Job Description
Location: Ocala, FL
Veterans Preference
JOB SUMMARY
Responsible for providing complete legal representation, this position exercises considerable independent judgment and performs a variety of complex legal tasks.
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS
- Drafts legal opinions, resolutions, and ordinances.
- Attends meetings of the County Commission advisory boards and committees of the County Commission to provide legal counsel.
- Assists in the negotiation and preparation of agreements, leases, deeds, and other documents.
- Represents in litigation, including civil litigation, administrative actions, and code enforcement actions.
- Renders legal advice concerning federal and state statutory, administrative, and case law, and offers solutions to legal problems.
- Provides customer service to members of the general public and County employees. Personal contact occurs with other employees of the unit, employees of the County, citizens, and customers of the department. Service is provided in person or by phone contact.
- Implements the organization's guiding principles and core values.
- Performs other related job duties as assigned.
SUPERVISION This position is responsible for directly and regularly directing and coordinating the work of a legal assistant with no indirect supervision.
QUALIFICATIONS Education and Experience: - Graduation from an accredited college or university with a Juris Doctorate; and previous local government law experience preferred: or an equivalent combination of education and experience
Licenses or Certifications: - Possession of a valid, State of Florida driver's license required for travel. Requirement exists at the time of hire and as a condition of continued employment.
- Admission to the Florida Bar
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES - Ability to write effective pleadings, motions, briefs, and memoranda.
- Ability to speak with brevity in a focused manner due to nature of job.
- Ability to conduct interviews.
- Ability to read, analyze, and interpret highly complex documents and related materials relevant to litigation, e.g., legislation, legal opinions, case law.
- Ability to respond to highly sensitive inquiries or complaints.
- Ability to write speeches and articles using original or innovative techniques or style.
- Ability to make speeches and presentations on controversial or complex topics to top management, public groups, and/or boards.
- Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume.
- Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry.
- Ability to apply principles of logical or scientific thinking to a wide range of intellectual and practical problems.
- Ability to deal with a variety of abstract and concrete variables.
- Ability to analyze major organization-wide policies, budgets, procedures, systems, or accounting methods on a continuous basis.
- Knowledge of the laws of Florida, the Common law, and all local legislation pertaining to the County and administrative law including regulations and their enforcement.
- Knowledge of the principles, methods, materials, and practices of legal research and writing.
- Knowledge of business English, spelling, and punctuation.
- Skills in professional legal writing.
- Ability to prepare legal memoranda, opinions, legal documents, briefs, resolutions, ordinances, and other legal correspondence.
- Ability to work independently under the direction of the County Attorney.
- Ability to prepare highly complex legal materials in conformance to prescribed standards.
- Ability to take a teamwork approach to the job by cooperating with others, offering to help others when needed, and considering larger organization or team goals rather than individual concerns. Includes the ability to build a constructive team spirit where team members are committed to the goals and objectives of the team.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS The work is sedentary work which requires exerting up to 25 pounds of force occasionally and/or negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects,. While performing the duties of this job, the employee will occasionally be required to use hands to finger, handle or feel, reach with hands and arms; will regularly be required to stand, walk, and sit; and will frequently be required to talk and hear.
WORK ENVIRONMENT Work is performed primarily in an indoor environment with limited exposure to adverse environmental conditions.
WORK SCHEDULE: Full Time
SALARY RANGE: $35.88 - $55.61 per hour. DOE.
Job Tags
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