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San Francisco, California, Job Description And Duties Under the supervision of the Chief Counsel, the Attorney IV represents the Public Advocates Office in its work on rate-making, as well as multi-state energy market issues, including but not limited to the transformation of the California Independent System Operator (CAISO) into a Regional Organization. Special Requirements Prepare and submit a response for each question below. The SOQ should provide specific details and examples that clearly demonstrate how your training, experience, and education qualifies you for the position. Refer to the job description and duties, and duty statement to prepare your response. Applicants who do not submit a completed SOQ and writing that exceeds the page limit will not be considered or scored. All information in the SOQ is subject to verification. The SOQ must be no smaller than 11-point Arial font, single-spaced, and no more than two pages. Please write your SOQ to address the following three questions:

Describe your role, responsibilities, and experience providing organizational, strategic, and substantive advice and assistance to a client, agency/department executive or management staff, or relevant stakeholder(s) on novel or complex matters both in and outside of the litigation context. Include specific types of issues involved and how you achieved success. Describe your training and experience building stakeholder coalitions, for example in developing consensus with varied stakeholders. State how and if leading via mediation, arbitration, or alternative dispute resolution helped build consensus. Describe your training and experience working with grassroots, community-based, under-resourced and contentious groups. What strategies did you employ and what successes/failures did you have? Did you conduct consensus building, training, convening, planning, facilitating, or other organizational activities as part of this experience?

Final Filing Date: 10/22/2026 Required Application Package Documents The following items are required to be submitted with your application. Applicants who do not submit the required items timely may not be considered for this job:

Current version of the State Examination/Employment Application STD Form 678 (when not applying electronically), or the Electronic State Employment Application through your Applicant Account at www.CalCareers.ca.gov. All Experience and Education relating to the Minimum Qualifications listed on the Classification Specification should be included to demonstrate how you meet the Minimum Qualifications for the position. Resume is required and must be included. Statement of Qualifications - A Statement of Qualifications (SOQ) is required. Please see “Special Requirements” for instructions.