Assistant General Counsel, Real Estate

FLSA Status

Exempt

Earliest Start Date

Immediately

Salary

Salary commensurate with experience

Hours per Week

40 hours weekly

Hiring Department

General Counsel

Required Application Materials

A resume and letter of interest is required to apply. Candidates under final consideration will also be required to submit professional references, college degree information, and employment history to an online third-party vendor.

About Us

For more than 140 years, The University of Texas System has improved the lives of Texans - and people all over the world - through education, health care, and research. The System consists of nine academic institutions, five health institutions, and The University of Texas System Administration. The institutions of the UT System employ more than 116,000 faculty, health care professionals, researchers, support staff, and student workers.

The UT System Administration is primarily based in Austin, Texas. It supports the missions of the System's fourteen institutions by providing financial, legal, planning, purchasing, government relations, communications, development, and other central services. Serving a growing state, the UT System Administration strives to provide a welcoming, supportive work environment that embraces different perspectives - not only because it enables the organization to be stronger, creative, and thoughtful, but because it is the right thing to do. To that end, UT System Administration embraces state laws on military and former foster children employment preferences.

Purpose of Position

In the Office of General Counsel, or OGC, our clients include the 14 institutions within the UT System, plus UT System's central administrative office, known as System Administration. OGC assists our clients in solving problems that affect their diverse educational, health, research, and business missions. Formally, we are a full-service legal department composed of 32 attorneys in three practice groups : Business Law, General Law, and Health Law. The Business Law section is comprised of lawyers with specialties in tax, construction, contracting, procurement, technology, real estate, corporate, gifts and estates, and intellectual property.

• OVERVIEW OF POSITION

The selected candidate will report to the Assistant Vice Chancellor & Managing Counsel for Business Law and provide legal advice, counsel, and representation on real estate matters. The attorney's work will primarily focus on real estate matters but may range into other areas critical to the business operations of The University of Texas System institutions.

Though experienced in real estate, the ideal candidate will be eager and willing to collaborate and problem solve with clients and legal colleagues in a variety of contexts.

Essential Functions

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

Required Qualifications

Preferred Qualifications

Working Conditions

EO / AA Statement

The University of Texas System Administration is a federal contractor committed to providing equal employment opportunity for all qualified applicants and employees in all terms and conditions of employment. U. T. System will provide equal employment opportunity to all qualified persons and will not discriminate on the basis of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity / expression, pregnancy, religion, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal or state laws.

For information on accommodations for individuals with disabilities, please contact the Office of Talent and Innovation at oti@utsystem.edu.