Specifications include, but are not limited to: The purpose of this RFQ is to retain an executive search firm to handle the recruitment for the position of County Counsel for Clackamas County. The County Counsel position reports directly to the elected Board of County Commissioners and serves as the chief legal officer for a county government of over 2000 employees and an annual County budget of $1.7 billion. The County anticipates that the firm selected will oversee and coordinate the following phases of the recruitment process, in collaboration with the Board of County Commissioners and staff designees: 1. Development of a recruitment strategy 2. Advertising and outreach campaign 3. Candidate Screening 4. Interview process/coordination 5. Candidate selection process (reference checking as needed) The selected firm is expected to be the primary point of contact with candidate coordination including but not limited to collecting application materials, screening applicants, interview, and travel coordination, as well as providing status updates and communicating with candidates. The contractor will pay for all candidate travel expenses and will receive reimbursement under County policy. Unless otherwise approved by the County Administrator, travel expenses will not exceed those rates authorized in the Contractor Travel Reimbursement Policy. The selected search firm will comply with all federal and state laws governing the recruitment process. The selected contractor will provide regular recruitment status updates to the BCC and staff designees. The quotes will be internally reviewed and those quotes that are deemed the most beneficial to the County will be presented to the Board of County Commissioners in a public meeting to make a final selection
