Deputy general counsel licensing compliance

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Job Requisition ID: 51035

Closing Date: 11/17/2025

Agency: Department of the Lottery

Class Title: SENIOR PUBLIC SERVICE ADMINISTR - 40070

Skill Option: Special License - Illinois Law License

Bilingual Option: None

Salary: Anticipated starting salary $9,000 - $11,000 monthly

Job Type: Salaried

Category: Full Time

County: Sangamon

Number of Vacancies: 1

Bargaining Unit Code: None

Merit Comp Code: Term Appointment/ Agency

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Position Overview

Are you an attorney with experience in licensing law, rules, and regulations? The Illinois Lottery is seeking to hire a Deputy Director of Licensing and Compliance in the Legal Division. The individual in this position will have excellent customer service, communication, and listening skills, while having attention to detail and multi-tasking. If you are experienced in managing a major operating unit in compliance activities, the Illinois Lottery encourages you to apply for this position.

Essential Functions

• Under direction of the General Counsel, serves as the Licensing Manager for the Illinois Lottery responsible for all aspects of the approximately 7,000 retailer licenses and renewals.
• Serves as Lottery’s compliance and regulatory officer.
• Serves as a full line supervisor.
• Executes general legal work at direction of the General Counsel.
• Serves as the Deputy Ethics Officer, assisting the Agency’s Ethics Officer, with managing the Department’s requests and responses.
• Performs other duties as required or assigned which are reasonably within the scope of duties enumerated above.

Minimum Qualifications

• Requires a law degree and possession of a valid license to practice law in Illinois.
• Requires four (4) years of progressively responsible administrative experience in the practice of law and professional supervisory experience in legal work.

Preferred Qualifications

• Four (4) years of experience utilizing common law, Federal and State laws and regulations pertaining to compliance and investigations of an organization.
• Three (3) years of experience working with licensing laws, rules, and regulations.
• Three (3) years of experience managing a major operating unit of an agency.
• Three (3) years of experience in administrative and compliance activities, or in an auditing environment performing audits related to fiscal/finance and information systems.
• Four (4) years of experience developing and maintaining satisfactory working relationships with others at all levels in State, Federal, and local government.
• Four (4) years of experience drafting complex and technical legal documents, processes, and procedures.
• Four (4) years of experience analyzing and appraising facts, evidence, and precedents.
• Four (4) years of experience applying fundamental principles to unusual, difficult, and complex problems.
• Two (2) years of supervisory experience including staff development, application of discipline, evaluating employee performance, determining staffing needs, and establishing employee goals and objectives.

Conditions of Employment

• Requires the completion of a background check and self-disclosure of criminal history.
• Requires the ability to travel in the performance of duties, with overnight stays as appropriate.
• Certain provisions of the revolving door restrictions contained in 5 ILCS 430/5-45 apply to this position. As a result, the employee should be aware that if offered non-State employment during state employment or within one year immediately after ending State employment, the employee shall, prior to accepting any such non-State employment offer, notify the Office of the Executive Inspector General for the Agencies of the Illinois Governor (OEIG) or may be subject to a fine.
• This position has been found to meet the requirements in section 4A-101 of the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act requiring the occupant/employee to file a Statement of Economic Interest.
• The conditions of employment listed here are incorporated and related to any of the job duties as listed in the job description.

About the Agency

The Illinois Lottery operates and administers the Lottery with integrity, security, transparency, honesty and fairness. Through the sales of its products, online and in-person at over 7,000 retailers throughout the state, the Department has contributed over $23 billion to support K-12 public schools. Additionally, hundreds of millions of dollars have also been contributed to capital projects and specialty causes like Illinois veterans services, the fight against breast cancer, Multiple Sclerosis and Alzheimer’s research, Special Olympics, police memorials, homeless services, STEAM education and assistance for people living with HIV/AIDS.

In addition to the monetary support it provides the State, the Department champions the people of Illinois, strengthening communities through engagement with the public, players and retailers and providing safe, fun and responsible games to adults 18 and over.

The Department values diversity, equity and inclusion and continuously strives to create the best workplace for Lottery employees. By utilizing the latest technology, recognizing and adapting to market and industry changes, the Illinois Lottery maximizes the value of its data through the use of predictive analytics and leverages its experience to meet the needs of the people of Illinois. The Illinois Lottery believes that Illinois is full of winners because everyone benefits from its efforts.

Work Hours: Monday-Friday; 8:00am - 4:30pm

Work Location: 404 N 5th St, Springfield, Illinois, 62702

Email: [email protected]

Posting Group: Legal, Audit & Compliance

Revolving Door:
Certain provisions of the revolving door restrictions contained in 5 ILCS 430/5-45 apply to this position. As a result, the employee should be aware that if offered non-State employment during State employment or within one year immediately after ending State employment, the employee shall, prior to accepting any such non-State employment offer, notify the Office of the Executive Inspector General for the Agencies of the Illinois Governor (“OEIG”) or may be subject to a fine.

Term Appointment:
Candidates hired into a term position shall be appointed for a term of 4 years and are subject to a probationary period. The term may be renewed for successive four-year terms at the Director of the Department of the Lottery’s discretion.

The main form of communication will be through email. Please check your “junk mail”, “spam”, or “other” folder for communication(s) regarding any submitted application(s). You may receive emails from the following addresses:

• [email protected]
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Nearest Major Market: Springfield