GENERAL COUNSEL - 22011919

Requisition No: 828214 

Agency: State Courts System

Working Title: GENERAL COUNSEL - 22011919

 Pay Plan: State Courts System

Position Number: 22011919 

Salary:  $95,064 - $100,000 Annually 

Posting Closing Date: 05/17/2024 

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Job Location

Nineteenth Judicial Circuit; Fort Pierce, Florida

Job Description

The essential function of the position is to serve as legal advocate and counsel for the interests of the circuit. The position is responsible for staff supervision, providing legal counsel, formulating and implementing policies to comply with statutory and rule requirements, overseeing services and programs, managing fiscal activity, and performing administrative functions, including reporting. The position formulates long range goals for the organization based upon legal requirements; develops policy and position papers; and works with court administration staff, judges, and local government officials.

Education and Training Guidelines

Juris Doctor degree from an accredited law school required; and

Seven years of related work experience, including extensive working knowledge of Florida State Courts System operations and governmental affairs.

Additional relevant education may substitute for the recommended experience on a year-for-year basis.

Requires membership in Good Standing in The Florida Bar.

Valid Florida State Driver’s License required.

Special Comments

Nineteenth Judicial Circuit serves Indian River, Okeechobee, Martin, and Saint Lucie Counties.

Travel to other locations within the judicial circuit is required.

The Florida State Courts System offers a comprehensive selection of State of Florida employee benefits: membership in the Florida Retirement System, optional enrollment in a subsidized Health insurance plan, optional enrollment in Life, Dental, and Disability insurance plans, and paid term life insurance. Benefits include vacation and sick leave and paid holidays.

The Florida State Courts System is a criminal justice agency. The successful applicant will be fingerprinted for the purpose of conducting a criminal history record check. Employment in this position is contingent upon a satisfactory criminal background check.

How to Apply

For additional information and to apply visit the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit Court of Florida Employment website at http://www.circuit19.org/.

Submit a cover letter, resume, five hundred (500) word essay on family court, and state employment application.

To download the employment application, please visit the Circuit’s website at www.circuit19.org/about-courts/employment-opportunities.

Submit all documents by email to HR@circuit19.org.

For additional information about the job advertised contact Tamara Thomas in Human Resources by phone at 772-807-4370 or 772-807-4383.

Address is 250 Northwest Country Club Drive, Port Saint Lucie, Florida 34986.

The successful applicant will be subject to a criminal background check.

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, sex or gender, religion or creed, national origin, age, marital status, genetic, disability, or political opinions or affiliations.

We hire only U.S. citizens and lawfully authorized alien workers.

If you need an accommodation to participate in the application or selection process, please call the contact Human Resources by phone at 772-807-4370 (option 6) or person at the contact information indicated for each respective position.

Persons using a TTY or TDD may call the contact person through the FLORIDA RELAY SERVICE: Voice is 1-800-955-8770, TDD is 1-800-955-8771, NATIONAL RELAY SERVICE is 711.

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.