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Supervisory Attorney Advisor (Labor)
Office of the Solicitor · Posted 25 days ago
About the Role
This position is located in the Department of Labor, Office of the Solicitor (SOL), Division of Management and Administrative Legal Services (MALS). We are seeking a procurement law attorney to serve as the DOL's senior procurement legal advisor. The person selected as Counsel for Procurement and Contract Law, a Supervisory Attorney Advisor position, will supervise and lead the Department's procurement law practice, supervising a small staff of litigators and legal advisors.
What You'll Do
- →The Procurement Law Counsel group litigates bid protests and contract claims before the Government Accountability Office (GAO) and in other forums, advises senior management and the contracting community on government contract issues, and provides legal support for the Department of Labor's acquisition policies and programs.
- →The Counsel for Procurement and Contract Law supervises and leads the Department of Labor's procurement and government contracts law practice.
- →The person selected will assign, direct and review the work of attorneys providing procurement and government contract legal services to the entire Department of Labor.
- →The Counsel area has an active litigation practice involving bid protests and contract claims before the GAO, the Civilian Board of Contract Appeals, and in other forums.
- →The Counsel for Procurement and Contract Law directly provides and supervises the provision of legal advice on contracts, grants and procurement issues, including providing advice on complex, sensitive, and fast-moving issues to high-level Department officials, including DOL's Heads of Contracting Activities, the Chief Procurement Officer, and the Senior Procurement Executive.
- →The Counsel also provides legal guidance to the Department in carrying out its procurement responsibilities under applicable Federal procurement laws and policies.
- →The Counsel and staff regularly counsel DOL's contracting activities and program agencies related to ongoing procurements.
- →The Counsel provides expert advice on all aspects of Federal procurement law (e.g., bid protests, contract claims, disputes, performance problems, and suspension and debarment).
- →Considerable expertise is required to supervise and lead this litigation practice.
- →The Counsel may directly handle the most difficult, complex, precedent setting matters as well as litigation related to procurements with Department-wide significance.
- →Additionally, the Counsel must establish positive working relationships with the Department of Justice and private attorneys.
- →This position is excluded from bargaining unit.
- →This position is not listed in the Appendix to the June 3 Executive Order Implementing Schedule Policy/Career in the Excepted Service.
Requirements
- ✓A LL.B or J.D. is a requirement for this position.
- ✓If you do not submit sufficient academic documentation necessary to demonstrate that you meet the eligibility and minimum qualification requirements described in this announcement, your application will be deemed incomplete and you will be ineligible for further consideration for this vacancy.
- ✓Any applicant falsely claiming an academic degree from an accredited school will be subject to actions ranging from disqualification from federal employment to removal from federal service.
- ✓If your education was completed at a foreign college or university, you must show comparability to education received in accredited educational institutions in the United States and comparability to applicable minimum course work requirements for this position.
- ✓Click Evaluation of Foreign Education for more information.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 66c929c2-2105-42bb-ae90-ded3d3034cd7
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