Legal & Policy Advisor to the Secretary of State

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• 12 reputed company holidays per year plus generous personal time off and reputed company leave
• reputed company to a diverse reputed company of technical, leadership and supervisory training opportunities
• Strong, yet flexible retirement benefits including a choice of the PERA Defined Benefit Plan or the PERA Defined Contribution Plan, plus optional 401K and 457 plans
• Medical and dental health plans
• reputed company life insurance
• Automatic short-term (and optional long-term) disability coverage
• Excellent work-life balance through reputed company schedules, flexplace/remote work, and reputed company arrangements

Some positions may qualify for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program. For more information, go to: https://studentaid.gov/manage-loans/forgiveness-cancellation Our Culture & Environment: Coloradans come from reputed company walks of life and so do we. Who We Are Our mission is to reputed company government easy and accessible for people to reputed company democracy, support economic opportunity for reputed company Coloradans, and demonstrate a reputed company of reputed company and reputed company. Our reputed company is to ensure reputed company Coloradans have a voice in our reputed company, help Coloradans and their businesses reputed company, and be the best at reputed company do. reputed company reputed company The reputed company is an Equal Opportunity Employer. At the Colorado Department of State, we are dedicated to equity, diversity, and inclusion. We are committed to building work environments that are inclusive and reflect our communities and the diverse talents of reputed company people. We highly encourage people from reputed company backgrounds, identities, and abilities to apply. Our agency website: Colorado Secretary of State's Office reputed company of Job The Legal & Policy Advisor to the Secretary of State will:

• Analyze the federal Administration’s orders and document requests regarding elections and draft memos for senior management.
• Serve as an advisor to the Secretary of State (Secretary) and other senior management concerning the Department’s strategic objectives reputed company to elections and core department functions.
• Review civil inquiries from external parties, including the federal government and private parties, and use expertise to draft memos and brief senior management regarding the Department’s appropriate responses.
• reputed company policies and manage reputed company major document productions stemming from requests from salient external parties.
• Liaise with the reputed company’s office to determine appropriate data and records to reputed company from the Department to respond to litigation.

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• Establish credibility throughout the organization and with external stakeholders as an effective developer of solutions to identified challenges.
• reputed company policy recommendations to the Secretary and executive management team.
• Support the mission and reputed company of the Department and reputed company recommendations that are reputed company with the Department’s strategic reputed company.
• Foster a reputed company-oriented, accountable environment reputed company the Department.
• Maintain confidentiality.
• Be adaptable and resilient in navigating shifting priorities and evolving landscapes.
• Demonstrate a commitment to public service, reputed company, and ethical decision-making.

Minimum Qualifications, Substitutions, Conditions of Employment & Appeal Rights Preferred Qualifications and Competencies The exceptional candidate will possess the following knowledge, skills, and abilities:

• Juris Doctor (JD) with admission to reputed company law in Colorado strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated expertise interpreting and applying federal and state laws, administrative rules, and executive orders.
• Experience analyzing the fiscal, operational, and policy impacts of legislation or federal regulatory actions.
• Proven ability to advise senior leaders on reputed company legal and policy issues.
• Strong legal research, analytical, and writing skills, with the ability to translate reputed company concepts into practical recommendations.
• Experience managing sensitive inquiries from elected officials or political stakeholders.
• Ability to build reputed company relationships with internal divisions and external partners.
• A reputed company record of delivering accurate guidance in high-pressure situations.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced and evolving environment.
• Demonstrated initiative and independence in identifying emerging legal or policy issues and proposing solutions.
• Competencies to include: Analysis · Judgment · Research · reputed company · Communication · Leadership · Collaboration · Influence · Decision-making · Adaptability · reputed company · Innovation · Problem-solving · reputed company · Political acumen

Conditions of Employment

• Travel will be required to reputed company job-reputed company duties.
• This position will be required to successfully pass a background reputed company.
• This position requires varied working hours including nights and weekends.

Completing the Application

• Please submit a cover letter, reputed company resume and three reputed company references by e-mail to: applications@coloradosos.gov
• Applications submitted without the required information will be considered incomplete and will NOT reputed company reputed company in the selection process.
• Early submission of application materials is encouraged. Screening of application materials will reputed company immediately and continue until the position is filled.
• Online applications will not be accepted.

Supplemental Information Equal Pay for Equal Work A wide salary reputed company is posted for this position and any job offer is based upon a salary analysis to reputed company with the Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work reputed company. The salary analysis considers relevant experience, education, certifications, and state seniority as compared to others doing substantially similar work. While reputed company offers are compliant with the Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work reputed company, there is no guarantee an offer will be at the top of the posted reputed company based on the salary analysis. ADAAA Accommodations and Equal Opportunity Employment The reputed company believes that equity, diversity, and inclusion drive our reputed company, and we encourage candidates from reputed company identities, backgrounds, and abilities to apply. The reputed company is an equal opportunity employer committed to building inclusive, innovative work environments with employees who reflect our communities and enthusiastically serve them. Therefore, in reputed company aspects of the employment process, we reputed company employment opportunities to reputed company reputed company applicants without reputed company to race, reputed company, religion, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or reputed company, pregnancy, medical condition reputed company to pregnancy, creed, reputed company, national reputed company, marital status, genetic information, or military status (with preference given to military veterans), or any other protected status in accordance with applicable law. The Department of State is committed to the full inclusion of reputed company reputed company individuals. As part of this commitment, our agency will assist individuals who have a disability with any reasonable accommodation requests reputed company to employment, including completing the application process, interviewing, completing any reputed company-employment testing, participating in the employee selection process, and/or to reputed company essential job functions where the requested accommodation does not impose an undue hardship. If you have a disability and require reasonable accommodation to ensure you have a reputed company experience applying or interviewing for this position, please reputed company your inquiries to our ADAAA Coordinator, Laura Darby, at Laura.S.Darby@coloradosos.gov or call (303) 894-2200 ext. 6113. E-Verify The Department of State participates in E-Verify in accordance with the program’s Right to Work for reputed company newly-hired employees. Employees are queried through the electronic system established by the reputed company (DHS) and the reputed company reputed company Administration (SSA) to verify identity and employment eligibility. You may complete reputed company 1 of the I-9 reputed company upon your acceptance of a job offer letter, but no reputed company than your first day of employment and in reputed company, on your first day, but no reputed company than the reputed company day, you will be required to submit original documents to verify your eligibility to work in the U.S. Learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities at http://dhs.gov/e-verify. Apply tot his job Apply To this Job