Director, Office of Legal Support Services (C.E.A. B)

About the role

The Attorney General's Office is considered one of the largest law practices in the nation, requiring innovative and strategic support to ensure the highest quality and quantity litigation work. The Director, Office of Legal Support Services (OLSS) will provide administrative direction, policy guidance, strategic planning, and oversight of the Department’s legal support services.

Responsibilities

• Initiate and implement new program policies and advise the DAS Chief and Executive management on administrative issues and business practices impacting legal support services.
• Analyze ongoing issues affecting sections within OLSS and identify recommendations for solutions, such as analyzing current legal information technology solutions and addressing recruitment challenges for legal support positions.
• Make decisions on how to best meet the ongoing and changing needs of the Attorney General’s legal staff to successfully represent their cases.

Requirements

This position does not have a Classification Specification. Requirements and qualifications can be found in this announcement. For additional questions, please contact the hiring department listed below.

Qualifications

• Experience managing and supervising a large multi-disciplinary professional, technical, and administrative staff.
• Experience providing guidance and direction on current and new policies affecting a wide range of legal support services, such as legal research, litigation support software, and staffing.
• Knowledge of law office support practices, specifically pertaining to the preparation and processing of legal work for civil, criminal, and administrative law matters.
• Knowledge of current trends and challenges in litigation support models, legal technology, legal billing, and legal case management and governance.
• Experience supporting organizational change management and related communications, training coordination, and readiness activities.
• Ability to manage large-scale and diverse budgets and procurements/contracts, and legal invoicing for multiple funds and programs.

Skills

Knowledge of the organization and functions of California State Government including the organization and practices of the Legislature and the Executive Branch; principles, practices, and trends of public administration, organization, and management; techniques of organizing and motivating groups; program development and evaluation; methods of administrative problem solving; principles and practices of policy formulation and development; and personnel management techniques.

Benefits

Please access this link for information on benefits afforded to employees who work for the State of California - https://www.calhr.ca.gov/Pages/California-State-Civil-Service-Employee-Benefits-Summary.aspx

Pay

$12,131.00 - $15,109.00 per Month

Schedule

Hybrid work options may be available. Occasional travel may be required to the Department's offices.