Assistant Attorney General - Environmental Grants, Contracts, and Procurement
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for prose. Do not repeat job title as heading. Do not put Job ID/requisition numbers as headings. Remove boilerplate: cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning, duplicated lines, application instructions. Preserve all substantive info. Include sections only when posting has real specific content. Avoid filler like "commensurate with experience". Pay and Schedule sections only if posting actually states them. The posting includes Salary info: "Salary – $61.08 - $89.70 Hourly Wage" and later a salary table with annual amounts based on Bar date. So we have salary info. Schedule: "Schedule Code – AG - Employees at the Attorney General's Office". Not clear schedule like full-time/part-time? There's "FT / PT Status – Full-Time". So schedule: Full-Time. Also remote work: "Remote Work / In-Office – In-Office / On-Site". So schedule maybe location? But schedule section is for work schedule (e.g., full-time, part-time, remote). We have FT/PT status full-time, remote work in-office. So we can include a Schedule section with that info. Benefits: there is a Benefits section with bullet points. So include Benefits.
We need headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Use only those with actual content.
We have About the role: location, background check, drug test, schedule code? Actually "About The Role" section includes location, background check required, drug test required, schedule code. So we can put that under About the role.
Responsibilities: list.
Qualifications: required qualifications.
Preferred Qualifications: could be under Qualifications or separate? Could combine but we have both required and preferred. Could put under Qualifications (required) and maybe a separate Skills? But we have Skills heading optional. Could put preferred qualifications under Skills? Better to keep Qualifications for required, and maybe Skills for preferred? But instructions: Use headings only when posting has real specific content. We have both required and preferred qualifications. Could make Qualifications section include both required and preferred, maybe separate subheadings? But we cannot add extra headings beyond the allowed list? The instruction says use
for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). It doesn't forbid other headings, but says prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. We could combine required and preferred under Qualifications, maybe note "Preferred" within list.
Skills: maybe not needed if we don't have explicit skills list beyond qualifications. Could omit Skills.
Pay: salary info.
Schedule: FT/PT status, remote/in-office.
Benefits: list.
Also need to include meta like recruiter contact? That's minor metadata; we can fold into a short
or drop. Probably drop as not required.
We must preserve all substantive information. So we need to include location, background check, drug test, schedule code, responsibilities list, qualifications list, preferred qualifications, salary details, benefits list, FT/PT status, remote/in-office.
We must not include boilerplate like EEO statement, application materials (cover letter, resume etc.)? Actually application instructions are to be removed. The posting includes "Application Materials Applicants must submit a cover letter ..." That's application instructions, should be removed. Also "Only applicants selected for interview will be contacted." etc. Remove.
Also remove "The Agency" description? That's maybe substantive? It's about the agency, could be considered substantive but maybe not required? The instruction: preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. The agency description is substantive about the role? It's more general. Might be considered boilerplate? It's not navigation/legal/EEO. It's describing the office. Could keep? But it's somewhat generic. However it's not explicitly listed as boilerplate to remove. The instruction says remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. So we can keep agency description if not those. But it's somewhat promotional. Might be okay to keep as part of About the role? But we already have About the role section; we could add agency description there. However the "About The Role" heading already present in posting; we can use that.
We need to avoid duplicating lines. Ensure we don't repeat.
Let's extract substantive content:
- FT/PT Status – Full-Time
- Salary – $61.08 - $89.70 Hourly Wage
- Remote Work / In-Office – In-Office / On-Site
- Recruiter – Desi Crane | aghr@agutah.gov | 801-597-4659 (maybe minor metadata)
- Application Deadline – 10/2/2026* (maybe minor)
- This job posting may close at any time after the minimum advertising period of three (3) business days has passed, should a sufficient applicant pool be received. Applicants are encouraged to apply as early as possible. (maybe minor)
- Key Responsibilities Environmental Grants, Contracts, and Procurement Attorney Role Supporting Utah Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) This recruitment will be open until filled. Applications will be reviewed weekly. The Environment, Health, and Human Services Division of the Utah Attorney General’s Office seeks a highly motivated attorney to provide dedicated legal support to the Utah Division of Air Quality (DAQ) with a primary focus on program development, implementation, administration, and compliance oversight of federal and state air-quality-related grant programs. The position centers on legal counsel advising on grant program development, implementation, and operations with extensive contract review, drafting, and negotiation responsibilities for a large portfolio of federally funded programs administered by DAQ (including Clean Heavy-Duty Vehicle Grants , Clean Ports Program, Climate Pollution Reduction Grants, Diesel Emissions Reduction Act, Mitigating Emissions from Marginal Conventional Wells Grants, Targeted Airshed Grants, and related initiatives). This temporary position is grant funded through January 2029 and is designed to support DAQ’s rapidly expanding grants and incentives programs, including subawards, and implementation grants, which require continuous federal compliance and risk management review, timely deliverables, and high-volume contract-related processing.
