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Agency Attorney, Bureau of Environmental Surveillance and Policy

DEPT OF HEALTH/MENTAL HYGIENE

Location: 125 Worth Street, Nyc Advertised pay: USD 83,000–95,450 / yearly Work arrangement: Remote — restrictions unclear Employment: Full Time Posted: November 9, 2026 Freshness: Very fresh Source check: Observed today
Disclosure5 of 5 core facts statedReview uncertainties
Last source observationObserved todayObservation is not employer confirmation.
Application destinationcityjobs.nyc.govReview the application route and source evidence in the full report below.

Executive opportunity brief

The decision in one screen

A compact evidence-first read of compensation, flexibility, mobility and what still needs verification. No universal quality score is used.

Compensation positionBelow the current lower quartile285 current same-currency observations
Work flexibilityRemote — restrictions unclearBased only on stated location/work-arrangement evidence.
Decision evidence5 of 5 core facts knownThis listing states more core decision facts than the median role in the current sample.
Mobility evidenceSponsorship not establishedUnknown evidence is not treated as unavailable.
Current alternatives468 current same-family rolesCurrent HPJ inventory, not the whole labor market.
Negotiation readinessNegotiation evidence available: advertised pay range, current same-currency market context, strong decision evidence.Use the private Offer & Negotiation Lab below if an offer arrives.

Fast read

Opportunity DNA

The listing is still missing enough detail that the most useful next step is to resolve the open questions before making a strong comparison.

PayRange available

Current comparable position is around the 10th percentile.

FlexibilityRemote with some uncertainty or restrictions

The work arrangement can be assessed, although it is not among the most flexible patterns detected.

Entry pathRequirements unclear

The listing does not make the minimum education or experience threshold clear enough yet.

MobilityNot established

Sponsorship and relocation support are not clear from the current listing.

ApplicationSome process detail

Part of the application route can be assessed, but the full external process may contain additional steps.

TraceabilityCurrent source traceable

At least one recent enabled source can still renew this vacancy.

This fingerprint summarizes what is clear, constrained or still unanswered in the current listing. It is a reading aid, not an overall job score.

Decision evidence check

5 of 5 core facts stated

This checks whether the listing states the facts that commonly change an employment decision. It measures disclosure completeness, not whether the opportunity is good or bad.

Facts already stated

  • Compensation
  • Work arrangement
  • Advertised location
  • Application closing time
  • Employment type

Core evidence complete

All five core facts are stated. Other details can still matter, so continue with the qualification, mobility, employer and application checks below.

Advertised location is not proof of work authorization, sponsorship, or legal eligibility. Unknown information is not a negative score; verify those questions separately.

Decision levers

What could make or break the fit?

Reasons to look closer

Nothing stands out strongly enough yet to call a clear advantage. The role may still be attractive for reasons the listing does not spell out.

Trade-offs to weigh

No major trade-off is stated clearly in the information available here. Employment terms outside the listing may still matter.

Questions worth asking before you invest more time

  • Confirm which countries employees may work from and whether payroll-country, timezone or office-attendance restrictions apply.
  • Confirm whether a degree is actually required, preferred, or replaceable with equivalent experience.
  • Confirm the actual minimum experience requirement rather than assuming preferred background is mandatory.
  • Ask whether visa sponsorship is available before investing significant time in the application.

These questions come from details the listing leaves open. An unanswered point is not treated as a disadvantage.

Opportunity neighborhood

Keep your options open

These live roles sit close enough to this opportunity to make useful comparison points. Look across several employers before deciding what pay, flexibility or access trade-offs you are willing to accept.

