Qualifications: Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor's degree.
- Preferred Education: Graduation from an accredited college or university with a degree in political science, government, business, economics or similar field may substitute for required experience.
- Experience: Experience assisting with or supporting work involving the federal or state legislature, legislative staff, research services, policy advocacy, grassroots activism, or government relations activities
- Preferred Experience: Experience working with the federal or state legislature, legislative staff, research services, policy advocacy, grassroots activism, or government relations work Coordinating responses to legislative inquiries. Drafting and editing legislative correspondence. Preparing report summaries of meetings and hearings. Experience conducting policy or legislative research
- Substitution: Graduation from an accredited college or university with a degree in political science, government, business, economics or similar field may substitute for required experience. A graduate degree in any field may substitute for the required experience, and one year of full-time minimum experience may substitute for each year (30 semester hours) of required education up to 120 hours, with a master's degree or doctorate substituting for one year of the required experience each.
- Licenses And Certifications: N/A (skip as no content)
- Essential Job Duties: Required travel percentage: 5% Assists in providing responses to legislative inquiries, reviews and edits legislative correspondence, and effectively communicates agency policies and procedures to elected officials, staff, state agency personnel and other stakeholders as approved by supervisor. Assist with Preparation of summaries of meetings and hearings. Participates in agency activities related to the legislative session and attends legislative hearings and meeting with legislators, legislative staff, and other legislative liaisons. Assists in drafting bills and amendments for legislative consideration Monitors standing and interim committee schedules and agendas and communicates relevant information to division management. Assists in researching, gathering, and updating testimony before legislative committees Performs other duties as assigned
- Maximize Your Earnings! At the Comptroller's office, we know potential employees are looking for more than just a paycheck. The agency offers a strong benefits package for you and your family. Insurance, retirement plans, and a flexible work schedule are just the start. See our benefits offering
- Also note: "Please Note" about eligibility, supplemental questions, etc. That's boilerplate, we should remove.
- Also "Military Preference..." etc. Remove.
- Also "The Comptroller's Office is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace." Remove.
- Also "Due to the high volume of applications, we do not accept telephone calls." Remove.
- Also "To stay current on your application, log in to the CAPPS portal to check for status updates." Remove.
- Also "Work Hours Monday through Friday, 40 hours a week with occasional evening, weekend hours and holidays. Hours may change based on business need." That's schedule.
- Also "Maximize Your Earnings! ..." benefits.
- Also "Insurance, retirement plans, and a flexible work schedule are just the start." That's benefits.
- Also "See our benefits offering" maybe link but we just keep description.
- Pay: Not mentioned explicitly. No salary. So we should not create Pay section.
- Benefits: we have content: strong benefits package, insurance, retirement plans, flexible work schedule. So we can create Benefits section.
- Schedule: we have work hours info.
- Responsibilities: we have essential job duties list.
- Requirements: we have education, experience, etc. Could be Requirements or Qualifications. The instruction says we can use Requirements, Qualifications, Skills. We need to decide which sections to include based on content.
We have Education Minimum Qualifications, Preferred Education, Experience, Preferred Experience, Substitution, Licenses And Certifications (N/A). That's qualifications/requirements.
We could combine into a "Requirements" section with subpoints? But we must use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. So we can list items.
We should not repeat job title as heading.
We should not include metadata like Job ID.
We need to preserve all substantive information, not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to keep specifics like "Required travel percentage: 5%" etc.
We need to avoid filler like "commensurate with experience", "not specified", etc. We don't have those.
We need to output only HTML fragment.
Let's structure:
About the role
Serve Texas with private-sector urgency and public-sector purpose. Every dollar the State of Texas collects, holds, or spends runs through the Comptroller's Office. We are the state's chief tax collector, accountant, revenue estimator, treasurer, and purchasing manager. We write the checks and keep the books for the multi-billion-dollar business of state government, and we serve virtually every Texan while doing it. Texans trust us with their money. We earn that trust every day by safeguarding taxpayer dollars, cutting waste, and finding better, faster, more efficient ways to get the job done. This is not a place to coast. The work is demanding, the pace is fast, and the standards are high. We want people who take ownership, question the status quo, and think creatively seeing beyond the obvious to solve the problems facing Texans. We measure ourselves by results. If you're driven by the idea that government can work better, and willing to work hard to prove it, you'll fit in here. You'll get real responsibility, meaningful work, and the chance to build your career alongside sharp, mission-focused professionals. We invest in people who invest in the job, with on-the-job training, professional development, and room to grow as fast as your performance allows. Public service is a calling. If you're ready to make every taxpayer dollar count, we want to hear from you.
That captures agency description and what you'll get.
Then maybe Responsibilities
with - items from Essential Job Duties and General Description.
General Description includes: Work involves complex (journey-level) legislative and consultative work. Assists in preparing and sending responses to legislative inquiries. Assists in maintaining updated schedule of upcoming committee hearings and monitors committees for impacts to CPA. Aids in organizational tasks as requested by supervisor. Works under general supervision, with moderate latitude for the use of initiative and independent judgment.
