ASSOCIATE GENERAL COUNSEL

Posting Identification Number 48756

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Position Overview

The Office of General Counsel is seeking to hire a dynamic, organized, detail-oriented licensed attorney in Illinois to serve as an Associate General Counsel.  The Associate General Counsel will perform professional legal services in support of the Department’s programs, including, but not limited to, conducting research, providing legal advice, producing legal opinions, findings, and recommendations related to programs in the Division of Family and Community Services (FCS) and the Division of Early Childhood (DEC), the Office of Firearm Violence Prevention (OFVP) and the Office to Prevent and End Homelessness (OPEH).  This individual will be responsible for reviewing, developing, and revising rules, regulations, agency policies, and pertinent State and Federal statutes relevant to Department programs, OFVP and OPEH. 

Essential Functions

• Serves as Associate General Counsel. Provides legal advice to the staff of the Office of Firearm Violence Prevention (OFVP), the Office to Prevent and End Homelessness (OPEH), the Division of Family and Community Services (FCS), including but not limited to Family and Community Resource Centers, regional offices and program and administrative staff and the Division of Early Childhood (DEC). 
• Reviews, develops, and revises rules, regulations, agency policies, and pertinent State and Federal statutes relevant to FCS, DEC, OFVP and OPEH. 
• Reviews and responds to subpoenas, including Grand Jury subpoenas.  
• Conducts research, reviews, evaluates, and summarizes court documents presenting status and/or results of court actions brought or found for or against the Department of Human Services (DHS).
• Drafts proposed bills, amendments, resolutions, procedures, rules, and regulations impacting the overall operating status of FCS and DEC programs, OFVP and OPEH. Recommends changes in legislation to promote FCS and DEC programs, OFVP and OPEH.
• Reviews all requests for documents and advises the Deputy General Counsel concerning the disclosure of documents pursuant to such requests. 
• Performs other duties as required or assigned which are reasonably within the scope of duties enumerated above.

Minimum Qualifications

• Requires graduation from an accredited law school.
• Requires three (3) years progressively responsible administrative legal experience for a public or business organization.
• Requires possession of a license to practice law in Illinois.

Preferred Qualifications

• Three (3) years of professional experience working with statutes and administrative rules, case law, and other legal literature. 
• Three (3) years of professional experience reviewing proposed legislation, amendments, resolutions, procedures, rules and regulations for a public or private organization. 
• Three (3) years of professional experience developing and presenting oral and written legal opinions. 
• Three (3) years of professional experience meeting deadlines with strong attention to detail and the ability to use critical thinking skills while multi-tasking multiple projects.
• Three (3) years of professional experience communicating with internal and external stakeholders, ensuring detailed and critical analysis of work performed. 
• Three (3) years of professional experience in the area of administrative law, including administrative hearings. 

Conditions of Employment

• Requires the ability to travel in the performance of job duties. 
• Requires the ability to work outside of normal business hours as needed.
• Certain provisions of the revolving door restrictions contained in 5 ILCS 430/5-45 apply to this position. As a result, the employee should be aware that if offered non-State employment during state employment or within one year immediately after ending State employment, the employee shall, prior to accepting any such non-State employment offer, notify the Office of the Executive Inspector General for the Agencies of the Illinois Governor (OEIG) or may be subject to a fine. 
• This position has been found to meet the requirements in section 4A-101 of the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act requiring the occupant/employee to file a Statement of Economic Interest. The Illinois Governmental Ethics Act (5 ILCS 420/4A et seq.) requires certain state officials and employees to file annual Statements of Economic Interest with the Office of the Secretary of State that will be made available for examination and copying by the public. All employees required to file a Statement of Economic Interest are also required to file the Supplemental Statement of Economic Interest with the Executive Ethics Commission. (See Executive Order 15-09) Fines and penalties apply to untimely filings.

*All conditions of employment listed are incorporated and related to any of the job duties as listed in the job description.

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