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Attorney 3 (Legal Services)

Salary

$5,023.00 - $9,856.00 Monthly

Location

Baton Rouge, LA

Job Type

Classified

Job Number

213605

Department

Louisiana Housing Corporation

Opening Date

10/03/2025

Closing Date

10/8/2025 11:59 PM Central

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About this Job

At Louisiana Housing Corporation, our mission is to ensure that every Louisiana resident is granted an opportunity to obtain safe, affordable, energy-efficient housing. We are transforming communities and changing lives. Each day, this ongoing challenge is met by a dedicated staff of professionals who allocate federal and state funds to help low-to-moderate-income citizens make their housing dreams a reality.

We're looking for an Attorney to join our Legal Services department. Are you professional, possess organizational and time management skills, and work with integrity and ethics? You could be a candidate for our team if you have a valid Louisiana bar license in good standing.

Minimum Qualifications

Possession of a current Louisiana license to practice law plus two years of experience as a practicing attorney.

Job Specification

The official job specifications for this role, as defined by the State Civil Service, can be foundhere (https://apps01.civilservice.louisiana.gov/onestopjobinfo/DisplayJobSpec.aspx?JobCode=160600) .

Job Duties and Other Information

Job Duties:

+ Prepares and/or reviews the preparation and negotiation of the more complex departmental contracts, requests for proposals, Notices of Funds Availability, fiscal notes, highly complex and specialized program contracts, complex leases, and multi-level finance loans.

+ Creates closing documents for complex real estate and development transactions and creates loans for construction projects and the ongoing documents related to the compliance of program rules for each of those properties.

+ Prepares and/or reviews LHC policies, highly complex programmatic and procedural, federal and state legislation, program rules and regulations, state and federal procurement provisions, program documents and correspondence, administrative rules, and other program funding documents that have the effect of formal administrative rules and regulations.

+ Participate in roundtable and information sessions with the federal delegation, which is not limited to district tours and correspondence specific to the impact of pending legislation.

+ Renders complex legal opinions on very specific program issues and on specialized high-level issues regarding the LHC, its Board, and its programs.

+ Conducts complex and specialized legal and policy research, including very specialized housing program and tax rules, compliance regulations, and complex ethics, administrative, and issues of professional conflicts.

Position-Specific Information:

Appointment Type:This vacancy is being announced as a Classified position and may be filled as a Job Appointment or Probational appointment.

Career Progression: This position may be filled as an Attorney 3 or 4, depending on the level of experience of the selected applicant(s).

How to Apply:

No Civil Service test scoreis required in order to be considered for this vacancy.

To apply for this vacancy, click on the “Apply” link above and complete an electronic application, which can be used for this vacancy as well as future job opportunities. Applicants are responsible for checking the status of their application to determine where they are in the recruitment process. Further status message information is located under the Information section of the Current Job Opportunities page.

*Information to support your eligibility for this job title must be included in the application (i.e., relevant, detailed experience/education). Resumeswill notbe accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections on your application. Applications may be rejected if incomplete. *

All candidates for hire must undergo a drug screening and complete a background screening.

Contact Information:

For further information about this vacancy, contact:

Louisiana Housing Corporation

2415 Quail Drive

Baton Rouge, LA 70808

Human Resources Department

[email protected]

This agency participates in the E-Verify system for verification of citizenship and employment authorization.

Louisiana Housing Corporation is an equal employment opportunity employer and serves as a model for individuals with disabilities. LHC does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, political affiliation, disability, age, or pregnancy, and prohibits harassment of any type.

Louisiana is a State As a Model Employer (SAME) that supports the recruitment, hiring, and retention of individuals with disabilities.

Louisiana State Government represents a wide variety of career options and offers an outstanding opportunity tomake a differencethrough public service. With an array of career opportunities in every major metropolitan center and in many rural areas, state employment provides an outstanding option to begin or continue your career.

As a state employee, you will earn competitive pay, choose from a variety of benefits, and have access to a great professional development program:

Insurance Coverage More information can be found at https://info.groupbenefits.org/

Parental Leave– Up to six weeks paid parental leave

More information can be found athttps://www.civilservice.louisiana.gov/Parental-Leave/Default.aspx

Holidays and Leave – State employees receive the following paid holidays each year:

+ New Year's Day

+ Martin Luther King, Jr. Day,

+ Mardi Gras,

+ Good Friday,

+ Memorial Day,

+ Independence Day,

+ Labor Day,

+ Veteran's Day,

+ Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.

***** Additional holidays may be proclaimed by the Governor

State employees earn sick and annual leave which can be accumulated and saved for future use. Your accrual rate increases as your years of service increase.

Retirement – State of Louisiana employees are eligible to participate in various retirement systems (based on the type of appointment and agency for which an employee works). These retirement systems provide retirement allowances and other benefits for state officers and employees and their beneficiaries. State retirement systems may include (but are not limited to):

+ Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (www.lasersonline.org). LASERS has provided this video (https://lasersonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Your\_Retirement\_System.mp4) to give you more detailed information about their system

+ Teacher's Retirement System of Louisiana (www.trsl.org),

+ Louisiana School Employees Retirement System (www.lsers.net), among others

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Do you possess a current, valid license to practice law in Louisiana?

+ Yes

+ No

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If you answered yes to the question above, please list your Bar Roll Number and the original issuance date of your license (mm/yy). If you answered no to the question above, please type "N/A". NOTE: Failure to list the requested information may result in your application being considered incomplete.

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State of Louisiana

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For agency contact information, please refer to

the supplemental information above.

Louisiana State Civil Service, Louisiana, 70802

Phone

(866) 783-5462

Website

http://agency.governmentjobs.com/louisiana/default.cfm

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