DIRECTOR OF APPELLATE PRACTICE AND LABOR RELATIONS

Examples of work

• Under the direction of the President of the Civil Service Commission:
• Drafts, coordinates, supervises and oversees all rules, regulations and orders that may be required to implement the statutory authority powers and duties of the Civil Service Commission and Civil Service Department.
• Serves as the Administrative Practice Officer for the President and the Civil Service Commission and acts as liaison with the Office of Administrative Procedure and its Director.
• Is responsible for the promulgation of rules in the New Jersey Register.
• Formulates policies and procedures; plans, organizes and directs all departmental activities related to appeals of every nature coming before the Civil Service Commission, the President of the Civil Service Commission or the Chief Examiner and Secretary. This includes plenary hearing appeals arising from discipline by State or local appointing authorities, examination reviews, classification appeals, sick leave injury appeals, affirmative action appeals, grievances and general administrative appeals.
• Formulates related policy and procedure and is responsible for the hearing program of the Civil Service Commission as well as liaison and coordinator on their behalf with the Office of Administrative Law and its Director. This includes responsibility for the administrative support functions of the Commission and the overall supervision of professional and clerical staff responsible for the preparation of Commission meetings and public hearings.
• Reviews hearing reports and decision drafts before submission to the Civil Service Commission and supervises completion of all assignments from the Civil Service Commission.
• Reviews formal decisions, orders and reports to assure their compliance with appropriate laws as they effect the administrative and regulatory functions of the Commission to assure that they conform to the established Commission policy and presidents.
• Prepares the Agenda for Commission meetings.
• Represents the President in all activities with respect to labor relations, including: attendance at negotiations or the supervision of staff attending such negotiations; liaison with the office of the Governor on labor relation matters; preparation of policy statements and assistance in the formulation of policy by the President or the Commission; and preparation of advisory memoranda to the Department and outside the Departments or agencies with respect to labor relations activities where merit principles are involved. Represents the President as his designee to the Governor's Employee Relations Policy Council.
• Assists the President in the formulation of legislative policy; coordinates, supervises and revises legislation.
• Plans, organizes and directs all department activity with respect to the drafting of legislation, and implementing rules, subparts and policy statements which are issued to State or local agencies by the President of the Commission or the Civil Service Commission.
• Assists the President or his designated liaison with the Legislature in all matters relating to legislation; informs the President when bills requiring appearance of the President or his designated liaison are up for public hearing. Coordinates all comments from Divisions on legislation and prepares or directs preparation of the official legislative consents from the Commission, or the President to the Legislature.
• Supervises staff in tracking all bills and committee meetings of relevance.
• Attends legislative committee hearings with or in place of the legislative liaison on behalf of the President.
• Prepares advisory replies interpreting application of Civil Service rules and regulatory matters to guide the Commission, the President of the Civil Service Commission, the Chief Examiner and Secretary and departmental divisions in their administrative decisions. Gives verbal advice and holds meetings for that purpose.
• Acts as liaison with the Office of the Attorney General and disposes of requests from that office to this Department and the Commission.
• Prepares requests for advice from the President or the Commission to the Attorney General and all other correspondence related thereto.
• Coordinates litigation with the Deputy Attorneys General assigned to the Department.
• Acts as liaison with the Office of the Governor's Counsel, providing information to that office with respect to the work of the Department and the Civil Service Commission.
• Formulates policy and procedures governing all investigations conducted by the Commission or the President.
• Prepares for the Office of the Governor on behalf of the President, speeches, policies and statements and correspondence with respect to the Civil Service Act, any legislation amending or replacing that Act and matters bearing on the merit personnel management system.
• Represents the President and the Civil Service Commission at meetings and gives speeches on their behalf.
• Prepares formal reports; establishes and supervises maintenance of essential records and files.
• Prepares the budget for the Division of Administrative Practices and Labor Relations.
• Directs the operation of the Word Processing System for the Department.
• <b>REQUIREMENTS
• EXPERIENCE</b>
• Five years of professional experience in work involving the review, interpretation or drafting of laws, rules and regulations. Three years of such experience shall have included full time responsibilities as a legal counsel and/or an executive employee in a management position of a public employment merit system agency.

License

Admitted and licensed to the practice of law as an Attorney-at-Law in the State of New Jersey for a minimum of five years.

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 the New Jersey Civil Service Act, rules and regulations and their interpretation and application, including cases used as precedents.
• Thorough knowledge of administrative law theory.
• Thorough knowledge of and skill in reviewing, analyzing and reporting upon the potential effect of legislation, actual or proposed, upon Department policies.
• Thorough knowledge of the procedures and techniques used in the preparation of advisory opinions based upon the Civil Service Act, related statutes, or Civil Service Rules and Regulations as requested by Department staff and State and local appointing authorities.
• Thorough knowledge of developments in public labor law which may have an effect upon Department policy or labor negotiations, as well as the law, rules, theories, principles and practices of public sector labor relations.
• Ability to organize assigned work relating to Civil Service law, regulations, hearings and appeals, analyze the varied problems arising therein, and develop appropriate work methods.
• Ability to provide accurate advice to the Chief Examiner and Secretary and the President, Civil Service Commission, regarding existing interpretation and of Civil Service law and regulation and related law and their effect upon Department policy.
• Ability to prepare position papers and advisory memoranda pertaining to Civil Service law or related statues and Civil Service Rules and Regulations as required, including advisory correspondence.
• Ability to direct the review of hearing transcripts and exceptions or briefs by parties or attorneys and prepare technical comments thereon.
• Ability to assign and instruct technical and other staff and supervise the performance of their work.
• Ability to meet with the Governor's Counsel on proposed or pending legislation, direct the monitoring of State and Federal legislation and provide information to legislators regarding bills proposed or of interest to the Department.
• Ability to provide current information regarding developments in public labor law.
• Ability to direct the receipt and processing appeals to the Commission and to assist in determining which appeal can be handles by the Chief Examiner and Secretary.
• Ability to schedule and provide technical and clerical support for Hearing Officers and clerical support for Hearing Officers and the Civil Service Commissioners.
• Ability to maintain statistic and collate pertinent legal documents.
• Ability to assign and direct the work of the Hearing Officers and set that the necessary transcripts are prepared.
• Ability to prepare extensive correspondence in in the course of official
• Ability to prepare clear, legally sound, accurate and information reports of legal and related Department and Commission matters.
• Ability to supervise the maintenance of essential records, reports and files.
• 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 he 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 he made because it would cause the employer undue hardship, such persons may not be eligible.