Assistant Corporation Counsel Job at City of Elgin, IL
The City of Elgin seeks an Assistant Corporation Counsel. This is an inhouse position within the City’s Law Department and reports to the Corporation Counsel.
Elgin is home to 114,797 people, the sixth largest city in Illinois. Located approximately 38 miles from downtown Chicago in the picturesque Northern Fox River Valley, he city has natural beauty, with parks, nature centers and forest preserves, plus access to 36 miles of trails to bike or hike along the Fox River. Elgin’s easy access to major transportation corridors, robust commuter rail service and proximity to O’Hare International Airport provide its residents and businesses with an ideal locale in the Chicago metropolitan area. Elgin is a unique municipality that proudly distinguishes itself from the rest of the Chicago metropolitan area. Its approachable, innovative identity is anchored in its resilient history and strong, diverse community that continues to embody a desire for an even brighter future.
The City of Elgin City Council is a non-partisan body comprised of a mayor and eight city council members. The city manager is responsible for an annual budget of $315 million and a staff of 673 full-time employees, 456 of which are represented by collective bargaining units. The city also employs 470 part-time/seasonal employees.
Responsibilities include providing legal advice and representation for the City, its officials, departments, staff and boards and commissions on a variety of areas of local government law, drafting and reviewing of ordinances, contracts and other legal documents, legal research and drafting of opinions, state and federal litigation including ordinance enforcement, arbitrations, real estate transactional work and other duties as assigned.
Required Qualifications.
Licensed to practice law in the State of Illinois and the Federal District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Excellent research skills, excellent interpersonal, negotiation, oral and written communication skills.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience in local government law including familiarity with Freedom of Information Act processing, the Open Meetings Act and other unique governmental legal aspects. Experience in a range of civil areas. Transactional skills and negotiating and drafting of contracts. Experience in real estate, development, annexations, zoning, code enforcement and eminent domain. Experience in employment law, collective bargaining and grievances. Experience in litigation and arbitration. Experience in ordinance prosecution or other high volume litigation areas (e.g., criminal). In house legal experience.
Please attach a resume and a writing sample with application. Candidates that do not provide resume and writing sample will not be considered.
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