Senior Advocacy Attorney

Children and Families
Working Title: SENIOR ATTORNEY - 60074334
Senior Attorney
Office of General Counsel
Department of Children and Families
Current employees will be compensated in accordance with the DCF salary policy.

Attorney (less than 2 years of experience): $75,000 - $80,000
Senior Attorney (2+ years of experience): $80,000 - $85,000

Responds to oral and written requests for legal opinions regarding Florida's public records and open meetings laws.
Processes requests (for public information or public records) from various sources including media, lawyers, advocacy groups, private citizens, and other state agency employees. Seeks out and identifies potential legal problems in the department's planning, operation and administration, mainly in the areas of public records and open meetings laws. Develops and presents various types of curriculum for instruction on Florida's public records and open meetings laws. Represents the department in litigation involving public records or open meetings. Also, assists regional attorneys who are involved in similar litigation.
Works with department personnel in reviewing proposed legislation which may effect the operation or administration of the department.
Nine paid holidays and one Personal Holiday each year;
State Group Insurance coverage options, including health, life, dental, vision, and other supplemental insurance options;
Retirement plan options, including employer contributions
(Flexible Spending Accounts;
Male candidates born on or after October 1, 1962, will not be eligible for hire or promotion into an authorized position unless they are registered with the Selective Service System (SSS) before their 26th birthday or have a Letter of Registration Exemption from the SSS. For more information, please visit the SSS website: .

It is the policy of the Florida Department of Children and Families that any applicant being considered for employment must successfully complete a State and National criminal history check as a condition of employment before beginning employment, and also be screened in accordance with the requirements of Chapter 435, F.Background screening shall include, but not be limited to, fingerprinting for State and Federal criminal records checks through the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and may include local criminal history checks through local law enforcement agencies.
Candidates requiring a reasonable accommodation, as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act, must notify the agency hiring authority and/or People First Service Center View phone number on us.fitly.work). All employees are subject to reasonable suspicion drug testing in accordance with Section 112.0455, F.