Chief Legal

DC Water and Sewer Authority (DC Water) is recruiting for the position of Chief Legal & Ethics Officer & Executive Vice President, Government & Legal Affairs.
About DC Water
DC Water operates the largest advanced wastewater treatment facility in the world and provides more than 700,000 District of Columbia residents and 24.6 million annual visitors with essential water, wastewater, and stormwater services. DC Water also provides wholesale wastewater treatment services for 1.8 million people in Montgomery and Prince Georges counties in Maryland, and Fairfax and Loudoun counties in Virginia.
DC Water aspires to be known for superior service, ingenuity, and stewardship in advancing the health and well-being of the city’s diverse workforce and communities. To achieve this vision, DC Water commits to a shared mission every day—exceeding expectations by providing high-quality water services in a safe, environmentally friendly, and efficient manner.
Home to national monuments and memorials, Washington, DC is known around the world as a seat of government, but the capital city is so much more. Washington, DC is also a global hub of art and culture, a destination for sports and entertainment, and a city with a culinary scene that rivals those of the world’s most cosmopolitan cities.
About the DC Water Chief Legal & Ethics Officer and Executive Vice President, Government & Legal Affairs
The Chief Legal & Ethics Officer and Executive Vice President, Government & Legal Affairs (CLEO & EVP) manages, coordinates, and performs all actions necessary to provide competent, timely legal advice to the CEO and President and all offices and departments of DC Water.
The CLEO & EVP is responsible for directing a team of attorneys and professional staff and is directly involved in a wide range of legal matters, including regulatory compliance; litigation; and contract, employment, and tort law.
The CLEO & EVP represents DC Water’s legal rights and interests before relevant government bodies and in other appropriate venues, with the goal of maximizing the organization’s flexibility in carrying out its mission and programs while maintaining legal and regulatory compliance.
Advice and guidance – Providing legal advice and guidance to the CEO, President, and members of the Executive Team to help establish Authority-wide, consistent and cogent positions on regulatory and administrative interpretations and legal strategies; managing the resources providing legal advice and guidance to the Board of Directors.
External resource management – Coordinating the hiring and supervision of outside counsel for all DC Water departments and programs, including managing the appropriate balance between in-house and contracted legal services.
Regulatory compliance – Ensuring lawful formulation, adoption, implementation, and enforcement of DC Water’s policies, procedures, rules, regulations, and programs.
Advocacy – Representing DC Water’s interests in court and other forums.
Performance management – Establishing performance related goals and objectives for the Office and each staff member, monitoring and evaluating the progress of the Office towards meeting goals and adjusting objectives, work plans, schedules and commitment of resources, as necessary.
The ideal candidate for the position of Chief Legal & Ethics Officer and Executive Vice President, Government and Legal Affairs will be a graduate of an ABA-accredited school of law and have at least ten (10) years of related legal experience – five (5) of which will be in a managerial role – or an equivalent level of experience in a comparable field.
Litigation experience and demonstrated skill in the courtroom and in other hearings environments along with strong leadership and management skills.
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