Juvenile Criminal Justice Counsel

What You'll Do

• Affords assistance in preparing commission work products and facilitating commission and committee meetings.
• Maintains awareness of trends through case law and promising practices related to criminal justice issues and disseminates pertinent information.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications & Experience

• Requires a law degree and membership in good standing of the Ohio bar.
• Requires two or more years’ relevant experience in the criminal justice field; prior experience in the Juvenile Ohio Court System strongly preferred.
• Requires exceptional organization, communication, and interpersonal skills and a demonstrated understanding of the commission's work, procedures, and research.
• Requires the ability to exercise judgment, decisiveness, and creativity in situations involving the evaluation of information.
• Requires the ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions; the ability to prepare meaningful, concise, and accurate reports; the ability to distill and simplify complex statutes; the ability to work with diverse groups on policy development; proficiency in the use of legal research methods, performing complex analyses, and exceptional writing skills; and good communication skills.
• Requires a high level of proficiency with Microsoft Word, Outlook, and PowerPoint; the Internet, and Westlaw or Lexis and other legal-research resources.
• Requires occasional travel within Ohio and occasional out of state travel and the ability to work non-standard work hours when appropriate.
• Requires the ability to perform all aspects of the job with fairness, equity, patience, discretion, and confidentiality.
• Must possess proven skills to demonstrate strong public speaking and sound grammar/writing abilities.

Special Requirements

• This position is regularly exposed to sensitive information and the employee is expected to keep any such information strictly confidential.

Physical Requirements

• Operates in a professional office environment.
• Travel on Commission business, including the possibility of some overnight travel, is expected and required.
• Routine use of standard office equipment, such as computers and phones.
• Largely sedentary role; however, the employee may also be required to move about the office and building, and other locations while traveling on Commission business.
• Regularly communicates and exchanges information.
• Requires ability to work extended hours as needed and to travel on Court business is required, including overnight stays.
• Valid driver’s license required.

Commission Expectations of Employee

• Adheres to all Commission policies, guidelines, practices, and procedures.
• Acts as a role model.
• Exhibits a professional manner in dealing with others.
• Maintains constructive working relationships.
• Displays a positive and respectful approach with superiors, colleagues, and individuals.
• Demonstrates flexible and efficient time management, prioritizes workload, performs duties in a timely, accurate, and thorough manner, and communicates regularly with the incumbent’s supervisors about work-related issues.

Organization Overview

• The Juvenile Criminal Justice Counsel assists the Ohio Criminal Sentencing Commission (OCSC) in researching, developing, and recommending effective strategies relative to criminal justice issues, e.g., sentencing, diversion, access to justice, community supervision, etc.
• Affords assistance in preparing commission work products and facilitating commission and committee meetings.
• Affords assistance in revising Ohio’s criminal statutes, preparing summary materials designed to make the law more workable for practitioners, and assisting the commission in responding to routine inquiries.