DEPUTY LEGAL COUNSEL, NJ ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION
Deputy Legal Counsel, NJ Election Law Enforcement Commission falls in New Jersey's unclassified service: an appointing authority hires for it directly, without a civil service exam.
The requirements come down to a doctoral degree, 5 years of relevant experience, and a professional license. The published schedule for this title runs $68,456 to $95,846, but it is frozen at an older rate and these titles are typically paid off-schedule, so actual pay is often higher, and state payroll lists a single employee in the title, at Election Law Enforcement.
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Deputy Legal Counsel, NJ Election Law Enforcement Commission appears on the State payroll at one department, Election Law Enforcement.
State departments
| Employer | Employees |
|---|---|
| Election Law Enforcement | 1 |
State payroll and independent authority payroll are separate systems and are never merged. See data sources.
Who employs this title
State payroll records show 1 person working under this title. The median actual salary is $135,000. The agencies employing the most are:
- Election Law Enforcement (1)
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.
Definition
Under the direction of the Legal Counsel, N.J.E.L.E.C., assists in the legal representation of the Election Law Enforcement Commission; plans, develops and organizes the work programs for the detection and prosecution of violations of the New Jersey Campaign Contributions and Expenditures Reporting Act, and interpretation and enforcement of the Act and Commission regulations; oversees the work programs and staff of the Gubernatorial Public Financing Program; conducts legal research concerning constitutional, statutory and regulatory interpretation; provides recommendations on the impact and scope of legislation; does other related duties.
Examples of work
- Provides advice on matters arising under the Campaign Reporting Act, the Gubernatorial Public Financing Act, the Gubernatorial Legislative Disclosure Act, the Legislative Activities Disclosure Act, the Uniform Recall Election Law, or any other matter concerning the Commission in the performance of official duties.
- Supervises the activities of an investigative staff to detect and enforce compliance with the New Jersey Campaign Contributions and Expenditures Reporting Act.
- Supervises the preparation of pleading, trial briefs, legal memoranda, legal research, and confidential investigative reports.
- Oversees and participates in the prosecution of complex civil cases.
- Prepares formal opinions; prepares, promulgates and codifies Commission regulations.
- Supervises fine collection activities.
- Evaluates and supervises the conduct of legal and other staff engaged in litigation to enforce the provisions of the Act.
- Identifies, monitors and reviews legislation which could impact upon Commission operations.
- Establishes and maintains liaison and cooperative working relationships with other State agencies on Commission matters and affairs.
- Supervises the release of Commission determinations on complaints and final decisions.
- Prepares and presents cases to be heard before the Office of Administrative Law; assists in other prosecution activities as required.
- Prepares correspondence and reports in the course of official duties.
- Supervises the activities and staff of the Gubernatorial Public Financing Program, responsible for the distribution of public fund payments to qualified gubernatorial candidates.
- Supervises the maintenance, testing, use and application of specialized software utilized to monitor public matching fund submissions.
- Prepares reports and other submissions to the Legislature regarding gubernatorial program activities as statutorily mandated.
- Reviews regulations related to Gubernatorial Public Financing and drafts modifications as required for approval by the Commission.
- Directs the activities of public financing staff engaged in applying regulatory criteria to determine eligibility of candidates to receive public matching funds; supervises candidate compliance with statutory expenditure limits.
- Oversees all public fund payments to candidates to ensure compliance with public fund caps.
- Prepares appropriation request for amount of public funds to be distributed to candidates; monitors the amount of public funds distributed.
- Prepares planning documents, projections, and staffing needs for the public financing program administration budget.
- Coordinates with the Department of the Treasury to issue timely payments of public funds to qualified gubernatorial candidates.
- Reviews and revises campaign finance and public fund submission manuals for accuracy and relevancy with current statutes and regulations.
- Designs instructional materials used to conduct training seminars for proper campaign reporting procedures; oversees training sessions; prepares internal procedures manuals for public financing staff.
- Supervises the work operations of programs and staff and has responsibility for effectively recommending the hiring, firing, promoting, demoting and/or discipline of staff.
- Will be required to learn to utilize various types of electronic and/or manual recording and computerized information systems used by the agency, office or related units.
Education
Graduation from an accredited law school with a Juris Doctor (J.D.) or a Bachelor of Laws (L.L.B.) degree.
Experience
Five (5) years of experience involving the review, analysis, evaluation and interpretation of statutory requirements in a business or government organization, including the audit and/or investigation of their application, and responsibility for enforcement, one (1) year of which shall have been in a supervisory capacity.
License
Appointee must be licensed 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
- Ability to learn to utilize various types of electronic and manual recording and information systems used by the agency, office, or related units.
- Ability to read, write, understand and 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.
Note
The examples of work for this title are for illustrative purposes only. A particular position using this title may not perform all duties listed in this job specification. Conversely, all duties performed on the job may not be listed.