Legal Project Manager

Job Summary

The Office of the General Counsel (OGC) seeks a Legal Project Manager to support the work of the General Counsel agency-wide. Reporting to the General Counsel and working closely with OGC leadership and a team of approximately 15 legal and procurement professionals, the Legal Project Manager will provide policy, legal, and administrative support across the team’s three units.

Key Responsibilities

- Conducting intake of arbitration, improper practice, impasse, representation, and other cases litigated before the Office of Collective Bargaining and other administrative tribunals. - Conducting sufficiency reviews of Step III grievances, evaluating the complaints received are complete and contain enough supporting documentation and facts to comply with OLR’s requirements before calendaring. - Providing legal assistance/support to the attorneys as assigned, including filing legal documents, preparing simple discovery and FOIL responses, and accessing and pulling court dockets and legal papers. - Identifying and utilizing legal case management software and other tech tools to organize and maintain legal and other documents in accordance with NYC and other records retention policies. - Researching policy and operations-based projects (e.g., platforms used at other agencies to handle sensitive documents and compliance), including lit reviews, presentations, outreach to other agencies and jurisdictions to identify models and best practices that could assist OLR in developing their own systems and procedures. - Managing infrastructure and policy projects as assigned by General Counsel (e.g., keeping timelines and deadlines, sending out reminders to relevant stakeholders (both internal and external), providing updates and alerts to ensure projects continue to move forward as appropriate). - Handling sensitive and confidential materials with professionalism and discretion. - Preparing high-level briefing materials. - Attending meetings with the General Counsel and as appropriate, other members of the OGC leadership team, taking notes/minutes, summarizing main takeaways and action steps, and serving as a sounding board during internal follow-up conversations. - Organizing materials, evidentiary exhibits, and various legal documents for presentation to OCB during arbitration proceedings. - Providing support to OGC leadership in formatting and preparing presentations for both legal team and OLR legal staff training, including handouts, PowerPoint presentations, and setting up conference rooms for hybrid use. - Communicating regular updates on status of cases to the relevant internal stakeholders, including the Commissioner, First Deputy Commissioner, and Contract Negotiators. - Providing administrative support by way of preparing and disseminating information specific to the legal team’s duties and training to new team members and ensuring the legal team has supplies as needed. - Managing the GC’s calendar and coordination of multi-party meetings and agendas for legal team leadership with internal and external stakeholders. - Other duties as needed.

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Minimum Qualifications

1. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and two years of experience in community work or community-centered activities in an area related to the duties described above. 2. High school graduation or equivalent and six years of experience in community work or community-centered activities in an area related to the duties as described above. 3. Education and/or experience which is equivalent to "1" or "2" above. However, all candidates must have at least one year of experience as described in "1" above.

Public Service Loan Forgiveness

As a prospective employee of the City of New York, you may be eligible for federal loan forgiveness programs and state repayment assistance programs. For more information, please visit the U.S. Department of Education’s website at https://studentaid.gov/pslf/.

Residency Requirement

New York City residency is generally required within 90 days of appointment. However, City Employees in certain titles who have worked for the City for 2 continuous years may also be eligible to reside in Nassau, Suffolk, Putnam, Westchester, Rockland, or Orange County. To determine if the residency requirement applies to you, please discuss with the agency representative at the time of interview.

Additional Information

The City of New York is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and providing a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment based upon any legally protected status or protected characteristic, including but not limited to an individual's sex, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender identity, or pregnancy.