The Principal Deputy Assistant General Counsel is the second most senior counsel level within the Office of the Assistant General Counsel (AGC) for Enforcement and Intelligence (E&I) within the Legal Division at the U.S. Department of the Treasury, and reports to the AGC for E&I. The General Counsel is responsible to the Secretary of the Treasury for all legal activities in the Department and supervision of the Legal Division

Duties

Setting up or directing broad legal programs (not merely the adjudication of individual cases); Coordinating the legal activities of the office within Treasury and with other Departments; Formulating recommendations for new laws; Working with and making recommendations directly to the Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence (TFI), the Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing and Financial Crime (TFFC), the Assistant Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis (OIA), and the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Tax, Trade, and Tariff Policy (TTT); Making final decisions on legal matters involving the exercise of judgment and discretion as well as the legal analysis of issues.

Requirements

• Initial appointments are required to serve a probationary period of 1 year.
• Financial disclosure is required.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Top-Secret SCI clearance.
• Must be a U.S. Citizen
• Must have graduated from an accredited law school.
• Must be an active member in good standing of a state or D.C. bar.

Qualifications

Qualifications: As a basic requirement, applicants must possess the Mandatory Technical Qualifications and Executive Competencies listed below. Typically, qualified applicants will have gained experience of this nature at or above the (GS)-15 grade level or its equivalent in the public or private sector. To be qualified for this position, your resume must reflect experience in a managerial capacity. Typically, experience of this nature is gained at or above the GS-15 grade level in the Federal service, or its equivalent with state or local government, the private sector, or nongovernmental organizations. As such, your resume must demonstrate that you have the knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully fulfill responsibilities inherent in most SES positions such as: Directing the work of an organizational unit Ensuring the success of one or more specific major programs or projects Monitoring progress toward strategic organizational goals, evaluating organizational performance and taking action to improve performance. Supervising the work of other managers and exercising important policymaking, policy determining, or other executive functions. Failure to meet the basic qualification requirement and address all Mandatory Technical Qualifications and Executive Core Qualifications will result in your application being disqualified. The ECQs were designed to assess executive experience and potential not technical expertise. They measure whether an individual has the broad executive skills needed to succeed in a variety of SES positions. All applicants that are not already QRB certified, must submit a separate written narrative addressing the ECQs. Your narrative must address each ECQ separately and should contain at least two examples per ECQ describing your experiences and accomplishments/results. The narrative should be clear and concise, emphasizing your scope and level of responsibility, the complexity of programs managed, your initiatives and accomplishments, and the results of your actions. The narrative must not exceed 10 pages. NOTE: Current career SES members, former career SES members with reinstatement eligibility, and SES Candidate Development Program graduates who have been certified by OPM do NOT need to address the ECQs: Leading Change: This core qualification involves the ability to bring about strategic change, both within and outside the organization, to meet organizational goals. Inherent to this ECQ is the ability to establish an organizational vision and to implement it in a continuously changing environment. Competencies: creativity and innovation, external awareness, flexibility, resilience, strategic thinking, vision Leading People: This core qualification involves the ability to lead people toward meeting the organizations vision, mission, and goals. Inherent to this ECQ is the ability to provide an inclusive workplace that fosters the development of others, facilitates cooperation and teamwork, and supports constructive resolution of conflicts. Competencies: conflict management, leveraging diversity, developing others, team building Results Driven: This core qualification involves the ability to meet organizational goals and customer expectations. Inherent to this ECQ is the ability to make decisions that produce high quality results by applying technical knowledge, analyzing problems, and calculating risks. Competencies: accountability, customer service, decisiveness, entrepreneurship, problem solving, technical credibility Business Acumen: This core qualification involves the ability to manage human, financial, and information resources strategically. Competencies: financial management, human capital management, technology management Building Coalitions: This core qualification involves the ability to build coalitions internally and with other Federal agencies, State and local governments, nonprofit and private sector organizations, foreign governments, or international organizations to achieve common goals. Competencies: partnering, political savvy, influencing/negotiating Fundamental Competencies: These competencies are the foundation for success in each of the Executive Core Qualifications: Interpersonal Skills, Oral Communication, Continual Learning, Written Communication, Integrity/Honesty, Public Service Motivation. The Fundamental Competencies are crosscutting and should be addressed over the course of each ECQ narratives. Applicants should follow the Challenge, Context, Action and Result (CCAR) model outlined in the guide. Challenge - Describe a specific problem or goal. Context - Describe the individuals and groups you worked with, and/or the environment in which you worked, to address a particular challenge (e.g., clients, co-workers, members of Congress, shrinking budget, low morale). Action - Discuss the specific actions you took to address a challenge. Result - Give specific examples of measures/outcomes that had some impact on the organization. These accomplishments demonstrate the quality and effectiveness of your leadership skills. Additional information about the SES and Executive Core Qualifications can be found on the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) SES Website. You are strongly encouraged to review OPMs Guide to SES Qualifications for specific examples and guidance on writing effective ECQ narrative statements. MANDATORY TECHNICAL QUALIFICATIONS (MTQs): All applicants must submit a written narrative that addresses each of the MTQs separately. The narrative must not exceed one (1) page per MTQ. Applicants who fail to adhere to the one (1) page per MTQ limit will be disqualified and no longer considered for the position. In addition to the ECQs, applicants must possess the following technical qualifications that represent the knowledge, skills, and abilities essential to perform the duties and responsibilities of the position. You must fully address each MTQ to be rated for further consideration. MTQ 1: Ability to supervise a professional staff engaged in providing legal advice to senior officials. MTQ 2: Diversified legal experience dealing with highly complex issues. Examples of relevant subject matter areas may include the following: national security law; Executive Order 12333; Information Sharing Environment; the National Security Act; the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act; physical, personnel and classified information security matters; the Bank Secrecy Act; the USA PATRIOT Act; the detection and prevention of money laundering; countering the financing of terrorism; the International Emergency Economic Powers Act; the National Emergencies Act; the United Nations Participation Act; international anti-money laundering and countering terrorist finance laws and constructs; EU legal framework; asset forfeiture law; the Federal Alcohol Administration Act and related alcohol, tobacco, tax and trade laws; customs enforcement matters; Freedom of Information and Privacy Acts; the Trade Secrets Act; constitutional law; and administrative law. MTQ 3: Working knowledge of government or international organizations and their processes, and/or relationships with government or international entities. Examples include the U.S. intelligence community, the State Department, the Department of Justice, the Department of Homeland Security, federal banking regulators, other Federal agencies, the European Union, and other international anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing legal constructs.

Education

You must be a graduate from a law school accredited by the American Bar Association and be an active member in good standing of a state, territory of the United States, District of Columbia or Commonwealth of Puerto Rico bar.

Contacts

• Address
• Name: Brian Bobo
• Phone: 999-999-9999
• Email: [email protected]