This position is in the Office of General Counsel, Administrative Law Division, Federal Communications Commission (FCC) located in Washington, DC. RELOCATION EXPENSES WILL NOT BE PAID.   THIS VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT MAY BE USED TO FILL ADDITIONAL POSITIONS WITHIN 90 DAYS.

Duties

Serve as an Attorney Advisor to the Office of General Counsel Administrative Law Division’s Agenda Review Team offers unique and challenging work for highly-motivated individuals.  The Agenda Review Team reviews all orders, rules, notices of proposed rulemakings, and other significant items before their consideration by the Commission.  For such items, the incumbent is responsible for providing well-reasoned and consequential legal advice on these often complex and cutting-edge legal issues (sometimes of first impression) to senior Commission staff in a variety of different bureaus and offices.  As explained below, this attorney plays a critical role in ensuring that the Commission’s actions are within the scope of its statutory and constitutional authority, comply with the requirements of the Administrative Procedure Act and other applicable laws and policies, and can withstand judicial scrutiny.  In discharging these functions, the incumbent is required to work closely with others, not only in the Office of General Counsel but also with lawyers, economists, engineers, and others in the different bureaus and offices responsible for such items.   

Requirements

• Bar Membership Documentation Required Upon Selection.
• Education-Transcripts Required Upon Selection.
• US Citizenship.
• Suitable for employment as determined by a background investigation.
• Serve a probationary period of one year, if applicable.
• Males born after 12/31/59 must be registered with Selective Service.
• Financial disclosure statement may be required upon assuming the position.
• Current FCC employees must provide SF-50 verifying grade & status
• SF-50 Documenting One Year of Time in Grade Required

Qualifications

Applicants must meet eligibility and qualification requirements by the closing date of this announcement. Current Federal employees must meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement. Professional law experience is experience that has equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position and is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled. In order to be deemed as "BEST QUALIFIED" candidates must meet both the educational requirements AND the Specialized Experience. A. Education You must meet the minimum basic educational requirements for Attorney positions. Education requirements include:  a professional law degree JD, LL.B., and/or LL.M.  NOTE-If you do not provide a transcript at the time of application, a transcript will be required to be provided at the time of selection. AND B. Specialized Experience To Qualify for the GS-14:Applicant must possess at least three years of professional law experience and at least one year of that experience must be specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-13 grade level in the Federal Service.  For this position, specialized experience includes the following: Experience interpreting and applying federal statutes and regulations; analyzing complex legal and technical issues; experience preparing comprehensive legal documents; communicate and interact with individuals at various levels of authority. To Qualify for the GS-15:Applicant must possess at least four years of professional law experience and at least one year of that experience must be specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-14 grade level in the Federal Service.  For this position, specialized experience includes the following:  Experience researching, interpreting and applying federal statutes and regulations to novel questions; analyzing complex legal and technical issues and providing recommendations or solutions; experience preparing comprehensive legal documents; communicate and interact with individuals at various levels of authority both orally and in writing. PART-TIME OR UNPAID EXPERIENCE:  Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Education

Refer to Educational requirements outlined within the "Qualifications" section.

Contacts

• Address Federal Communications Commission 45 L Street NE Washington, District of Columbia 20554 United States
• Name: Beverly Davis
• Phone: 202-418-1899
• Email: [email protected]