Assistant General Counsel
Assistant General Counsel
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Job Description
DCASs mission is to make city government work for all New Yorkers. From managing New York Citys most iconic courthouses and municipal buildings to purchasing over $1 billion annually in goods and services for more than 80 City agencies what we do ensures that all agencies can deliver on their mission. Our reach touches every facet of city government and is instrumental to the successful day-to-day operations of the City of New York.
Our commitment to equity effectiveness and sustainability guides our work providing City agencies with the critical resources and support needed to succeed including:
-Recruiting hiring and training City employees.
-Managing 55 public buildings.
-Acquiring selling and leasing City property.
-Purchasing over $1 billion in goods and services for City agencies.
-Overseeing the greenest municipal vehicle fleet in the country.
-Leading the Citys efforts to reduce carbon emissions from government operations.
When you work at DCAS youre not just working for one agency but in service of them all. Its an opportunity to provide impactful support quality customer service and help protect the future of New York City for generations to come. Visit our website at to learn more about the work we do.
About the Office of the General Counsel (OGC)
The Office of General Counsel (OGC) serves as legal counsel for the 12 lines of service or units that comprise DCAS. Accordingly OGC has a broad and diverse legal portfolio with most attorneys concentrating on one of the following subject matter areas: Human Capital (Civil Service and Employment Law); Procurement; Real Estate (leasing acquisitions and disposals); and Compliance (discipline labor relations and audit). OGCs DCAS and citywide legal support also extends to litigation of landlord-tenant matters performing legislative review policy Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) requests and providing legal and strategic advice in the areas of fleet administration energy and facilities management/construction. Further OGC works with Corporation Counsel on special matters present before the agency that may require litigation or additional review pursuant to the City Charter.
Job Description
OGC seeks to hire an agency attorney to join its team. Working under the supervision of the Deputy General Counsel for Procurement the selected candidate will primarily work with the agencys lines of service on procurement related matters from inception through contract registration and work with the Law Department on contract-related litigation that may arise. In addition the selected candidate will also handle OGC institutional assignments and participate in cross-training with the other OGC attorneys to ensure everyone has a command of the agencys work and the general issues regularly handled by OGC.
The qualified candidates responsibilities include:
-Acting as counsel to DCAS on complex legal issues involving procurement and contract interpretation and enforcement;
-Working closely with operating units to ensure the agencys business needs are properly met;
-Providing advice to the Office of Citywide Procurement (OCP) regarding bid responsiveness vendor responsibility bid protests contract interpretation and other issues arising under the PPB
Rules and other laws rules and regulations;
-Drafting or review drafts of agency responses to bid protests appeals of non-responsive and non-responsibility determinations notices of dispute and other correspondence;
-Negotiating with vendors and their attorneys;
-Drafting Memoranda of Understanding between DCAS and other City agencies and public entities;
-Negotiating and drafting contracts and other transactional documents for review by the Law Department;
-Performing legal research
-Working closely and cooperatively with the Law Department to address any issues that may be raised and any resulting litigation; and
-Handling other duties and responsibilities assigned to OGC as needed including institutional assignments including but not limited to: Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) requests Residency
Waivers and preparation of public hearing testimony and press responses.
AGENCY ATTORNEY - 30087
Qualifications :
1. Admission to the New York State Bar; and either 2 or 3 below.
2. One year of satisfactory United States legal experience subsequent to admission to any state bar; or
3. Six months of satisfactory service as an Agency Attorney Interne (30086).
Incumbents must remain Members of the New York State Bar in good standing for the duration of this employment.
In addition to meeting the minimum Qualification Requirements:
To be assigned to Assignment Level (AL) II candidates must have one year of experience at Assignment Level I or two years of comparable legal experience subsequent to admission to the bar in the areas of law related to the assignment. To be assigned to AL III candidates must have two years of experience in Assignment Levels I and/or II or three years of comparable legal experience subsequent to admission to the bar in the areas of law related to the assignment.
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 individuals sex race color ethnicity national origin age religion disability sexual orientation veteran status gender identity or pregnancy.
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Full-time
Employment Type
Full-time