Associate General Counsel

Pair Team · USA

USD 215,000–240,000 / year Region-restricted remote 4/5 core facts

Why it is nearby: Same country · Similar work arrangement · Same employment type

About 155% higher advertised midpoint

Senior Director, Corporate Counsel

1Password · Canada, USA

USD 269,000–404,000 / year Region-restricted remote 4/5 core facts

Why it is nearby: Same country · Similar work arrangement · Same employment type

About 277% higher advertised midpoint

Senior Commercial Counsel

Redox · USA

USD 155,000–180,000 / year Region-restricted remote 4/5 core facts

Why it is nearby: Same country · Similar work arrangement · Same employment type

About 88% higher advertised midpoint

Assistant Chief Counsel

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration · Washington, District of Columbia

USD 151,661–218,800 / year Unclear 4/5 core facts

Why it is nearby: Same country · Same employment type · Recently posted

About 108% higher advertised midpoint

This neighborhood is drawn from current inventory in the same broad occupation. Similarity is based on explicit listing facts; missing details do not count against a job.

Role market context

How much current choice is visible around this kind of work?

This compares the vacancy with current High Paid Job inventory in the broad Legal & compliance roles family. It describes visible choice and disclosure, not future demand or career quality.

Current visible roles468

200 most recent current roles sampled for the disclosure measures below.

Employers represented128

Distinct employers in the bounded current sample, not an estimate of all employers hiring in the market.

Decision-ready disclosure26%

Current sampled roles stating at least four of the five Core Decision Facts.

Compensation stated70%

Requires a numeric amount, explicit ISO currency and supported pay period.

Work arrangement stated47%

Listings with explicit enough remote, hybrid or on-site evidence to classify.

Stated closing time65%

Missing deadline evidence remains unknown and is not interpreted as an open-ended application window.

Disclosure comparison: This listing states more core decision facts than the median role in the current sample. This listing: 5/5 · sample median: 3.0/5.

Currencies with explicit pay evidence in the sample: USD (138) · EUR (1) · GBP (1). Raw amounts across different currencies are not compared.

This describes current visible High Paid Job inventory in the same broad occupation family. Percentages use a bounded recent sample and are not a forecast, a complete labor-market census or an employer-quality measure.

Constraint opportunity lab

What changes the size of the current opportunity pool?

Each line applies one stricter evidence-based constraint to the same bounded current role-family sample. It helps you see the trade-off in visible choice without deciding which trade-off is right for you.

Require explicit sponsorship or relocation support 0 / 200 0%

Counts only affirmative or possible sponsorship evidence, or relocation explicitly offered. Unknown is not treated as no.

Require worldwide remote evidence 17 / 200 9%

A much stricter subset: only listings with explicit worldwide-remote evidence remain.

Require a remote-listed arrangement 52 / 200 26%

Counts roles explicitly classified as worldwide remote, region-restricted remote or remote with restrictions still unclear.

Require at least four Core Decision Facts 52 / 200 26%

Shows the subset with enough stated evidence for a more informed first comparison.

Require usable compensation disclosure 140 / 200 70%

Requires amount, explicit ISO currency and a supported pay period. Missing pay evidence remains unknown.

Keep this advertised salary floor in the same currency 117 / 138 85%

Only same-currency opportunities with usable annualized pay enter this comparison. Other currencies are not converted or treated as lower.

Stay in the same stated country 130 / 150 87%

Uses only roles where a country is known. Roles without country evidence are excluded from this denominator.

Keep the same employment type 83 / 89 93%

Uses only roles with a stated employment type.

These are counterfactual filters over a bounded sample of current HPJ inventory in the same broad occupation family. They show how visible choice changes when one evidence-based constraint is applied; they do not tell you which constraint you should choose or predict hiring outcomes. The calculation uses the 200 most recent current roles from 468 visible roles in this broad family.

Salary transparency context

Is pay disclosure typical for this kind of role?

This listing states usable structured compensation. About 70% of the bounded current role sample does the same.

This listingUsable pay stated

Compensation counts only when amount, ISO currency and supported pay period are all known.

Current same-role sample70%

Pay disclosure is mixed but appears in at least half of the current role sample.

Current employer pattern100%

This employer’s current visible listings disclose pay materially more often than the current same-role sample.

This compares salary-disclosure behavior in current visible listings. It does not compare raw salary amounts across currencies, infer undisclosed pay as zero, or rate employer quality.

