Closing Date: 11th November, 2025

Description:

Under direction, interprets the City of Chicago's Governmental Ethics and serves as legal counsel to the Board of Ethics, and performs related duties as required.

Essential Duties:

Conducts in-depth research into legal issues relative to ethics and campaign financing.
Provides legal counsel to department staff engaged in administering the Governmental Ethics Ordinances, and as to the Illinois Freedom of Information and Open Meeting Acts.
Responds to inquiries from City employees, operating departments, and the City Council concerning financial disclosure procedures, alleged misconduct, campaign contributions, and other ethics-related matters.
Evaluates pending legislation and drafts advisory opinions interpreting the Governmental Ethics Ordinance.
Surveys and tracks ethics-related practices, cases and legislative changes and developments throughout the United States at the federal, state, and local levels.
Prepares written summaries of ethical standards in surveyed governmental agencies.
Oversees the work of clerical and professional employees engaged in gathering and analyzing collected data from various jurisdictions.
Participates in the conduct of ethics training for City employees, as required.

Qualifications:
Graduation from an American Bar Association (ABA) accredited law school, plus three years of work experience in the legal profession as a licensed attorney.

Licensure, Certification, or Other Qualifications
Admission to the Illinois Bar (or eligible for admission on motion to the Illinois Bar pursuant to Illinois Supreme Court Rule 705).

Note: To be considered for this position you must provide information about your educational background and/or work experience. You must include job titles, dates of employment and specific job duties. (IF you are a current City employee, Acting Up cannot be considered). If you fail to provide this information at the time you submit your application, it will be incomplete, and you will not be considered for this position. There are three ways to provide the information: 1) you may attach a resume; 2) you may paste a resume; or 3) you can complete the online resume fields.

Educational & Employment Verification:
Please be advised that if you are selected to be hired you must provide, upon request, with adequate information regarding your educational and employment history as it relates to the qualifications of the position for which you are applying. If you received your degree internationally, all international transcripts/diploma must be accompanied by a Foreign Credential Evaluation. If the City of Chicago cannot verify this information, any offer extended to you will be withdrawn and you will not be hired.

Selection Requirements
This position requires applicants to complete an interview which will include a written exercise and/or skills assessment as part of the interview. The interviewed candidate(s) possessing the qualifications best suited to fulfill the responsibilities of the position, based on the oral and written parts of the interview, will be selected.

Desired Skills: