Supervisory Attorney-Adviser (General)

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The duty location will be in the Office of General Counsel – Land and Maritime, Whitehall, Ohio.

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Duties

As the Chief Counsel for DLA Land and Maritime, you will be responsible for the following:

• Leading and managing a legal office with responsibility for diverse legal subject matter areas.
• Providing a full range of supervisory duties, to include personnel matters, fiscal/funds control, performance evaluation, performance awards and discipline.
• Advising Command leaders on complex legal and business issues related to Federal acquisition law, labor and employment law, fiscal law, ethics, procurement fraud, Congressional inquiries, IG Complaints, and other areas of administrative law.
• Improving organizational health, legal office culture, and fostering a work environment and culture that emphasizes employee engagement, innovation, collaboration, communication, diversity and inclusion throughout the office.
• Improving office operations, developing subordinate legal professionals, and increasing employee retention.
• Managing matters in Federal acquisition/procurement, ethics, fiscal law, labor and employment law, litigation and alternative dispute resolution programs.
• Guiding subordinate attorneys in effective oral and written advice and advocacy supporting clients, alternative dispute resolution techniques, litigation strategies, and preparation of oral arguments and written briefs.
• Overseeing representation of Federal organizational clients before administrative forums concerning contract litigation, bid protests, and labor and employment disputes; and supporting Department of Justice representation in Federal Courts.
• Leading office programs for education, professional development, and succession planning, to ensure all personnel maintain advanced skills in areas of mission-related expertise and are prepared for professional advancement.
• Defining and assigning work to subordinates based on priorities, difficulty of assignments, and capabilities. Providing technical legal oversight. Developing and evaluating subordinates’ performance standards.
• Carrying out EEO policies and communicating support of these policies to subordinates. Assuring equity in determining selections, assignments, training, promotions, details, qualifications, discipline, and awards to employees.

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Requirements

Conditions of Employment

• Must be a U.S. Citizen
• This is an Excepted Service position.
• Tour of Duty: Set Schedule
• Security Requirements: Critical Sensitive with Top Secret Access
• Appointment is subject to the completion of a favorable suitability or fitness determination, where reciprocity cannot be applied; unfavorably adjudicated background checks will be grounds for removal.
• Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA): Exempt
• Selective Service Requirement: Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service.
• Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
• Bargaining Unit Status: No
• Financial Disclosure Requirement: Required
• Supervisory Probation: Required
• Completion of Supervisory Certification Program: Required
• You will be a Mission Essential employee. This requires you to work during an emergency to ensure continuation of essential functions. You may be required to work at the designated duty location, a telework site, or an alternate location/facility.

Qualifications

QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED for SUPERVISORY ATTORNEY-ADVISOR (GENERAL):

1) The first professional law degree (LL.B. or J.D.);

2) Proof that you are licensed and a member in good standing with the bar of the highest court of a State, U.S. commonwealth, U.S. territory, or the District of Columbia. Annual bar certification cards issued from your state of licensure are not considered acceptable. Proof is a “certificate of good standing” issued by your state of licensure dated within 6 months of the closing date of this announcement or a screenshot of your bar status taken from your state of licensure website that is dated within 6 months of the closing date of this announcement or sworn statement to that effect. If there is not a date on the screen shot, you must provide a statement signed by you on the date that the screen shot was created. The successful applicant selected for employment must provide a “certificate of good standing” issued by their respective bar showing they are in good status and in active status prior to appointment.

To Qualify at the GS-15 Level:

You must possess professional legal experience in excess of 3 years commensurate with the duties and responsibilities of the position.

In accordance with DoDI 1442.2 (Personnel Actions Involving Civilian Attorneys). Promotion for this position is based on the individuals time, performance, and mastery of skills at the required grade level and only with approval of the designated official (DLA General Counsel) in accordance with the applicable regulation.

The legal experience described in your application package or resume will be evaluated and screened for competencies required to perform the duties of the position as described in the Major Duties section of this announcement. The QUALITY of experience will be evaluated and screened to determine how closely or to what extent your experience, education, and training are relevant to the duties and responsibilities of the announced position. Your application package or resume must demonstrate you have the competencies and quality of experience necessary to successfully perform the work of the position at the appropriate grade level.

PRINCIPAL SELECTION FACTORS:

KSA Narrative Statements: Providing Knowledge, Skills, and Ability (KSA) narrative statements addressing the following principal selection factors, or addressing them in your resume is optional, but strongly encouraged.

a. The ability to lead, manage and oversee a full-service legal organization engaged in a broad range of Agency legal practice and programs.

b. In depth knowledge of three or more of the following legal practice and programs areas: acquisition law; fiscal law; standards of conduct and ethics; personnel, EEO and labor law; administrative and civil law; litigation; and procurement fraud.

c. Ability to work effectively with a diverse senior client base and to serve as a member of the Major Subordinate Command’s (MSC’s) leadership team in ensuring mission success.

d. Experience and ability to improve organizational health and legal office culture, as well as to develop subordinate legal professionals and promote employee retention.

