Salary: $87,432.00 - $122,460.00 Annually
Location: Sacramento, CA
Job Type: Full Time
Department: Legal
Opening Date: 01/28/2025
Recruitment Type: Internal/External
https://www.sacrt.com/careers/
Description
THIS POSITION WILL REMAIN OPEN UNTIL FILLED. APPLICATIONS ARE REVIEWED AS RECEIVED, AND INTERVIEWS WILL BE SCHEDULED FOR MOST QUALIFIED CANDIDATES, AS APPLICATIONS ARE REVIEWED.
Please note that this position has a transactional and advisory emphasis. While the general job description includes litigation related duties, this position is not a litigator position. However, the incumbent will perform some limited litigation related duties including gathering and reviewing responsive documents requested through discovery, responding to subpoenas, and participating in depositions. Nevertheless, the incumbent will primarily be given transactional and advisory assignments and will support the Procurement, Engineering, Finance, IT, Real Estate, Human Resources, Marketing, Planning, and Labor Relations departments.
The purpose of this position is to provide legal advice and support for the SacRT in advisory, transactional, litigation and other legal matters as assigned by the General Counsel. This work is mainly accomplished by gathering and interpreting data, including meeting and correspondence with SacRT staff and third parties to elicit information and discuss relevant concerns about issues, transactions, and litigated matters; conducting legal research; preparing legal analyses, memos, and pleadings; drafting contracts and other documents; preparing materials to be presented to the Board of Directors, courts, and other entities; appearances before state and federal courts and other tribunals; and preparing memoranda, opinions, and recommendations in response to requests for legal advice by District staff.
This is the entry level in the attorney series with incumbent performing under direct supervision. Incumbent is expected to perform essential functions while learning the procedures and policies of the SacRT and the practice of public law. This class is distinguished from the Attorney II in that the latter is more experienced.
Examples of Duties
This is a general listing of job functions and does not represent a complete listing of the positions responsibilities.
Minimum Qualifications
A combination of education and/or experience that provides the required knowledge, skills and abilities to perform the essential functions of the position. SacRT reserves the right to determine the equivalences of education and experience.
Formal Education: Juris Doctor degree or equivalent from an accredited school of law.
Substitution of experience for the required education is not accepted.
Experience: No experience is required.
Licenses and Certifications: Valid California State Bar License; will consider applicants awaiting California State bar results.
SacRT will consider applications from individuals with pending bar results or pending admission to the State Bar from the February 2025 examination, but any offer of employment will be conditioned on active membership in the California State Bar. Individuals in this situation should make a note of their pending admission in the job application.
Filing Instructions/Supplemental Information
The minimum qualifications as stated on this job announcement represent only the basic requirements of the position. Meeting the minimum qualifications does not guarantee that a candidate will be invited to participate in other examination segments of the selection process. An employment application is required for this position. Applications, job announcements, and copies of the complete job description are available at our website at www.sacrt.com.
Completed employment application must be submitted online. This position will remain open until filled. Applications are reviewed as received, and interviews will be scheduled for most qualified candidates as applications are reviewed. SacRT will not process incomplete applications. Resumes are not accepted in lieu of an application, but may be included with the application. For more information on benefits, a summary sheet is available from the Human Resources Department. The Human Resources Department will make reasonable efforts in the recruitment process to accommodate candidates with disabilities. For more information, contact the Human Resources Department at (916) 556-0298.
SacRT has a stand alone pension plan which is not part of, nor does it have reciprocity with CalPERS.
SacRT is an Equal Opportunity EOE - Minorities/Women/Disabled/Veterans.
This position falls under Management and Confidential Employee Group (MCEG).
In addition to operating over 60 bus routes with connecting bus service in the Sacramento area covering 418 sq mi (1,082.6 km2),[1] RT also operates a large light rail system. It is currently the eleventh busiest light rail system in the United States.[3]
In addition to the city of Sacramento, RT serves much of the northern portion of Sacramento County which includes the incorporated cities of Citrus Heights and Rancho Cordova. The unincorporated areas of Sacramento County under the RT service area include Arden Arcade, Carmichael, Fair Oaks, Florin, Gold River, North Highlands, Orangevale, Rio Linda and Rosemont.[4] The system formerly provided express bus service between Downtown Sacramento and Elk Grove until the mid-2000s when that city took over bus operations under the newly created E-tran. It also provided contracted bus service to neighboring Yolo County (covering West Sacramento, Davis and Woodland); those routes and operations were later taken over by Yolo bus after its formation on January 3, 1982.[5] In both cases, e-tran and Yolo bus have retained the RT assigned route numbers for their routes as they continue to service Downtown Sacramento.