Staff Counsel

About the role

Under the direction of the Chief Counsel of the Office of the Director Legal Unit (OD--Legal), and the Assistant Chief Counsels, Attorneys represent the Director of the Department of Industrial Relations, the Department, and division chiefs and managers in a wide and interesting variety of subject areas that are within the responsibility and jurisdiction of the Department.

Responsibilities

• Represent the Director of DIR in workers' compensation cases involving special funds administered by the Director;
• Represent the Department, Director, or one of DIR's divisions in civil and writ litigation, including litigation involving constitutional issues;
• Represent the Department in internal personnel matters;
• Analyze requests for public works coverage determinations and draft proposed decisions for the Director's review;
• Provide counsel on apprenticeship matters;
• Analyze and draft recommended decisions in appeals from retaliation complaint investigations;
• Provide analysis and advice concerning Public Records Act requests;
• Analyze and draft proposed legislation;
• Provide legal services with respect to contract matters involving the Department;
• Draft proposed regulations;
• Provide legal services on a wide variety of other issues that may arise in the operation of the Department.

Requirements

Duties may include but are not limited to:

• Representing the Director of DIR in workers' compensation cases involving special funds administered by the Director;
• Representing the Department, Director, or one of DIR's divisions in civil and writ litigation, including litigation involving constitutional issues;
• Representing the Department in internal personnel matters;
• Analyzing requests for public works coverage determinations and drafting proposed decisions for the Director's review;
• Providing counsel on apprenticeship matters;
• Analyzing and drafting recommended decisions in appeals from retaliation complaint investigations;
• Providing analysis and advice concerning Public Records Act requests;
• Analyzing and drafting proposed legislation;
• Providing legal services with respect to contract matters involving the Department;
• Drafting proposed regulations;
• Providing legal services on a wide variety of other issues that may arise in the operation of the Department.

Qualifications

To be considered for this Attorney job opportunity, applicants must be either reachable on an employment list, have transfer eligibility or have reinstatement eligibility. To take the exam and gain employment list eligibility, please click here to access the exam bulletin: https://calcareers.ca.gov/CalHrPublic/Exams/ExamBulletin.aspx?ExamControlId=1579. You will find additional information about the job in the Duty Statement.

Skills

Must be a member of the California Bar and qualified to practice law in California.

Benefits

This posting may be used to fill future vacancies in accordance with 2 CCR 249.3

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