Chief Legal Counsel and Policy Administrator
Job ID 3030567
Status Full-Time
Starting Salary $7,618-10,157/mo
Application Deadline: 11:59pm, Sunday, July 6,2025
Location: North Dakota
Child Support – Remote within the US – Chief Legal Counsel and Policy Administrator
Use your child support and family law experience to impact tens of thousands of children. Join one of the nation’s most successful child support programs as the Chief Legal
Counsel and Policy Administrator for ND Health and Human Services’ (ND HHS) Child Support Section.
In this role, you will be one of three assistant state child support directors. You will lead a team of nearly three dozen to create and implement program policy and legal practices that ensure the collection and distribution of child support. You will supervise the program’s entire legal team and lead efforts to collaborate with the state courts and improve the interaction between the private bar and the child support program. In addition to creating policy that reflects national best practices, you will provide proactive guidance so program business practices align with the law.
To be successful as the program’s Chief Legal Counsel and Policy Administrator, you will draw upon your broad legal background and child support experience. You have a commitment to child support fueled by a passion for helping families at a program-wide level. You are respected for your success as a supervising attorney. You’re a skilled writer. And your curiosity drives you to do something with high impact.
To be considered for the position, you must have the following qualifications:
- a North Dakota license to practice or the ability to obtain one
- demonstrated success in family law litigation, preferably child support
- demonstrated success as a supervising attorney
Location: This position may work from anywhere in the US.
To Apply: Submit your resume and cover letter at https://www.omb.nd.gov/team-nd-careers/career-openings. Application deadline is 11:59pm, Sunday July 6, 2025.
For more information about the position or if you need an accommodation, please contact Jim Fleming at JFleming@nd.gov or at 701.328.7501.
About HHS: ND HHS strives to make North Dakota the healthiest state in the nation by reinforcing the foundations of well-being: physical, economic, and behavioral. Those services are to be delivered as close to home as possible with a focus on dignity and respect. The keys to delivery of those services are the 2800 committed, compassionate ND HHS team members and more than $6 billion in funding from nearly 200 different federal, state, and special sources.
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Equal Employment Opportunity
The State of North Dakota and this hiring agency do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, genetics, religion, age or disability in employment or the provisions of services and complies with the provisions of the North Dakota Human Rights Act.
