Assistant Director of Law I (s) Code Enforcement

The Law Department’s Code Enforcement section works with various City of Cleveland departments to enforce the city’s building, housing, zoning, fire, health and sidewalk ordinance to obtain compliance with the code and improve quality of life for residents. The section is seeking an attorney who will focus on criminal prosecution and civil litigation to enforce the City’s ordinances and procedures, including working to design and perfect processes for effective enforcement of strategic code enforcement by the City’s Department of Building and Housing.  

The scope and responsibility of the Code Enforcement section is wide and varied.  The section provides representation for the Department of Building and Housing, the Department of Public Health-Division of Environment, Department of Public Safety-Division of Fire Prevention, and the Department of Public Works-Bureau of Sidewalks, and other departments, as needed on code related matters.

Attorney duties will including helping to design and  implement processes for enforcing the City’s  lead  paint ordinances and  regulations, and also include handling civil cases and criminal prosecutions in the Cleveland Housing Court; defending appeals of Housing Court cases in the Court of Appeals; representing City departments before local and state administrative appeal boards and handling appeals of the Board decisions in Common Pleas court and the Court of Appeals; Common Pleas court and the Court of Appeals; conducting legal review of various documents related to prosecution, demolition and other nuisance abatement activities;  interacting with inspectors, managers, Council members and the public to address inquiries and complaints; handling subpoenas and public records requests, participating in special projects and other duties as assignedMust be an attorney licensed to practice law in the State of Ohio and in good standing with the Ohio Supreme Court.  The ideal candidate should have a demonstrated commitment to public service, with some prosecution or litigation experience preferred, but not essential.  The candidate must be hard-working, self-motivated, technically proficient, and detail oriented.  The candidate must be able to work with staff from other City departments to create and perfect new processes that will enable the City to pursue strategic code enforcement.  The candidate should have excellent written and verbal communication skills and be able to interact effectively with clients, management and the general public.  

Salary : $75,000 - $106,836