city councillor
City councillors represent residents of a city in the city's council and perform local legislative duties. They examine the concerns of the residents and respond to them in an appropriate manner, and represent their political party's policies and programs in the city council as well. They communicate with governmental officials to ensure the city and its agenda are represented and supervise all operations which fall under the city council's responsibility.
Also called: county councillor, local councillor, elected representative, town councillor, local government councillor, cabinet member, city councilor, councillor
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- essential skills
- 16
- optional skills
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- related roles
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Where you can go from here
8 rolesOccupations sharing the most essential skills with this one. The number is a count, not an opinion.
- mayor6 skills in common
- cultural policy officer5 skills in common
- secretary of state5 skills in common
- government minister4 skills in common
- member of parliament4 skills in common
- public affairs consultant4 skills in common
- senator4 skills in common
- social service consultant4 skills in common
Essential skills
11- advise on legislative acts
- analyse legislation
- build community relations
- good governance
- government policy implementation
- maintain relations with local representatives
- maintain relationships with government agencies
- observe confidentiality
- perform political negotiation
- public administration
- write meeting reports
Optional skills
16- analyse community needs
- bookkeeping regulations
- budgetary principles
- election law
- inspect government expenditures
- inspect government incomes
- manage administrative systems
- manage budgets
- manage government policy implementation
- manage staff
- perform project management
- political parties
- project management principles
- promote political campaign
- public finance
- public law
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