Private offer & negotiation lab

Turn an offer into evidence, not guesswork

Enter an annual base offer and, if you want, your own target. HPJ compares only within one explicit currency and never chooses a target for you.

Advertised annualized payUSD 83,000–95,450 / yearListing evidence only.
Current comparable medianUSD 147,175136 current sampled roles
Current upper quartileUSD 183,240Current HPJ inventory context, not a salary recommendation.

Negotiation evidence available: advertised pay range, current same-currency market context, strong decision evidence.

Enter an annual base offer to compare it with explicit same-currency evidence. HPJ will not suggest a target for you.

Review the full package · 10 terms

Mark what is confirmed, what needs clarification and what you want to prioritize. These choices and notes stay in this browser.

Base payKnown

Usable advertised compensation is available.

Bonus / commissionVerify

Variable compensation is mentioned; verify amount, formula, target and eligibility.

Equity / long-term incentivesMentioned

Equity or long-term incentive language is mentioned; verify grant type, vesting and valuation basis.

Retirement / pensionMentioned

Retirement or pension benefits are mentioned; verify employer contribution and vesting.

Health benefitsMentioned

Health-benefit language is mentioned; verify coverage, dependants and employee cost.

Paid leaveVerify

Paid-leave language is mentioned; verify the exact entitlement and carry-over rules.

Work arrangementKnown

A work-arrangement signal is available; verify schedule details before relying on it.

RelocationVerify

Relocation support not established

Visa / work authorizationVerify

Sponsorship not established

Review timingVerify

A review cycle is mentioned; verify timing and whether compensation can change at that review.

Questions worth taking into the offer conversation

  • Is there a bonus, commission or other variable-pay component, and how is it calculated?
  • How much paid leave is provided and what are the carry-over or blackout rules?
  • If relocation is relevant, what expenses, timing and repayment conditions are covered?
  • What exact sponsorship or work-authorization conditions apply to this role?
  • When is the first performance and compensation review after joining?

Occupation intelligence

What broader career references connect to this role?

HPJ uses broad comparison families for current-market analysis. External taxonomy results are reference candidates for that broad family, not a declaration that this vacancy has been authoritatively classified into a specific occupation.

HPJ comparison familyLegal & compliance roles
Adjacent families worth exploringFinance & accounting roles · Operations & program roles

European occupation references

This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission.

U.S. occupation references

This site incorporates information from O*NET Web Services by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA.

Career reference research

Skills worth investigating

Official occupational context, paired with exact phrases visible in this vacancy. It is not a skills test or an applicant-fit score.

ESCO · European occupation

legal service manager

Usually essential in this ESCO occupation
  • cost management
  • write work-related reports
  • provide legal advice
  • legal department processes
  • comply with legal regulations
  • advise on legal services
  • liaise with managers
Context-dependent ESCO skills
  • mergers and acquisitions
  • use communication techniques
  • negotiate in legal cases
  • provide legal advice on investments
  • prioritise requests

O*NET · U.S. occupation

Paralegals and Legal Assistants

O*NET occupation skills
  • WritingPhrase in listing
  • Active Listening
  • Reading Comprehension
  • Speaking
  • Critical Thinking
  • Active Learning
  • Complex Problem Solving
  • Judgment and Decision Making
Build my private skill preparation brief Your evidence · Practice · Interview questions

Plan how you might demonstrate or investigate occupational skills. These are broad-family reference examples, not confirmed vacancy requirements. Nothing you enter is sent to High Paid Job.

