Senior Assistant City Attorney (Public Utilities)

City of Richmond, Virgnia; Richmond (VA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Virginia Retirement System (VRS)

Language Incentive

Referral Bonus

Tuition Assistance Program

Job summary

The City of Richmond, Virginia seeks a full-time, permanent Senior Assistant City Attorney for its Operations and Development Division to support the Department of Public Utilities, with emphasis on regulatory compliance, real property management, transactional matters, and customer service. The position manages a high-volume workload and leads paralegal and legal staff.

Responsibilities include researching legal issues, providing advice, drafting and negotiating documents, drafting ordinances,

Qualifications

• Juris Doctorate is required.
• Seven years of progressively responsible legal experience in environmental/public utilities law is highly preferred; four years minimum.
• Admission to the Virginia State Bar and licensed to practice in Virginia.
• Twelve hours of continuing legal education annually.

Responsibilities

• Provide legal services to the City, focusing on water utilities and related regulatory matters.
• Research legal issues and provide advice and direction to the City and department staff.
• Review, draft, and negotiate transactional documents; draft ordinances; interpret applicable laws and regulations.
• Supervise paralegal and legal secretarial staff and manage workload with ethics and professionalism.

Skills

Regulatory & environmental law

Public utilities law

Real property & transactional law

Client communication & management

Leadership & supervision

Education

Juris Doctorate

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Lexis

Legal Files

Job description

Benefits

• Virginia Retirement System (VRS)
• Language Incentive
• Referral Bonus
• Tuition Assistance Program

Description

The Office of the City Attorney is seeking a full-time, permanent Senior Assistant City Attorney for its Operations and Development Division, in representation of the City’s Department of Public Utilities. The Department’s legal support needs are extensive and broad, with an emphasis on regulatory compliance, real property management, transactional matters, and customer service. The Department manages five City utilities: water, wastewater, stormwater, gas, and electric.

This position is Unclassified and serves at the will of the Appointing Authority.

The pay range for this position is $150,000.00 - $165,000.00 annually

The selected candidate's salary will be based on experience and qualifications illustrated in the completed application along with the required attachments.

Duties include but are not limited to

This position provides legal services to the City. Work will focus primarily on the water utilities and may include the following: researching legal issues; providing legal advice and direction; reviewing, drafting, and negotiating transactional documents; drafting ordinances; interpreting laws, rules, and regulations; and providing oversight and direction to paralegal and legal secretarial staff.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Considerable knowledge of area of focus to include regulatory, environmental, local government, and real estate law, familiarity with relevant regulatory and administrative law processes related to area of focus
• Standard office equipment such as computer, telephone, etc., and electronic databases and related software applications such as Microsoft Office Suite, Lexis, Legal Files, etc.
• Skilled in arguing persuasively based on laws and facts, clear and concise written communication, communicating effectively with various internal and external departments, conducting effective meetings, learning new subject matters quickly and thoroughly, making modifications to program procedures as needed
• Skilled at client communication and management, with an emphasis on solutions-oriented practice, risk analysis, and understanding of client practical and operational needs and concerns
• Able to manage high-volume workload for a public utility client, adhere to highest standards of ethics and professionalism, and supervise paraprofessional staff, including scheduling, setting goals, assigning work, etc.

Qualifications, Special Certifications and Licenses

Minimum Qualifications:

• Juris Doctorate
• Seven (7) years of progressively responsible legal experience in environmental law or public utilities-related law is highly preferred; Four (4) years of progressively responsible legal experience.
• An equivalent combination of training and experience (as approved by the department) may be used to meet the minimum qualifications of the classification

Licensing, Certifications, and other Special Requirements:

• Admission to the Virginia State Bar
• Licensed to practice law in Virginia
• Twelve hours of continuing legal education annually
• Compliance with additional requirements that may be established by the City of Richmond

Special Required Documents

• Completed Online Application, Résumé, and a writing sample.
• Please attach a résumé and writing sample to the online application.

Americans with Disabilities Act Requirements

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job. Prospective and current employees are invited to discuss accommodations.

ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS: Working conditions may include exposure to travel to other locations within the City of Richmond as well as outside of the City of Richmond; exposure to hazardous physical conditions such as mechanical parts, electrical currents, vibrations, etc.; atmospheric conditions such as fumes, odors, dusts, gases, and poor ventilation; inadequate lighting; intense noise; and environmental hazards such as disruptive people, imminent danger, and a threatening environment.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS AND WORKING ENVIRONMENT: Due to the nature of work assignments, incumbents must be able to perform detailed work on multiple, concurrent tasks, with frequent interruptions and under time constraint. The essential duties of this classification may require the ability to regularly walk, finger, talk, hear, perform repetitive motions, and see; frequently stand, walk, and pull; and occasionally lift. The working conditions may not include any environmental hazards. In terms of the physical strength to perform the essential duties, this classification is considered to be light work, exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

The City of Richmond provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

The City of Richmond is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, the City of Richmond will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided with reasonable accommodations. If you require reasonable accommodations under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) to participate in the job application and/or the interview process, please contact Veronica Kenner, by email at [e-mail].

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