Public Disclosure Officer, Strategic Advisor 1

About the role

The City of Seattle is seeking candidates for Seattle IT Department’s Public Disclosure Officer role. If you are interested in building public trust through transparency and collaboration, this role could be for you! The Program Public Disclosure Officer performs a wide range of duties that support accurate and timely responses to public disclosure requests fulfilled by city departments in compliance with the Washington State Public Records Act, or PRA (RCW 42.56). The City of Seattle believes in the diversity of our people, ideas, and experiences and is committed to building an inclusive culture that is representative of the community we serve. Seattle Information Technology (IT) plays a crucial role in enabling smart, equitable, and responsive services for City employees, Seattle residents, and local businesses. We work to unleash our people and community through technology solutions, infrastructure, and well-executed projects that are secure and resilient. We invest in open access to City information, privacy and responsible technology use, digital access, collaboration, customer service, and strategic planning. We are a leader in local government progress towards responsible AI adoption. These are Seattle's values in action.

Responsibilities

• Receive and interpret public disclosure requests, and coordinate collection, review and release of responsive records in accordance with state law and City policy.
• Locate and gather large volumes of records and/or datasets.
• Interpret requests and generate search terms for Boolean and other electronic searches in City systems and databases.
• Communicate with department subject matter experts, leadership, records custodians, requestors, members of the media, the City's Attorney's Office, other public disclosure officers, and various agencies or third parties in a clear and timely manner.
• Identify applicable exemptions during record review, apply redactions, and generate exemption logs.
• Use GovQA to track requests, connect with and invoice requestors, and provide records and timely updates via the Public Records Request Center.
• Conduct complex searches using Microsoft eDiscovery, and leverage additional technology solutions, such as Nuix, to identify and review responsive records.
• Provide organized tracking and timely updates on the status of requests.