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Legal Counsel – Public Service Administrator Opt. 8L

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full-time

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Location Type: Office

Location: Springfield • Illinois • 🇺🇸 United States

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Salary

💰 $10,200 - $11,045 per month

Job Level

Mid-LevelSenior

Tech Stack

Cloud

About the role

  • Under general direction, serves a Legal Counsel- Sangamon County for the Department of Innovation & Technology (DoIT) providing general and specialized legal advice and assistance for the administrative and operational functions of the State’s Information Technology (IT) agency DoIT.
  • Provides legal review and guidance on matters involving ethics and compliance in working with DoIT Legal team and DoIT senior leadership to address and resolve employee-related legal issues, Equal Employment Officer matters, Office of the Executive Inspector General (OEIG) requests, ethics inquiries and investigations, and various compliance issues.
  • Oversees under general direction, Illinois Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) matters, requests for electronically stored information (ESI), litigation impacting the department, and legal issues related to document storage and record retention.
  • Assists under general direction, in reviewing and drafting legislation, regulations, resolutions, procedures, rules, executive and administrative orders, and policies for final review and approval by DoIT Leadership.
  • Provides legal guidance as needed to ensure all statutory and regulatory requirements are satisfied in resolving any procurement-related and contract disputes.
  • Performs other duties as required or assigned which are reasonably within the scope of the duties enumerated above.

Requirements

  • Requires a law degree.
  • Requires a license to practice law in the State of Illinois.
  • Requires three (3) years of progressively responsible professional experience in legal-related matters.
  • Two (2) years of professional legal experience in transactional/contract work, such as drafting, reviewing, advising on, and negotiating contracts.
  • One (1) year of professional legal experience advising on procurement matters such as preparing or responding to IFBs, RFPs, and other competitive solicitations.
  • One (1) year of professional legal experience working on contracts related to information technology (IT) products and services, including contracts involving licensing terms, cloud-based/Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) agreements, or other similar agreements.
  • One (1) year of professional legal experience serving as in-house counsel in a private or public setting to provide legal analysis and guidance to company/agency leadership and advising non-legal staff, technical personnel, or business units.
  • One (1) year of professional legal experience in matters involving administrative law, Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), regulatory law, legislation, or rulemaking.
  • One (1) year of professional legal experience in ethics, compliance, or investigation-related matters.
  • One (1) year of professional experience working on matters involving data privacy.
Benefits
  • Competitive Group Insurance benefits including health, life, dental and vision plans
  • Flexible work schedules (when available and dependent upon position)
  • 10-25 days of paid vacation time annually (10 days for first year of state employment)
  • 12 days of paid sick time annually which carryover year to year
  • 3 paid personal business days per year
  • 13-14 paid holidays per year dependent on election years
  • 12 weeks of paid maternity/paternity leave
  • Pension plan through the State Employees Retirement System
  • Deferred Compensation Program – voluntary supplemental retirement plan
  • Optional pre-tax programs -Medical Care Assistance Plan (MCAP) & Dependent Care Assistant Plan (DCAP)
  • Tuition Reimbursement Program and Federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program eligibility

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Hard skills
legal analysiscontract draftingcontract negotiationprocurement lawadministrative lawregulatory lawlegislationdata privacyethics complianceinvestigations
Soft skills
advisingcommunicationproblem-solvingleadershipcollaboration
Certifications
law degreelicense to practice law in Illinois