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Supervisory Attorney Advisor
Patent and Trademark Office · Posted 120 days ago
About the Role
This position is located in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), Office of Equal Employment Opportunity (OEEO). OEEO enforces the federal civil rights laws that protect employees and applicants from discrimination and/or harassment and/or retaliation on the following bases: race, color, sex, sexual orientation, religion, national origin, age (40 and over), disability, and retaliation.
What You'll Do
- →The physical worksite for this position is located in Alexandria, Virginia.
- →Presence at the Alexandria, VA campus is required for this role, as it includes on site functions that must be performed in person.
- →Position may be eligible for situational telework in accordance with agency policy/business unit discretion.
- →The agency currently allows for 52 hours of telework per calendar year.
- →This rewarding opportunity is the ideal next career step for you if: You are excited to provide leadership for EEO Specialists regarding disability law and reasonable accommodation decisions.
- →You are confident managing the Agency-wide Reasonable Accommodation Program, including, taking responsibility for the legal sufficiency of all disability and reasonable accommodation efforts of the Agency within OEEO.
- →You are eager to provide training on disability hiring flexibilities and reasonable accommodation to Agency Equal Employment Opportunity Specialists, managers, supervisors and employees ensuring understanding of reasonable accommodation principles and responsibilities.
- →You look forward to providing program status briefings and reports to the Director, OEEO, and USPTO executives, managers, and supervisors.
Requirements
- ✓You must possess a Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree or Master of Laws (L.L.M) degree from an American Bar Association accredited law school and an active bar membership of any state.
- ✓If this position requires proof of higher education, or you are substituting education for experience, you must submit an unofficial transcript or a list of courses that includes the following information: name of accredited institution, grades earned, completion dates, and quarter and semester hours earned.
- ✓Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the requirements.
- ✓Please refer to General Schedule Qualification Policies for more information.
- ✓You are not required to submit official documents at this time; copies are sufficient.
- ✓Special Instructions for Foreign Education: Qualifying education from colleges and universities in foreign countries must be evaluated in terms of equivalency to that acquired in U.S. colleges and universities.
- ✓Applicants educated in whole or in part in foreign countries must submit sufficient evidence, including transcripts, to an accredited private organization for an equivalency evaluation of course work and degree.
- ✓A listing of these accredited organizations can be found on the Department of Education's website - US Department of Education.
- ✓Another listing of services that can perform this evaluation is available at the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES) website.
- ✓You must provide a copy of the letter containing the results of the equivalency evaluation with a course by course listing along with your application.
- ✓Failure to provide such documentation when requested will result in lost consideration.
- ✓NOTE: Only education and experience acquired before the filing deadline will be considered.
- ✓Report only attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S.
- ✓Department of Education.
Personality Fit
Job ID: a564bfb8-4584-4d40-b66e-885157185937
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