The incumbent serves as the Senior Executive Service (SES) Director of the Office of Foreign Litigation (OFL) in the Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, Department of Justice. The incumbent manages both the litigative and administrative responsibilities of the Office.

Duties

The incumbent is responsible for overseeing litigation handled by OFL attorneys located in Washington, DC, Rome, London, and Panama. The incumbent personally supervises the most difficult and sensitive litigation handled by OFL, directs assistant directors who review litigation in all areas, and provides expert advice and counsel to the Deputy Assistant Attorney General or the Assistant Attorney General regarding foreign litigation and international legal matters. Duties include: Supervises attorneys and support staff, including three foreign offices, who represent the United States in litigation before foreign courts. The incumbent assigns and distributes work among personnel, monitors performance, consults regularly with staff in Washington and overseas, designs and implements controls, and oversees both retention and payment of foreign counsel. The incumbent reviews and approves significant pleadings, briefs, and other papers filed in foreign courts and ensures that positions taken by the Department in domestic courts accurately reflect foreign and international law. Oversees the Office of International Judicial Assistance, the U.S. Central Authority for responsibilities under the Hague Conventions on Evidence and Service. The incumbent manages staff who fulfill the U.S. obligations under the Service Convention and who respond to hundreds of annual requests for evidence from foreign courts. Advises and consults with staff on new program orientations or directives and ensures that adequate resources will be available for implementation within OFL. The incumbent evaluates organizational structure and makes necessary changes based on new directions or caseload requirements. Analyzes and reviews proposed and pending legislation and international documents that may affect the work of OFL. The incumbent comments on and makes recommendations to revise, support, or oppose such legislation, and assists in formulating the Department's position concerning proposed legislation and international policy and legal documents. Represents the Department of Justice on interagency task forces, study groups, or litigation teams dealing with foreign litigation issues. The incumbent maintains close contact with and guides and directs key officials of other Departmental components or agencies with an interest in the cases OFL handles. Makes decisions involving the management of personnel, budget resources, and operational issues of concern to OFL and ensures that personnel management activities (including the selection, development, assessment, and promotion of employees) are performed in accordance with the provisions of Merit Promotion and Equal Opportunity.

Requirements

• You must be a United States Citizen or National.
• Veterans' preference is not applicable to the Senior Executive Service.
• Selective Service registration is required for males born on, or after, December 31, 1959. Those not registered should have an approved exemption on file.
• You will be required to complete a pre-employment security investigation and background check for the security level designated for this position.
• You may be required to undergo a drug screening and obtain favorable results prior to being appointed.
• You will be required to obtain and maintain a final Sensitive Compartmented Information Clearance. Failure to obtain and maintain the required level of clearance may result in withdrawal of the job offer or removal.
• You may be subject to a one-year probationary period effective from the date in which you are appointed.
• This position requires you to submit a Public Financial Disclosure Report (OGE 278) upon entry, and annually thereafter in accordance with DOJ and Federal ethics guidelines.
• You must meet all minimum qualifications to be deemed eligible. Only experience obtained by closing date of this announcement will be considered.

Qualifications

As a basic requirement for entry into the SES, applicants must provide evidence of progressively responsible leadership experience that is indicative of senior executive level management capability and directly related to the skills and abilities outlined under the Mandatory Technical Qualifications and Executive Core Qualifications. Applicants must be a graduate from a full course of study in a School of Law accredited by the American Bar Association and be a member in good standing of the bar of a state, territory of the United States, the District of Columbia, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. We recommend that your application emphasize your level of responsibilities, the scope and complexity of foreign litigation managed, and your program accomplishments, including the results of your actions. You will be evaluated to determine if you meet the minimum qualifications required of the position and on the extent your application demonstrates that you possess the knowledge, skills, and abilities required of the position. Please be sure to give concrete examples of your experience and demonstrate the complexity of the knowledge you possess. YOU WILL BE EVALUATED ON ALL OF THE FOLLOWING MANDATORY TECHNICAL QUALIFICATIONS (MTQs): Your responses to the MTQs should be submitted in one document that includes separate narrative statements addressing each of the 2 Mandatory Technical Qualifications (NOT TO EXCEED 2 PAGES PER MTQ). MTQ1. Demonstrated experience and expertise in handling litigation in foreign courts in which the United States is a party or has an interest. MTQ2. Demonstrated experience in planning and oversight of the activities of a legal organization, including developing legal strategies for the United States before foreign courts and providing sound and timely legal counsel in matters. IN ADDITION, YOU MUST CLEARLY DOCUMENT AND DEMONSTRATE THE FOLLOWING EXECUTIVE CORE QUALIFICATIONS (ECQ) EVIDENCE BY ADDRESSING EACH OF THE (5) ECQs IN A SEPARATE RESPONSE FOR EACH (not to exceed 2 pages per ECQ, total of 10 pages): ECQ1 - 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. ECQ2 - LEADING PEOPLE. This core qualification involves the ability to lead people toward meeting the organization's 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. ECQ3 - RESULTS DRIVEN. This core qualification involves the ability to meet organizational goals. Inherent to this ECQ is the ability to make decisions that produce high-quality results by applying technical knowledge, analyzing problems, and calculating risks. ECQ4 - BUSINESS ACUMEN. This core qualification involves the ability to manage human, financial, and information resources strategically. ECQ5 - 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. 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, and Public Service Motivation. The Fundamental Competencies are crosscutting and should be addressed over the course of each ECQ narratives. It is not necessary for you to address the Fundamental Competencies directly as long as the narrative, in its totality, shows mastery of these competencies on the whole. Qualifications include both general management skills and characteristics that are applicable to all SES positions and technical or program responsibilities specific to this position. Applicants must have a substantive general experience that provides a good basic or general knowledge of the principles of organization, management, and administration; and substantive specialized (operating, administrative or managerial) experience in a type of work or a combination of functions directly related to this position. Applications without separate narrative statements will not be considered. Note: Applicants who have completed the SES Candidate Development Program (CDP) and have had their ECQs certified by OPM must provide a copy of their certificate as part of their application. Candidates must still satisfy the MTQs of the position. Please refer to OPM's Guide to the Senior Executive Service Qualifications for more detailed information. http://www.opm.gov/ses/recruitment/ecq.asp Copies of the Office of Personnel Management's "Guide to Senior Executive Service Qualifications" may be obtained via the Internet at http://www.opm.gov/ses/references/GuidetoSESQuals_2012.pdf

Contacts

• Address Civil Division 1100 L Street, NW Washington, DC 20530 US
• Name: Meghan Killiany
• Phone: 202-616-7926
• Email: [email protected]