Job Summary
As part of the Authority’s expanding legal team, the Senior Counsel Officer will support the delivery of the New Jersey Wind Port, a major Greenfield infrastructure project located in Southern New Jersey, which the Authority’s Infrastructure Division is developing on behalf of the State. The position will also provide legal support and counsel to the Authority’s broader programmatic activities, including other major capital and infrastructure projects and economic initiatives. The position will help to manage legal work streams, including coordinating with the New Jersey Attorney General’s Office to ensure project/program development and compliance with state law and the Authorities’ policies. The position will also participate in negotiations towards contractual close with a range of the Authority’s counterparties.
Success in this role will require an ability to provide effective counseling across a broad spectrum of legal issues, as well as representation in negotiations with sophisticated private counterparties. The position requires the ability to quickly comprehend state law and complex regulatory issues as it relates to major infrastructure projects, including areas such as but not limited to labor, construction, real estate/property, and environmental/permitting. An ability to effectively work with outside legal counsel, as well as to work effectively with the New Jersey Attorney General’s Office and other state entities, is also critical.
$85,680 - $107,100
Note: The NJEDA currently offers a hybrid work schedule for up to 2 days of telecommute work from home. To participate, you will be required to have high speed home internet access and a manager's approval. This program does not supersede the "New Jersey First Act", which requires newly hired NJEDA employees to establish and then maintain, principal residence in the State of New Jersey.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Skills and Abilities
Preferred Qualifications
Education and Experience Requirements
Advanced degree or industry specific certification may be substituted for 1 year of experience
Physical Demands
Travel
Certificates and Licenses Required
Note
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Your employment at NJEDA is voluntary and subject to termination by you or NJEDA at will, with or without cause, or with or without notice, at any time. Nothing in this job description shall be interpreted to conflict, eliminate or modify the employment-at-will status of NJEDA employees.
This position is considered exempt and is excluded from minimum wage, overtime regulations, and other rights and protections afforded nonexempt workers under the FLSA.
NJEDA reserves the right to amend/revise this job description as necessary to meet current and changing business needs.
NJ SAME Program
In accordance with P.L. 2021, c. 465 and P.L. 2021, 466, the SAME program was established to enable New Jersey State agencies to hire, promote, retain, and advance qualified individuals whose physical or mental impairments impact their abilities to participate in the hiring and promotion process for non-competitive and unclassified titles within the State workforce.
The SAME program allows candidates, who identify as having a significant disability, to apply for non-competitive and unclassified positions through a fast track hiring process. This program uses a fast-track process that permits people who are eligible for the program to request that the State appointing authority schedule with them a good faith interview. For more information about the SAME program and the Fast Track Hiring program, please Click Here. if you have any questions, please email, or call the contact as indicated on the job vacancy announcement.
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