Attorney II - 61094818

Full Job Description

Are you an experienced professional looking for new opportunities to further your career?

The South Carolina Office of Resilience is seeking a hardworking and dependable candidate just like you to apply!

This position will offer great benefits with the state, including 15 days of annual and sick leave per year or more depending on applicable state service.

The Attorney II will conduct legal research, interpret policies, and prepare and draft contracts, memorandum of agreements and related documents for assigned and emergent grants as awarded.

Additionally, the Attorney II will monitor changes to laws, guidelines, or regulations especially as it pertains to the current grants implemented by the Office of Resilience and those grants to be acquired and implemented by the office.

The position also requires policy writing and review for the Disaster Relief and Resilience Fund and the South Carolina Resilience Revolving Loan Fund.

The position will need to learn how the Statewide Strategic Resilience and Risk Reduction Plan guides agency planning.

The Attorney II may be asked to prepare opinions involving legislative acts and court decisions, and to track legislative actions that impacts the agency or its mission.

Under limited general supervision, this position:

• Supports requests from SC Office of Resilience (SCOR) management about actions with outcomes that may require a legal opinion regarding policy and authority by ordinances, statutes, state laws, federal law, and the awarded grants and future awarded grants.
• Prepares, drafts, revises, and/or reviews contracts, deeds, leases, and other legal documents.
• Assists in developing policies and procedures for SCOR.
• May be required to maintain logs, files, and documents related to legal elements of resilience planning programs, disaster recovery, and mitigation.
• Participate in and assist with technical assistance for agency or agency program implementation legal compliance requirements.
• Provide legal guidance and programmatic compliance for Hurricane Helene Federal CDBG-DR grant award and Hurricane Helene SCOR Disaster Relief and Resilience Fund programs.
• Performs all other duties as required and assigned by the supervising attorney.
• Proposes solutions to issues for suggested legal or legislative action at the local or state levels related to the Strategic Statewide Resilience and Risk Reduction Plan.
• Investigates claims and complaints by or against SCOR’s programs and recommends actions to be taken.
• Attends meetings of the SCOR Resilience grants and advisory teams.
• Prepares and drafts agreements and related documents for state agencies. As needed, attends meeting of the SCOR's management, disaster recovery, mitigation, or resilience planning teams.
• Participate in public hearings, public engagements, and review and/or provide factual testimony before governmental bodies.

Requirements

• A juris doctor degree or its equivalent from an accredited law school and experience as a practicing attorney required.
• The candidate must also be a member in good standing of the SC Bar.
  

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Must have the ability to communicate effectively. Must be proficient in the ability to conduct legal research and discern legal and regulatory rules for grant funding compliance requirements, government procurement policies and practices.
• Must have the ability to prepare written memorandum, interpreting and applying Federal, State and local codes, ordinances, and regulations, as well as judicial decisions related to SCOR disaster recovery, hazardous risk mitigation, and statewide risk reduction and planning, data collection, and intra-agency collaboration and coordination initiatives.
• Draft and/or review legal contracts, permits, and regulatory compliance documents. Participate in public hearings, public engagements, and review and/or provide factual testimony for governmental bodies.

Collaborate with environmental scientists, engineers, hydrologists, watershed coordinators, housing and resilient building experts, and non-profit organizations active in disasters and recovery.

Monitor legislative and regulatory developments related to grant management practices, nature-based hazard mitigation strategies, green and grey infrastructure practices, economic, ecologic, and sustainability practices for all areas of agency programs.

• Must become familiar with SC Office of Resilience statutory authority, §48-62-10, et. seq., South Carolina Strategic Statewide Resilience and Risk Reduction Plan, and updates.

Applicants indicating college credit or degree(s) on the application will be required to bring a copy of college transcript to the interview.

A copy of the transcript may also be uploaded as an attachment to the application, if required by the hiring department or if desired by the applicant.

Please note that some areas of the Agency may require an official, certified copy of the transcript prior to hiring or within a specific timeframe required by that area, after hiring.

Failure to produce an official, certified transcript may result in not being hired or termination.

Qualifications

• Federal and/or State government grant funding experience throughout grant cycle including pre-award reviews and award execution, grant implementation, compliance reviews, policy drafting, reporting, and closeout.
• Advanced degree or experience in the field of environmental law and applicable regulations.
• Experience with Federal and/or State government procurements desired.
• Experience with real estate transactions, deed reviews, title verification, land use and conservation practices desired.
  

Additional Information

The Office of Resilience is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy childbirth or related medical conditions, including, but not limited, to lactation), national origin, age (40 or older), disability or genetic information.

Supplemental questions are considered part of your official application. Any misrepresentation will result in your disqualification from employment.

Please complete the state application to include all current and previous work history and education.

A resume will not be accepted nor reviewed to determine if an applicant has met the qualifications for the position.