cost managementESCO · Essential · Listing mention unknown
write work-related reportsESCO · Essential · Listing mention unknown
provide legal adviceESCO · Essential · Listing mention unknown
legal department processesESCO · Essential · Listing mention unknown
comply with legal regulationsESCO · Essential · Listing mention unknown
advise on legal servicesESCO · Essential · Listing mention unknown
liaise with managersESCO · Essential · Listing mention unknown
mergers and acquisitionsESCO · Optional · Listing mention unknown
use communication techniquesESCO · Optional · Listing mention unknown
negotiate in legal casesESCO · Optional · Listing mention unknown
provide legal advice on investmentsESCO · Optional · Listing mention unknown
prioritise requestsESCO · Optional · Listing mention unknown
WritingO*NET · Skills · Exact phrase in listing
Active ListeningO*NET · Skills · Listing mention unknown
Reading ComprehensionO*NET · Skills · Listing mention unknown
SpeakingO*NET · Skills · Listing mention unknown
Critical ThinkingO*NET · Skills · Listing mention unknown
Active LearningO*NET · Skills · Listing mention unknown
Complex Problem SolvingO*NET · Skills · Listing mention unknown
Judgment and Decision MakingO*NET · Skills · Listing mention unknown

Private to this browser. Up to 20 reference skills; not a qualification assessment or hiring prediction.

Useful next question: Which of these occupational reference skills does the hiring manager actually expect for this specific role, and what evidence would demonstrate them?

These skills belong to one reference occupation selected for HPJ’s broad career family, not a verified classification of this vacancy. Text overlap only means a phrase appears in the available listing text; it does not establish an employer requirement, your proficiency, or a qualification gap. A missing mention is unknown, not a deficit.

Adjacent current roles to investigate

Finance & accounting roles

Accounting Manager - Revenue

Luna Physical Therapy · USA

same stated country · same employment type · similar work-arrangement evidence
Finance & accounting roles

Financial Controller

Doer Bemanning · Göteborg, Västra Götalands län, Sverige

same seniority band · same employment type

Adjacent-family roles are exploration prompts from current HPJ inventory. They are not inferred qualification matches and they do not imply a promotion path.

Skill bridge

What does this role connect to?

Project Management is one of the signals this listing shares with skills appearing often across current Legal & compliance roles opportunities.

Skills named in this listing

Project Management

Shared with the current career sample

  • Project Management Seen in 6 sampled listings

Application edge

  • If these skills match your background, prepare one concrete example that shows how you used Project Management rather than relying on a keyword-only claim.
  • The listing mentions extra application steps. Review those requirements before starting so you can prepare the requested material in one pass.

If the named skills are genuinely transferable in your own experience, the occupation map also points to adjacent current families worth researching: Finance & accounting roles and Operations & program roles. This is exploration context, not a qualification match.

Skill signals come from explicit text mentions. A mention is not automatically a requirement, and absence from the current top-skill list does not make a skill rare or unimportant. The current career comparison draws on 120 sampled listings; 49 contain a recognized skill signal.

Application Decision Lab

Turn the listing into a preparation plan

Separate what the listing actually states from what you still need to prepare or verify. Your selections and short notes stay in this browser and are never submitted to High Paid Job.

Listing mention

Project Management

This skill or technology is explicitly mentioned in the available listing text. A mention is not automatically a mandatory requirement; prepare a concrete example only if it is relevant to your experience.

Application step

Prepare for a stated application step

An assessment, test or work-sample step is explicitly mentioned.

Questions worth resolving before you rely on the opportunity

  • Work authorization / sponsorship: If sponsorship or work authorization matters to you, what exact immigration or employer-sponsorship conditions apply to this role?

Decision analysis

What the listing really tells you

Useful decision context

Agency Attorney, Bureau of Environmental Surveillance and Policy at DEPT OF HEALTH/MENTAL HYGIENE becomes easier to judge once compensation has enough depth for comparison, the location rules are clear enough to judge, and the application route gives a few useful clues are viewed together. Here is the current read from the information available.

Compensation has enough depth for comparison

The annualized midpoint sits near the 10th percentile within 285 comparable USD salary observations. Treat that as current advertised-pay context rather than a forecast of take-home or total compensation.

The location rules are clear enough to judge

The work-location pattern is “Remote with some uncertainty or restrictions”, with Remote Freedom at 68/100.

The application route gives a few useful clues

More direct application path · 1 visible process step. The external application may contain additional steps that are not visible from the listing itself.

The listing can be traced to a current source

The opportunity currently has 1 renewable source path across 1 source classes. Multiple independent paths can strengthen continuity, but they are not a substitute for checking the application destination.

