TECHNICAL ADVISOR III

Position Overview

Serves as a Technical Advisor in the Illinois State Police Legal Division, under the Office of the Director; completes special projects related to the firearms rights and responsibilities as delegated by the Chief Legal Counsel or other Senior Command as authorized by the Director; assigned special projects may include analysis of existing statutory and regulatory requirements impacting operations within a work unit; analyzes policies, practices, and procedures as it pertains to statutory mandates and deadlines; works independently to recommend and implement operational changes to increase efficiencies and compliance with state and federal law; reviews legal sufficiency of forms, documentation, and electronic information on the Department's website or otherwise made available to the public; provides legal interpretation in the form of legal memoranda on statutes and rules which impact the Technical Advisor's assigned area of expertise; makes recommendations to the Chief Legal Counsel and Senior Command regarding changes to relevant work unit operations and workflow processes; ensures recommendations consider acceptable risk tolerance and are within the parameters of existing law; prepares law bulletins to inform Department members of new statutory or regulatory provisions as well as new case law within the Technical Advisor's area of expertise. 

About the Agency

​​The Illinois State Police strives for excellence seeking to be one of the premiere policing agencies in the country. Our core values are Integrity, Service, and Pride. We are seeking individuals with similar values to join us on our mission to promote public safety.

Essential Functions

• Serves as a Technical Advisor in the Illinois State Police Legal Office; serving as a subject matter expert on legal issues impacting the operations of the Department, which includes but need not be limited to firearms rights and responsibilities.
• Performs legal research and provides legal interpretation on an assigned area of legal expertise, which may include but need not be limited to firearms rights and responsibilities, to ensure operational compliance with existing law.
• Advises and meets with the Chief Legal Counsel and Senior Command to provide for the evaluation of proposed operational or workflow process changes.
• Participates in meetings with the Chief Legal Counsel and Senior Command to provide legal analysis on proposed rules and legislation.
• Provides legal advice on proposed guidelines for the training of new and existing staff.
• Performs other duties as required or assigned which are reasonably within the scope of the duties enumerated above.

Minimum Qualifications

• Requires graduation from a recognized law school.
• Requires possession of a valid license to practice law in Illinois.
• Requires two years' professional experience in the practice of law. 

Preferred Qualifications

• Prefers three (3) years of experience with legal research and writing.
• Prefers two (2) years of experience drafting, researching or analyzing legislation.
• Prefers two (2) years of experience with the administrative rulemaking process in Illinois.
• Prefers two (2) years of experience with state and federal firearms laws and regulations as a licensed attorney.
• Prefers one (1) year of experience with preparing and/or delivering training on statutory or regulatory provisions as they pertain to the operations of a work unit.
• Prefers one (1) year experience with analyzing operational efficiencies to include workflow analysis.

Conditions of Employment

• Requires successful completion of a background investigation.
• Requires successful completion of a drug screen.
• The conditions of employment listed here are incorporated and related to any of the job duties as listed in the job descriptions. 

Benefits Package

The Illinois State Police offers a robust benefit package including:

• Flexible work schedules in many program areas
• Health, life, vision, and dental insurance.
• 12 weeks paid maternity/paternity leave.
• Pension Plan
• Deferred Compensation, and other pre-tax benefit programs.
• Employees earn twelve (12) paid sick days annually.
• Ten to twenty-five (10-25) paid vacation days based on years of service.
• Employees earn three (3) paid personal days pro-rated based on start date.
• Thirteen-Fourteen (13-14) paid state holidays annually.