Senior Assistant Solicitor - Privacy, Ethics & Compliance

The Senior Assistant Solicitor for Privacy, Ethics, and Compliance is a newly established position that will have primary responsibility for advising County Departments on privacy, ethics, and compliance. The position will support the County's compliance functions, with a particularly focus on HIPAA issues for the Montgomery County Department of Health and Human Services, data privacy for the County's IT Department, and well as advising County Departments on ethics, grant reporting and other compliance issues.

Candidates should have experience in advising clients in high-risk and high-profile matters, alongside excellent research, writing, and analytical skills. The ideal candidate will be a self-starter ready to build out this new position as a best-in class knowledge center in the Solicitor's Office, drawing on colleagues as a resource as well as outside counsel where appropriate. The Solicitor's Office maintains a collaborative work environment, with solicitors from all practice areas working together to develop the best solutions for clients. The Senior Assistant Solicitor for Privacy, Ethics, and Compliance will report directly to the Solicitor.

* Oversee legal strategies for data governance and privacy
* Develop and implement compliance programs and policies.
* Monitor regulatory developments pertaining to compliance and recommend changes to the County Compliance policies on an ongoing basis.
* Proactively identify and address potential compliance gaps, ensuring adherence to regulations.
* Conduct compliance training sessions for employees to raise awareness on compliance issues and ensure adherence to policies.
* Lead internal investigations into suspected or reported violations of compliance policies, working with relevant stakeholders and reporting findings.
* Report to senior management on compliance issues and documented compliance with regulatory requirements.

* Law degree from an accredited law school and member in good standing of the Pennsylvania Bar or another state bar with a commitment to become a member of the Pennsylvania Bar.

Experience and Skills
* At least 5 years of legal experience with a focus on healthcare law, data privacy, and/or regulatory compliance strongly preferred.
* Excellent analytical skills both written and verbal, with the ability to articulate legal concepts to non-legal stakeholders.
* Demonstrated ability to work independently, manage multiple priorities, and meet deadlines.
* Demonstrated ability to quickly learn applicable laws, court procedures, precedents, and other applicable rules and processes and identify key rules that apply to a specific matter.
* Ability to analyze large and complex amounts of information, determine relevant facts, and propose effective and workable solutions.
* Ability to be a team player and develop an inclusive and collegial work environment and a demonstrated commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.
* Excellent judgment and critical thinking in time-sensitive and high-pressure situations.
Work Environment and Physical Requirements.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

* Ability to sit, stand and walk for moderate periods of time. Occasionally may be required to do medium level physical work that would include reaching, walking, pushing, pulling and lifting.
* The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential function. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

About the County and Agency Description
Located in southeast Pennsylvania, Montgomery County (Montco) is the third largest County in Pennsylvania, home to more than 850,000 residents, 62 distinctive municipalities, and has a wide array of parks, historical attractions, arts organizations, outdoor markets, and special events, including the International Spring Festival, the largest diversity event in the state. Since 2010, the County has become more racially and ethnically diverse, with significant growth in Latinx and Asian populations and the County recognizes that serving a more diverse community necessitates increasing its cultural responsiveness and equity-mindedness and is continuing to focus on these areas.

The County has a workforce of 2900 people working as public servants to make a positive impact. As both local government and an employer, MontCo is works to align its culture and business practices to be a vibrant example of equity, inclusion, and belonging for all. The County is committed to: (1) maintaining an inclusive, productive, supportive, open, innovative, and equitable workplace where every individual is valued for their unique characteristics; (2) fostering respect, understanding and acceptance of differences; and (3) enabling employees to reach their full potential, thus, enhancing and nurturing the relationships among staff and optimizing the quality of services to its residents and the public. Working for the County is a great career step and offers a strong workplace environment.

The Montgomery County Solicitor's Office acts as the civil lawyers for the County government, providing legal advice to the County Commissioners and the County's departments, agencies, boards, and commissions related to the exercise of their official powers. In this capacity, our team of 15 attorneys works on complex and cutting-edge issues ranging from public health and safety to commerce, parks and infrastructure, community development, and elections. The Office orients its work towards partnership with our clients and creating a positive and concrete impact for the County and its residents through our work as public service attorneys. We promote an inclusive environment that values collaboration, collegiality and accountability. The Solicitor's Office attorneys work together across practice areas to develop the best solutions for clients. The Office is committed to continued development of our attorneys' legal skills and careers.