CDPH is currently hiring an Attorney III within our Office of Legal Services’ (OLS) Public Health Programs (PHP) team! In this role, you will advise public health programs within CDPH on complex legal issues involving public health laws, matters of Departmental and programmatic authority, and compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements for the conduct of state business, including those for contracting, information management, public records disclosure, open meeting laws, privacy laws, administrative hearing processes, litigation support, and such other legal issues as may arise.
Key Responsibilities:
- Provides written and oral legal advice to the Department on complex matters of law pertaining to assigned CDPH Centers/Divisions/Offices (CDOs) and/or programs
- Undertakes legal research in complex areas of both federal and state law and provides oral and written legal analysis to key decision makers within and outside of the Department, including staff within Department programs, the OLS Deputy Director and Chief Counsel, and the CDPH Director
- Provides expert legal and policy advice to the CDPH Director, the OLS Deputy Director and Chief Counsel, Department Executive staff, the California Health and Human Services (CHHS) Agency, and management on complex legal issues related to his/her assigned CDOs and/or programs
- Works with assigned CDOs and/or programs and the Office of Legislative and Governmental Affairs (LGA) to develop positions and legislation to solve sensitive and complex problems of the Department, and to develop innovative theories and solutions to emerging issues
- Prepares and reviews contracts, notices, bill analyses, regulations, decision memorandum, and other documents of legal consequence
- Coordinates with other OLS attorneys to ensure consistent legal interpretation, strategy, and advice on such issues
- Acts as a litigation liaison with the California Attorney General’s Office (AGO), and coordinate and oversees CDOs and/or programs’ responses to formal discovery and litigation-related Public Records Act requests propounded in connection with pending trial court matters
- Drafts factual summaries and legal points and authorities in support of Department positions
- Provides litigation support to the AGO in litigation filed against, or involving the Department stemming from, among other things, Administrative Procedure Act challenges, as well as administrative decisions on appeal, which includes, but is not limited to, legal correspondence, negotiation, and developing strategies and tactics in matters of significance to the Department
- Provides immediate expert oral or informal written advice to program management, as needed, regarding topical matters, including compliance with state administrative requirements
Telework Policy and Residency Requirement:
This position may be eligible for telework. The amount of telework permitted is at the discretion of the Department and is subject to change, consistent with CDPH’s Telework Program. All employees who telework are required to be California residents in accordance with Government Code 14200. Candidates who reside outside of the state of California may be interviewed; however, the selected candidate must have a primary residency in the state of California prior to appointment (and continue to maintain California residency) as a condition of employment. Failure to meet this requirement may result in the job offer being rescinded.
