General Description
The City of Atlanta is recruiting an Assistant Attorney II to be a member of its Department of Law Contracts Management Services Team. This position will serve as a primary resource in support of the City’s procurement and contracting process, and includes the review and assistance in preparation of solicitations and related legislation, management of bid protests, drafting, reviewing, negotiating, and revising construction contracts, general services agreements, professional services agreements, technology services agreements, inbound and outbound grants agreements, intergovernmental agreements and other City contracts. Success in the role will be measured by your ability to deliver appropriate legal advice, counsel, and provide quality contracts on behalf of our Contracts Management Services Team in a collaborative, independent as needed, professional and timely manner.
The attorney will:
Conduct legal research related to applicable municipal, state and federal laws and regulations and interpret laws, rulings and regulations to advise on legal matters, including contract interpretation and drafting.
Oversee and manage bid protests and contract disputes, including construction contract claims and change orders.
Appropriately manage the City’s change documents [amendments] and process.
Ensure that all procurement and contracting processes are followed.
Evaluate and communicate to internal stakeholders any solicitation and/or contract risks and obligations and provide general legal advice as needed throughout the procurement/contracting process.
Establish productive relationships with the City agencies, offices, departments and functional groups.
Participate on projects to improve how the Contracts Management Services Team provides services to its clients, and that enable this team to develop and grow.
Minimum Qualifications
Education and Experience: Juris Doctorate degree required. Must be a member of good standing with the State Bar of Georgia.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience in municipal, county, and/or constitutional law.
Demonstrated experience with procurement, technology and construction law is a plus.
The City of Atlanta remains a transportation hub, not just for the country but also for the world: Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport is one of the nations busiest in daily passenger flights. Direct flights to Europe, South America, and Asia have made metro Atlanta easily accessible to the more than 1,000 international businesses that operate here and the more than 50 countries that have representation in the city through consulates, trade offices, and chambers of commerce. The city has emerged as a banking center and is the world headquarters for 13 Fortune 500 companies.
Atlanta is the Capital city of the southeast, a city of the future with strong ties to its past. The old in new Atlanta is the soul of the city, the heritage that enhances the quality of life in a contemporary city. In the turbulent 60's, Atlanta was "the city too busy to hate." And today, in the 21st Century, Atlanta is the "city not too busy to care".
For more than four decades Atlanta has been linked to the civil rights movement. Civil Rights leaders moved forward, they were the visionaries who saw a new south, a new Atlanta. They believed in peace. They made monumental sacrifices for that peace. And because of them Atlanta became a fast-pace modern city which opened its doors to the 1996 Olympics.
Die-hard Southerners view Atlanta as the heart of the Old Confederacy; Atlanta has become the best example of the New South, a fast-paced modern city proud of its heritage.
In the past two decades Atlanta has experienced unprecedented growth -- the official city population remains steady, at about 420,000, but the metro population has grown in the past decade by nearly 40%, from 2.9 million to 4.1 million people. A good measure of this growth is the ever-changing downtown skyline, along with skyscrapers constructed in the Midtown, Buckhead, and outer perimeter (fringing I-285) business districts.
