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Job description
Minnesota Legislature
Legislative Commission on Pensions and Retirement
Executive Director
An excellent opportunity is available in the Minnesota Legislature, Legislative Coordinating Commission (LCC), to serve as the Executive Director for the Legislative Commission on Pensions and Retirement (LCPR).
The Executive Director leads a small staff supporting a 14-member bipartisan commission consisting of legislators from the House of Representatives and the Senate.
The position description for this unclassified, non-partisan, full-time position is available at Legislative Commission on Pensions and Retirement (LCPR).
Pay Range: $118,002 to $213,291 annually. Hiring Range: $118,002 to $158,000 annually.
Pay Range Explanation:
Pay range is the compensation range for the position classification.
Hiring range is an estimate of where you can expect to receive an offer. To determine the actual salary offer we will carefully consider a wide range of factors, including your skills, qualifications, experience, education, licenses, training, and internal equity.
Responsibilities
Provide administrative and expert research meeting support for and participate in weekly Commission meetings during the legislative session.
Draft bills, bill summaries, and policy, legal, and cost analyses on the topic of pension and retirement benefits for public sector employees and related topics.
Provide related services, including maintenance of a website and digitized legislative history and background information and retention of the Commission actuary.
Serve as a nonpartisan subject matter expert to legislators and legislative staff on pension and retirement topics.
Minimum Qualifications
J.D. degree from an accredited law school and 5 years of legal experience;
Non-partisan background;
Excellent writing skills; and
Strong management and interpersonal skills necessary to work under pressure with a broad group of stakeholders.
Desired Qualifications
Passage of the Minnesota bar exam or the bar exam in another state.
Member in good standing of the Minnesota bar.
Employment as an attorney with a law firm in a practice area that required advising corporate or multiemployer plan clients on ERISA and federal tax qualification requirements applicable to pension and retirement plans.
College degree or minor in actuarial science, accounting, economics, public administration, or a relevant field.
Employment experience with a public pension plan or in a position that required expertise in retirement and pension topics and governing law.
Employment experience with the legislature in Minnesota or another state.
Working Conditions
Long hours, weekend work, and periods of stress during the legislative session (generally January to May).
Occasional travel to in-state and out-of-state conferences and seminars.
In-office presence five days a week (and occasionally on weekends) during the legislative session; currently, with some level of remote work permitted during the legislative interim (generally June to November).
Comprehensive Benefit Package
The State of Minnesota offers exceptional benefits including low cost medical and dental insurance, employer paid life insurance, other optional insurance, optional pre-tax spending accounts, retirement pension plan, optional tax-deferred compensation plan, vacation and sick leave and paid holidays each year.
The LCPR recognizes there are key elements that make life and work meaningful: health and wellness, financial well-being, professional development, and work/life balance. These benefits, in addition to your salary, make up for your total compensation package.
Equal Opportunity/ADA Employer
The LCPR is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants and employees without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, and medical conditions related to pregnancy or childbirth), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, marital status, familial status, national origin, citizenship, genetic information, status regarding public assistance, protected veteran status or activity in a local Human Rights Commission, or any other characteristic protected by law.
We do not discriminate on the basis of disability in our hiring or employment practices and comply with all applicable state and federal disability laws and regulations issued by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission under Title I of the ADA and under the Minnesota Human Rights Act (MHRA), chapter 363A. To request a reasonable accommodation in the application or hiring process, please contact Rosie Lackner at
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