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Attorney-Advisor (General)
Bureau of the Fiscal Service · Posted 3 days ago
About the Role
PLEASE NOTE: Based on the current hiring restrictions, selectees may be subject to additional approvals prior to an offer being extended. The position is in the Office of the Chief Counsel, Bureau of the Fiscal Service. The selectee will render legal advice and opinions to administrative officials, operating managers, supervisors, and directors, and also represent the Bureau in administrative proceedings, and assist in representing the Bureau's interests before Federal courts.
What You'll Do
- →PLEASE NOTE: Based on the current hiring restrictions, selectees may be subject to additional approvals prior to an offer being extended.
- →This position will join the labor and employment law team at the Bureau of the Fiscal Service and will handle a wide range of federal sector labor, employment, and reasonable accommodation matters.
- →Their work includes substantial administrative litigation, such as EEO complaints, MSPB appeals, grievances, and information requests.
- →They also provide essential guidance on complex reasonable accommodation issues to ensure compliance with the Rehabilitation Act and EEOC requirements.
- →Beyond litigation and reasonable accommodation support, attorneys advise on day-to-day workforce and personnel issues, including conduct, performance, discipline, and workplace policy interpretation.
- →Finally, they work closely with NTEU and management on labor management relations, helping the agency meet obligations under negotiated agreements and respond to grievances and statutory information requests.
- →As an Attorney-Advisor (General), you will: Work at the expert level, the employee generates new theories; assignments are characterized by full technical responsibility for issues of considerable scope; and solutions may, at times, be controversial or require the resolution of competing viewpoints.
- →The employee uses expert legal knowledge and extensive experience to work on very difficult legal assignments, often unassisted except for very general oversight from the supervisor.
- →At this level, the attorney may be responsible for being a formal or informal team lead of a particular practice area(s) and will often be the main point of contact for those respective clients.
- →The attorney may assign projects to and often acts as a mentor to more junior attorneys and/or interns in the office.
- →Perform legal research and renders opinions in the form of oral or written advice, briefings, presentations, and legal decision memoranda.
- →Evaluate, interpret and apply statutes, regulations, court decisions, administrative decisions, Departmental precedents, Bureau policies and technical publications involving many fields of law relevant to the Bureau's mission area.
- →Assist in defending or advocating the Bureau's position in Federal court litigation, when the Bureau is a party, by providing technical assistance and information to U.S.
- →Department of Justice (DOJ) litigation counsel, and by preparing litigation reports, and assisting in the drafting of pleadings, affidavits and briefs, when appropriate.
Requirements
- ✓All newly appointed employees to the competitive (or excepted) service are subject to a probationary (or trial) period.
- ✓During this time, your performance, conduct, and suitability for continued employment will be evaluated.
- ✓You will not automatically convert to permanent status at the end of the probationary (or trial) period.
- ✓Your supervisor must affirmatively determine that continued employment is in the best interest of the Federal service.
- ✓If no certification is made before the probationary (or trial) period ends, your appointment will be terminated.
- ✓You are encouraged to actively engage with your supervisor, seek feedback, and understand role expectations.
- ✓Additional guidance and support will be provided during onboarding.
- ✓Must successfully complete a background investigation.
- ✓Periodic reinvestigation is required no later than five years after selection and at least every succeeding five years.
- ✓Complete a Declaration for Federal Employment to determine your suitability for Federal employment, at the time requested by the agency.
- ✓Have your salary sent to a financial institution of your choice by Direct Deposit/Electronic Funds Transfer.
- ✓If you are a male applicant born after December 31, 1959, certify that you have registered with the Selective Service System or are exempt from having to do so.
- ✓Go through a Personal Identity Verification (PIV) process that requires two forms of identification from the Form I-9.
- ✓Federal law requires verification of the identity and employment eligibility of all new hires in the U.S.
Personality Fit
Job ID: f09de9ef-8b85-4085-bc64-2a6df837c14b
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