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Executive I – Legal Research and Writing Administrator

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full-time

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Location Type: Office

Location: Springfield • Illinois • 🇺🇸 United States

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Salary

💰 $5,928 - $8,493 per month

Job Level

JuniorMid-Level

About the role

  • Organizes, plans, executes and evaluates the necessary components of a regulatory violation and administrative hearings.
  • Manages the Illinois Department of Agriculture's rulemaking program.
  • Under the direction of the Assistant General Counsel, receives, reviews, and routes contracts for the Illinois Department of Agriculture.
  • Conducts legal research and provides written findings.
  • Responsible for managing and implementing policy for IDOA compliance with subpoena requests.
  • Coordinates the process of Court of Claims lapsed appropriation cases between IDOA and the Office of the Attorney General.
  • Serves as the back up to the IDOA Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Officer.
  • Performs other duties as required or assigned which are reasonably within the scope of the duties enumerated above.

Requirements

  • Requires coursework in legal or pre-legal field.
  • Requires two (2) years of experience as a paralegal, paralegal assistant or a similar legal field.
  • Requires knowledge, skill and mental development equivalent to completion of four years of college, preferably with coursework in business or public administration.
  • Requires one year of responsible administrative experience in a public or business organization, or completion of an agency approved professional management training program.
  • Prefers coursework in the legal or pre-legal field.
  • Prefers two (2) years of experience as a paralegal, paralegal assistant or a similar legal field.
  • Prefers thorough knowledge of common laws and Federal and State laws and regulations pertaining to agriculture.
  • Prefers one (1) year experience with judicial, quasi-judicial, and administrative procedures and rules.
  • Prefers one (1) year experience drafting complex and technical legal documents.
  • Prefers two (2) years experience conducting legal research and using Lexis+ or similar software for legal research.
  • Prefers two (2) years experience analyzing and organizing facts, evidence, and precedents and drafting written material for presentation to legal staff in a clear and logical format.
  • Prefers one (1) year experience processing subpoenas and FOIA requests.
  • Prefers Intermediate proficiency with using MS Office Suite, Adobe Acrobat and Webex or similar programs.
Benefits
  • Health, life, vision, and dental insurance
  • 12 Weeks paid maternity/paternity leave
  • Pension Plan
  • Public Service Loan Forgiveness
  • Deferred Compensation, and other pre-tax benefit programs
  • Employees earn twelve (12) paid sick days annually
  • Ten to twenty-five (10-25) paid vacation days based on years of service
  • Employees earn three (3) paid personal days pro-rated based on start date
  • Thirteen - Fourteen (13-14) paid state holidays annually

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard skills
legal researchdrafting legal documentsadministrative procedurespolicy implementationcompliance managementrulemakingsubpoena processingFOIA requestsfact analysisevidence organization
Soft skills
organizational skillsplanningexecutionevaluationcommunicationanalytical skillsattention to detailproblem-solvingcollaborationtime management