• Chief Legal Officer

    City of New York (New York, NY)


    Job Description

    The Agency You’ll Join

    The New York City Mayor’s Office is responsible for overseeing city services throughout the five

    boroughs, coordinating public agencies and departments, and managing public property. New York City

     

    Mayor Eric Adams is head of the executive branch of New York City's government. Previously, Mayor

    Adams has served the people of New York City as an NYPD officer, state senator, and Brooklyn borough

    president. The Adams’ administration is leading the fight to serve the people of the greatest city in the

     

    world, ensuring delivery of efficient and effective services, working to make New York City’s economy

    stronger, reducing inequality, improving public safety, and making the city more affordable that meets

    the needs of all New Yorkers. We value leadership, transparency, fairness, and efficiency as we actively

     

    seek diverse talents from various sectors to join our team.

     

    The Team You’ll Work With

     

    The Mayor's Office to End Domestic and Gender-Based Violence (ENDGBV) develops policies and

    programs, provides training and prevention education, conducts research and evaluations, performs

    community outreach and operates the New York City Family Justice Centers. We collaborate with City

    agencies and community stakeholders to ensure access to inclusive services for survivors of domestic

    and gender-based violence (GBV). GBV can include intimate partner and family violence, elder abuse,

     

    sexual assault, stalking, and human trafficking.

     

    The Problems You’ll Solve

     

    The Chief Legal Officer, with wide latitude for the exercise of independent judgment, will report

     

    directly to the Commissioner and will perform a broad scope of legal duties.

    Duties of the Chief Legal Officer will include, but are not limited to:

    - Provide sound legal advice to the Commissioner and staff on a broad range of matters, which

     

    may include reviewing procedures, policies, programs, contracts, and legislation, and ensuring

     

    compliance with applicable laws, rules, and regulations.

     

    - Contracts: Draft, review, negotiate, and execute contractual agreements and provide

     

    procurement-related legal guidance and advice.

     

    - Management: Provide daily direct supervision to members of the Legal team.

     

    - Ethics: Analyze compliance with the rules of the Conflict-of-Interest Board and draft related

     

    legal documents and memos.

     

    - Privacy/Records: Oversee the implementation of privacy-related work in the office and

     

    compliance with the privacy laws of NYC and ensure compliance with record retention policies

     

    and practices.

     

    - FOIL: Review of Freedom of Information Law requests.

     

    - Litigation: Manage litigation-related activities, in collaboration with the NYC Law Department.

     

    - Maintain a filing system for all legally related documents.

     

    - Support or lead other special projects and duties, assigned.

     

    About You

     

    - You have a Juris Doctor from an American Bar Association-accredited law school.

     

    - You have admission to the New York State Bar and at least seven (7) years of recent full-time,

     

    responsible, relevant, satisfactory legal experience subsequent to admission to any bar, with at

     

    least three (3) years providing supervision to legal staff.

    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: $140,000.00

     

    Salary Max: $150,000.00