Attorney IV - Strike Team Liaison

State of California; California (MO); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

State of California’s Department of Human Resources seeks an Attorney IV under the supervision of the Assistant Chief Counsel to handle the regulation of health plans and provide strategic legal guidance on complex policy issues. The role leads a small team, conducts health plan surveys and service filings, and participates in work groups addressing post-stabilization care and Senate Bill 858 requirements.

Occasional travel to medical surveys is expected.

Qualifications

• Attorneys IV must have strong knowledge of health care regulatory law and policy.
• Experience with health care service plans, consumer advocacy, and data/policy analysis is preferred.
• Ability to conduct legal research and write on health care and administrative law topics.
• Demonstrated ability to organize workload priorities and work under pressure.
• Confidentiality, initiative, flexibility, and independent collaboration are essential.

Responsibilities

• Provide high level legal advice to management and consultants on complex health care law matters.
• Lead a small team of attorneys in survey-related work and filings for health plans.
• Handle the most complex surveys, service filings, and policy projects.
• Travel occasionally to attend medical surveys.

Skills

Legal research

Policy analysis

Oral and written communication

Independent and cooperative work

Tools

Microsoft Teams

SharePoint

PowerPoint

Word

Excel

Job description

Under the general supervision of the Attorney, Assistant Chief Counsel, the Attorney IV performs with a high degree of independence the most complex work related to the regulation of health plans pursuant to the Knox-Keene Act and other laws. Duties include handling all aspects of the most complex routine and non-routine surveys and health plan service delivery filings; handling special projects, including participating in work groups addressing the most difficult legal and policy issues (e.g. post-stabilization care); providing legal advice to management, executive leadership and consultants on the most significant legal and policy matters, and participating in activities pertaining to Senate Bill 858 requirements. The Attorney IV also functions in a lead capacity over a small team of attorneys in all aspects of survey-related work and other assignments they may be working on; assisting and reviewing the work of attorneys on that small team. Health plan organizational structures increasingly involve complicated delegation arrangements, with corresponding and rapidly-evolving legal and policy issues that require handling by or under the lead of the Attorney IV. The Attorney IV will need to travel occasionally to attend medical surveys.

Leave Program (PLP) 2025 agreement:

Effective July 1, 2025, the California Department of Human Resources (CalHR) implemented the temporary Personal Leave Program 2025 (PLP 2025). PLP 2025 directs that each employee receive a temporary reduction in pay in exchange for PLP 2025 leave credits. The temporary salary reduction percentage and the number of PLP 2025 leave credits are based on the position's associated bargaining unit. The salary range(s) included in this job advertisement do not include the temporary salary reduction.

You will find additional information about the job in the Duty Statement.

Benefit information can be found on the CalHR website and the CalPERS website.

Minimum Requirements

You will find the Minimum Requirements in the Class Specification.

• ATTORNEY IV

Desirable Qualifications

In addition to evaluating each candidate's relative ability, as demonstrated by quality and breadth of experience, the following factors will provide the basis for competitively evaluating each candidate:

• Experience and knowledge of health care service plan programs and trends.
• Experience with consumer advocacy, government, public service, and data/policy analysis
• Experience conducting research, writing in health care law, public/governmental law, or administrative law
• Ability to organize and establish simultaneous workload priorities and work under pressure.
• Exercise a high degree of initiative, flexibility, and confidentiality.
• Ability to work independently, as well as cooperatively and effectively with others.
• Ability to professionally communicate both orally and in writing.
• Ability to reason well and use good judgment.
• Dependable, punctual, and excellent attendance.
• Proficient use of the following software programs: Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, PowerPoint, Word, and Excel.