Full-Time Employment Opportunity in the Office of (Future) Mayor Adams

By Tom Miller

If you're a "people person" and customer service is your specialty, Mayor-Elect Sam Adams has a job for you. It's a full-time job that pays up to $46,000 per year (depending on experience) in addition to a generous benefits package. The position begins on January 1, 2009.

The position is Public Advocate. As Sam's Public Advocate you will be his spokesperson for all constituent inquiries and concerns. You will investigate and respond to the wide range of inquires and concerns that citizens and businesses direct to the mayor's office. It's a demanding job that requires an ability to address the range of issues in a timely and effective manner. It's also a rewarding job, in part because you help Portlanders in a direct, hands-on way.

To do the job well, you will need to interact with people in a calm, professional, and compassionate manner at all times - even when people don't afford you the same courtesy. With the help of your team members you'll work every day to become conversant on the issues that interest citizens and quickly develop an appropriate response. Being a team player is essential. At the same time, you'll need the motivation and discipline to respond in a timely way independent of direct oversight. You'll be in charge of managing your own workload.

Additionally, you will coordinate constituent response between the bureaus that Sam oversees. Each bureau will have its own Public Advocate, and you will ensure the response to citizens remains consistent across the bureaus.

If this sounds like a great fit for you, please submit:

A one-page cover letter;
Resume;
Three references; and
A maximum three-page writing sample (that includes an example of how you have provided good customer service) to:

Office of Mayor-Elect Sam Adams

Attention: Tom Miller

1221 SW 4th Avenue, Room 220

Portland, OR 97204

Submission deadline is Friday, September 26 at 5:00pm. Sorry no electronic or phone inquiries. We're excited to consider you for the team!

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Posted Fri, 09/05/2008 - 4:20pm.

OSCON leaves PDX, etc.

Submitted by Sharon on Wed, 09/10/2008 - 3:10pm.

Sounds cool.

So, this would be the position that I would interact with when I was very disappointed that OSCON is no longer going to be in Portland?

When I wanted to voice my concern and wonder if anyone from the City of Portland tried to keep the conference in Portland?

To dialogue about the positive influence OSCON has had on the city over the years, and the responsible open source business owners that have come for the conference, fallen in love with Portland, and moved with their families here?

OK. Good to know.

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Portland Tries to Keep Oscon

Submitted by The Office on Tue, 09/23/2008 - 10:18am.

Thank you for voicing concern about the City's efforts at keeping OSCON at our Convention Center. As is standard with large conferences and convetions, OSCON relocated this year to offer a new experience to the conference's attendees. In discussions with Travel Portland, which aggressively attempted to keep the conference in Portland, O'Reilly Media (the organizating firm) suggested that conferences have to "change things up every once in a while."

International conferences typically rotate their locales to cater to the diverse needs of their attendees. For eight years, OSCON brought individuals from all over the world to Portland - an open-source mecca. With a large contingent of software firms in the Bay Area, O'Reilly made the decision to accomodate that community. Still, OSCON attendees are continually impressed by and engaged with the open-source community in Portland and O'Reilly certainly plans to have OSCON return to our city in the future.

If you have further questions, please contact me at 503.823.4128 or email: clay.neal@ci.portland.or.us

Clay Neal
Small Business Project Manager

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Do you think it would be

Submitted by Paddy on Mon, 09/15/2008 - 1:39pm.

Do you think it would be possible to hire someone that can once and for all get that

Chevrolet Van White with Alaska Plates 7398BG, that has been stored on street for more than 10 years off the street?

• Located at 2741 SE 67TH AVE

For over ten (10) years, neighbors in this South Tabor neighborhood have been trying to get this abandon vehicle removed from the street. What's taking so long.

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Numara taşınabilirliği,

Submitted by Numara taşınabilirliği on Mon, 09/29/2008 - 1:23am.

Numara taşınabilirliği, cep telefonu kullanıcılarının mevcut numaralarını aynen koruyarak hizmet aldıkları operatörü özgürce değiştirebilmeleridir. Bu şekilde kullanıcılar operatörünü değiştirdiklerinde kullandıkları numara 11 hane olarak bütünüyle aynı kalacağından, o döneme kadar kendilerine mevcut numaralarından ulaşmış olan kişiler aynı şekilde ulaşmaya devam edebileceklerdir.Numara taşıma Böylece kullanıcılar operatörlerini değiştirdiklerinde kendilerine ulaşmalarını istedikleri kişilere yeni bir numaralarını bildirmek durumunda kalmayacaklardır.

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Numara taşınabilirliği,

Submitted by Numara taşınabilirliği on Mon, 09/29/2008 - 1:23am.

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That's a great job

Submitted by Andy Sedgwick on Tue, 11/18/2008 - 12:43pm.

That's a great job opportunity. But it takes more than just being a people person to get the job done, and I don't think just about anyone qualifies for it. It would take a special individual to perform well at such work.

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