Deputy City Attorney - Construction Public Contracting Team - City Attorneys Office 8177
Deputy City Attorney - Construction Public Contracting Team - City Attorneys Office 8177
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About the Construction & Public Contracting Team
The Construction & Public Contracting Team is a collaborative and dynamic group of nine attorneys one paralegal and two legal secretaries. The team provides legal advice to City departments on contracting for public works and improvements goods and services grantmaking and IT procurements. Members of the team represent the City in litigation involving these matters. The team supports various City departments including the City Purchaser and Office of Contract Administration Office of the Controller San Francisco Public Utilities Commission SF Public Works and SF Recreation and Parks.
Deputy City Attorney Position and Responsibilities
The Office is recruiting for an attorney to represent the City in civil litigation matters in both state and federal court and administrative proceedings relating to public works and improvement projects and the Citys goods and services contracting. The attorney will handle all aspects of their cases including case assessment litigation strategy client communication and coordination conducting and responding to discovery all motion practice settlement evaluation and negotiation trial and appeal. The attorney will also support advice attorneys on the team to resolve prelitigation disputes.
Qualifications :
Minimum Qualification
- Licensed to practice law in California.
Desired Qualifications
- Three or more years of civil litigation experience.
- Five or more years of construction and/or contract litigation experience.
- Experience resolving disputes relating to public procurement matters.
- Experience in public contracting labor matters such as prevailing wage requirements project labor agreements and skilled and trained work force requirements.
- Ability to handle all phases of litigation including intake and investigation written discovery depositions motion practice settlement negotiation trial and appeal.
- Experience handling court appearances and oral argument.
- Familiarity with local state and federal rules of civil procedure and rules of court.
- Experience and competency with ediscovery tools.
- Ability to assume responsibility quickly work both independently and collaboratively and identify and assess substantive and procedural legal issues.
- Excellent written and oral communication and advocacy skills.
- Curiosity adaptability and a positive attitude.
- Commitment to valuing diversity and contributing to an inclusive working and learning environment.
Verification
Applicants may be required to submit verification of qualifying education and experience at any point during the recruitment and selection process. If education verification is required information on how to verify education requirements including verifying foreign education credits or degree equivalency can be found at https://sfdhr/howverifyeducationrequirements.
Note: Falsifying ones education training or work experience or attempted deception on the application may result in disqualification for this and future job opportunities with the City and County of San Francisco.
All work experience education training and other information substantiating how you meet the minimum qualifications must be included on your application by the filing deadline. Information submitted after the filing deadline will not be considered in determining whether you meet the minimum qualifications.
Resumes will not be accepted in lieu of a completed City and County of San Francisco application.
Applications completed improperly may be cause for ineligibility disqualification or may lead to lower scores.
Selection Procedures
The selection process will include evaluation of applications in relation to minimum requirements. Applicants meeting the minimum qualifications are not guaranteed advancement to the interview. Depending on the number of applicants the Department may establish and implement additional screening mechanisms to comparatively evaluate the qualifications of candidates. If this becomes necessary only those applicants whose qualifications most closely meet the needs of the Department will be invited to participate in the oral/performance interview.
Additional Information :
Salary and Benefits
The Deputy City Attorney position has a 16step salary scale ranging from $150124 to $263042. The successful applicant is appointed to a salary step based on years of experience as a lawyer. The City offers robust health retirement and other benefits. For more information please visit: https://sfdhr/benefitsoverview. Attorneys are represented by the Municipal Attorneys Association. Information about compensation and benefits is available by entering Classification Code 8177 at Information Regarding Employment with the City and County of San Francisco:
- Information About the Hiring Process
- Conviction History
- Employee Benefits Overview
- Equal Employment Opportunity
- Disaster Service Worker
- ADA Accommodation
- Right to Work
- Copies of Application Documents
- Diversity Statement
HOW TO APPLY
Applications for City and County of San Francisco jobs are only accepted through an online process. Visit begin the application process.
- Select the Apply Now button and follow instructions on the screen
- Include your CA Bar Number in the education section on your application
- Upload a Cover Letter and a Resume
Applicants may be contacted by email about this recruitment and therefore it is their responsibility to ensure that their registered email address is accurate and kept uptodate. Also applicants must ensure that email from CCSF is not blocked on their computer by a spam filter. To prevent blocking applicants should set up their email to accept CCSF mail from the following addresses @sfgov @sfdpw @sfport @flysfo @sfwater @sfdph @asianart @sfmta @sfpl @dcyf @first5sf @famsf @ccsf @smartalerts and @smartrecruiters).
Applicants will receive a confirmation email that their online application has been received in response to every announcement for which they file. Applicants should retain this confirmation email for their records. Failure to receive this email means that the online application was not submitted or received.
Human Resources Analyst Information: If you have any questions regarding this recruitment or application process please send your inquires to Jumy Dang Senior Human Resources Analyst at
The City and County of San Francisco encourages women minorities and persons with disabilities to apply. Applicants will be considered regardless of their sex race age religion color national origin ancestry physical disability mental disability medical condition (associated with cancer a history of cancer or genetic characteristics) HIV/AIDS status genetic information marital status sexual orientation gender gender identity gender expression military and veteran status or other protected category under the law.
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Fulltime
Employment Type
Full-time
