As the General Counsel, you will be a central part of SCDES’ executive leadership team and here is what you can expect in this role:
Impactful Public Service: Your legal expertise will directly influence environmental protection, public health outcomes, and statewide regulatory compliance.
High-Level Strategic Leadership: You will lead legal, audit, compliance, and enforcement-related divisions and guide teams working on complex regulatory matters.
Executive Decision-Making: You will advise the Agency Head and senior leadership on policy direction, regulatory strategy, enforcement actions, and major legal decisions.
Complex and Meaningful Legal Work: Expect a varied workload including advanced litigation, statutory interpretation, administrative hearings, regulatory enforcement, and legal strategy development.
Collaborative Leadership: You will work closely with program directors, external counsel, regulatory bodies, and statewide partners on issues affecting the agency and the regulated community.
Full Personnel Management Responsibilities: You will handle performance management, coaching, employee development, accountability, workload balancing, documentation, and supervisory practices across multiple divisions.
Work-Life Balance & Stability: SCDES provides predictable schedules, strong support, flexibility, and excellent benefits typical of state government — making this an attractive alternative to private-sector legal roles.
Professional Growth: This position offers continued learning in environmental, administrative, regulatory, compliance, and enforcement law, alongside high-level leadership experience.
SCDES is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, including, but not limited, to lactation), national origin, age (40 or older), disability or genetic information.
The Department will not sponsor H1B visas for this position.
