Director of Litigation

The applicant must address the Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs) within their resume. Your responses to the ECQs should be addressed/embedded within your resume not to exceed seven (7) pages. Your resume must describe your ECQs and experience, technical qualifications and give a synopsis of your accomplishments. Additionally, your demonstrated leadership ability must be clearly shown in your resume. Do not include a separate ECQ narrative. Lastly, Mandatory Technical Qualifications (MTQs) listed later in this section below must be addressed in a separate document. If you are a current career member of the SES, are eligible for reinstatement into the SES, or have completed an SES Candidate Development Program and have been certified by the Office of Personnel Management’s (OPM) Qualifications Review Board (QRB), you can apply for competitive and/or noncompetitive consideration. For competitive consideration, you must submit a resume and written statements addressing the Mandatory Technical Qualifications, ECQs, and other applicable qualifications. For noncompetitive consideration, you must submit your resume, written statements addressing the Mandatory Technical Qualifications, and other applicable qualifications. Written statements addressing the ECQs are not necessary for noncompetitive consideration. You must also provide documentation of QRB certification (i.e., SF-50 showing career SES status or OPM-issued SES qualification certificate). MANDATORY TECHNICAL QUALIFICATIONS: The MTQ narrative must not exceed two (2) pages for each MTQ typed in Times New Roman, 12-point font. MTQ 1. Demonstrated litigation experience as (i) the principal or secondary chair in civil and criminal matters, (ii) encompassing both bench and jury trials and (iii) proceedings within federal or international tribunals. MTQ 2. Established expertise in developing and executing civil and criminal litigation training, strategic, or policy objectives. MTQ 3. Proven ability to advocate for program and resource requirements effectively to senior-level stakeholders within and outside the Division and Department. MTQ 4. Demonstrated ability to effectively manage and lead seasoned professionals and provide strategic and technical guidance to staff to develop their skills and produce high-quality and timely work responsive to organizational needs. EXECUTIVE CORE QUALIFICATIONS: The five ECQs described below were designed to assess executive-level experiences and potential not technical expertise. They measure whether you have the broad executive skills needed to succeed in a variety of SES positions. ECQ 1 – Leading Change: Ability to bring about strategic change, both within and outside the organization, to meet organizational goals and establish an organizational vision and to implement it in a continuously changing environment. ECQ 2.- Leading People: Ability to lead people toward meeting the organization’s vision, mission, and goals and provide an inclusive workplace that fosters the development of others, facilitates cooperation and teamwork, and supports constructive resolution of conflicts. ECQ 3 – Results Driven: Ability to meet organizational goals and customer expectations and make decisions that produce high-quality results by applying technical knowledge, analyzing problems, and calculating risks. ECQ 4 – Business Acumen: Ability to manage human, financial, and information resources strategically. ECQ 5 – Building Coalitions: Ability to build coalitions internally and with other federal agencies, state and local governments, nonprofit and private sector organizations, foreign governments, or international organizations to achieve common goals. Additional information on the Executive Core Qualifications can be found at http://www.opm.gov/ses/recruitment/ecq.asp. Please refer to OPM’s Guide to the Senior Executive Service Qualifications for more detailed information.
The mission of the Antitrust Division is to promote competition by enforcing the antitrust laws to protect economic freedom and opportunity on behalf of the American people. One of the important ways in which the Division accomplishes these goals is through litigation. The Divisions work includes unparalleled collaboration and coordination with federal enforcers, regulators, law enforcement agencies, state attorneys general, and foreign antitrust enforcement agencies.