LICENSING ATTORNEY - OPS - 67980037

State of Florida•Dundee, FL

35d•Remote

About The Position

This position with APD will serve staff and management across the Agency. Your work will impact the workplace culture, our community, and the population we serve as we continuously strive to achieve the Agency’s mission. The Agency seeks team members who demonstrate the qualities of being humble, hungry, and smart and lead others to embody the same. This entails lacking excessive ego, sharing credit, being self-motivated, and exercising good judgment and intuition regarding the subtleties of group dynamics.

Requirements

Must have a valid Driver's License or other efficient means of transportation to travel for work purposes.
Knowledge of principles and techniques of effective verbal and written communication.
Knowledge of methods of data collection.
Ability to prepare correspondence and administrative reports.
Ability to understand and apply applicable rules, regulations, policies and procedures.
Must complete all fields in the Candidate Profile, including their work history with the month and year.
Must participate in the Direct Deposit Program.
Must undergo Level 2 employment screening.
Must be a U.S. citizen or lawfully authorized to work in the U.S.

Responsibilities

Represents the Agency in litigation in various forums to include state trial and appellate courts, federal trial and appellate courts, and state and federal administrative forums.
Represents the Agency before the Division of Administrative Hearings relating to licensing issues under section 120.60, Florida Statutes.
Performs a variety of complicated legal services.
Provides legal advice and guidance on complex Agency issues.
Responds to oral and written requests from Agency personnel as directed by the General Counsel.
Conducts legal research, interprets statutes, reviews regulations, rules, and operating procedures as necessary in carrying out duties and responsibilities.
Works with Agency personnel in developing legislation, reviewing proposed legislation, (bill analyses), implementing new legislation, and reviewing existing statutes for proposing any needed legislation.
Drafts and reviews proposed rules for both substantive and technical legality.
Participate in rule development, rule workshops and rule hearings.
Responsible for moving proposed rules through the statutory rulemaking process.
Performs other duties as assigned.