Legal Unit Supervisor

California Department of Industrial Relations; California (MO); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

The California Department of Industrial Relations seeks an Attorney Supervisor under the ACC to manage a team of attorneys interpreting and enforcing employment and labor law across the state, and to support the Wage Claims Adjudication Unit and related policy initiatives.

You will coordinate with senior legal leadership, help direct day-to-day operations of the Legal Office, and oversee complex requests or matters that may attract media attention.

Qualifications

• Active membership to the California State Bar.

Responsibilities

• Plan, direct, and review the work of the Labor Commissioner Office’s legal staff.
• Coordinate with the ACC and Chief Counsel to improve workflow efficiency.
• Oversee day-to-day operations of the Legal Office and handle special requests.

Job description

This is a re-post. If you previously applied, there is no need to re-apply as your application is on file and will be considered.

Job Description And Duties

Under the general direction of the Assistant Chief Counsel (ACC), the Attorney Supervisor is responsible for the management and oversight of a team of Attorneys responsible for interpreting and enforcing provisions of employment and labor law compliance and enforcement across the state and in support of the Wage Claims Adjudication Unit and related policy initiatives and strategic priorities of the Labor Commissioner’s Office. The attorney supervisor, in coordination with the Chief Counsel and other ACC’s, plans, directs, coordinates, and reviews the work of the Labor Commissioner Office’s legal staff, including attorneys, legal analysts, and other legal support staff, and helps oversee the day-to-day operations of the Legal Office. The Attorney Supervisor will assist the ACC and ensure direct managerial support and oversight is in place to improve the coordination and efficiency of the workflow, mitigate errors or oversights of pertinent information, and allow the completion and attention to special requests or escalated requests that may receive media attention.

Wage Claim Adjudication (WCA) https://www.dir.ca.gov/dlse/dlseWagesandHours.html

Additional information about LCO can be found here https://www.dir.ca.gov/dlse/

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

• 249.3

To be considered for this Attorney Supervisor 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=1586.

Effective July 1, 2025, specific Bargaining Units and associated Excluded State employees are subject to a salary reduction between 2% - 4.62% in exchange for hours in the Personal Leave Program 2025 (PLP 2025) per month. For more details, please click her e to visit the California Department of Human Resources (CalHR) website.

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

Working Conditions

• Lodi
• San Jose JC-517755
• Oakland JC-517732
• Sacramento JC-517744
• San Francisco JC-517762

The incumbent will have responsibilities across program offices and may be redirected to oversee other offices. Extensive travel will be required. The incumbent will work in an office setting. Travel as required to assigned district offices. Travel may be via land or air and may require overnight stay. This position may require working irregular hours. The incumbent will have a hybrid work environment including in-person and remote work consistent with operational needs and may work in a high-rise office building. The incumbent will be required to sit for long periods of time while in the office and/or while driving to and from field activities. Travel may be via land or air and may require overnight stay. The incumbent will have access to a state vehicle, laptop computer, printer, cellular phone, and other equipment necessary to stay in touch with the assigned field offices and their staff. The assigned state vehicle will be parked at a departmental-designated location. The incumbent will also traverse various ground surfaces and/or buildings while managing between 2- 5 lbs of equipment (laptop or tablet, and chargers) while out in the field training field staff.

Special Requirements

Active membership to the California State Bar

A Statement Of Qualifications (SOQ)

The SOQ is a narrative of how your experience, training, education, knowledge, skills, and abilities qualify you for this position. The SOQ also serves as documentation of each applicant's ability to present information clearly and concisely in writing. Resumes, cover letters, and other documentation DO NOT take the place of an SOQ. Applicants who do not submit an SOQ will be disqualified. Applicants who do not follow the instructions for an SOQ, or who submit an incomplete SOQ, will be disqualified.

Instructions for SOQs: SOQs must have the applicant's name in the document and be no more than five (5) pages in length with one inch-margins on each page in Arial 12-size font. You must answer the following statement in your response:

• Describe your personal mission and how it relates to the LCO’s mission and vision.
• Describe your experience and approach to supervising, coaching, leading and mentoring attorneys or legal staff. Include examples of how you have led team members, supported professional growth, and ensured high quality legal work.
• Summarize your interest in this position and how your prior experience qualifies you for it.
• Identify up to five (5) matters in which you have served as lead trial counsel in a civil or criminal court trial, or as lead counsel in an administrative hearing that lasted more than one day (including both morning and afternoon sessions). Please format your response as follows:
  Case Name/No. Court name/location/dept. Judge/Hearing Officer Dates Issues
• Identify up to five (5) matters in which you have served as lead appellate counsel in any California appellate court (including the California Court of Appeal or California Supreme Court) or in any United States Court of Appeals. Please format your response as follows:
  Case Name/No. Court name/location/dept. Judge/Hearing Officer Dates Issues

Equal Opportunity Employer

The State of California is an equal opportunity employer to all, regardless of age, ancestry, color, disability (mental and physical), exercising the right to family care and medical leave, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, military or veteran status, national origin, political affiliation, race, religious creed, sex (includes pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding and related medical conditions), and sexual orientation.

It is an objective of the State of California to achieve a drug-free work place. Any applicant for state employment will be expected to behave in accordance with this objective because the use of illegal drugs is inconsistent with the law of the State, the rules governing Civil Service, and the special trust placed in public servants.