Department: General Counsel

Salary: $127,300.00 - $146,400.00

Description:

This position may be eligible for Alternative Work Arrangements up to two days remote, as allowed by UH policy.

Renders legal advice and assistance to UH System and its component universities. Serves as a higher education legal generalist or a subject-matter specialist for the UH System and its components.

1. Provides all UH components with legal expertise in one or more areas, such as employment,
corporate, transactional and regulatory matters, defending the University, etc.
2. Attends meetings, depositions, mediations, witness interviews, official hearings, and so forth;
makes recommendations, gives advice.
3. Determines appropriate department/individual to respond, contacts parties, and provides
instruction and guidance.
4. Collects responses, reviews, edits and investigates responses as necessary.
5. Conducts, schedules and coordinates meetings to formulate responses and prepare
witnesses for giving testimony.
6. Provides leadership and mentoring to assistant general counsels.
7. Serves as lead in the development and delivery of training related to legal issues throughout
the UH System.
8. Reviews correspondence, policies and other written material for legal issues. May also
review bids and contracts and monitor contract fulfillment under applicable university policy,
state and federal laws.
9. Reviews requests for information maintained by UH, assesses which items should be
responded to and which are objectionable.
10. Directs staff to assist Office of Attorney General in assembling documentation and
providing support services.
11. Performs other job-related duties as required.

Additional Posting Information:
- Department is willing to accept education in lieu of experience.
- Required documents resume, coversheet and 3 work related references with at least two from former/current supervisors. Only applications with all required documents will be considered.

MQ: Requires singular knowledge of a specialized advanced professional discipline or the highest level of general business knowledge, normally acquired through attainment of a directly job-related terminal degree or equivalent formal training in a recognized field of specialization that is directly related to the type of work being performed. Requires a minimum of five (5) years of directly job-related experience. Requires professional licensing, certification or registration directly related to the job, as specified on a job description addendum.