SENIOR ATTORNEY - 60006208

Requisition No: 856208 

Agency: Children and Families

Working Title: SENIOR ATTORNEY - 60006208

 Pay Plan: SES

Position Number: 60006208 

Salary:  $70,000 - $80,000 

Posting Closing Date: 07/27/2025 

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Senior Attorney

Office of General Counsel

Department of Children and Families

401 NW 2nd Avenue, Miami, FL 33128

Open Competitive

Current employees will be compensated in accordance with the DCF salary policy.

What you will do:

• Represent the Department in varied legal matters in state court proceedings, formal and informal hearings, mediations, and administrative hearings
• Provide legal advice to Departmental programs on the proper course of action
• Revise administrative complaints and review proposed programmatic actions for legal sufficiency
• Conduct motion practice, pretrial discovery, and legal research with the assistance of administrative support staff
• Serve as a hearing officer presiding over formal and informal hearings
• Prepare complex legal documents and written legal opinions involving federal regulations, state statute interpretations, administrative rules, and court decisions, consistent with agency policy and direction from the Department’s Regional Legal Counsel and Office of General Counsel
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Member of the Florida Bar
• Two years of professional experience in the practice of law, legal research or in administrative or judicial hearings

Benefits of Working for the State of Florida:

Working for the State of Florida is more than a paycheck. The State’s total compensation package for employees features a highly competitive set of employee benefits including:

• Annual and Sick Leave benefits;
• Nine paid holidays and one Personal Holiday each year;
• State Group Insurance coverage options, including health, life, dental, vision, and other supplemental insurance options;
• Retirement plan options, including employer contributions

(For more information, please click www.myfrs.com);

• Flexible Spending Accounts;
• Tuition waivers;
• And more!

For a more complete list of benefits, visit www.mybenefits.myflorida.com.

SELECTIVE SERVICE:  Male candidates born on or after October 1, 1962, will not be eligible for hire or promotion into an authorized position unless they are registered with the Selective Service System (SSS) before their 26th birthday or have a Letter of Registration Exemption from the SSS.  Verification of Selective Service registration will be conducted prior to hire.  For more information, please visit the SSS website: http://www.sss.gov.

BACKGROUND SCREENING REQUIREMENT: It is the policy of the Florida Department of Children and Families that any applicant being considered for employment must successfully complete a State and National criminal history check as a condition of employment before beginning employment, and also be screened in accordance with the requirements of Chapter 435, F.S., and, if applicable, Chapter 408, F.S.  No applicant may begin employment until the background screening results are received, reviewed for any disqualifying offenses, and approved by the Agency.  Background screening shall include, but not be limited to, fingerprinting for State and Federal criminal records checks through the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and may include local criminal history checks through local law enforcement agencies.

The State of Florida is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Affirmative Action Employer, and does not tolerate discrimination or violence in the workplace.

Candidates requiring a reasonable accommodation, as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act, must notify the agency hiring authority and/or People First Service Center (1-866-663-4735). Notification to the hiring authority must be made in advance to allow sufficient time to provide the accommodation.

The State of Florida supports a Drug-Free workplace. All employees are subject to reasonable suspicion drug testing in accordance with Section 112.0455, F.S., Drug-Free Workplace Act.