Deputy General Counsel

Job Requisition ID: 45373 

Opening Date:  04/03/2025
Closing Date/Time: 04/23/2025​
Agency: Department of Human Services
Class Title: SENIOR PUBLIC SERVICE ADMINISTR - 40070 
Skill Option: Special License - Illinois Law License 
Bilingual Option: None 
Salary: Anticipated Salary: $11,250 - $11,824 per month ($135,000 - $141,888 per year)
Job Type: Salaried
Category: Full Time 
County: Cook
Number of Vacancies: 1
Plan/BU: None

 

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Posting Identification Number  45373

 

 

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Position Overview

Subject to approval of the General Counsel, serves as Deputy General Counsel.  Provides direction, oversight, and legal counsel regarding operational practices, policies, and projects of the Divisions of Mental Health (DMH) and Substance Use Prevention and Recovery (SUPR.  Advises staff on compliance with Federal and State laws, provides on-going review and revision of the Divisions’ rules and practices; provides legal oversight and review of new programs and innovations.  Reviews the Divisions’ monitoring and enforcement duties; provides legal review in the legislative process. Coordinates with litigation attorneys and the Attorney General’s Office when that Office is representing the Department on issues involving DMH and SUPR.  Serves as a full-line supervisor to professional legal staff.

Essential Functions

• Serves as Deputy General Counsel of the Department of Human Services assigned to programs operated by providing legal advice and counsel to Department of Mental Health (DMH) and Division of Substance Use Prevention and Recovery (SUPR). 

• Serves as full-line supervisor.

• Provides on-going legal oversight of the Divisions’ monitoring and enforcement duties. 

• Analyzes agency operations affected by changing policy/legal requirements.

• Drafts and reviews legal documents, inter-agency agreements, data-sharing agreements, consent forms, administrative and program directives, and rule changes as required for program operations.

• Drafts and reviews proposed bills, amendments, and resolutions.

• Assists the General Counsel in the overall functioning of the Office of General Counsel within the Department of Human Services.

• Performs other duties as required or assigned which are reasonably within the scope of the duties enumerated above.

Minimum Qualifications

• Requires knowledge, skill, and mental development equivalent to completion of four (4) years college with course work in business law or legal studies.

• Requires possession of a license to practice law in Illinois.

• Requires four (4) years progressively responsible professional experience in the practice of law.

Preferred Qualifications

• Four (4) years of profess