Essential Job Duties list: Assists in providing responses to legislative inquiries, reviews and edits legislative correspondence, and effectively communicates agency policies and procedures to elected officials, staff, state agency personnel and other stakeholders as approved by supervisor. Assist with Preparation of summaries of meetings and hearings. Participates in agency activities related to the legislative session and attends legislative hearings and meeting with legislators, legislative staff, and other legislative liaisons. Assists in drafting bills and amendments for legislative consideration Monitors standing and interim committee schedules and agendas and communicates relevant information to division management. Assists in researching, gathering, and updating testimony before legislative committees Performs other duties as assigned. Also Required travel percentage: 5%.
We need to keep travel percentage.
We'll combine into list items.
Then
Requirements
(or Qualifications). We'll list education, experience, substitution.
We have Minimum Qualifications: Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor's degree.
Preferred Education: Graduation from an accredited college or university with a degree in political science, government, business, economics or similar field may substitute for required experience.
Experience: Experience assisting with or supporting work involving the federal or state legislature, legislative staff, research services, policy advocacy, grassroots activism, or government relations activities
Preferred Experience: Experience working with the federal or state legislature, legislative staff, research services, policy advocacy, grassroots activism, or government relations work Coordinating responses to legislative inquiries. Drafting and editing legislative correspondence. Preparing report summaries of meetings and hearings. Experience conducting policy or legislative research
Substitution: Graduation from an accredited college or university with a degree in political science, government, business, economics or similar field may substitute for required experience. A graduate degree in any field may substitute for the required experience, and one year of full-time minimum experience may substitute for each year (30 semester hours) of required education up to 120 hours, with a master's degree or doctorate substituting for one year of the required experience each.
Licenses And Certifications: N/A (skip)
We could combine into a list.
Then Benefits
with list: Insurance, retirement plans, flexible work schedule, strong benefits package.
We have "Maximize Your Earnings! At the Comptroller's office, we know potential employees are looking for more than just a paycheck. The agency offers a strong benefits package for you and your family. Insurance, retirement plans, and a flexible work schedule are just the start. See our benefits offering"
We'll output list items: Strong benefits package, Insurance, Retirement plans, Flexible work schedule.
Then Schedule
with paragraph: Monday through Friday, 40 hours a week with occasional evening, weekend hours and holidays. Hours may change based on business need.
We should not include Pay section.
We must not include any boilerplate like eligibility, supplemental questions, military preference, EEO, etc.
Check that we didn't repeat job title.
Now produce HTML.
Make sure to use proper escaping for special characters like ¿? The text includes "bachelor¿s degree" with weird character. We should preserve as is? Probably keep the character as given: "bachelor¿s degree". It's okay.
Also "Comptroller¿s". Keep.
We'll output:
About the role
...
Responsibilities
- ...
...
Requirements
- ...
...
Benefits
- ...
...
Schedule
Monday through Friday, 40 hours a week with occasional evening, weekend hours and holidays. Hours may change based on business need.
Make sure no extra whitespace issues.
Let's craft the content precisely.
About the role paragraph: combine the agency description and what you'll get.
We need to preserve all substantive information; we can combine but must not lose detail.
Original agency description: "Serve Texas with private-sector urgency and public-sector purpose. Every dollar the State of Texas collects, holds, or spends runs through the Comptroller's Office. We are the state's chief tax collector, accountant, revenue estimator, treasurer, and purchasing manager. We write the checks and keep the books for the multi-billion-dollar business of state government, and we serve virtually every Texan while doing it. Texans trust us with their money. We earn that trust every day by safeguarding taxpayer dollars, cutting waste, and finding better, faster
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. So we can list items.
We should not repeat job title as heading.
We should not include metadata like Job ID.
We need to preserve all substantive information, not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to keep specifics like "Required travel percentage: 5%" etc.
We need to avoid filler like "commensurate with experience", "not specified", etc. We don't have those.
We need to output only HTML fragment.
Let's structure:
About the role
Serve Texas with private-sector urgency and public-sector purpose. Every dollar the State of Texas collects, holds, or spends runs through the Comptroller's Office. We are the state's chief tax collector, accountant, revenue estimator, treasurer, and purchasing manager. We write the checks and keep the books for the multi-billion-dollar business of state government, and we serve virtually every Texan while doing it. Texans trust us with their money. We earn that trust every day by safeguarding taxpayer dollars, cutting waste, and finding better, faster, more efficient ways to get the job done. This is not a place to coast. The work is demanding, the pace is fast, and the standards are high. We want people who take ownership, question the status quo, and think creatively seeing beyond the obvious to solve the problems facing Texans. We measure ourselves by results. If you're driven by the idea that government can work better, and willing to work hard to prove it, you'll fit in here. You'll get real responsibility, meaningful work, and the chance to build your career alongside sharp, mission-focused professionals. We invest in people who invest in the job, with on-the-job training, professional development, and room to grow as fast as your performance allows. Public service is a calling. If you're ready to make every taxpayer dollar count, we want to hear from you.
