Deputy Division Chief (Woodward)

About the role

The Oklahoma Indigent Defense System (OIDS) is seeking a full-time Deputy Division Chief in the Non-Capital Trial Division, Woodward office.

Responsibilities

• Provides direct legal representation to agency clients as assigned
• Performs administrative, management, and supervisory duties
• Maintains day-to-day administrative duties and functions by monitoring and supervising division's operation at the direction of the Division Chief
• Requests for professional services for effective legal representation
• Aids in developing organizational structure for the division to maximize existing resources to increase the quality of legal representation and effectiveness
• Coordinates and facilitates cooperation with individuals working for the justice system outside the agency
• Aids in the assignment of attorneys within the division to trial teams
• Exercises long-range docket management by continually monitoring docket changes and recommending adjustments as needed
• Ensures the highest quality of legal representation is provided
• Supervises staff by providing ongoing review of attorney caseloads, assisting, and observing staff in all aspects of the trial, ensuring compliance with all applicable court policies, procedures, and rules, coaching and mentoring, and other administrative supervisory functions
• Performs other tasks as assigned

Requirements

• Juris Doctorate from an accredited law school
• Member in good standing of the Oklahoma Bar Association
• Five (5) years of relevant criminal law experience
• Three (3) years of relevant management experience

Qualifications

• Knowledge of supervisory practices and principles
• Work flow and processes of legal offices
• Legal principles and their application
• Legal research methods
• The scope of Oklahoma Statutory laws and provisions
• The Oklahoma Constitution
• The principles of administrative and constitutional law

Skills

• Evaluates work of others to determine adequacy and accuracy
• Conducts legal research
• Analyzes facts and data

Abilities

• Provides direction, supervision, coaching, and mentoring to lower-level staff
• Effectively and persuasively communicates in written and oral form
• Collaborates

Benefits

• Generous state paid benefit allowance to help cover insurance premiums
• Wide choice of insurance plans with no pre-existing condition exclusions or limitations
• Life/Supplemental Life/Dependent Life/Disability insurance plans
• Flexible spending accounts for health care expenses or dependent care
• Employee assistance program and health/fitness programs
• 15 days of vacation and 15 days of sick leave the first year for full time employees (amounts increase with years of service)
• 11 paid holidays
• Retail Savings Plan with a generous match
• Longevity Bonus for years of service