The New Mexico House of Representatives, located at the State Capital, 490 Old Santa Fe Trail in Santa Fe, NM, is looking for individuals for Receptionist/Legislative support to join our strong winning team. We are located at the State Capital, 490 Old Santa Fe Trail.

Our ideal candidate will have a teamwork mindset with a willingness to learn, be attentive, motivated, and hard working with the ability to work weekends and long hours if needed.

Dates of employment: Early January 2024 to Mid-February 2024

Duties:

Provide legislative support for a member or members who share offices. Provide telephone coverage, prepare correspondence, organize, and maintain a filing system, pick up mail, fiscal impact reports, and legislation that has been drafted for the member and other legislative documents daily, and track legislation sponsored by the member. Provides constituent services and maintain a log of constituent contacts pertaining to special legislation, schedule meetings for member/members, and preparation of a daily schedule of legislative and social events. Applicant needs to have strong organizational skills, have positive attitude. Greets the public in a polite and professional manner. Applicant will also be responsible for the necessary arrangements of:

• pages sponsored by member/members;

• tours for constituents;

• requests for legislative certificates;

• notification of expert witnesses;

• notification to Speaker’s office when member is absent/late for floor sessions; and

• special passes for member’s guests at the rostrum; and other related matters.

Provide legislative support services as assigned by the supervisor, which include:

• telephone coverage;

• prepare correspondence;

• assist with projects;

• filing; and

• perform other duties as required (coverage for absent legislative assistants, etc.).

Employment Application can be found by following the link below.

https://www.nmlegis.gov/Publications/Employment/2024 Employee Application.pdf