Description:
Internal OAG Employees OnlyPerforms highly complex and/or managerial/attorney work. Work involves organizing employee work assignments; interpreting laws and regulations; and providing legal advice, counsel, and assistance in representing the state's interest in child support enforcement. OAG employees enjoy excellent benefits along with tremendous opportunities to do important work at a large, dynamic state agency making a positive difference in the lives of Texans.
- Represent the State of Texas at legal proceedings.
- Plans, organizes, directs, and monitors office performance and takes corrective actions to achieve assigned goals and objectives
- Supervises all office personnel, including hiring, evaluating, counseling, and training under the direction of the Regional Director
- Supervises office legal processes under the direction of the Senior Regional Attorney
- Supervises and monitors the office budget
- Monitors and ensures compliance with federal and state regulations, policies, procedures, and standards while providing excellent customer service
- Responds to inquiries and resolves issues from agency management, government officials, attorneys, parents, advocacy and community groups and other customers
- Serves as primary office legal counsel
- Develops and delivers training
- Performs related work as assigned
- Maintains relevant knowledge necessary to perform essential job functions
- Attends work regularly in compliance with agreed-upon work schedule
- Ensures security and confidentiality of sensitive and/or protected information
- Complies with all agency policies and procedures, including those pertaining to ethics and integrity
Qualifications:
- Education: Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university
- Education: Graduation from an accredited law school with a Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree
- Licensed as an attorney by the State of Texas
- Member in good standing with the State Bar of Texas
- Experience: Four (4) years of full-time experience working in the following (or closely related) fields: Full-time legal experience as a licensed attorney, two of which must have been in Family Law
- Knowledge of Family Law and the Texas Family Code
- Skill in legal writing, mediation, and negotiation
- Skill in serving as a trial lawyer, preparing sound opinions, conducting investigations, and performing legal research
- Skill in using a personal computer for word-processing and data entry/retrieval
- Skill in handling multiple tasks, prioritizing, and meeting deadlines
- Skill in effective oral and written communication
- Skill in exercising sound judgment and effective decision making
- Ability to receive and respond positively to constructive feedback
- Ability to work cooperatively with others in a professional office environment
- Ability to provide excellent customer service
- Ability to work in person at assigned OAG work location, perform all assigned tasks at designated OAG workspace within OAG work location, and perform in-person work with coworkers (e.g., collaborating, training, mentoring) for the entirety of every work week (unless on approved leave)
- Ability to arrange for personal transportation for business-related travel
- Ability to work more than 40 hours as needed and in compliance with the FLSA
- Ability to lift and relocate 30 lbs.
- Ability to travel (including overnight travel) up to 25%
Preferred Qualifications:
- Texas Child Support Program
- Experience in handling a high-volume legal practice
- Management experience
- Other Language: Ability to proficiently read, write, and speak Spanish