OTHER SELECTION FACTORS:

Acquisition law experience is highly desirable. Fiscal law and employment law experience is desirable.

Breadth and depth of legal experience in multiple organizations and at multiple levels. A mix of experience at more than one MSC, base, post, operating location/installation (examples: Major Service Command; Combatant Command; Headquarters Military Staff Service; Joint Staff; and Defense Agency).

Security Clearance: This position is designated Top Secret, Critical Sensitive. If selected, you must obtain and maintain a Top-Secret security clearance. If you are unable to obtain this level of security clearance (as a result of undisclosed or disclosed background issues), within a reasonable period of time (as defined by the agency), the employment offer may be withdrawn. In addition, incumbent is subject to periodic re-investigation to maintain security eligibility in accordance with DoD 5200.2-R.

Education

You MUST provide transcripts or other documentation to support your educational claims.

Unless otherwise stated: Unofficial transcripts are acceptable at time of application.

FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show that the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university.

Additional information

Excepted Service Position: This job is being filled by an alternative hiring process and is not in the competitive civil service.

Veterans Information: There is no formal rating system for applying veteran’s preference to attorney appointments in the excepted service; however, the Department of Defense considers veterans’ preference eligibility a positive factor for attorney hiring.

Information for Veterans is available at: http://www.dla.mil/Careers/Programs/veterans.aspx. As of 23 December 2016, Military retirees seeking to enter federal service in the Department of Defense now require a waiver if they would be appointed within 180 days following their official date of retirement.

Reemployed Annuitants: This position does not meet criteria for appointment of Reemployed Annuitants. The DoD criteria for hiring Reemployed Annuitants can be found at: http://www.esd.whs.mil/Portals/54/Documents/DD/issuances/140025/1400.25-V300.pdf

Drug-Free Workplace: The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) has established a Drug-Free Federal Workplace Policy. All applicants tentatively selected for DLA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment. Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with DLA for a period of six months. This policy extends to random testing for the use of illegal drugs by employees who occupy testing designated positions defined as sensitive in Section 7(d) of Executive Order 12564. The Defense Logistics Agency’s Drug Free Workplace Plan’s drug testing panel includes testing for the following illegal substances: marijuana, cocaine, opiates (codeine/morphine), 6-Acetylmorphine (heroin), phencyclidine, amphetamines (amphetamine/methamphetamine), methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA), methylenedioxyamphetamine (MDA), oxycodone, oxymorphone, hydrocodone, and hydromorphone. ADVISORY: By using cannabidiol (CBD) products you are risking a positive drug test result for marijuana.

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How You Will Be Evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

Selection(s) will be based on the judgment of the selecting official as to which applicant is best qualified to perform the duties of the position.

Once this announcement closes, candidates will be evaluated based on the application package submitted. An oral interview may be conducted with some, none, or all candidates, depending upon the relative qualifications of the applicants.

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How to Apply

Please read the entire announcement and all the instructions before you begin an application.

Applications must be submitted ON-LINE via USAJobs by 11:59 pm EST on the closing date of the announcement.

Only complete application packages will be considered. APPLICATIONS THAT FAIL TO MEET THESE REQUIREMENTS WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED.

To apply for this position, you must complete the online application and submit the documentation specified in the Required Documents section.

• To begin, click Apply to access an online application. Follow the prompts to select your USAJOBS resume and/or other supporting documents. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account or you may need to create a new account.
• You will be taken to an online application. Complete the online application, verify the required documentation, and submit the application.
• You will receive an email notification when your application has been received for the announcement.
• To verify the status of your application, log into your USAJOBS account, https://my.usajobs.gov/Account/Login, select the Application Status link and then select the More Information link for this position. The Application Status page will display the status of your application, the documentation received and processed, and your responses submitted to the online application. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process.

To preview the questionnaire, please go to https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12534021

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Agency contact information

Christine Cromwell Christine Cromwell

Phone

7177708324

Email

Christine.cromwell@dla.mil

Address

DLA General Counsel

8725 John J Kingman Road

Fort Belvoir, VA 22060

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Next steps

Once your complete application is received, the most highly qualified candidates will be forwarded to the hiring manager for further consideration and possible interview.

To verify the status of your application, log into your USAJOBS account (https://my.usajobs.gov/Account/Login), all of your applications will appear on the Welcome screen. The Application Status will appear along with the date your application was last updated. For information on what each Application Status means, visit: https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/how-to/application/status/ .

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