Then responsibilities list bullet points (starting with "Provide full-spectrum legal counsel to DAQ’s Grants & Incentives Section, including:" then a long sentence with many items separated by periods? Actually it's a sentence with many items separated by periods? We'll need to split into list items.
Then Qualifications list: Juris Doctor degree..., Admission to the Utah State Bar..., Demonstrated ability..., Excellent legal writing..., Strong ability..., Must successfully complete a background investigation..., Comfortable working in a typical office environment...
Preferred Qualifications: Experience with administrative law..., Experience advising government agencies..., Familiarity with federal financial assistance programs...
About The Role: Location – 195 North 1950 West Salt Lake City, Utah, 84116 United States Background Check Required – You must successfully pass a criminal history check. Drug Test Required – No Schedule Code – AG - Employees at the Attorney General's Office
Salary: Salary determined by experience level, based on initial Bar admittance year and years actively practicing law, less any years not practicing law. Bar Date Annual 2026-2024 $127,046.40 2023-2021 $134,035.20 2020-2018 $141,814.40 2017-2013 $149,988.80 2012- Prior $151,881.60 - $186,576.00 (Depending on Experience)
Benefits: In Utah, we believe hard work is important, but balance is essential. Finding work/life balance is a vital element to our culture. To find out more about WHY Utah , click here . Other benefits may include: Job Stability: Enjoy the security and reliability of employment within a well-established organization. Career Growth: Develop valuable skills and gain opportunities for leadership within a large organization. Meaningful Work: Contribute to an important service that benefits the community and supports organizational goals. Supportive Work Environment: Be part of a team that values cooperation, strong work ethics, and mutual support.
The Agency: description... Could keep but maybe not needed. It's somewhat promotional but still substantive. However we already have About the role; we could incorporate agency description there. But the heading "The Agency" is not in allowed list; we could omit to keep sections minimal. The instruction: prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. So we could drop The Agency section.
EEO Statement: remove.
Thus final HTML:
About the role
Location: 195 North 1950 West Salt Lake City, Utah, 84116, United States. Background check required – you must successfully pass a criminal history check. Drug test required – no. Schedule code: AG – Employees at the Attorney General's Office.
Responsibilities
- Provide full-spectrum legal counsel to DAQ’s Grants & Incentives Section, including drafting, reviewing, and approving participant agreements, amendments, MOUs, MOAs, vendor contracts, subaward agreements, and grant program terms and conditions, and other grant-related legal documents.
- Ensuring compliance with federal requirements including 2 CFR 200, Build America Buy America (BABA), Davis-Bacon Act, and other federal conditions relevant to DAQ grant programs.
- Advise on legally defensible program requirements pre- and post- program launch.
- Conducting legal analyses regarding program eligibility, participant support costs, privacy/PII handling, and federal reporting expectations.
- Interpretation of federal governing documents and federal agency regulations and policies.
- Advising on data-sharing with partner agencies, utilities, federal entities, and contractors; evaluating legal risks and compliance under state and federal privacy and public records requirements.
- Supporting DAQ staff in managing high-volume contract-related queues, urgent deadlines, and complex multistakeholder grant frameworks.
- Provide legal guidance on state procurement requirements, including contract routing questions, vendor eligibility, purchasing thresholds, exemption analysis, and coordination with DAQ program staff when procurement issues arise.
- Advise DAQ on federal grant risk management, audit readiness, and ongoing monitoring to ensure compliance and minimize exposure to enforcement or funding risks.
Qualifications
- Juris Doctor degree from an accredited law school.
- Admission to the Utah State Bar in good standing.
- Demonstrated ability to interpret complex federal regulations, grants guidance, and administrative law principles.
- Excellent legal writing, contract drafting, and analytical skills.
- Strong ability to manage high-volume workloads with strict deadlines.
- Must successfully complete a background investigation prior to final employment offer.
- Comfortable working in a typical office environment, including safe use of office equipment and adherence to fire regulations.
Preferred qualifications:
- Experience with administrative law, government contracting, federal grants, public procurement, or environmental law.
- Experience advising government agencies or working in the public sector.
- Familiarity with federal financial assistance programs, 2 CFR Part 200 (Uniform Guidance), and federal grant frameworks.
