Assistant County Counsel (Unclassified)

The Assistant County Counsel shall be responsible for a variety of assignments, including representing the County of Passaic in several different jurisdictions, and providing legal support to County departments and the County Counsel.

Job Duties:

The Office of the County Counsel is responsible for providing legal representation, advice and assistance to the Board of County Commissioners, all county agencies, and constitutional officers. The Assistant County Counsel will provide support in several different areas and functions, including attending relevant meetings, conducting legal research, drafting legal opinions, motions, and other pleadings, and ensuring compliance with several different statutes.

Other relevant duties include:

• Provide support in a fast-paced environment, which includes addressing employment and personnel issues, compliance with the Local Public Contracts Law and other applicable statutes to county government.
• Representing the County in legal matters in several different venues, including but not limited to Superior Court, Public Employment Relations Commission, Government Records Council, and Office of Administrative Law.
• Managing document production and depositions, interviewing witnesses, appearances for conferences, motions, hearings, trials, researches, drafts, and reviews discovery materials.
• Prepares and draft real estate closing documents and handles other property issues related to the operation and maintenance of Passaic County facilities, park system, and roadways.
• Attending Commissioners Committee meetings and serving as a point of contract for legal questions from department heads reporting to said committee, as well as drafting resolutions for consideration by the Commissioners Board.

Requirements:

Experience: Minimum of 5-7 years.

Note: Strong writer, analytical, look at legal and policy matters in critical manner.

License: Valid NJ Driver’s License.

To Apply For This Position:

If you qualify and would like to be considered, submit a letter of interest and your resume (including daytime phone number and email address) to the email address listed below. You must submit your response by the closing date shown above and indicate the job title in the subject line.

Email: Nadege D. Allwaters, Esq., nadegea@passaiccountynj.org

Newly hired employees must agree to a thorough background check that may include fingerprinting. Any appointments made from posting which involve movement between unit scopes, may result in a forfeiture of rights to any promotional list in a former unit scope. As of September 2010, in accordance with N.J.S.A 52:14-7, the “New Jersey First Act,” all new employees must reside in the State of New Jersey, unless exempted under the law. If you do not live in New Jersey, you have one year after you begin employment to relocate your residence to New Jersey or secure an exemption.