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Attorney - Student Services

The Attorney Manager – Student Services establishes, implements, and oversees strategic plans, programs, and operational budgets aligned to meet student legal services needs; ensures statutory, regulatory, and University policy compliance; hires, trains, supervises, evaluates, and leads personnel; manages daily operations and resources; fosters unit/campus/community relations; keeps abreast of law and University policy changes.

• Establish, update, implement, and oversee strategic plans, programs, and operational budgets; create mechanisms to monitor and enforce statutory, regulatory, and University policy compliance; maintain records and prepare reports
• Hire, train, supervise, evaluate, and lead personnel; provide professional development opportunities; monitor intern/extern program
• Forecast, develop, and administer operating budget; ensure fiscal responsibility; identify/implement cost containment and revenue sources
• Manage daily operations and resources; oversee and provide legal advice, consultation, and representation; draft pleadings and legal documents; make court appearances; ensure appropriate conflict-of-interest and other referrals; negotiate settlements
• Foster unit/campus/community relations; identify and collaborate with internal/external sources; develop, monitor, and promote unit capabilities, services, and educational outreach programs; maintain and engage a legal services advisory board
• Keep abreast of changes in the law and University policy

Level:

– Manager

Base Description:

– Manages direct reports where primary duty is the management of a working unit.

Level Summary:

– Demonstrates proficient ability in work design, project management, financial planning and development of goals for accomplishing unit assignments. Reviews and guides work to ensure conformity to policy and effective approaches. Evaluates employee performance and recommend development opportunities. Demonstrates ability to coach employees. Presents and communicates key university indicatives and connects it to unit contributions. Provides broad guidelines. Develops, evaluates, enhances, and/or implements quality improvement practices. Recommends innovative solutions.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

– Oversees a team (typically 4 or more; no fewer than 2) full
– time direct reports of individual contributors and/or first level supervisors.

Fiscal Responsibilities:

– Monitors and tracks department/area budget
– May plan, forecast, and/or assist in developing budgets
– May have final signature authority for specific area

Problem Solving:

– Encounters varied and complex problems
– Helps to develop creative and/or novel approaches to resolve problems that are difficult in nature but within limited scope
– Modifies, adapts, or refines guidelines if necessary to resolve issues or problems

Independence of Action:

– Works independently on complex or strategic assignments
– Uses existing practices and advanced working knowledge to determine appropriate work methods for the team
– Reviews completed work of others for conformity to policy, and effectiveness of approach
– Delegates advanced tasks to others

Communication and Collaboration:

– Communicates with both internal and external audiences
– Collaborates closely with team members and various areas across the University
– Prepares written and/or verbal presentations or proposals on complex issues and delivers to a broad variety of audiences
– Communicates key university initiatives and how unit’s work contributes to their achievement
– Presents ideas, concepts and instructions in a clear manner, and uses persuasion and negotiation to build consensus and cooperation
– Establishes and maintains networks to facilitate successful communication among units

• Comp Grade – 14
• Minimum – $97,100.00
• MidPoint – $121,400.00
• Maximum – $145,700.00