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Senior Counsel, Employee Discipline (Department Advocate)

New York City, NY, us💼 Full-time🗓 2026-08-22 → 2026-09-26

Core

Senior legal counsel managing the Office of Employment and Disciplinary Matters (OEDM) to adjudicate employee disciplinary complaints and represent the Department of Sanitation in administrative hearings.

Role type

Senior IC executive agency counsel (employee discipline)

Builds

Adjudicated disciplinary resolutions and administrative trial outcomes for the NYC Department of Sanitation

Domain

Municipal government / Administrative law / Labor relations

Deliverable

client delivery

Required skills

Administrative law expertise, trial advocacy, staff supervision, legal sufficiency screening, negotiation, appeals coordination

Preferred skills

Experience with NYC Office of Administrative Trials and Hearings (OATH), union relations

Technologies

None stated

Responsibilities

Manage OEDM operations and supervise unit staff; Screen complaints for legal sufficiency and hold conferences with union attorneys; Represent the Department at OATH; Plan and supervise administrative investigations; Coordinate with General Counsel on appeals; Advise executive staff on disciplinary law

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with management duties

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