Legal Programs Analyst

Initial Posting Date:

03/16/2026

Application Deadline:

03/23/2026

Agency:

Department of Transportation

Salary Range:

$5,458 - $8,352

Position Type:

Employee

Position Title:

Legal Programs Analyst

Job Description:

Operations and Policy Analyst 2 – Legal Programs Analyst
Oregon Department of Transportation
Driver & Motor Vehicle (DMV) Services Division
Program Services Section – Budget & Legal Support

Salem

The role: 

Join our team as a legal programs analyst, where you will ensure that DMV’s actions affecting driving privileges or vehicle title and registration are fair, timely and grounded in law. You will collaborate with a team ensuring customers are able to exercise their due process rights. If you are looking for a role that makes a meaningful impact on public safety and fairness, enjoy complex legal analysis and writing and problem solving and thrive on work that strengthens trust in government systems, this might be the job for you! Apply today!

We provide a safe and reliable multimodal transportation system that connects people and helps Oregon's communities and economy thrive. We encourage people from all backgrounds and abilities to apply for our positions.

Before applying, visit our applicant information website to learn more about our process. If you are a current State of Oregon employee, you must apply through your employee Workday profile.

A day in the life:

• Guide the DMV administrative review program by preparing and issuing administrative reviews requested by customers to ensure that license revocation, suspension and cancellation orders are correctly based on convictions, court orders or other lawful administrative actions.

• Review late hearing requests or reconsideration requests and evaluate whether they meet appropriate guidelines to move forward.

• Track lawsuits, prepare DMV responses to tort claims, advise leadership, and recommend policy/procedure changes to mitigate legal and operational risk.

• Review draft and final orders from hearings case management unit (HCMU) for compliance with federal law, Oregon statutes (ORS) and administrative rules (OAR).

• Prepare complete appeal case files for administrative reviews and hearings.

• Meet deadlines with strict statutory timelines.

• Communicate with Oregon and US Courts, attorneys, and customers as needed, including those who may be in a heightened state.

• Handle personal and sensitive legal information while maintaining confidentiality and providing excellent customer service.

• Work in a standard office-based, professional setting with extensive legal reading/writing and sustained computer use (orders, notices, case tracking, research). Hybrid work optional with remote work up to 2 days per week!

• To request a copy of the position description, which includes all duties and working conditions, please email ODOTRecruitment@odot.oregon.gov.

What’s in it for you:

• Work/life balance, 11 paid holidays a year, flexible work schedules, paid leave and so much more. Learn more about working at the Oregon Department of Transportation and the benefits we offer.

• Comprehensive and equitable base salary offer within the listed range. Through an equal pay assessment, we will determine the salary offer using the information you provide in your submitted application materials. Please ensure your application materials are detailed, accurate and reflect your skills, experience (paid and unpaid) and education as they relate to the position when applying. 

• The salary range listed is the non-PERS monthly salary range. If you are already a participating PERS member or once you become PERS eligible, the salary range will increase by 6.95%.

• Public Service Loan Forgiveness opportunity!

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Minimum qualifications:

Any combination of experience and education equivalent to five years of experience that typically supports the knowledge and skills for the classification;

OR

A bachelor's degree in business or public administration, behavioral or social sciences, finance, political science or any degree demonstrating the capacity for the knowledge and skills; and two years professional-level evaluative, analytical and planning work.

What we’d like to see:

If you have these attributes, let us know in your application materials! It's how we will choose whom to move forward! You do not need to have all these qualities to be eligible for this position. We may also use transferable skills, experience and education to help us decide who will move forward.

• A law degree or paralegal experience preferred.

• Demonstrated experience with legal analysis and writing, such as interpreting statutes and rules and drafting orders and notices.

• Practical knowledge of contested case procedures, due process, and notice requirements.

• Proven ability to conduct an investigation, evaluate a case file, identify legal or reputational risk, and write a review of findings.

How to apply:

• Complete the following required steps:

  • Fill out the application or attach a resume. Please contact the recruiter under the ‘Need help?’ section if you have any questions about how to fill out the experience fields or to attach a document. Your submitted experience fields or attached resume must include dates (MM/YYYY) for each employer.

  • Attach a cover letter. Your cover letter should clearly demonstrate how your experience and training relates to the qualities that you have under the “what we’d like to see” section above.

    • Your cover letter must be limited to no more than two (2) pages.

    • Please address your cover letter to Mary Penfield, Budget and Legal Support Section Manager.

    • Generic cover letters that do not address the qualities that you have under the “what we’d like to see” section may receive lower scores than those that addressed the desired qualities.

    • You must upload your cover letter in the ‘Resume/Cover Letter’ section of the application.

  • Complete questionnaire. Answer the checkbox-style questions before submitting your application.

• After you submit your application, please respond to the public records request authorization and gender identity questionnaire. This screen will come after you submit and will complete the process. If you are a current State of Oregon employee, the tasks will come to your Workday inbox.

• If you are a veteran or Oregon National Guard servicemember, you may receive preference. The task to upload your documents will be available after you submit your application. For privacy reasons, please do not attach your military service document(s) to your application or combine it with any other required document attachments.

Need help?

• For questions, call 971-345-1967 or email ODOTRecruitmentJS@odot.oregon.gov.

Additional information:

• We do not offer visa sponsorship. If you are hired, you will be required to fill out the US Department of Homeland Security’s I-9 form confirming you are able to work in the US. We are not an E-Verify participating employer, and we are unable to proceed if E-Verify participation is required [e.g., STEM Optional Practical Training (OPT) Extension].

• The State of Oregon does not request or require your age, date of birth, attendance or graduation dates from an education institution during the application process.

• We may use this recruitment to fill multiple or future vacancies.

• We will conduct name-based and fingerprint-based criminal background checks on final candidates under consideration for this position. All applicants may be subject to additional pre-employment check(s) such as driver license, LEDS (Law Enforcement Data System), and/or education verification as required for the position.

• You will be represented by the Service Employees International Union (SEIU).

ODOT is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, age, national origin, disability, sexual orientation or any other class protected by state or federal laws in admission or access to our programs, services, activities, hiring, and employment practices. Applicants with a disability may request a reasonable accommodation during the application process. For questions, concerns, or complaints regarding EEO/AA/ADA, contact 1-877-336-6368 (1-877-EEO-ODOT). This information can be made available in an alternative format by contacting ODOT Recruitment at 503-986-3700. Oregon Relay Service can be reached by calling 7-1-1.

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