Assistant County Attorney Associate – Land Use

Job Description

Jefferson Countylocatedin Golden Colorado seeks an experienced land use attorney to perform a variety of land use work for the County Attorneys Office. The attorney will support primarily Planning and Zoning and the Assessor and may be called upon toassistother attorneys within the County Attorneys office or other County divisions and departments with land use related issues arising in other contexts within the county. Such transactional work includes all land use related work including but not limited to leases license agreements special districts real estate purchase and sale agreements deeds and easements. This position also includes representation of the Board of Adjustment and as needed the Planning Commission andprovidinggeneral legal advice to the Assessor.While there may be other duties assigned the primary focus for this position is land use.

The Jefferson County Attorneys Office consists of approximately450 attorneys and staff members who work collaboratively toprovidea full range of legal services to Jefferson County. This position will work on the transactional team in a technologically advanced sophisticated and collegial work environment with County clients and agencies elected officials and the public. The County Attorneys Office provides flexibility in creating a work schedule that promotes a work-life balance.

Depending on qualifications this position may be hired as an Assistant County Attorney at the Staff or Associate level. The Staff position is an entry-level attorney position. The Associate position will typically assist other attorneys in making decisions regarding their workflow and interactions at the Associate level are typically concerned with providing communications at higher levels of organizational operations and may utilize activities such as evaluating customer satisfaction developing cooperative associations and allocating resources to improve work operations work quality overall achievement of organizational goals and objectives and customer satisfaction.

SCHEDULE:

This position has the potential tooperateon a four-day 40-hour work week (Monday-Thursday) or a standard work week (Monday-Friday) orotherfull-time schedule as agreed to by the County Attorney. This position also offers the opportunity for remote work on some days of the week.

COMPENSATION:

Theanticipatedhiring range for staff to associate level is $109000 - $140000.

The full salary range for this position at Staff level is $91374.29 - $146198.86

The full salary range for Associate level is $110821.29-$177314.06

Compensation will depend on education and experience and equivalency under the Equal Pay for Equal Work Act.

BENEFITS:

Benefits include medical dental and vision insurance paid time off and holidays retirement matching wellness programs tuition reimbursement flexible schedules remote work options and more. For more information clickherefor our Total Rewards summary.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES:

The work involves working closely with the countys other land use attorneys and with planning and zoning staffreviewingand revising staff reports andadvisingthe Boards of Adjustment the PlanningCommissionand the Board of County Commissionersregardingland use matters. This position also involves draftingreviewingand negotiating contracts grants licenses intergovernmental agreements leases and other related documents and advising on land use issues as they arise in contexts other than within planning and zoning.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Minimum Qualifications:

• JD or LLB from an accredited law school.

• One (1) year minimum of transactional or contract work experience.

• Licensed to practice law in Colorado and in good standing with the Colorado Supreme Court.

• A writing sample isand must be attachedin order tobe considered for employment. Appellate writing samples are preferred.

Preferred KnowledgeSkillsand Abilities:

• Real estate

• Land use law experience.

• Environmental health law experience such as onsite wastewater treatment systems.

• Prior experience working in local/county government.

ADDITIONAL JOB INFORMATION:

Accommodations Statement: We encourage people with disabilities to apply and are committed to providing reasonable accommodations throughout our hiring process. Forassistancewith applications interviews or other hiring-related accommodations contact. This contact is for accommodation requests only and cannot provide application status updates.

• SPECIAL APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS: A writing sample isand must be attachedin order tobe considered for employment.

• Criminal History and MVR Background Checks arefor every position.

• A valid Colorado drivers license is required for positions that drive on County Business in either a county or personal vehicle within 30-days of hire or beginning to serve as an intern or volunteer.

• Offer of employment is contingent upon successful completion of criminal history motor vehicle report education verification and reference checks.

• All Jefferson County Employees must apply through their internal profile.

• In any materials yousubmit you may redact or remove age-identifying information such as age date of birth or dates of school attendance or graduation. You will not be penalized for redacting or removing this information.

APPLICATION:

Qualified applicants are encouraged to applyimmediately. All applicants mustsubmitan online employment application by 11:59PM on the posted cut-off date. Follow this link to apply now:Jefferson County Colorado Career Opportunities

A resume and cover lettersubmittedwith your application is encouraged but will not substitute for the information requested on the application. Applications are reviewed for minimum qualifications listed in the qualifications section of the job bulletin and applicants are contacted directly by the hiring team if selected. To view the status of your application please log into yourcandidate portal.

For more details on the recruitment process please visit: the Jefferson County Recruitment Team at or