Role OverviewThe General Counsel serves as the Office's chief legal officer and a member of the Executive Team, providing strategic legal guidance across the agency's portfolios and exercising a high level of independent judgment.
What You Will Do
Responsibilities include providing legal oversight and strategic guidance on the Office's legal, compliance, and policy matters, supervising and supporting the Office's legal staff, and liaising with the Mayor's Counsel and the NYC Law Department.
Why It Might Be a Fit
The successful candidate must be solutions-oriented and able to execute quickly in a fast-paced government environment, with a high level of independent judgment and ability to work collaboratively with senior leadership.
Requirements
- Admission to the New York State Bar
- Four years of recent full-time responsible, relevant, satisfactory legal experience subsequent to admission to any bar
- 18 months of which must have been in the supervision of other attorneys, in an administrative, managerial or executive capacity, or performing highly complex and significant legal work
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