Exempt

Immediately

Salary commensurate with experience

40.00 Standard from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM

Office of General Counsel

A resume and letter of interest is required to apply. Candidates under final consideration will also be required to submit professional references, college degree information, and employment history to an online third-party vendor.

For more than 140 years, The University of Texas System has improved the lives of Texans - and people all over the world - through education, health care, and research. The System consists of nine academic institutions, five health institutions, and The University of Texas System Administration. The institutions of the UT System employ more than 116,000 faculty, health care professionals, researchers, support staff, and student workers.

The UT System Administration is primarily based in Austin, Texas. It supports the missions of the System's fourteen institutions by providing financial, legal, planning, purchasing, government relations, communications, development, and other central services. Serving a growing state, the UT System Administration strives to provide a welcoming, supportive work environment that embraces different perspectives - not only because it enables the organization to be stronger, creative, and thoughtful, but because it is the right thing to do. To that end, UT System Administration embraces state laws on and employment preferences.

In the Office of General Counsel, we help our clients solve problems that affect their educational, healthcare, research, and business missions. We are a full-service legal department composed of 30+ attorneys in three practice groups: Health Law, Business Law, and General Law. In partnership with other campus-based attorneys, we serve all 14 UT System institutions.

This position provides highly advanced and specialized legal advice, counsel, and representation on legal matters to UT System and institutions. Additionally, this role manages ten attorneys and four support staff and serves as OGC's primary point of contact for the University of Texas Permian Basin. OGC's General Law Section is a group of attorneys and administrative staff with distinctive specialties critical to the mission of UT System.

No single day is typical for any of our universities, health care facilities or health care providers, so our commitment is to provide or develop all the substantive expertise our clients need. For that reason, the ideal candidate will be an agile individual who thrives in, and can promote, an atmosphere of constant communication with, and problem-solving for, our clients, including UT System officials; academic, business and health leaders at our institutions; and campus-based attorneys.

• Provide legal counsel and guidance to the UT System and its universities on various legal matters.
• Anticipate and identify legal issues and advise senior leaders on their impact on university operations and decisions.
• Supervise and lead a team of legal professionals and support staff.
• Research, review, interpret, and prepare legal opinions and advice.
• Review institutional policies and procedures for compliance.
• Advise on legal topics such as faculty and employment law, student affairs, torts, law enforcement, campus safety, university policies, athletics, state and federal regulatory compliance, Title IX, complex investigations, employee benefits, and risk management.
• Provide input on state legislative matters and reporting requirements.
• Work closely with the state Attorney General's office in litigation matters and on outside counsel contracts.
• Other duties as assigned.
  

• Proven ability to navigate a wide range of complex legal issues effectively.
• Excellent organizational and time management skills with the ability to set own priorities to coordinate multiple assignments with fluctuating and time-sensitive deadlines.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate with senior executives from within and outside the organization, and the ability to think strategically and serve as a business partner.
• Ability to effectively perform work of a sensitive and confidential nature that requires access to information, use of sound judgment, strict discretion, and maintain strict confidentiality of privileged information.
• Ability to analyze and interpret issues and prepare legal opinions.
• Work independently and collaboratively, in person and remotely.
• Embody and support OGC's Service Principles.

• Graduation from a law school accredited by the American Bar Association.
• Licensed to practice law in the State of Texas or become so licensed within six months of hire.
• Twelve years of legal experience.

• Experience working in higher education.
• Experience in litigation.
• Management experience.
• Experience in one or more of the following areas of law: faculty and employment law, student affairs, torts, law enforcement, campus safety, university policies, athletics, state and federal regulatory compliance, Title IX, complex investigations, employee benefits, and risk management.

• May work around standard office conditions.
• Repetitive use of a keyboard at a workstation.
• Uses standard office equipment.
• Requires occasional evening or weekend hours.
• 20% travel

The standard retirement plan for this position is Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS), subject to the position being at least 20 hours per week and at least 135 days in length. However, the incumbent of this position may elect the Optional Retirement Program (ORP) subject to the position being 40 hours per week and at least 135 days in length.

A background check will be conducted on applicants under final consideration. The background check may include any or all of the following: criminal history check, prior employment verification, education verification, professional references check, and motor vehicle records check. Background checks are conducted by third-party vendors. Upon request from the third-party vendor, candidates under final consideration must provide the required information for the background checks to be completed.

The University of Texas System Administration is a federal contractor committed to providing equal employment opportunity for all qualified applicants and employees in all terms and conditions of employment. U. T. System will provide equal employment opportunity to all qualified persons and will not discriminate on the basis of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, pregnancy, religion, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal or state laws.

For information on accommodations for individuals with disabilities, please contact the Office of Talent and Innovation at .