ASSOCIATE GENERAL COUNSEL

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**Posting Identification Number 48756**

• Why Work for Illinois?**
  
  

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and great retirement packages can help you build a rewarding career and

lasting future with the State of Illinois.

**Position Overview**

The Office of General Counsel is seeking to hire a dynamic, organized,

detail-oriented licensed attorney in Illinois to serve as an Associate

General Counsel. The Associate General Counsel will perform professional

legal services in support of the Departments programs, including, but

not limited to, conducting research, providing legal advice, producing

legal opinions, findings, and recommendations related to programs in the

Division of Family and Community Services (FCS) and the Division of

Early Childhood (DEC), the Office of Firearm Violence Prevention (OFVP)

and the Office to Prevent and End Homelessness (OPEH). This individual

will be responsible for reviewing, developing, and revising rules,

regulations, agency policies, and pertinent State and Federal statutes

relevant to Department programs, OFVP and OPEH.

**Essential Functions**

• Serves as Associate General Counsel. Provides legal advice to the
  
  

staff of the Office of Firearm Violence Prevention (OFVP), the

Office to Prevent and End Homelessness (OPEH), the Division of

Family and Community Services (FCS), including but not limited to

Family and Community Resource Centers, regional offices and program

and administrative staff and the Division of Early Childhood (DEC).

• Reviews, develops, and revises rules, regulations, agency policies,
  
  

and pertinent State and Federal statutes relevant to FCS, DEC, OFVP

and OPEH.

• Reviews and responds to subpoenas, including Grand Jury subpoenas.
• Conducts research, reviews, evaluates, and summarizes court
  
  

documents presenting status and/or results of court actions brought

or found for or against the Department of Human Services (DHS).

• Drafts proposed bills, amendments, resolutions, procedures, rules,
  
  

and regulations impacting the overall operating status of FCS and

DEC programs, OFVP and OPEH. Recommends changes in legislation to

promote FCS and DEC programs, OFVP and OPEH.

• Reviews all requests for documents and advises the Deputy General
  
  

Counsel concerning the disclosure of documents pursuant to such

requests.

• Performs other duties as required or assigned which are reasonably
  
  

within the scope of duties enumerated above.