The Del Norte County, County Counsel Department, is seeking a qualified candidate to fill one (1) vacancy for the position of Deputy County Counsel I/II/III. This position is classified as Full-Time.
These position are a series in a classification of Deputy County Counsel performing professional legal work relative to providing legal advice and guidance that requires legal knowledge, skills and abilities. This is a confidential position.
Under general to indirect supervision by the County Counsel performs legal research to provide opinions and advice on a variety of routine to complex matters to the Board of Supervisors county departments, committees and commissions; and to provide representation of the Department of Health and Social Services in juvenile dependency proceedings. Employees in these classifications receive direct to limited supervision within a framework of policies and procedures. Errors in work or judgment could result in unnecessary expenditures, poor contracts, deprivation of civil rights and/or poor community relations.
Deputy County Counsel I is the first working level in this professional class and is assigned legal work and tasks that may be routine to complex with a high level of responsibility for outcome. With additional experience and abilities incumbents may be eligible for advancement in this series.
Deputy County Counsel II is the second level and is assigned complex and technical work and tasks under minimal supervision. Incumbents advanced to this level in this series have demonstrated the ability and skills to adequately fulfill the responsibilities and requirements through experience and continuing education. This work consists of complex and varied professional duties at an entry through journey level of classification.
Deputy County Counsel III is the third level and is assigned a wide variety of professional legal work of greater complexity and level of difficulty than that assigned to the County Counsel II. Employees in this classification perform professional work and exercise discretion and independent judgment in representing their assigned clients and may be assigned complex cases as special projects. Incumbents are expected to handle litigation from trial through appellate hearings.
Bi-weekly Salary:
- Deputy County Counsel I: $2,851.29 - $3,441.16
- Deputy County Counsel II: $3,282.73 - $3,965.58
- Deputy County Counsel III: $3,607.51 - $4,360.37
Posted: June 3, 2025