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Associate General Counsel - AZ
Awarded a Healthiest Employer, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona aims to fulfill its mission to inspire health and make it easy. BCBSAZ offers a variety of health insurance products and services to meet the diverse needs of individuals, families, and small and large businesses as well as providing information and tools to help individuals make better health decisions.
Purpose of the job
- Provide necessary in-house Legal services.
Qualifications
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
Required Work Experience
- 3-5 year(s) of experience in the Legal field
Required Education
- Juris Doctorate
Required Licenses
- Active, current, and unrestricted license to practice law in the State of Arizona
Required Certifications
- Admission to State Bar
Preferred Qualifications
Preferred Work Experience
- 7 year(s) of experience in a Legal field
- 3 years of experience in the healthcare industry
Preferred Education
- Master’s Degree in business or related field of study
Preferred Licenses
- N/A
Preferred Certifications
- N/A
ESSENTIAL Job Functions AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Review and provide Legal advice regarding Commercial, Individual, Specialty and Medicare Supplement benefits, benefit books and other materials.
- Review and provide Legal advice regarding Company Marketing and communication materials, including advertisements, letters, flyers, websites, social media and other materials.
- Manage required submission of Company advertisements, benefit books and other materials to the Arizona Department of Insurance and Financial Institutions (DIFI), including review and response to DIFI requests and inquiries.
- Negotiate and draft vendor, provider and other contracts as assigned.
- Review, summarize and provide Legal advice regarding state and federal laws impacting the Company.
- Manage Legal Department review of state and federal statutes, regulations and other laws impacting the Company.
- Represent the Plan at certain local and national conferences, as needed.
- Perform public speaking activities both in the Plan and to community organizations concerning relevant Legal and healthcare issues.
- Perform all other duties as assigned.
- The position requires a full-time work schedule. Full-time is defined as working at least 40 hours per week, plus any additional hours as requested or as needed to meet business requirements.
Required Competencies
Required Job Skills
- Intermediate skill in use of office equipment, including copies, fax machines, scanner and telephones
- Intermediate PC proficiency
- Intermediate proficiency in spreadsheet, database, and word processing
Required Professional Competencies
- Maintain confidentiality and privacy
- Analytical knowledge necessary to generate reports based on available data and then make decisions based on reported data
- Capable of Legal and analytical research
- Practice interpersonal and active listening to achieve high client satisfaction and departmental communication standards
- Establish and maintain working relationships in a collaborative team environment
Required Leadership Experience And Competencies
- Make use of employees' skill and abilities to deliver business objectives
Preferred Competencies
Preferred Job Skills
- N/A
Preferred Professional Competencies
- Knowledge of a wide range of subjects pertaining to the organization's service and operations.
Preferred Leadership Experience And Competencies
- N/A
Our Commitment
BCBSAZ does not discriminate in hiring or employment on the basis of race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status or any other protected group.
Thank you for your interest in Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona. For more information on our company, see azblue.com. If interested in this position, please apply.
