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Education Attorney in Tallahassee, FL

Florida Education Association May 25,2016 Jul 09,2015 Location USA Tallahassee FL
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In-House

Attorney

Education

Litigation - Whistleblower - CFTC

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General Counsel and Director of Legal Services The candidate will: Advance association’s vision and mission by identifying opportunities for increased organizational effectiveness and efficiency through shared organizational learning. Recommend programs, policies and services that are aligned with association’s vision, mission and strategic goals. Report to and advise the Chief of Staff or designee on association programs, policies and services. Manage, execute, and be a steward of the departmental and organizational budget, finances and other resources. Educate staff on association’s mission and goals, and responsibilities to members as owners of association. Contribute to the functioning and deliberations of the management team. Support planning, coordination and implementation of programs and services across departmental and cross-domain boundaries. Continually review and assess programs and services to assure alignment with association’s mission and strategic goals. Uniformly and consistently manage, implement, and enforce association’s programs, policies and the association/FSO Collective Bargaining Agreement. Effectively manage association’s human resources through assigning, supervising, and evaluating department staff. Assist in assessing association’s plan for becoming a learning organization including systemic thinking and other appropriate strategies. Act as liaison for cooperative projects and programs with the National all State Organizations and coordinate activities of committees, task forces, and special projects. Explore, coordinate, and facilitate available human, fiscal, and programmatic resources applicable to the department that are available through National Affiliates. Provide coordination and direction for meetings/conferences/training in conjunction with the Department of Human Resources. Actively support association’s Affirmative Action Program and policies. Supervises, directs and administers the association Legal Services Program. Advises, and may represent the association management on matters of employee-employer relations with its staff organization. Represent and coordinates or assigns outside counsel to represent association in litigation/arbitrations with staff organization. Advises and may represent association Locals on matters of employee employer relations with its staff organization. Represents, coordinates and assigns outside counsel, when appropriate, to represent association locals in litigation/arbitrations with staff organizations. Coordinate and/or conduct litigation and render legal advice and services including matters regarding the collective bargaining program to members and Service Units. Coordinate and manage retained counsel; monitor all ULSP, criminal and civil cases; manage cost containment. Review billing of retained counsel for compliance with association and national guidelines. Administer and Manage the Attorney Referral Program and the Educators’ Employment Liability Program, Association Professional Liability Program and Bond. Coordinate with national organizations on funding and reimbursement under all legal programs. Researches and provides legal advice to association Chief of Staff and management staff and to association Officers and the association Governance Board at the direction of the Chief of Staff on corporate, contractual and organizational policies; Works with Director of Field Services on collective bargaining matters, including the development of training programs for leaders and field staff and in the publication of collective bargaining/legal publications. Acts as Staff Liaison to the association Constitution, Bylaws and Rules Committee and assist on legal matters with the association Credentials and Elections Committee; Recommends employment, assigns, supervises and directs all legal staff; Coordinate the development and delivery of legal training sessions, workshops, etc., for association and its locals, Service Unit leaders, and staff. Develop and maintain an information and legal opinion distribution system and to provide legal services information and training to staff and governance; specifically utilizing the association Regional Resource Meetings as distribution vehicle; Perform other duties and inter-Division activities as assigned by the Chief of Staff.

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