Assistant Chief Counsel - Attorney, Assistant C...

Closing Date: 21st May, 2026

Description:

Job Description and Duties:
Do you thrive in a dynamic and collaborative environment where your leadership and organizational skills can truly shine? You're invited to join our team!

Are you an ambitious individual with a passion for making a difference in Workers' Compensation law? Do you thrive in a dynamic and collaborative environment where your leadership and organizational skills can truly shine? If so, we invite you to join our team of Assistant Chief Counsels!

The State Fund Legal program is seeking a motivated legal professional to supervise, direct, and oversee the work of the Complex Legal Unit. The Unit is comprised of attorneys who handle complex non-appellate and appellate cases, provide legal opinions and guidance to various departments throughout State Fund on various Workers' Compensation regulatory and labor code issues, and represent State Fund on various complex workers' compensation issues facing the industry. The successful candidate will also work closely with internal and external business partners, and lead projects that affect the State Fund Legal department. The Assistant Chief Counsel will be required to attend in-person/mandatory meetings at various offices.

Your Role:
The Assistant Chief Counsel serves under the authority of the Deputy Chief Counsel.

As a vital member of our team, you will enjoy a diverse and fulfilling role. The successful candidate will have the qualifications and skills to consistently perform at a highly competent level in the following:

• Lead, manage, supervise, develop, and train the staff of the assigned unit including providing training on the use of Legal's case management systems and document management systems.
• Supervise the provision of high-quality legal services, ensuring timely responses, quality preparation, effective presentation, and sensible and efficient finalization.
• Perform administrative duties such as budget preparation and control, asset acquisition and maintenance, and statistical reporting.
• Maintenance of assigned caseload, litigation skills, including trials, conferences, hearings, depositions, negotiations, employer meetings, legal research, and correspondence.
• Effectively supervise the work of subordinate personnel in performing legal research and analysis; drafting opinions, pleadings, and/or proposed regulations and legislation; complex negotiations, and litigation.
• Assign and delegate work to subordinate employees.
• Adapt plans and schedules to meet changing priorities of work objectives, personnel, resources and/or workload demands.
• Anticipate consequences of present decisions and courses of action.
• Resolve performance issues by planning and implementing measures to improve employee performance.
• Conduct effective employee performance appraisals to provide attorneys and staff information regarding their performance and levels of expectations in a timely and effective manner.
• Introduce changes in the program in a positive manner to gain buy-in from employees and to ensure assigned operation runs smoothly.
• Conduct meetings with attorneys and staff to communicate information that is necessary for job performance

You will find additional information about the job in the Duty Statement. (https://www.calcareers.ca.gov/CalHrPublic/FileDownload.aspx?aid=31867950&name=AssistantChiefCounsel_dutystatement.pdf)

Working Conditions:
To be considered, you must provide a fully completed STD 678 state application, resume, and statement of qualifications via CalCareers. Resumes submitted in lieu of the STD 678 may not be accepted. Completed STD 678 must include duties performed, start and end dates, and hours worked per week for each position held.

Selected candidate(s) hired may be required to attend in-person Onboarding at our Vacaville office with expenses for attendance paid by State Fund.

Candidates must reside in California to be eligible for this appointment.

Artificial intelligence (AI) tools such as ChatGPT, website searches, and third-party reviewers can be helpful in researching responses to the SOQ; however, by submitting your application for this position, you understand and acknowledge the SOQ you submit is your own work, in your own words, and accurately reflects your knowledge, skills, abilities, and experiences. Submitting an SOQ that is not your own may be cause for disqualification from the hiring process.

Position can be filled in one of our following offices: Redding, Rohnert Park, Sacramento, Pleasanton, San Francisco, Salinas, Stockton, Fresno, Bakersfield, Glendale, Oxnard, Pasadena, San Luis Obispo, Riverside, or San Diego.

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