How this analysis is assembled

This read combines the structured details currently available for pay, flexibility, qualifications, mobility, application effort and source continuity. Missing facts are left open for you to verify.

Analysis evidence coverage

How much analysis can the current evidence support?

100%Strong analysis evidence coverage
100%
Current-sample pay position10 / 100

Uses the explainable High Pay Score within the job’s current occupation/seniority/currency comparison sample.

Remote Freedom evidence68 / 100

Measures observable location flexibility and explicit restrictions; it does not determine whether remote work is personally desirable.

Salary evidence qualityHigh confidence · Focused salary range

The configured source supplied structured salary fields, a usable currency and a focused comparison value.

Listing freshnessVery fresh

The listing was posted about 2 days ago.

Source provenance evidenceStronger source evidence

The vacancy has recent enabled provenance through a comparatively direct source lane. This strengthens traceability, not employer verification.

There is no universal opportunity score because pay, flexibility and access matter differently to different people. Compare Jobs lets you weight the evidence around your own priorities.

Decision checklist

What is supported, uncertain or worth checking?

This checklist separates supported strengths, visible cautions and missing evidence. It is not an overall recommendation or guarantee that the job is suitable for you.

Supported strengths

  • Recent provenance includes a comparatively direct source lane, improving traceability.
  • The current provenance provides a comparatively direct application route.

Visible cautions

No specific caution is supported by the currently available evidence. This does not prove that none exists.

Still unknown

  • Visa sponsorship is not established by the available listing data.

Qualifications & access

What qualifications are explicitly stated?

Entry-barrier evidence limited

EducationEducation requirement not established
Required experience evidenceExperience requirement not established
Explicit required barriers0
Explicit access signals0

Qualification signals come from explicit listing wording. Anything not mentioned remains unknown, so silence is never treated as proof that a degree, experience, licence or other requirement is unnecessary.

Pay vs. barriers

Pay and barrier context available

The current pay position can be viewed alongside the stated barriers, but the available detail does not support a stronger conclusion.

Current-sample pay position

Comparable disclosed-pay evidence places this job at about 10 / 100 within its current occupation/seniority sample.

Evidence gaps that could change this interpretation
  • Education requirement is not established.
  • Required prior-experience level is not established.

This section weighs pay context against clearly stated barriers without collapsing unlike requirements into one universal score. Degree, experience, licensing, clearance and location limits remain separate, and missing qualification details stay unknown.

Beyond the headline

Not enough evidence for a hidden-value finding

Potential hidden value appears only when several distinct non-pay advantages are actually supported. Missing requirements or benefits are never counted as positives.

Hidden Value is an experimental evidence summary, not an investment-style score or guarantee of employability. It only uses explicit current listing evidence and does not infer that an unmentioned qualification is unnecessary.

Explainable opportunity highlight

Why this opportunity stands out

These are supported signals from the current listing and comparison sample—not a guarantee that this is the best job for you.

Clear compensation evidence

The source provides structured salary information with a comparatively focused range, improving the usefulness of pay comparisons.

Fresh opportunity

The listing was posted about 2 days ago.

Compensation intelligence

How competitive is this pay?

10/100

Below many comparable disclosed salaries

10%
Comparison familyLegal & compliance roles
Comparable salaries285
Current-sample medianUSD 140,054
Middle 50% of sampleUSD 117,722–159,493
Position in sampleAt or above about 10%
Comparison geographySame country (US)
Pay positionBelow the current lower quartile

The annualized midpoint is below the 25th percentile boundary of the current comparable sample.

Why this analysis?

  • This score reflects the current advertised-pay distribution for comparable active jobs in the same currency. It measures pay position, not overall job quality.
  • Salary confidence: High. The configured source supplied structured salary fields, a usable currency and a focused comparison value.
  • Range quality: Focused salary range.

Employer compensation communication

Pay transparency at DEPT OF HEALTH/MENTAL HYGIENE

Very strong current pay transparency

This view uses up to 200 recent current listings from the employer. The score reflects salary-disclosure frequency and the usefulness of disclosed ranges; bonus, equity and benefit mentions are shown separately and do not raise it.

