Description:
Job Description:The Office of the General Counsel (OGC) provides legal services and guidance to executive agency staff, tribunal personnel, and the Clerk's Office. The OGC plays a key role in supporting and strengthening the agency's legal foundation and mission through legal analysis, research and writing, and advice.
The OGC seeks a dynamic and thoughtful attorney to serve as Assistant General Counsel. This person will have extensive responsibility for all legal matters affecting the agency. His or her primary responsibilities will be to:
- draft contracts and memoranda of understanding; and
- perform the agency's rulemaking.
Additional in-house counsel work may include reviewing policies and procedures, providing legal guidance to management and working with Law Department litigators on state and federal lawsuits that involve OATH. Exceptional writing, research, and analytical skills, and good interpersonal and communication skills are required. The ideal candidate pays attention to details, thinks strategically, and exercises sound judgment. Commitment to public service is an asset.
Duties include, but are not limited to:
- Reviewing, preparing, and interpreting legal documents;
- Coordinating workflow of procurement documents among divisions;
- Applying Procurement Policy Board Rules;
- Process contracts through City's PASSPort application;
- Performing all aspects of rulemaking: fact-finding, legal research and analysis, drafting and publishing rules and notices, consulting with the Mayor's Office and the Law Department, holding public hearings;
- Providing legal advice and drafting memoranda;
- Identifying and researching new or evolving legal issues;
- Liaising and collaborating with the NYC Law Department and other City agencies on rulemaking and legal matters;
- Maintaining a high degree of professionalism; and
- Performing Special Projects as requested by the General Counsel.
The ideal candidate works well in a team comprised of attorneys and non-attorneys, enjoys working in a fast-paced environment, and is able to multitask.
Minimum Qualifications:
Admission to the New York State Bar; and four years of recent full-time responsible, relevant, satisfactory legal experience subsequent to admission to any bar, eighteen months of which must have been in the supervision of other attorneys, in an administrative, managerial or executive capacity, or performing highly complex and significant legal work.
Incumbents must remain Members of the New York State Bar in good standing for the duration of this employment.
Preferred Skills:
Preferred Skills: - Familiarity with administrative proceedings (preferably with OATH, but not required), judicial proceedings, court processes, and/or state or municipal government. - Experience working within a government agency and/or in an in-house capacity at an institution. - Basic knowledge of, or expressed interest in, transactional law, rulemaking, and/or municipal law. - Strong oral communication skills, including the ability to liaise with internal staff and external stakeholders. - Excellent writing, communication, interpersonal, analytical, research, problem-solving, multitasking and organizational skills. - Knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook.
