SUPERVISORY ATTORNEY-ADVISOR

Your application must show that you meet the following: 1) You possess a Juris Doctorate (JD) degree from an American Bar Association accredited law school and are a member in good standing of the bar of the highest court of a State or a Territory within the United States or the District of Columbia. 2) You have demonstrated exceptional proficiency in advising senior leaders on practice areas, such as personnel law, military personnel law, ethics, standards of conduct, professional responsibility, fiscal law, legislation and regulation reviews, disability law, administration of the Federal Register, Freedom of Information Act and Privacy Act, claims for redress, military affairs, and/or homeland security. 3) You have demonstrated experience exercising supervisory authorities and responsibilities. 4) You have experience overseeing fiscal responsibilities. 5) You must submit a writing sample of three pages or less. The writing sample may be an excerpt of a longer document but shall not exceed three pages in actual length, and should illustrate your ability to draft legal memorandums or advocate legal principles. 6) You must submit a Certificate of Good Standing issued within the past 3 months showing the applicant is a member in good standing of the Bar of the highest court of a State of the United States or a Territory of the United States or sufficient proof that the same has been requested with the appropriate licensing authority. Upon selection the following documents will be requested: An official transcript of your law school record together with an official statement of your relative standing in your class. However, if you have been a member of the Bar for 5 years or more, the transcript requirement may be waived. An official statement that your fitness to practice law or your conduct as an attorney have never been challenged. If either your fitness or conduct has been challenged, an official statement concerning the facts and circumstances together with any explanation that you may wish to submit. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website:https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0900/general-attorney-series-0905/ Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.
This is a public notice flyer to notify interested applicants of anticipated Excepted Service vacancies. Applications will not be accepted through this flyer. Interested applicants must follow the directions in the “How to Apply” section of this flyer to be considered. There may or may not be actual vacancies filled from this flyer. Notice of Result letters will not be sent to applicants who respond to this flyer.