99/100
99%
Salary disclosure100% · 200 of 200 sampled listings
Range qualityMostly focused or specific pay information
Bonus wording4 current listings
Equity wording139 current listings
Benefits wording189 current listings
Evidence strengthStronger

This pattern comes from the employer’s current visible vacancies. It describes hiring and pay transparency in those listings, not employee satisfaction or a permanent judgement of the employer.

Current employer intelligence

DEPT OF HEALTH/MENTAL HYGIENE — current opportunity snapshot

Current opportunities visible237
Salary disclosure100%
Remote-policy evidence coverage95% · 190 of 200 sampled listings
Remote share of known arrangements100%
Worldwide-remote share0%
Known hiring countries1
Sponsorship evidence coverage0% · 0 of 200 sampled listings
Explicit sponsorship outcomes0 confirmed · 0 possible · 0 unavailable
Pattern sample200 of 237 · 84% coverage
Current role-family breadth11
Stated closing-date coverage100%
Relocation evidence coverage0% · 0 explicitly offered
Posted within 7 days5% of listings with a known posting date

Employer Evidence Profile

How often this employer’s current visible sampled vacancies state decision-critical information. These percentages describe evidence coverage, not employer quality.

Compensation100% of sampled current listings

Current sampled listings with advertised compensation evidence.

Work arrangement95% of sampled current listings

Current sampled listings whose work arrangement is clearer than unknown.

Location100% of sampled current listings

Current sampled listings with a supported country signal.

Application timing100% of sampled current listings

Current sampled listings with an explicit closing time.

Posting date100% of sampled current listings

Current sampled listings with a usable posting date.

Sponsorship0% of sampled current listings

Current sampled listings that explicitly indicate confirmed, possible or unavailable sponsorship evidence.

Relocation0% of sampled current listings

Current sampled listings with an explicit relocation signal.

Low coverage means the current visible listings state the information less often. It does not prove that the employer lacks the policy, benefit or support.

Common current occupation families: Executive (14) · Healthcare (12) · Finance Accounting (7)

Visible seniority mix: Early-career (9) · Senior / lead (15) · Leadership (22)

Current employment-type mix: Full time (179) · Part time (21)

Most visible hiring countries in this sample: United States (200)

Other current roles from this employer

These are other current vacancies visible from the same employer, not endorsements or evidence of future hiring plans.

Current disclosed salary medians by currency

  • USD 75,501 median · 200 disclosed salaries

Questions worth asking this employer

  • If work authorization matters to you, what sponsorship policy applies to this specific role and location?
  • If a move is required, is relocation assistance available for this position?

These questions are prompted by missing or thin evidence in the employer’s current visible vacancies. Missing evidence is not treated as a negative judgement.

This employer snapshot uses a bounded recent sample of current listings. Remote and sponsorship rates use only vacancies with explicit evidence, while missing information stays unknown. Salary medians are shown separately by currency and need at least five disclosed salaries. Zero confirmed sponsorship means none was explicitly found in this sample, not that sponsorship is unavailable.

This snapshot describes the employer’s current visible vacancies—things such as pay disclosure and work arrangement. It is not an employee-satisfaction or hiring-quality rating, and different currencies stay separate.

Work-location intelligence

Remote Freedom

68/100

Remote with some uncertainty or restrictions

68%

Why this score?

  • The role is remote, but the exact applicant-location restrictions are not clear.

Remote Freedom measures observable location flexibility only. Unknown work-location information remains unscored. Timezone wording is penalized only when it appears restrictive; general collaboration across time zones is not treated as a restriction. A score does not guarantee legal work eligibility, payroll availability or visa sponsorship.

International applicant intelligence

Visa & relocation signals

Sponsorship status is shown only when the listing provides clear enough wording. Employer history or headquarters location is not used to guess an answer.

Visa sponsorshipSponsorship not established

The available listing details do not contain a clear enough sponsorship statement.

