ASSISTANT DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL, 1
Career Family: ASSISTANT DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL,
Assistant Deputy Attorney General, 1 is non-competitive, meaning the state checks your education and experience against the spec instead of ranking you on a test.
Its salary schedule (frozen at an older rate) lists $106,195 to $148,663, though managerial and exempt titles like this are usually paid individually rather than on the step schedule, and state payroll currently lists 5 people in the title, most of them at Law and Public Safety.
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Assistant Deputy Attorney General, 1 appears on the State payroll at one department, Department of Law & Public Safety.
State departments
| Employer | Employees |
|---|---|
| Department of Law & Public Safety | 5 |
State payroll and independent authority payroll are separate systems and are never merged. See data sources.
Who employs this title
State payroll records show 5 people working under this title. The median actual salary is $189,750. The agencies employing the most are:
- Law and Public Safety (5)
Counts from NJ YourMoney agency payroll. See statewide workforce analytics.
Official job specification
The text below is the official specification published by the New Jersey Civil Service Commission. The plain-language summary and analysis above are derived from it by NJ Civil Service Navigator. Source: the official specification page at NJ CSC.
Examples of work
- Supervises and coordinates the work of Deputy Attorney Generals assigned to State departments and agencies.
- Consults with Deputy Attorney Generals and recommends legal procedures and action to be followed in representing and advising State agencies.
- Works on matters of State-wide significance in which the Division of Law is representing a department or agency.
- Supervises and coordinates the work of Deputy Attorney Generals in the presentation of matters before the Office of Administrative Law.
- Consults with Cabinet officers and other administrative agents regarding procedures to be followed by State departments.
- Supervises or consults with Deputy Attorney Generals with regard to the presentation of appellate cases.
- Prepares technical legal documents, correspondence and reports.
- Supervises the maintenance of essential records, reports and files.
- May be required to learn to utilize various types of electronic and/or manual recording and information systems used by the agency, office or related units.
- <b>REQUIREMENTS
- EXPERIENCE</b>
- Seven years' experience as a Deputy Attorney General and/or Assistant Deputy Attorney General.
License
Admission to practice as an Attorney at Law in the State of New Jersey.
Appointee will be required to possess a driver's license valid in New Jersey only if the operation of a vehicle, rather than employee mobility, is necessary to perform the essential duties of the position.
Knowledge, skills and abilities
- Thorough knowledge of State and Federal administrative law and practices, and of federal court procedures and practice as they relate to State and other entities.
- Thorough knowledge of the procedures utilized in the preparation and prosecution of complex civil cases.
- Wide knowledge of the structure and content of formal and informal legal documents and administrative publications.
- Considerable knowledge of the formulation and preparation of informative and technically correct reports and correspondence.
- Basic knowledge of administrative and investigative principles.
- Ability to plan, coordinate and prosecute civil matters of a highly complex nature.
- Ability to supervise professional and other staff in performing assigned duties and in meeting program goals.
- Ability to evaluate and to determine the quality of work products and to develop and modify operating procedures as required to meet agency goals.
- Ability to research and write logical well-constructed and technically sound reports and correspondence.
- Ability to interface effectively with various government jurisdictions, agencies and other affected publics.
- Ability to learn to utilize various types of electronic and/or manual recording and information systems used by the agency, office or related units.
- Ability to read, write, speak, understand, or communicate in English sufficiently to perform the duties of this position. American Sign Language or braille may also be considered as acceptable forms of communication.
- Persons with mental or physical disabilities are eligible as long as they can perform the essential functions of the job after reasonable accommodation is made to their known limitations. If the accommodation cannot be made because it would cause the employer undue hardship, such persons may not be eligible.