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PSOB Attorney Advisor
Office of Justice Programs · Posted 70 days ago
About the Role
This position is located in the Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), Office of the Public Safety Officers' Benefits (PSOB) Program Legal Counsel. OJP provides federal leadership, funding, and other critical resources to directly support law enforcement, combat violent crime, protect American children, provide services to American crime victims, and address public safety challenges, including human trafficking and the opioid crisis.
What You'll Do
- →The duties and responsibilities for a GS- 0905-15 generally include, but are not limited to, the following: PSOB Law and Regulations Addresses difficult legal issues in providing legal counsel to the Assistant Attorney General, the BJA Director, the program's Legal Counsel and many other stakeholders.
- →Develops materials that justify the program's policies and procedures.
- →Develops decisions, reports, briefs, opinions and other products linked to difficult legal issues in a specialty area affecting a significant segment of public interest.
- →Drafts bills and regulations and prepares complete reports on changes in existing regulations pertaining to PSOB legal matters.
- →Reviews proposed legislation and regulations to determine impact on the PSOB program and drafts memoranda and guidance regarding their impact.
- →Makes recommendations based on the comments of operating organizations, personal program knowledge, awareness of the legal implications of proposed legislation and knowledge of it.
- →Proposes alternative language and policy changes as warranted.
- →PSOB Operations Independently and professionally conducts legal review of PSOB claims.
- →Evaluates evidence and legal arguments, which may include medical evidence and expert opinions; line-of-duty and causation documentation; employment, incident, and death/disability records; statutory and regulatory standards under the PSOB Act; and arguments submitted by the claimant.
- →Renders timely determinations and issues final decisions.
- →Upon determining a claim, files a notice of the same for delivery to the claimant, specifying the factual findings and legal conclusions that support the decision.
- →Trains PSOB legal personnel.
- →Reviews and edits the work product of other legal personnel assigned to the PSOB program, ensuring legal and factual accuracy and program consistency.
- →Performs legal research in connection with issues of higher complexity that arise in particular claims and advises on federal laws, regulations, rules and policies of the Department and other federal agencies, opinions of OJP's General Counsel, the common law, administrative law and state laws.
Requirements
- ✓Applicants must possess a J.D. or LL.B. degree from an accredited law school.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 39a74ed6-68f6-4c31-a1d7-0cee8dc68631
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