RelocationRelocation support not established

The available listing details do not contain a clear enough relocation statement.

Tradeoff check

What’s the catch?

No obvious trade-off appears in the available job details. That does not mean the role has no drawbacks, so the original listing and employment terms are still worth reading carefully.

Current alternatives

Better-paying alternatives

These current roles show a materially higher annualized salary midpoint in the same broad occupation and currency. Similar seniority, country, work arrangement, employment type and recency are preferred where possible; higher pay alone does not make an alternative a better fit.

About +277% midpoint

Senior Director, Corporate Counsel

1Password · Canada, USA

Region-restricted remote

Why comparable: Same country · Similar work-location arrangement · Same employment type

About +155% midpoint

Associate General Counsel

Pair Team · USA

Region-restricted remote

Why comparable: Same country · Similar work-location arrangement · Same employment type

About +88% midpoint

Senior Commercial Counsel

Redox · USA

Region-restricted remote

Why comparable: Same country · Similar work-location arrangement · Same employment type

Alternatives are drawn from the current inventory rather than presented as application recommendations. A pay difference needs to be meaningful—about 3% or more at the midpoint—and different currencies are not compared.

Application-path intelligence

What can we see about the application process?

More direct application path

The primary route is a direct-employer, employer-authorized hiring or official government source. That can reduce intermediary steps, although the external form may still be lengthy.

Current destination: cityjobs.nyc.gov · HTTPS

Visible application steps or requirements

  • An assessment, test or work-sample step is explicitly mentioned.

Application effort is estimated from visible listing and source details. Optional steps are kept separate from mandatory ones, and the external form may contain additional requirements that are not visible here.

Application safety context

Application safety check

Basic application-safety context available

The current application destination has a basic transport-safety signal such as HTTPS. This does not verify the employer, vacancy, recruiter or application process.

Evidence checked: Source provenance · Application destination · Listing wording

Observable transport-safety signals

  • The available application destination uses HTTPS.
Before you share money or sensitive information
  • Confirm the vacancy on the employer’s official careers site when practical, especially if a recruiter contacts you outside the listed application path.
  • Check that recruiter email domains and application destinations are consistent with the employer or an identifiable recruiting provider.
  • Do not pay application, processing, training or equipment fees merely to be considered for a job.
  • Do not send cryptocurrency, gift cards, online-banking credentials or PINs as part of an application.
  • Treat unusually fast offers or interviews conducted only through informal messaging channels as reasons to verify the employer independently.

This is a limited safety screen, not employer verification and not a fraud determination. Never send money, cryptocurrency, passwords or sensitive banking credentials merely because a listing appears on a job platform.

Original listing details

The section below comes from the listing source. The decision sections above use the job’s structured pay, location, qualification, mobility and application details to give you additional context.

