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Review Vacancy

Date Posted 01/05/22

Applications Due01/18/22

Vacancy ID96794

NY HELPNo

AgencyHealth, Department of

TitleSenior Attorney - 94051

Occupational CategoryLegal

Salary Grade25

Bargaining UnitPS&T - Professional, Scientific, and Technical (PEF)

Salary RangeFrom $86432 to $108935 Annually

Employment Type Full-Time

Appointment Type Contingent Permanent

Jurisdictional Class Competitive Class

Travel Percentage 0%

Workweek Mon-Fri

Hours Per Week 37.5

Workday

From 9 AM

To 5 PM

Flextime allowed? No

Mandatory overtime? No

Compressed workweek allowed? No

Telecommuting allowed? No

County Albany

Street Address Division of Legal Affairs

Empire State Plaza, Corning Tower

City Albany

StateNY

Zip Code12237

Minimum Qualifications NYS employee with one year of permanent or contingent-permanent competitive service as a Senior Attorney (G-25); OR a NYS employee with one year or more of permanent or contingent-permanent competitive service in a title at Grade 23 or above with current NYS Bar Admission and eligible for transfer to Senior Attorney under Sections 70.1, 70.4, or 52.6 of the Civil Service Law. (Candidates requesting consideration for transfer must also be a graduate of an accredited law school with a LLB or JD degree, and may also need to meet additional experiential conditions to qualify for consideration.)

Preferred Qualifications: The preferred candidate is highly motivated and interested in working in an active legal team environment. The preferred candidate must have strong legal skills, be able to work as a member of a team, demonstrate good decision-making skills, possess excellent oral and written communication skills, and can manage a varied and demanding case load.

Duties Description The attorney will report to the Director and Deputy Director of the Bureau of Program Counsel. Attorneys in the Bureau provide legal support to program staff on a wide variety of matters that come before the Department.

The attorney’s assigned work areas are expected to include a variety of areas related to public health, including but not limited to clinical and environmental laboratories, organ donation and transplant, newborn screening, and tissue banks, providing legal advice to program staff, drafting and reviewing policy statements, contracts, memoranda of understanding, and proposed legislation and regulations, and responding to correspondence and other inquiries of a legal nature; and briefing the Director, Deputy Director, General Counsel and other executive staff on matters of significant importance.

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Name Human Resources Management Group, WN/SA/94051

Telephone

Fax (518)473-3395

Email Address resume@health.state.ny.us

Address

Street Room 2217, Corning Tower Building

Empire State Plaza,

City Albany

State NY

Zip Code 12237

 

Notes on ApplyingIf you are a current New York State employee: submit resume, preferably in PDF format, to Human Resources Management Group, WN/SA/94051, Room 2217, Corning Tower Building, Empire State Plaza, Albany, New York 12237- 0012, or by fax to (518) 473-3395, or by email to resume@health.ny.gov with Reference Code WN/SA/94051 included in the subject line. Failure to include the required information in the subject line of your email or fax may result in your resume not being considered for this position.

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