Associate Counsel

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Associate Counsel
RESPONSIBILITIES: Provide legal counsel in the areas of academic and student affairs; contracts and purchasing, including real estate and construction; regulatory compliance; grants and sponsored research; intellectual property; labor and employment; discrimination; litigation; torts; environmental health and safety; emergency and risk management; privacy; government employee ethics regulatory matters; public records and open public meetings; public finance; risk management and insurance; constitutional law; and University governance issues. Prepare board resolutions as appropriate. Manage matters with outside counsel including litigation, employee immigration applications, Unfair labor practice charges, mediation, and arbitration. Serve as the liaison with the Attorney General’s Office on EEOC matters and advise the University’s Affirmative Action/Equal Employment Opportunity officer on EEO and Title IX investigations. Offer legal counsel to administrators on contractual matters and regulatory compliance. Provide guidance and counsel concerning action involving all unions on campus including implementation of agreements, and any matter involving litigation, grievances, appeals, claims or complaints. Advise Human Resources on issues including compliance, performance management, leave of absence, benefits management, and all other HR functions subject to the management of the Office of Human Resources. Serve as the campus’s principal negotiator in collective negotiations with the AFT. Work with the Provost, deans, and others concerning matters related to collective negotiations; keep campus administrators informed about collective negotiations developments; provide training for other campus representatives involved in negotiations. Serve as liaison concerning collective negotiations and labor contract administration matters with other institutions and the State Office of Employee Relations. Administer the statewide collective negotiations agreement and local NJCU-AFT agreements, as well as other policies related to academic personnel, including meeting regularly with union representatives, informally resolving disputes, representing the University in grievance proceedings and arbitrations. Provide advice and counsel on matters related to the statewide contract, local agreements, and related policies. Provide advice and counsel to university managers in the administration of major academic personnel actions, reappointment, tenure, promotion, leave applications (sabbatical, sick, and unpaid), and compensation changes (range adjustments, release time, non-credit compensation) to ensure contractual compliance. Work with and provide advice and counsel to other campus administrative offices (Affirmative Action, Human Resources) in responding to complaints (e.g., discrimination, harassment). Other duties as assigned by the University Counsel.

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