Associate Counsel; Technical Advisor Advanced Program Specialist

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Job Requisition : 56419 Opening Date: 06/05/2026 Closing Date: 06/22/2026; 11:59pm Agency: Department of Revenue Class

Title:

TECHNICAL ADVISOR ADV PRGRM SPEC (45256)
Skill Option: None Bilingual Option: None Salary: $8,571-$12,651/monthly - Effective 7/1/26 (Anticipated Salary for Non-State $8,571)
Job Type: Salaried Category: Full Time County: Sangamon Number of Vacancies: 1 Bargaining Unit Code: RC010 Professional Legal Unit, AFSCME

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We are hiring an Associate Counsel (Technical Advisor Advanced Program Specialist) for our Legal Services Office in Springfield, Illinois. This position is responsible for income tax policy, including reviewing and drafting legislation, promulgating administrative rules, issuing letter rulings, and researching income tax statutes in other states. If you have excellent legal research and writing skills and are capable of explaining complex issues in understandable terms, then we want you!

Don’t let this opportunity pass you by. Apply now before time runs out.

The benefits of working at Department of Revenue include a 37 ½ hour work week, a generous salary and benefits package (paid time off for vacation, sick, or personal leave, thirteen holidays), pension and other retirement benefits, tuition reimbursement, and…