Legal Support Attorney – Department OF Juvenile Hiring

Overview

Position Title:Legal Support Attorney

Company:City Of Bexar County Tx

Location:Andy Mireles Juvenile Probation Center – 301 E. Mitchell San Antonio, TX

Job Description:

Drafts any documents associated with Department contracts; Designs and conducts performance audits on all Departmental contracts; monitors and ensures all Department contracts are compliant with contract requirements; Analyzes and reports data relating to all Department contracts; Drafts responses to Public Information Act inquires; Assists and provides support with grants for the Department Drafts the Department’s Requests for Proposals (RFP) and assists with the process associated with RFP selection for contracts; Responsible for conducting Department needs analysis for contracts;; Researches legal issues and provides legal support for the department;; Drafts legal documents, responses and memoranda for the department.

Responsibilities:

• Drafts contracts, letters of agreement, contract amendments, memoranda of understanding and any support documents associated with contract for the Department
• Monitors and ensures all Department contracts are compliant with contract requirements
• May represent the Department on committees relating to grants and contracts
• Drafts the Department’s Requests for Proposals (RFP) and assists with the process associated with
• Performs related duties as assigned
• Responsible for drafting appropriate responses to inquiries made through the Public Information Act
• RFP selection for contracts
• Drafts legal documents, responses and memoranda for the department
• May present data related to Departmental grants and contracts
• Researches legal issues and provides legal support for the department
• Assists and provides support with the full life cycle process for grants for the Department
• Designs and conducts performance audits on all Departmental contracts
• Analyzes and reports data relating to compliance, reviews, audits, adjustment request for all
• Department contracts
• Responsible for conducting Department needs analysis for contracts

Requirements:

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions
• The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly is required to sit, use hands to operate office equipment, including telephone and computer keyboard, reach with hands and arms, and talk and hear.
• The employee frequently is required to stand and walk; and the employee may be required to lift and/or move objects weighing up to 20 pounds, such as stacks of records.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and the ability to adjust focus
• Working conditions are primarily in an office environment.
• The employee frequently faces difficult and stressful situations. The employee has frequent contact with other employees both within and outside of the assigned division and juvenile justice system officials.
• Interactions often involve sensitive or difficult issues that require persuasion and negotiation.
• The employee is required to change tasks frequently and to perform tedious, exacting work.
• The employee frequently is required to work under time pressures to meet deadlines, to perform multiple tasks simultaneously, and to work closely with others as part of and/or a leader of a team. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate