Senior Legal Analyst

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This is a re-advertisment. If you have already applied, your application is still being considered. The Department of Managed Health Care's Office of Enforcement (OE) handles the litigation needs of the Department and represents the Department in actions to enforce the managed health care laws. The OE has an exciting opportunity for a motivated person committed to providing their best work product in support of the OE.

The successful candidate will be an eDiscovery paralegal and eDiscovery application administrator and will be assigned a litigation caseload and manage, with minimum supervision, the OE's eDiscovery application, Relativity One, by inputting, searching, manipulating, running reports, and exporting large volumes of electronically stored information. This position will also be a lead for the OE's legal secretary and legal assistant classifications in their support of the attorneys regarding the OE procedures and will, in coordination with other leads and a Supervisor I (Sup I), train new hires on the Legal Services Branch procedures.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS OF THIS POSITION INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO, THE FOLLOWING: Under direction of an attorney who shall accept full responsibility for the tasks performed, and supervised by an Sup I, the incumbent will be assigned to the Division of Legal Administration's Legal Services Branch (LSB). The incumbent will manage all aspects of discovery for OE's attorneys, assess legal issues and evaluate all documents submitted as part of discovery to determine evidentiary value and ensure each case successfully progresses through the eDiscovery process. Responsible for running requested reports from the ProLaw and eDiscovery applications as requested by an attorney during the investigation and prosecution stages of a case. The Senior Legal Analyst independently performs the full range of the most varied and complex paralegal duties which are analytical in nature, and provides consultative services to management and others. The Senior Legal Analyst performs other duties as required. As a lead paralegal, the incumbent will provide guidance to existing staff on technical tasks through discussions, emails, Microsoft Teams chats, and will be responsible for the formal training of new employees, with support and guidance from the Sup I, through the LSB's training program.

The following core essential functions of a Senior Legal Analyst do not vary with experience:

• Ability to maintain regular attendance and to arrive at work on time and ready to perform assigned tasks;
• Communicate accurately and effectively in writing and orally in person, through the use of documents and electronic devices.
• Willingness and ability to maintain a work environment free from discrimination or sexual harassment;
• Ability to work cooperatively with attorneys, management, clerical staff, technical staff, and the general public.

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This recruitment has been posted for more vacancies than currently exist as it may be used to fill additional identical vacancies which may occur within 180 days of the closing date of this bulletin.

Leave Program (PLP) 2025 agreement:

Effective July 1, 2025, the California Department of Human Resources (CalHR) implemented the temporary Personal Leave Program 2025 (PLP 2025). PLP 2025 directs that each employee receive a temporary reduction in pay in exchange for PLP 2025 leave credits. The temporary salary reduction percentage and the number of PLP 2025 leave credits are based on the position's associated bargaining unit. The salary range(s) included in this job advertisement do not include the temporary salary reduction.

You will find additional information about the job in the Duty Statement.