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Attorney-Adviser
Headquarters, NASA · Posted 4 days ago
About the Role
You will serve as an Attorney Advisor (Employment and General Law) in the General Law Practice Group, within the NASA Office of the General Counsel. The Group provides legal counsel on ethics, fiscal, employment, information, and other administrative law matters and represents the Agency in litigation and hearings. You will perform duties in general law areas, with a focus on employment, including counseling senior managers and defending judicial and administrative discrimination complaints.
What You'll Do
- →Duties described below are at the highest grade advertised.
- →Duties assigned at lower grade levels will be of more limited scope, performed with less independence and limited complexity; duties will be commensurate with the grade of selected employee.
- →Conducts and evaluates research and drafts and reviews legal documents, including briefs, legal opinions, and documents regarding novel and complex legal issues related to civil rights, labor, employment law, and other general law matters.
- →Prepares legal interpretations of statutes, federal regulations and agency directives.
- →Reviews proposed legislation, executive orders, regulations, and Congressional testimony.
- →Prepares and advises management on legal interpretations of statutes, federal regulations and agency directives.
- →Advises on proposed legislation, executive orders, regulations, and Congressional testimony.
- →Serves as a legal advisor for Agency personnel on novel general law matters.
- →Experience in other general law areas is desirable, such as fiscal, ethics, environmental, information disclosure, tort claims, safety and security, and civil rights.
- →Represents NASA in formal administrative and federal civil litigation proceedings, including Federal Courts, the Merit Systems Protection Board, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the U.S.
- →Federal Labor Relations Authority.
- →Serves as a liaison between NASA and the Department of Justice in litigation concerning NASA programs.
- →Assists in other litigation responsibilities as requested by management.
Requirements
- ✓Basic Requirements: U.S. degrees must have been awarded from colleges or universities that are accredited by recognized accrediting organizations.
- ✓For a list of schools that meet this criteria, go to http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/.
- ✓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.
- ✓These education credentials must be 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.
- ✓For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.
- ✓All degrees must have been received in the year of, or any year subsequent to the original date of accreditation.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 1e30de53-69a3-4f8f-96dd-757ef4201aab
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