This position is located in the Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of General Counsel.

Duties

As a/an Supervisory Trial Attorney (Deputy Assistant General Counsel), you will: Supervise and provides guidance to trial attorneys about all aspects of the Fair Housing Act, including the most complex issues, such as fair lending, constitutional issues, and issues of first of first impression. Provides guidance to trial attorneys about all aspects of Fair Housing Act litigation, including the Secretarial review process, and provides assistance to junior attorneys in trying cases before HUD's administrative tribunal. Depending upon the workload and needs of the Division, the incumbent may have direct litigation responsibility for novel and complex cases before the administrative tribunal. Functions as the managing attorney for the trial attorneys, paralegal and support staff in the Division. The incumbent supervises trial attorneys' use of workload management systems, litigation tracking systems, and the Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity's complaint and investigation tracking system, including reporting of case activities. The incumbent is responsible for supervising the time and attendance reporting of the trial attorneys and support staff in the Division; drafting the Division's weekly reports to the General Counsel; and conducting progress reviews of the staff's performance. Provide legal advice to FHEO's Fair Housing Assistance Program. The incumbent reviews the substantial equivalence legal analyses from the Division's trial attorneys and the Regional Counsel and provides the final legal analyses to FHEO's administrators of the Fair Housing Assistance Program.

Requirements

Qualifications

You must meet the following requirements by the closing date of this announcement. Basic Requirements: Applicants MUST: (1) be a graduate of an accredited law school with an LL.B. or J.D.; (2) be a current member of a bar with a valid license to practice law in a state, territory of the United States, District of Columbia, or Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; and (3) meet all specialized experience requirements as described in the vacancy announcement. AND Specialized experience for the GS-15 include: For the GS-15: You must have one year of specialized experience at the GS-14 grade level or equivalent in the Federal service. Specialized experience for this position is defined as: - Experience as a supervisor or providing subject matter leadership and/or assistance to attorneys and investigators conducting fair housing, civil rights, and accessibility investigations, pre-litigation enforcement efforts, policy reviews, program implementation, and client-counseling, including the application of such requirements to housing programs, and providing oral and written legal opinions on one or more related disciplines (fair housing, civil rights, and accessibility); OR demonstrated legal knowledge of, and experience with, fair housing, civil rights, and accessibility requirements as applied to housing programs; AND - Experience analyzing and interpreting federal, state or local statutes; providing effective legal advice; maintaining cases, matters or projects simultaneously; and developing and maintaining highly collaborative and productive working relationships with clients, other agencies, stakeholders, and the public. For the GS-15, you must: Have a professional law degree (LL.B. or J.D.), plus five (5) years of professional legal experience, at least one of which must be specialized experience at a level of difficulty comparable to the GS-14 level in the Federal service. OR Have a second professional law degree (LL.M.) plus four (4) years of professional legal experience, at least one of which must be specialized experience at a level of difficulty comparable to the GS-14 level in the Federal service. OR Have a first professional law degree (LL.B., or J.D.), plus superior law student work (academic standing in upper 1/3 of the law school graduating class, high-level honors for academic excellence in law school, winning of a moot court competition with other law schools, significant work or achievement on the school's official law review, significant summer clerkship or other evidence of clearly superior achievement) plus four (4) years of professional legal experience, at least one of which must be specialized experience at a level of difficulty comparable to the GS-14 level in the Federal service. The experience may have been gained in either the public or private sector. One year of experience refers to full-time work; part-time work is considered on a prorated basis. To ensure full credit for your work experience, please indicate dates of employment by month/date/year, and indicate number of hours worked per week on your resume.

Education

Attorney positions do have an education requirement.

Applicants must be a graduate of an accredited law school with an LL.B. or J.D. For positions with an education requirement, you MUST submit a copy of your transcripts or equivalent. An official transcript will be required if you are selected. In addition you must provide proof of bar or your bar number in the vacancy questions.

The education generally must be from an accredited (or pre-accredited) college or university recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. If you are qualifying based on foreign education, you must submit proof of creditability of education as evaluated by a credentialing agency. Refer to the OPM instructions.

Contacts

• Address Office of General Counsel Administrative Resource Center Parkersburg, WV 26101 US
• Name: Applicant Call Center
• Phone: 304-480-7300
• Email: [email protected]