Career Opportunities
About the Office
The Office of Attorney General Keith Ellison has a clear mission: we help Minnesotans afford their lives and live with dignity, safety, and respect. We are a dynamic group of dedicated professionals who choose public service as a calling, and we are actively and intentionally committed to supporting an internal culture that affirms that calling. The Office is one of Minnesota’s largest public law offices and as of 2023, has been recognized as a Star Tribune Top Workplace Minnesota for three years in a row and Top Workplace USA for two years in a row.
Current Openings
Assistant Attorney General - Post-conviction Justice Division
Posting Number: 74911 -- Deadline to Apply: April 1, 2024
The Office is currently seeking a Assistant Attorney General in the Post-conviction Justice Division (PCJD) of the Office. The lawyer’s primary caseload will involve conducting comprehensive review of criminal convictions in cases involving cannabis convictions that come before the Cannabis Expungement Board (CEB). The lawyer will obtain and review conviction records, conduct further investigation as necessary, and make recommendations regarding expungement or resentencing.
Human Resources Generalist
Posting Number: 75001 -- Deadline to Apply: April 2, 2024
The Office is currently seeking a Human Resources (HR) Generalist to provide professional HR services office-wide. Our HR Generalists support all HR functions throughout the cycle of employment to include position auditing, recruitment, hiring, onboarding, transactions, labor relations, leave coordination, policy, workers compensation, performance management, and offboarding.
IT Support Analyst
Posting Number: 74051 -- Deadline to Apply: March 20, 2024
The Office is currently seeking an IT Support Analyst to join the IT Division of the Office. Service Desk staff support the mission of the Office by installing, maintaining, and troubleshooting computer hardware and software issues and resolving diverse end-user and system problems.
Shared Services Support Specialist
Posting Number: 74938 -- Deadline to Apply: March 22, 2024
The Office is seeking a Shared Services Support Specialist to provide administrative support to Attorney General staff through our Shared Services Team. Support services include data entry, typing, photocopying, scanning, collating, binding documents, filing, organizational projects, and back-up receptionist responsibilities.
Our differences make us stronger and leveraging them helps us create a workforce where everyone can thrive. The State of Minnesota is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to embedding diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility at our workplace. We do this by developing strong leaders and advocates, increasing cultural competence, and understanding among all employees, and removing institutional barriers and attitudes that prevent employees from advancing as far as their talents will take them. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions), marital status, familial status, receipt of public assistance, membership or activity in a local human rights commission, disability, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender expression, gender identity, or age.
We will make reasonable accommodations to all qualified applicants with disabilities. If you are an individual with a disability who needs assistance or cannot access the online job application system, please contact the job information line at (651) 259-3637 or email careers@state.mn.us. Please indicate what assistance you need.