ASSOCIATE GENERAL COUNSEL
: Job Details :

Position Type:Administrative/School Board Attorney

Date Posted:4/30/2024

Location:Legal Services

Date Available:07/01/2024

Closing Date:5/21/2024 11:30 PM

ASSOCIATE GENERAL COUNSEL

Minimum Requirements:

• JD from an accredited law school and more than 3 years related experience, with additional education and training in law, if appropriate.
• Must be a member in good standing with the Florida Bar.
• Must have a valid certificate from the Florida Supreme Court.

As part of the more than 3 years of experience, should have experience in labor and employment law, trial practice, including practice before the Florida Division of Administrative Hearings ( DOAH ), the EEOC, exceptional student education (ESE), including knowledge of IDEA and Section 504 law, FERPA, charter school law, contract and tort law, vendor/purchaser law experience, including understanding bidding and procurement processes and procedures, constitutional law including First Amendment issues, and related questions involving school law, and mental health and threat assessment issues as required by Florida law.

Minimum salary for the position is $170,000 annually (250-day employment calendar).

Company Information:

The District School Board of Collier County, also known as Collier County Public Schools, is a school district in Collier County, Florida. The district has schools placed in four cities throughout the county: Everglades City, Immokalee, Marco Island and Naples. The district employs 2,900 teachers, 47% with advanced degrees. The School District of Collier County includes 50 schools, along with two charter schools and two postsecondary technical schools educating adult or dually-enrolled high school students. For the 2009-2010 school year, Collier County Public Schools received a school district grade of “A” from the Florida Department of Education – its second “A” in a row. Before that, the District had maintained a “B” grade since 2004, when district grades were first given.