State of Connecticut Executive Branch

Managing Director And Commission Attorney (3300MP)

$57.52-$78.43 Hourly / $4,601.04-$6,273.68 BiWeekly /
$120,087.00-$163,743.00 Yearly


PURPOSE OF JOB CLASS (NATURE OF WORK)

COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND OPPORTUNITIES: This class is accountable for managing and/or directing the operations of the Commission relating to those litigative matters authorized by Connecticut General Statutes Section 46a-55.

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION COMMISSION: This class serves as the managing director and associate general counsel to the Commission and is accountable for managing and directing the day-to-day operations of the Commission relating to administrative, litigative and legislative matters and public education and ombudsman program efforts.

SUPERVISION RECEIVED

Receives administrative direction from the Executive Director and/or Deputy Executive Director.

SUPERVISION EXERCISED

Directs staff of commission.

EXAMPLES OF DUTIES

  • Exercises all statutory, regulatory and delegated responsibilities of Commission executive management; 
  • Directs staff and operations of commission programs; 
  • Coordinates, plans and manages commission activities; 
  • Assists executive management in planning, developing, implementing and updating commission strategic direction policies;
  • Interprets and administers pertinent laws;
  • Evaluates staff;  
  • Plans, develops and implements commission legislative initiatives and acts as legislative and agency liaison; 
  • Manages commission contested cases and, if applicable, public education mandates, ombudsman, investigative and audit functions;
  • Manages and trains personnel; 
  • Reviews reports, briefs and arguments; 
  • Drafts advisory opinions and interprets commission regulations and rulings; 
  • Presents sensitive and high impact cases at commission hearings;
  • Manages staff attorneys in complex hearings; 
  • Leads the recruitment and hiring of staff, including outreach, interview and selection;
  • May plan, develop and implement commission budgets; 
  • May represent commission in labor relations and personnel matters;
  • May act as commission representative to interagency committees and various official and private organizations; 
  • May develop, update and implement commission strategic plans related to long and short term initiatives including electronic information systems; 
  • May develop and implement educational programs, conferences and publications; 
  • Performs related duties as required.

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION COMMISSION 

  • Manages court litigation including  oversight of staff attorneys involved in litigative efforts.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILL AND ABILITY

  • Considerable knowledge of
    • and ability to apply management and business services principles and practices;
    • relevant state and federal laws, statutes, regulations and decisions;
    • administrative law including Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, rules of evidence and rules of practice in Connecticut courts; 
    • constitutional law and legislative process;  
    • electronic information systems as related to public access to government records;
  • Considerable
    • interpersonal skills; 
    • oral and written communication skills; 
  • Considerable ability to
    • interpret complex legislation; 
    • negotiate legal case settlements.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS - GENERAL EXPERIENCE

Three (3) years of experience in the practice of law.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS - SPECIAL EXPERIENCE

COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND OPPORTUNITIES

  • Two (2) years of the General Experience must have been litigating employment discrimination, labor or civil rights matters at the appellate level.

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION COMMISSION

  • Two (2) years of the General Experience must have been handling freedom of information matters.

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS

Incumbents in this class must be admitted to practice law in the State of Connecticut.

JOB CLASS DESIGNATION

Classified/Non-Examined

OCCUPATIONAL GROUP

(18)-Legal

BARGAINING UNIT

(02)-MANAGERIAL

EEO

(1)-Officials And Administrators

SALARY INFORMATION

MP 69

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

As defined by Sec. 5-196 of the Connecticut General Statutes, a job class is a position or group of positions that share general characteristics and are categorized under a single title for administrative purposes.  As such, a job class is not meant to be all-inclusive of every task and/or responsibility.

CANCELLATION CLAUSE

This replaces the existing specification for the class of Managing Director and Commission Attorney in Salary Group MP 69 approved effective June 16, 2022. (Revised to modernize format and add Acknowledgement section) Final No. 23-001

EFFECTIVE DATE

01/03/2023

CLASS: 3300MP; EST: 1/24/1995; REV: 3/31/2023;