Closing Date: 29th April, 2024

Description:

Introduction:
The Department? of Safety and Professional Services mission is to promote economic growth and stability while protecting the citizens of Wisconsin as designated by statute.?????

What We Are Looking For: DSPS is looking for a new member to join our legal team. We're looking for someone who wants to work in a fast paced environment and who has experience in administrative law and/or litigation matters.

Where We Are Located: This position is located on the west side of Madison in the Hill Farms State Office Building, at 4822 Madison Yards Way, conveniently located close to the restaurants, shopping, and entertainment of the Hilldale Shopping Center. Our complex also offers great views and a new exercise facility for employee use.

What We Offer: DSPS is a great place to work! In addition to meaningful and rewarding work, we offer a competitive benefits package featuring:
  • Substantial leave time including at least 3.5 weeks of paid leave time to start, 9 paid holidays, and 130 hours of sick time that roll over each year.
  • Excellent and affordable health, vision, and dental benefits (health plan options start at just $39/month for single plans and $97/month for family plans after two months of employment)
  • A casual office atmosphere, flexible work schedules, and telework options depending on the position's requirements
  • An exceptional pension plan with employer match and lifetime retirement payment, plus an optional tax advantaged 457 retirement savings plan
  • Well Wisconsin Wellness Program
  • A free and confidential employee assistance program that offers employees and their immediate family dependents a variety of tools, resources, and professional consultation services to support their health, goals, and overall well-being
  • Use this Total Rewards Calculator to see the total value of our competitive benefits package!

In addition to our generous employee benefits, we strive for inclusivity and celebrate different religious holidays and cultural observances and provide flexibility for utilizing paid time off for such celebrations.

Position Summary:
The Credentialing Attorney position provides legal support and guidance to the regulatory authorities on credentialing matters, coordinating and conducting legal reviews of applications and representing the department in administrative proceedings concerning credential denials. Duties include:
  • Reviewing and analyzing all application records to determine if records are legally sufficient to support approval or denial of a credential. Making written recommendations to regulatory authorities.
  • Drafting a variety of legal documents such as application denials, letters of intent to deny an application, requests for additional information, limited licenses, and various other credentialing documents.

Job Details:
Prior to any appointments for position(s) filled from this announcement, candidates may be subject to a comprehensive criminal background check.

This state agency does not sponsor work visas. Any appointment made will be contingent on the applicant being able to prove valid status to work in the United States.

Certain positions within this Department may allow remote/work from home flexibility for a portion of their work schedule, depending on the needs of the position and the work unit. This topic and any remote work flexibility that may be available will be discussed in more detail in the interview process. For permanent positions that allow remote work flexibility, it is not anticipated that working outside of Wisconsin (or bordering cities) will be allowed because positions may need to report to office locations in Wisconsin on short notice.

Qualifications:
Candidates must be licensed to practice law in the State of Wisconsin prior to the application deadline.

Qualified applicants must have all of the following:
  • Experience conducting legal research including statutes and regulations.
  • Experience analyzing facts and law and providing legal advice/recommendations to non-lawyers.
  • Experience drafting legal documents including correspondence, memorandums, briefs, and proposed decisions, including findings of fact and conclusions of law.

In addition, a well qualified applicant will have experience with at least one of the following:
  • Litigation training or experience (criminal, civil, administrative, or other).
  • Experience with licensing and/or employment discrimination law.
  • Experience performing legal work for professions such as real estate, accounting, cosmetology, medicine, nursing, or comparable.