Staff Counsel - Level I

Brazos River Authority•Waco, TX

43d

About The Position

The purpose of this position is to provide legal support to the Brazos River Authority (BRA). This is accomplished by providing legal input on proposed courses of action, responding to public information act requests, reviewing and drafting contracts, drafting organizational policies and procedures, ensuring compliance with applicable procurement laws, evaluating potential legislation, performing general legal research and drafting memoranda on various legal topics as directed, and assisting the General Counsel with public information accounting, compliance issues, regional water planning group administration, contract and document preparation, and evaluation and intra-organizational task coordination. Additional responsibilities include conducting research, interacting with various departments and the public; and performing any other duties as assigned.

Requirements

Licensed to practice Law by State Bar of Texas or will be within a year of employment.
Juris Doctor (J.D.) - Graduate professional degree in law
Creating honest, trusting, and successful working relationships with others (inside and outside the organization) by consistently demonstrating competence and reliability in job performance, and representing what is best about the organization through demonstrated principles, actions, and communications...
Working with others to share expertise and achieve outcomes that benefit the organization; stepping in to fill necessary roles that others are unable or unwilling to do; demonstrating strong communication skills to others on the team through active listening, summarizing, facilitating and "bridge building"...
Handling a large amount of work efficiently and effectively.
Ensuring that work accomplished is accurate in all relevant aspects.
Demonstrating self-motivation; effective performance is driven from within rather than being conditional on pressure from external factors (e.g. boss, peers, subordinates, deadlines, crises, etc.).

Responsibilities

Providing legal input on proposed courses of action
Responding to public information act requests
Reviewing and drafting contracts
Drafting organizational policies and procedures
Ensuring compliance with applicable procurement laws
Evaluating potential legislation
Performing general legal research and drafting memoranda on various legal topics as directed
Assisting the General Counsel with public information accounting, compliance issues, regional water planning group administration, contract and document preparation, and evaluation and intra-organizational task coordination
Conducting research
Interacting with various departments and the public
Performing any other duties as assigned