Deputy General Counsel

Distinguishing Characteristics: 

The Deputy General Counsel assists the Executive Vice President/General Counsel (EVP/GC) in providing comprehensive legal advice and services to the TAA management and Board of Directors on a wide variety of matters from routine to complex.  

Essential Functions:  

The following functions and all other functions not included in this job description are to be performed in the best interests and for the greater good of TAA.

•    Support and advocate for TAA’s Mission, Vision, Guiding Principles, and Strategic Plan; Act as a champion and role-model of TAA’s Cultural Fundamentals.
•    Coach/guide direct reports’ development of their legal acumen, work product, and airport knowledge.
•    Direct, supervise and evaluate the performance of directly reporting employees with established, standardized criteria, performing or recommending training, coaching and mentoring required to keep staff at the highest level of skill necessary for meeting organization needs and objectives.
•    Assists the EVP/GC in providing legal advice and support to TAA management on a wide variety of legal issues and matters at the highest level of professionalism.     
•    Attends meetings and provides advice to the Board of Directors and its advisory councils as requested or in the absence of the EVP/GC.
•    Advises and make recommendations regarding TAA corporate governance, policies, procedures, guidelines and resolutions.
•    Advises decision makers on TAA compliance with applicable legal and regulatory requirements.
•    For the relevant departments, reviews, prepares, negotiates and drafts a wide variety of contracts and agreements, including complex leases and agreements for acquisition, use or development of TAA property and facilities. 
•    Analyzes various federal and state regulatory and statutory schemes and develops strategies for addressing issues.
•    Develops creative solutions to legal issues to satisfy multiple, sometimes competing objectives.
•    Conducts legal research and writes legal memoranda and opinions on a variety of subjects on their own initiative, or at the direction of the EVP/GC.
•    Establishes priorities and timelines for numerous competing legal issues, in consultation with EVP/GC.
•    Be responsive to airport emergencies and situations that may involve loss of human life or property; support public safety and operational response to emergencies; utilize Incident Management System (ICS)/National Incident Management System (NIMS) protocols and procedures; coordinate and/or participate in after-action emergency de-briefing with appropriate departments and stakeholders. 

The above listed functions are not necessarily all the essential functions.  Job duties and functions may be expanded or reduced by management based on future changing needs and job requirements.

Qualifications

Position Requirements:  

Juris Doctor degree from ABA accredited law school; Arizona State Bar admission (active attorney in good standing); eight or more years of experience in broad range of business, contracts, transactional, commercial, environmental, regulatory, public and/or real estate law; preferably for a public entity.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

Knowledge of:
•    A variety of practices and procedures, including federal, state, and local laws and regulations applicable to TAA.
•    Public airport and FAA Regulatory issues to include Federal, State, County, and City laws applicable to TAA; FAR Part 77, FAR Part 139, TSA Part 1542, and TAA airport geography and land areas. 
•    Supervisory best practices and the management of people
•    Administrative, regulatory, environmental, and constitutional law.
•    Public airport and FAA regulatory issues.

Skill in:
•    Oral and written communication.
•    Legal analysis.
•    Negotiating and drafting commercial and corporate governance documents.
•    Being self-directed and a self-starter.

Ability to:
•    Listen, analyze and effectively communicate opinions.
•    Establish and maintain effective working relationships with Legal Department Team, TAA personnel, the TAA Board, representatives of other agencies, the local business community and the public.
•    Learn and understand new business areas and new legal issues as they change and evolve over time in a dynamic environment.
•    Recognize, define and solve complex legal issues.
•    Work and coordinate with clients in the negotiation of complex contracts and leases.  
•    Make engaging public presentations.
•    Operate a computer, utilizing Microsoft office software and any other computer software appropriate for assigned position.
•    Perform tasks with a high degree of accuracy, attention to detail, with mature judgment, to function in compelling, high stress, fast moving work surroundings, with deadlines and multiple projects.
•    Initiate and organize responsibilities, and to take independent action relative to work problems requiring immediate solutions. 
•    Understand that dissemination of information outside of job requirements is based on “need-to-know” and maintain discreet and professional sense of confidentiality due to sensitive nature of job functions.

Licenses; Certificates; Special Requirements:

•    Must obtain and maintain access to the Security Identification Display Area (SIDA).
•    A valid Arizona driver’s license and the ability to drive airport vehicles.
•    C.M. or A.A.E. accreditation from the American Association of Airport Executives, or other applicable industry certifications (
•    As an employee, you are deemed to be essential personnel as part of TAA’s emergency response, and must respond to airport incidents, as requested/required.
•    Must successfully complete the National Incident Management System (NIMS) 100, 200, 700, 800 requirements and certification within the first year.
•    Will serve at the pleasure of the President/CEO and is not covered under the appeals process.

 
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of the work being performed by people assigned to this position. This is not an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities. Tucson Airport Authority reserves the right to amend and change responsibilities to meet business and organizational needs as necessary. Employee(s) will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by any person authorized to give instructions or assignments.