That captures agency description and what you'll get. Then maybeResponsibilities
with- items from Essential Job Duties and General Description.
General Description includes: Work involves complex (journey-level) legislative and consultative work. Assists in preparing and sending responses to legislative inquiries. Assists in maintaining updated schedule of upcoming committee hearings and monitors committees for impacts to CPA. Aids in organizational tasks as requested by supervisor. Works under general supervision, with moderate latitude for the use of initiative and independent judgment.
Essential Job Duties list: Assists in providing responses to legislative inquiries, reviews and edits legislative correspondence, and effectively communicates agency policies and procedures to elected officials, staff, state agency personnel and other stakeholders as approved by supervisor. Assist with Preparation of summaries of meetings and hearings. Participates in agency activities related to the legislative session and attends legislative hearings and meeting with legislators, legislative staff, and other legislative liaisons. Assists in drafting bills and amendments for legislative consideration Monitors standing and interim committee schedules and agendas and communicates relevant information to division management. Assists in researching, gathering, and updating testimony before legislative committees Performs other duties as assigned. Also Required travel percentage: 5%.
We need to keep travel percentage.
We'll combine into list items.
Then
Requirements
(or Qualifications). We'll list education, experience, substitution. We have Minimum Qualifications: Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor's degree. Preferred Education: Graduation from an accredited college or university with a degree in political science, government, business, economics or similar field may substitute for required experience. Experience: Experience assisting with or supporting work involving the federal or state legislature, legislative staff, research services, policy advocacy, grassroots activism, or government relations activities Preferred Experience: Experience working with the federal or state legislature, legislative staff, research services, policy advocacy, grassroots activism, or government relations work Coordinating responses to legislative inquiries. Drafting and editing legislative correspondence. Preparing report summaries of meetings and hearings. Experience conducting policy or legislative research Substitution: Graduation from an accredited college or university with a degree in political science, government, business, economics or similar field may substitute for required experience. A graduate degree in any field may substitute for the required experience, and one year of full-time minimum experience may substitute for each year (30 semester hours) of required education up to 120 hours, with a master's degree or doctorate substituting for one year of the required experience each. Licenses And Certifications: N/A (skip) We could combine into a list. ThenBenefits
with list: Insurance, retirement plans, flexible work schedule, strong benefits package. We have "Maximize Your Earnings! At the Comptroller's office, we know potential employees are looking for more than just a paycheck. The agency offers a strong benefits package for you and your family. Insurance, retirement plans, and a flexible work schedule are just the start. See our benefits offering" We'll output list items: Strong benefits package, Insurance, Retirement plans, Flexible work schedule. ThenSchedule
with paragraph: Monday through Friday, 40 hours a week with occasional evening, weekend hours and holidays. Hours may change based on business need. We should not include Pay section. We must not include any boilerplate like eligibility, supplemental questions, military preference, EEO, etc. Check that we didn't repeat job title. Now produce HTML. Make sure to use proper escaping for special characters like ¿? The text includes "bachelor¿s degree" with weird character. We should preserve as is? Probably keep the character as given: "bachelor¿s degree". It's okay. Also "Comptroller¿s". Keep. We'll output:About the role
...
Responsibilities
- ... ...
Requirements
- ... ...
Benefits
- ... ...
Schedule
Monday through Friday, 40 hours a week with occasional evening, weekend hours and holidays. Hours may change based on business need.
Make sure no extra whitespace issues. Let's craft the content precisely. About the role paragraph: combine the agency description and what you'll get. We need to preserve all substantive information; we can combine but must not lose detail. Original agency description: "Serve Texas with private-sector urgency and public-sector purpose. Every dollar the State of Texas collects, holds, or spends runs through the Comptroller's Office. We are the state's chief tax collector, accountant, revenue estimator, treasurer, and purchasing manager. We write the checks and keep the books for the multi-billion-dollar business of state government, and we serve virtually every Texan while doing it. Texans trust us with their money. We earn that trust every day by safeguarding taxpayer dollars, cutting waste, and finding better, faster
- items from Essential Job Duties and General Description.
General Description includes: Work involves complex (journey-level) legislative and consultative work. Assists in preparing and sending responses to legislative inquiries. Assists in maintaining updated schedule of upcoming committee hearings and monitors committees for impacts to CPA. Aids in organizational tasks as requested by supervisor. Works under general supervision, with moderate latitude for the use of initiative and independent judgment.
Essential Job Duties list: Assists in providing responses to legislative inquiries, reviews and edits legislative correspondence, and effectively communicates agency policies and procedures to elected officials, staff, state agency personnel and other stakeholders as approved by supervisor. Assist with Preparation of summaries of meetings and hearings. Participates in agency activities related to the legislative session and attends legislative hearings and meeting with legislators, legislative staff, and other legislative liaisons. Assists in drafting bills and amendments for legislative consideration Monitors standing and interim committee schedules and agendas and communicates relevant information to division management. Assists in researching, gathering, and updating testimony before legislative committees Performs other duties as assigned. Also Required travel percentage: 5%.
We need to keep travel percentage.
We'll combine into list items.
Then