Posted: 25-Feb-25
Location: Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands
Type: Full Time
Salary: Commensurate w/ Educ. & Exp.
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Years of Experience:
Required Education:
Internal Number: 25-028
The incumbent will be under the direct supervision of the Chairperson, Board of Directors, or his/her designee.
Duties:
- Provides formal and informal legal advice to management.
- Drafts and reviews a broad range of legal documents, including legal opinions, proposed agency decisions, memoranda, contracts, and other procurement documents.
- Represents the Corporation at a variety of meetings, negotiations, and hearings.
- Provides legal oversight of procurement contracts for goods, services, and construction.
- Assists management with developing policy and regulations to ensure compliance with applicable laws and regulatory policies, including both local and federal statutes.
- Investigates and implements necessary actions for compliance with laws and corporate policies.
- Works closely with outside counsel regarding ongoing litigation.
- Advises management of a variety of legal issues, including, but not limited to, billing disputes, human resource matters, property-related disputes, contract negotiations and interpretations, and personal-injury claims.
- Performs short- and long-range strategic planning.
- Performs other duties of similar nature and level as assigned by management.
Education: Hold a law degree from an U.S. accredited law school. Be a current member in good standing of the bar of any state within the United States, the CNMI, or Guam. If not currently a member of the CNMI Bar, be eligible for prompt admission to the CNMI Bar. For admission requirements, visit http://www.cnmilaw.org/court_rules.htm.
Preferred Qualifications: Experience with utility law, federal and/or state energy regulatory law, and government procurement; Contract drafting and negotiation skills; Familiarity with working in a highly regulated industry; Understanding of the economics of electric power; Working knowledge of the legal and commercial issues involved in procurement, construction contracts, project finance, operations and maintenance agreements, and other utility project agreements; Experience working for or appearing before a federal regulatory agency; Strong business judgement and the ability to manage priorities and workflow; Ability to work independently, and handle both small and large matters with equal effectiveness and enthusiasm; Background in finance, accounting engineering, or economics; Ability to manage multiple complex matters simultaneously.
Knowledge of: Applicable hardware, software, system, and technology principles, methods, and support techniques; Systems analysis and design methods, procedures, and techniques; Business methods, principles, and practices; Customer service principles, Database maintenance principles; Modern office technology; Budgeting principles; Basic mathematics.
Skills in: Providing customer service; Utilizing a computer and relevant software applications; Utilizing communication and interpersonal skills as applied to interaction with coworkers, supervisor, the general public, and others to sufficiently exchange or convey information and to receive work direction.
Abilities: Must have excellent interpersonal skills; Communicate effectively both verbally and in writing; Possess excellent professional judgement.
- Licensing:
- Valid Driver’s License with appropriate class.
All applicants may be tested and all applicants are subject to pre-employment drug test.
How to Apply: Submit a completed CUC Employment Application, resume, and applicable supporting documents to the CUC Human Resources office located on the 3rd Floor of the Joeten Dandan Building on Saipan, Monday to Friday 7:30 am – 4:30 pm (Except Legal Holidays). Applicants on the island of Tinian and Rota may submit their documents to their respective CUC Administration office. Application, resume and supporting documents can also be e-mailed to: employment.applications@cucgov.org.