Associate General Counsel (Temporary)

Details:

Posted: May 28, 2024
Level: Management / Confidential (Executive 1) 
Hours: Full-time, 32-40 hours per week
Closing Date: The review of applications will begin immediately until the position is filled. Applications submitted by 5:00pm (EST) on Friday, June 14, 2024, will receive priority.

Location:

CSCU System Office
61 Woodland Street Hartford, CT 06105 
**This position is partially remote**
For more information, please visit the campus website or www.ct.edu/hr/jobs

Connecticut State Colleges & Universities Mission:

The Connecticut State Colleges & Universities (CSCU) contribute to the creation of knowledge and the economic growth of the state of Connecticut by providing affordable, innovative, and rigorous programs. Our learning environments transform students and facilitate an ever-increasing number of individuals to achieve their personal and career goals.

CSCU Vision:

The Connecticut State Colleges and Universities will build on its long and successful history by working collectively - within and across institutions - and by engaging external partners to increase the number of students pursuing and completing personally and professionally rewarding certificate and degree programs, improving their social mobility, and helping the state to meet its current and future workforce demands.

CSCU Equity Statement:

The Connecticut State Colleges and Universities commits to bold and disruptive change by actively identifying, naming, and dismantling structural racism, systemic poverty, and other barriers; establishing equitable and anti-racist policies and practices; and empowering students, faculty, staff, and administrators to advance racial, social, and economic justice. Our core collective responsibility is to continuously assess practices and policies and transform the world we live in by eliminating inequities.

Anticipated Start Date: 

July 12, 2024

Position Summary:

The Connecticut State Colleges and Universities (CSCU) Associate General Counsel is a temporary position from July 12, 2024, through November 14, 2024.  The Office of General Counsel provides legal research, analysis, and legal services to the CSCU Board of Regents, CSCU Chancellor and the System Office and the constituent Colleges and Universities within the CSCU system. All attorneys of the CSCU Office of General Counsel are expected to work collaboratively within the CSCU system to mitigate legal risks, facilitate efficient business practices, manage a wide variety of complicated issues in a fast-paced higher education environment, exercise independent judgment, and function effectively with internal and external audiences.

The temporary Associate General Counsel will provide legal support, manage the litigation portfolio, and provide interpretations of statutes, regulations and policies, addressing legal questions as they arise. This position is based at the CSCU System Office and reports to the CSCU General Counsel.

Example of Job Duties:

The following examples of duties illustrate the general range of tasks assigned to the position but are not intended to define the limits of required duties. Other essential duties may be assigned consistent with the general scope of the position

• Represents CSCU and acts as Attorney General Designee in administrative matters before state and federal agencies, including the Connecticut Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities (CHRO), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the U.S. Department of Education Office of Civil Rights, and the Connecticut Freedom of Information Commission.
• Manages litigation matters and acts as liaison with the Office of Attorney General and outside counsel for employment litigation, student litigation, and general litigation tort matters pending before the Connecticut Claims Commission.
• Conducts investigations as required.
• Prepares responsive pleadings and reviews, edits and/or comments on motion practice in litigation.
• Prepares responses to interrogatories, requests for production of documents and request for admissions.
• Prepares witnesses for testimony.
• Prepares cases analysis summaries for executive leadership and makes recommendations regarding litigation strategy.
• Negotiates settlements involving legal issues on behalf of CSCU in conjunction with CSCU officials, the General Counsel and the Connecticut State Attorney General, as appropriate.
• Under the supervision of the General Counsel, manages outside counsel matters.
• Advises CSCU administrators on responding to internal complaints and grievances, including employment grievances, academic grievances, discrimination complaints, and student conduct matters, and provides administrator