Pay
Salary – $61.08 - $89.70 hourly wage. Salary determined by experience level, based on
for prose. Do not repeat job title as heading. Do not put Job ID/requisition numbers as headings. Remove boilerplate: cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning, duplicated lines, application instructions. Preserve all substantive info. Include sections only when posting has real specific content. Avoid filler like "commensurate with experience". Pay and Schedule sections only if posting actually states them. The posting includes Salary info: "Salary – $61.08 - $89.70 Hourly Wage" and later a salary table with annual amounts based on Bar date. So we have salary info. Schedule: "Schedule Code – AG - Employees at the Attorney General's Office". Not clear schedule like full-time/part-time? There's "FT / PT Status – Full-Time". So schedule: Full-Time. Also remote work: "Remote Work / In-Office – In-Office / On-Site". So schedule maybe location? But schedule section is for work schedule (e.g., full-time, part-time, remote). We have FT/PT status full-time, remote work in-office. So we can include a Schedule section with that info. Benefits: there is a Benefits section with bullet points. So include Benefits. We need headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Use only those with actual content. We have About the role: location, background check, drug test, schedule code? Actually "About The Role" section includes location, background check required, drug test required, schedule code. So we can put that under About the role. Responsibilities: list. Qualifications: required qualifications. Preferred Qualifications: could be under Qualifications or separate? Could combine but we have both required and preferred. Could put under Qualifications (required) and maybe a separate Skills? But we have Skills heading optional. Could put preferred qualifications under Skills? Better to keep Qualifications for required, and maybe Skills for preferred? But instructions: Use headings only when posting has real specific content. We have both required and preferred qualifications. Could make Qualifications section include both required and preferred, maybe separate subheadings? But we cannot add extra headings beyond the allowed list? The instruction says use
for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). It doesn't forbid other headings, but says prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. We could combine required and preferred under Qualifications, maybe note "Preferred" within list. Skills: maybe not needed if we don't have explicit skills list beyond qualifications. Could omit Skills. Pay: salary info. Schedule: FT/PT status, remote/in-office. Benefits: list. Also need to include meta like recruiter contact? That's minor metadata; we can fold into a short
or drop. Probably drop as not required. We must preserve all substantive information. So we need to include location, background check, drug test, schedule code, responsibilities list, qualifications list, preferred qualifications, salary details, benefits list, FT/PT status, remote/in-office. We must not include boilerplate like EEO statement, application materials (cover letter, resume etc.)? Actually application instructions are to be removed. The posting includes "Application Materials Applicants must submit a cover letter ..." That's application instructions, should be removed. Also "Only applicants selected for interview will be contacted." etc. Remove. Also remove "The Agency" description? That's maybe substantive? It's about the agency, could be considered substantive but maybe not required? The instruction: preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. The agency description is substantive about the role? It's more general. Might be considered boilerplate? It's not navigation/legal/EEO. It's describing the office. Could keep? But it's somewhat generic. However it's not explicitly listed as boilerplate to remove. The instruction says remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. So we can keep agency description if not those. But it's somewhat promotional. Might be okay to keep as part of About the role? But we already have About the role section; we could add agency description there. However the "About The Role" heading already present in posting; we can use that. We need to avoid duplicating lines. Ensure we don't repeat. Let's extract substantive content: - FT/PT Status – Full-Time - Salary – $61.08 - $89.70 Hourly Wage - Remote Work / In-Office – In-Office / On-Site - Recruiter – Desi Crane | aghr@agutah.gov | 801-597-4659 (maybe minor metadata) - Application Deadline – 10/2/2026* (maybe minor) - This job posting may close at any time after the minimum advertising period of three (3) business days has passed, should a sufficient applicant pool be received. Applicants are encouraged to apply as early as possible. (maybe minor) - Key Responsibilities Environmental Grants, Contracts, and Procurement Attorney Role Supporting Utah Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) This recruitment will be open until filled. Applications will be reviewed weekly. The Environment, Health, and Human Services Division of the Utah Attorney General’s Office seeks a highly motivated attorney to provide dedicated legal support to the Utah Division of Air Quality (DAQ) with a primary focus on program development, implementation, administration, and compliance oversight of federal and state air-quality-related grant programs. The position centers on legal counsel advising on grant program development, implementation, and operations with extensive contract review, drafting, and negotiation responsibilities for a large portfolio of federally funded programs administered by DAQ (including Clean