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DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES

Office of Inspector General

Middle Management Association (MMA)

Interest Bidders: Please have an updated resume ready to submit to the hiring supervisor/manager when requested.

Date Posted:

11-13-2026

Date Closing:

11-19-2026

Posting Number:

147204

Job Classification:

Staff Attorney Supervisor

Class Option:

None

Employment Condition:

Full Time

Insurance Eligibility:

Full Employer Contribution

Seniority Unit:

016 - DHS Central Office MMA

Work Location:

DHS CO Lafayette Rd

Supervisor:

Catherine Ryan

Supervisor Email:

catherine.ryan@state.mn.us

Recruiter:

Rice,Carolyn P

Recruiter Email:

Carolyn.Rice@state.mn.us

General Description of Duties:

*This position is eligible for telework for applicants who reside in Minnesota or in a bordering state, with supervisory approval and satisfactory performance. If you live in a state bordering Minnesota, you must live within 50 miles or less from the primary work location to be eligible for telework.  There are required in office days that will be established when this position is hired.
*Approximately, 5% travel. 
*It is the policy of the Department of Human Services that the individual awarded this position successfully complete a Fingerprinting check (MNJIS/CJIS).   
*Complete the Criminal Justice Information System (CJIS) Security Awareness training within 3-business days from the start of employment; and successfully obtain/retain CJIS certification annually.

Under general direction of the Chief Legal Counsel (GC2), this position serves as the Staff Attorney Supervisor of the Office of Inspector General's Legal Counsel’s Office (OIG Legal), providing expert legal leadership for OIG's Data, Contracts, Systems and Alignment (DCSA) legal team. The incumbent serves as chief in-house attorney for all OIG legal matters and issues relevant to data privacy and governance, data systems and analytics, OIG-wide contracts and the Limits on Receiving Public Funds statute, directly supervising a team of attorney positions and providing the integrating legal intelligence that connects and aligns those functions across OIG divisions and Department of Human Services (DHS) partners.
Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
•	Maintain active legal practice within the DCSA portfolio.
•	Serves as the primary legal point of contact with the DHS Data Request Unit and agency contracts division.
•	Works closely with the LPC Data Unit to develop and refine data request and data governance processes for OIG Legal.
•	Coordinates with the attorneys leading the Licensing, Background Studies and Program Integrity legal teams to ensure consistency and quality across OIG’s legal practice.
•	Supports the Chief Legal Counsel on legislative initiatives and special projects. 

All DHS Leaders are expected to demonstrate and develop the five (5) competency themes: 
•	Leading Self 
•	Leading Others 
•	Leading the Organization 
•	Leading Outside the Organization 
•	Getting Work Done

Required Qualifications:

**To facilitate proper crediting, please ensure that your resume clearly describes your experience in the areas listed and indicates the beginning and ending month and year for each job held.**
•	JD degree from an ABA accredited law school;
•	Current license and in good standing to practice law in Minnesota;
•	At least 5 years’ experience as a practicing attorney in an area of law related to the position with 1 of the years working as a supervisor or in a leadership/lead role; and
•	Knowledge and experience with state and federal data privacy laws as they relate to human services programs. 
Experience must demonstrate the following: 
•	Strong legal research, analysis, and writing skills;
•	Building and maintaining good working relationships with internal and external stakeholders;
•	Providing legal advice to executive leadership on diverse and complex human services and data privacy matters; 
•	Supervision of staff including mentoring and fostering professional development or serving in a lead/leadership role; and
•	Experience in one or more areas of laws related to the position.

Eligible “expressions of interest” must be able to perform the essential functions of the job, with or without accommodations.

Per the MMA bargaining unit agreement, you must be a permanent or probationary supervisor in the same classification and the same seniority unit as this vacancy in order to submit an "expression of interest". To submit an "expression of interest" enter your employee ID: