Associate Special Counsel, General Law Division (GLD)

To be qualified for an SES job, you must demonstrate exceptional leadership, managerial and people skills and know how to build partnerships and communicate with customers. Senior executives in the SES share a broad perspective of government grounded in the Constitution and make sure federal executive management is responsive to the needs, policies and goals of the nation. To meet the minimum qualifications for this position, your resume (limited to a maximum of seven (7) pages) must demonstrate that you possess: Basic SES Requirement; and Basic Education; and Five Executive Core Qualifications (ECQS); and Two Mandatory Technical Qualifications (MTQs). Basic SES Requirements Your resume must provide evidence of progressively responsible executive leadership and supervisory experience indicative of senior executive level management capability, and directly related to the skills and abilities outlined below. Typically, experience of this nature will have been gained at or above the GS-15 grade level in the Federal service, or the equivalent grade level in the private sector, state government, local government, etc. Your resume must demonstrate that you have the knowledge, skills and abilities for this position, and can successfully fulfill the responsibilities of an SES, such as: Directing the work of an organizational unit; Ensuring the success of one or more major programs or projects; Monitoring progress towards strategic organizational goals; Evaluating organizational performance to take action in improving performance; Supervising the work of employees; Exercising important policy making, policy determining, or executive functions. Your resume must explicitly outline your qualifications. We will not make assumptions on your experience. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g. Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g. professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer. Applicants must meet all qualifications and eligibility requirements by the closing date of the announcement. Basic Education You must provide documentation that you meet the following requirements: A professional law degree (L.L.B., J.D., L.L.M.) from a law school accredited by the American Bar Association; and An active membership in good standing in a bar of a state, U.S. Territory, District of Columbia, or Commonwealth or Puerto Rico. Executive Core Qualifications (ECQ): Your resume must also clearly provide information regarding your professional experience and accomplishments that demonstrate you meet the ECQs outlined below and identified in the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Guide to Senior Executive Service Qualifications. (See “Note” below for current/previous SES members or SES Candidate Development Program graduates.) Leading Change: This core qualification involves the ability to bring about strategic change, both within and outside the organization, to meet organizational goals. Inherent to this ECQ is the ability to establish an organizational vision and to implement it in a continuously changing environment. Leadership Competencies for ECQ-1: creativity and innovation, external awareness, flexibility, resilience, strategic thinking, vision. Leading People: This core qualification involves the ability to lead people toward meeting the organization’s vision, mission, and goals. Inherent to this ECQ is the ability to provide an inclusive workplace that fosters the development of others, facilitates cooperation and teamwork, and supports constructive resolution of conflicts. Leadership Competencies for ECQ-2: conflict management, leveraging diversity, developing others, team building. Results Driven: This core qualification involves the ability to meet organizational goals and customer expectations. Inherent to this ECQ is the ability to make decisions that produce high-quality results by applying technical knowledge, analyzing problems, and calculating risks. Leadership Competencies for ECQ-3: accountability, customer service, decisiveness, entrepreneurship, problem solving, technical credibility. Business Acumen: This core qualification involves the ability to manage human, financial, and information resources strategically. Leadership Competencies for ECQ-4: financial management, human capital management, technology management. Building Coalitions: This core qualification involves the 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. Leadership Competencies for ECQ-5: partnering, political savvy, influencing/negotiating. NOTE: If you are a current Senior Executive Service (SES) career appointee, a former SES member having reinstatement eligibility, or an OPM-certified graduate of an approved SES Candidate Development Program, you are not required to submit ECQs within your resume. However, you must submit the appropriate SF-50 (showing SES status) or an OPM Qualifications Review Board certificate. Mandatory Technical Qualifications: Your resume must clearly identify that you have demonstrated progressively responsible leadership experience directly related to the Mandatory Technical Qualifications (MTQs) related to this position as outlined below. MTQ – Demonstrated the ability to manage a legal services program, including the ability to review and assess the organizational effectiveness of program services and policies, and to design and implement procedures to improve/optimize organizational performance. MTQ – Demonstrated experience effectively communicating complex legal and technical issues through oral and written communications, including the ability to interact with career and political senior officials, external partners, and internal organizational entities that have differing and often conflicting interests.
We are seeking an experienced attorney and leader with exceptional legal advocacy skills to serve as the Associate Special Counsel of the General Law Division (GLD). This consists of the following units: Alternative Dispute Resolution; Case Review Division; Disclosure; Diversity, Outreach and Training; Hatch Act; Retaliation and Disclosure; and the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.