Heavy-Duty Vehicle Grants , Clean Ports Program, Climate Pollution Reduction Grants, Diesel Emissions Reduction Act, Mitigating Emissions from Marginal Conventional Wells Grants, Targeted Airshed Grants, and related initiatives). This temporary position is grant funded through January 2029 and is designed to support DAQ’s rapidly expanding grants and incentives programs, including subawards, and implementation grants, which require continuous federal compliance and risk management review, timely deliverables, and high-volume contract-related processing. Then responsibilities list bullet points (starting with "Provide full-spectrum legal counsel to DAQ’s Grants & Incentives Section, including:" then a long sentence with many items separated by periods? Actually it's a sentence with many items separated by periods? We'll need to split into list items. Then Qualifications list: Juris Doctor degree..., Admission to the Utah State Bar..., Demonstrated ability..., Excellent legal writing..., Strong ability..., Must successfully complete a background investigation..., Comfortable working in a typical office environment... Preferred Qualifications: Experience with administrative law..., Experience advising government agencies..., Familiarity with federal financial assistance programs... About The Role: Location – 195 North 1950 West Salt Lake City, Utah, 84116 United States Background Check Required – You must successfully pass a criminal history check. Drug Test Required – No Schedule Code – AG - Employees at the Attorney General's Office Salary: Salary determined by experience level, based on initial Bar admittance year and years actively practicing law, less any years not practicing law. Bar Date Annual 2026-2024 $127,046.40 2023-2021 $134,035.20 2020-2018 $141,814.40 2017-2013 $149,988.80 2012- Prior $151,881.60 - $186,576.00 (Depending on Experience) Benefits: In Utah, we believe hard work is important, but balance is essential. Finding work/life balance is a vital element to our culture. To find out more about WHY Utah , click here . Other benefits may include: Job Stability: Enjoy the security and reliability of employment within a well-established organization. Career Growth: Develop valuable skills and gain opportunities for leadership within a large organization. Meaningful Work: Contribute to an important service that benefits the community and supports organizational goals. Supportive Work Environment: Be part of a team that values cooperation, strong work ethics, and mutual support. The Agency: description... Could keep but maybe not needed. It's somewhat promotional but still substantive. However we already have About the role; we could incorporate agency description there. But the heading "The Agency" is not in allowed list; we could omit to keep sections minimal. The instruction: prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. So we could drop The Agency section. EEO Statement: remove. Thus final HTML:
About the role
Location: 195 North 1950 West Salt Lake City, Utah, 84116, United States. Background check required – you must successfully pass a criminal history check. Drug test required – no. Schedule code: AG – Employees at the Attorney General's Office.
Responsibilities
- Provide full-spectrum legal counsel to DAQ’s Grants & Incentives Section, including drafting, reviewing, and approving participant agreements, amendments, MOUs, MOAs, vendor contracts, subaward agreements, and grant program terms and conditions, and other grant-related legal documents.
- Ensuring compliance with federal requirements including 2 CFR 200, Build America Buy America (BABA), Davis-Bacon Act, and other federal conditions relevant to DAQ grant programs.
- Advise on legally defensible program requirements pre- and post- program launch.
- Conducting legal analyses regarding program eligibility, participant support costs, privacy/PII handling, and federal reporting expectations.
- Interpretation of federal governing documents and federal agency regulations and policies.
- Advising on data-sharing with partner agencies, utilities, federal entities, and contractors; evaluating legal risks and compliance under state and federal privacy and public records requirements.
- Supporting DAQ staff in managing high-volume contract-related queues, urgent deadlines, and complex multistakeholder grant frameworks.
- Provide legal guidance on state procurement requirements, including contract routing questions, vendor eligibility, purchasing thresholds, exemption analysis, and coordination with DAQ program staff when procurement issues arise.
- Advise DAQ on federal grant risk management, audit readiness, and ongoing monitoring to ensure compliance and minimize exposure to enforcement or funding risks.
Qualifications
- Juris Doctor degree from an accredited law school.
- Admission to the Utah State Bar in good standing.
- Demonstrated ability to interpret complex federal regulations, grants guidance, and administrative law principles.
- Excellent legal writing, contract drafting, and analytical skills.
- Strong ability to manage high-volume workloads with strict deadlines.
- Must successfully complete a background investigation prior to final employment offer.
- Comfortable working in a typical office environment, including safe use of office equipment and adherence to fire regulations.
Preferred qualifications:
- Experience with administrative law, government contracting, federal grants, public procurement, or environmental law.
- Experience advising government agencies or working in the public sector.
- Familiarity with federal financial assistance programs, 2 CFR Part 200 (Uniform Guidance), and federal grant frameworks.
Pay
Salary – $61.08 - $89.70 hourly wage. Salary determined by experience level, based on