General Counsel

City of New York • New York, NY • 4h ago

Job Description

ABOUT THE OFFICE:

The Mayor's Office of Criminal Justice (MOCJ) develops innovative solutions to public safety challenges, reducing crime and incarceration. We create vital programs that improve lives, generate community stability, and increase access to the support needed to maintain healthy and safe New York City neighborhoods. Recognizing that public safety cannot be achieved by law enforcement alone, MOCJ moves our city forward by collaborating with community and institutional stakeholders to improve efficiency, accountability, and fairness in the justice system.

ABOUT THE ROLE:

Reporting the agency Director, the General Counsel serves as the Office's chief legal officer and a member of the Executive Team, providing strategic legal guidance across the agency's portfolios and exercising a high level of independent judgment.

The General Counsel also serves as the Administrative Justice Coordinator, responsible for overseeing the agency's City administrative matters, case matters, and legal status tracking, ensuring that legal strategy aligns with City administrative requirements and agency operations.

As a member of the Executive Team, the General Counsel works collaboratively with senior leadership to support the agency's strategic priorities and operational effectiveness, while serving as the Office's primary liaison to the New York City Law Department and other legal partners.

The successful candidate must be solutions-oriented and able to execute quickly in a fast-paced government environment.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

Providing legal oversight and strategic guidance on the Office's legal, compliance, and policy matters

Providing legal oversight of agency contracting activity, including reviewing complex agreements, MOUs, and procurement instruments and advising leadership on legal and compliance implications

Providing legal oversight of internal disciplinary investigations and coordination with external contracted investigation entities and review teams

Supervising and supporting the Office's legal staff, providing guidance, mentorship, and review of work product to ensure high-quality legal analysis and professional development

Serving as Administrative Justice Coordinator, responsible for coordinating and monitoring the Office's City administrative matters, case matters, and legal status reporting, including tracking litigation, legal inquiries, and matters requiring coordination with the Law Department

Liaising with Mayor's Counsel and the NYC Law Department on litigation support, legislative matters, and legal strategy involving criminal justice policy

Liaising with the Conflicts of Interest Board and providing guidance to agency staff to ensure compliance with the Conflicts of Interest Law

Liaising with federal, State and City investigative agencies, including the Department of Investigation, to ensure appropriate responses to investigative and related matters

Serving as the agency's Records Appeals Officer and overseeing agency compliance with the Freedom of Information Law

Working closely with the New York State Office of Court Administration (OCA), the New York State Office of Indigent Legal Services (ILS), and indigent defense providers, including the Assigned Counsel Plan and institutional defender organizations, on matters related to indigent defense policy, funding, legal compliance, and operational coordination

Advising the Director and Executive Team on legal risk, regulatory compliance, and policy implications of agency initiatives

Reviewing legal work product and providing feedback to support attorney development and ensure consistency of legal standards

Working collaboratively with agency leadership on policy development, operational procedures, and governance matters

Representing the Office before City Council, community meetings, and interagency forums, as needed

Working closely with Human Resources on confidential personnel matters

Supporting legislative analysis and coordination with Intergovernmental Affairs

Providing legal guidance across a range of subject areas including criminal justice, labor, procurement, privacy, and administrative law

PLEASE SUBMIT YOUR RESUME AND COVER LETTER EXPLIANING YOUR INTEREST IN THIS SPECIFIC POSITON.

EXECUTIVE AGENCY COUNSEL - 95005

Qualifications

Admission to the New York State Bar; and four years of recent full-time responsible, relevant, satisfactory legal experience subsequent to admission to any bar, eighteen months of which must have been in the supervision of other attorneys, in an administrative, managerial or executive capacity, or performing highly complex and significant legal work.

Incumbents must remain Members of the New York State Bar in good standing for the duration of this employment.

Additional Information

The City of New York is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and providing a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment based upon any legally protected status or protected characteristic, including but not limited to an individual's sex, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender identity, or pregnancy.

Salary Min: $ 83,718.00

Salary Max: $215,000.00

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