Job description

The Bureau of Environmental Surveillance and Policy (BESP) in EH works to ground Health Department programs and policy in science and law to support a healthy and equitable natural, built, and occupational environment for all New Yorkers. We promote environmental health through legal and data-driven program support, using innovative methods to track environmental determinants of health with a focus on New Yorkers disproportionately impacted by environmental risk. We share data and research findings to encourage evidence-based decision making, and partner with communities in community science and outreach to address stakeholder concerns and empower residents. The Bureau of Environmental Surveillance and Policy (BESP) seeks to hire a lawyer to serve as Division Counsel on the Environmental Health Legal team (EH Legal). BESP's mission is to ground Health Department programs and policy in science and law to support healthy and equitable natural, built, and occupational environments for all New Yorkers. We promote environmental health through legal and data-driven program support, using innovative methods to tract environmental determinants of health with a focus on New Yorkers disproportionately impacted by environmental risks. EH Legal supports the diverse legal needs of the Division’s regulatory, enforcement and policy initiatives, collaborating with division leadership and the agency’s Office of General Counsel (OGC). Reporting to the Executive Director of EH Legal, the Division Counsel will work on multiple legal and policy projects with a focus area of food safety, supporting the division’s regulatory and enforcement of restaurants and mobile food vendors. The Division Counsel will advise inspectional program leadership and staff regarding enforcement actions and prosecuting civil summons at administrative hearings at the Office of Administrative Hearings and Tribunals, among other responsibilities under the direction of the executive director. We seek a public-interest lawyer dedicated to use of the law to protect and promote the health of all New Yorkers. DUTIES WILL INCLUDE BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO: • Support the Bureau of Food Safety and Community Sanitation (BFSCS) on legal matters regarding the restaurant and mobile food vending expanded regulation and enforcement, under the direction of the executive director • Represent the Department in hearings before the OATH Hearings Division. • Support inspectors and other staff members, including providing training, in appearing effectively at hearings. • Draft and file appeals of OATH Hearings Division decisions and respond to respondent appeals. • Review and analyze Office of Administrative Trials and Hearings (OATH) Hearings Division decisions and appellate rulings; develop and recommend strategies to improve adjudication outcomes • Advise the BFSCS on enforcing applicable laws and regulations. Draft policies, procedures and guidance documents, and train program staff, as needed. • Draft, revise and review agency regulations or legal guidance documents as needed to promote public health, working collaboratively with EH Legal Team and General Counsel staff. • Draft violations, orders, settlement agreements and other legal documents issued to regulated people or entities. • Support, coordinate, or lead legal research into equity and climate reviews of the Health Code, as well as investigation of similar e forts in other jurisdictions. PREFERRED SKILLS: • Motivated legal thinker with demonstrated sound judgment, attention to detail, and analytic skills who thrives in a fast-paced environment. • Excellent written and oral communication skills for both legal and lay audiences, e.g., comfortable writing legal memos, guidance documents for a regulated community, and fact sheets for the general public. • Strong organizational abilities with demonstrated project management skills. • Experience in environmental health and public health, as well as administrative hearing, code enforcement and regulatory experience in a public, non-profit or academic setting. • Experience with OATH rules and administrative court procedures. • Demonstrated ability to work in a team environment and collaborate with both legal partners and program or other collaborators not versed in legal procedures and language. • Experience in environmental justice and health equity. Why you should work for us: - Loan Forgiveness: As a prospective employee of the City of New York, you may be eligible for federal/state loan forgiveness and repayment assistance programs that lessen your payments or even fully forgive your full balance. For more information, please visit the U.S. Department of Education’s website (https://studentaid.gov/pslf/) - Benefits: City employees are entitled to unmatched benefits such as: o a premium-free health insurance plan that saves employees over $10K annually, per a 2024 assessment. o additional health, fitness, and financial benefits may be available based on the position’s associated union/benefit fund. o a public sector defined benefit pension plan with steady monthly payments in retirement. o a tax-deferred savings program and o a robust Worksite Wellness Program that offers resources and opportunities to keep you healthy while serving New Yorkers. - Work From Home Policy: Depending on your position, you may be able to work up to two days during the week from home. - Job Security - you could enjoy more job security compared to private sector employment and be able to contribute to making NYC a healthy place to live and work. Established in 1805, the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (NYC Health Department) is the oldest and largest health department in the U.S., dedicated to protecting and improving the health of NYC. Our mission is to safeguard the health of every resident and cultivate a city where everyone, regardless of age, background, or location, can achieve their optimal health. We provide a wide array of programs and servic

Minimum qualifications

1. Admission to the New York State Bar; and either "2" or "3" below. 2. One year of satisfactory United States legal experience subsequent to admission to any state bar; or 3. Six months of satisfactory service as an Agency Attorney Interne (30086). Incumbents must remain Members of the New York State Bar in good standing for the duration of this employment. In addition to meeting the minimum Qualification Requirements: To be assigned to Assignment Level (AL) II, candidates must have one year of experience at Assignment Level I or two years of comparable legal experience subsequent to admission to the bar, in the areas of law related to the assignment. To be assigned to AL III candidates must have two years of experience in Assignment Levels I and/or II or three years of comparable legal experience subsequent to admission to the bar, in the areas of law related to the assignment.

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New York City Residency is not required for this position

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