About the Position: This position serves as a Legal Administrative Specialist in Army Futures Command (AFC), Legal Office located in Austin, Texas. AFC exists to modernize the way the Army does business by creating a space of endless possibilities to explore, develop, and test new methods, organizations, and technologies. Visit us on www.armyfuturescommand.com and join the team leading the Army into the future!

Duties

Incumbent serves as the Law Office Manager, and Chief, Legal Operations Officer, for AFC. Supports the Commanding General and SJA's priorities by ensuring legal personnel are ready; master fundamentals; take care of clients; and deliver creative and innovative legal solutions. Organizes and manages statistical data, man hours, and workload drivers that form the basis for position development, hiring decisions, resourcing, and submissions to the Program and Budget Advisory Committee (PBAC). Incumbent provides comprehensive management of all budgetary resources. Incumbent manages all aspects of training and continuing legal education, certification, administration, and readiness of personnel serving in a legal office. Incumbent provides force management subject matter expertise by analyzing and monitoring legal manpower requirements and current and projected authorizations. Incumbent assesses legal organization knowledge and performance and designs and leads development of solutions to knowledge gaps. Incumbent performs information management and systems integration, including protection of government information and attorney-client privileged information and attorney work product.

Requirements

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• Secret security clearance required.
• Business travel (TDY) required up to 5% of the time.
• The How the Army Runs Course must be completed within 24 months of appointment.
• The Knowledge Management Course must be completed within 36 months of appointment.
• A one year probationary period may be required.
• The incumbent of this position must become a Notary Public in the State of Texas. All fees associated with the requirements to obtain a Notary Public will be paid for by the organization.

Qualifications

Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities. Current Department of Army Civilian EmployeesDomestic Defense Industrial Base/Major Range and Test Facilities Base Civilian Personnel WorkforceInteragency Career Transition Assistance PlanLand Management Workforce Flexibility ActMilitary Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician EligiblePriority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) EligiblePriority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability RetirementPriority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference EligibleVeterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998 In order to qualify, you must meet the experience requirements described below. 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). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document. Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes: 1) Assisting with comprehensive research, policy development, and policy writing; 2) Developing and implementing contracts for special programs and services; 3) Assisting in managing resources and implementing safeguards to secure sensitive information; 4) Managing financial and other resources supporting office operations; 5) Managing administrative functions such as monitoring training, evaluating caseload, and oversight of personnel and logistical requirements. AND 6) Performing various administrative functions such as preparing documents, administering automated systems, and managing daily operations. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-12). You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas: Administrative LawContracting/ProcurementLegal, Government and JurisprudenceRequirements Analysis Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-12).

Education

Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted.

Contacts

• Address FN-W0CUAA US ARMY FUTURES COMMAND HQ DO NOT MAIL Austin, TX 78701 US
• Name: Army Applicant Help Desk