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Assistant General Counsel
Securities and Exchange Commission · Posted today
About the Role
The Office of the General Counsel (OGC) is seeking a Supervisory General Attorney (Assistant General Counsel) in the General Litigation and Administrative Practice Group in Washington, DC. As an Assistant General Counsel (Labor, Employment, and Litigation), you will handle litigation against the Commission and provide advice and represent the agency on matters involving employment and labor law and related matters.
What You'll Do
- →This position is in the Labor, Employment, and Litigation subgroup, a component of the Litigation and Administrative Practice Group in the Office of the General Counsel.
- →The subgroup is primarily responsible for defending the Commission in administrative and federal court litigation and providing advice and representing the agency on matters involving employment and labor law and related matters.
- →In this role as an Assistant General Counsel, you will be responsible for: Supervising representation of the Commission in federal district and appellate courts and administrative and grievance proceedings.
- →Providing legal advice to the Commission and its members and employees on matters affecting the agency's mission and operations in the areas of employment law (including performance, conduct, and disciplinary issues and actions) and labor relations and represent the agency in federal court and administrative litigation.
- →Directing the legal review of draft Commission regulations, operating procedures, and internal directives.
- →Managing and directing the work of attorneys and professional administrative staff by planning, organizing and supervising their work to meet deadlines and maintain quality.
- →Determining operational priorities and approaches to complex legal issues, while keeping senior leaders apprised of the status of those projects and any major problems encountered.
- →Providing legal advice on other applicable laws and regulations concerning the management and operation of the agency.
Requirements
- ✓You MUST provide transcripts or other documentation to support your educational claims.
- ✓Unless otherwise stated: (1) official or unofficial transcripts are acceptable, or (2) you may submit a list with all your courses, grades, semester, year, and credit for the course.
- ✓If you are qualifying for this position by substituting education or training for experience, you must submit a copy of your unofficial transcripts or equivalent by the closing date of the announcement.
- ✓Qualifying education must have been obtained from an accredited college or university recognized by the U.S.
- ✓Department of Education.
- ✓Internal Applicants: OHR will verify education qualifications for internal applicants using documents in the Electronic Official Personnel Folder (eOPF).
- ✓If required transcripts or certificates are not present in your eOPF, you will be required to provide them to OHR.
- ✓If selected, a start date will not be established until official transcripts are received.
- ✓FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs.
- ✓For more information, click here.
- ✓Applicants may also find the following helpful: National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES) is an association of 19 credential evaluation services with admission standards and an enforced code of good practice.
- ✓Association of International Credentials Evaluators (AICE) is an association of 10 credential evaluation services with a board of advisors and an enforced code of ethics.
Personality Fit
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Job ID: 80786f13-4e42-4f71-9aac-0feaa6295215
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