This position is located in the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), Office of the Solicitor, Washington, DC All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply. The Required Documents section of this announcement identifies all documents that must be uploaded in order to be considered a complete application package. Applicants that do not submit a complete application will not receive further consideration.

Duties

The Associate Solicitor of Management and Administrative Legal Services serves as head of a the Office of the Solicitor (SOL) Division of Management and Administrative Legal Services (MALS), a large combined legal and administrative office. In this role, the Associate Solicitor serves as a legal and management advisor to both SOL and Departmental leaders and agencies on legal and administrative issues regarding operations of a Cabinet-level department. The Associate Solicitor oversees direct provision of legal and administrative services, and serves as SOL's Administrative Officer and principal business leader. The incumbent would lead a team of over 50 attorneys, legal professionals, and administrative professionals. On the legal side, the MALS Associate Solicitor oversees provision of legal advice and litigation services on many "general counsel" legal matters relevant to operations of a Cabinet-level federal agency, including appropriations and fiscal law matters, government contracts and federal procurement law, internal employment and personnel law, and an array of federal information, administrative, and records laws, including the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), the Privacy Act, the Federal Records Act, the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the Paperwork Reduction Act, and the Inspector General Act, as well as on the Department's subpoena regulations. On the administrative side, the MALS Associate Solicitor facilitates SOL operations by overseeing the MALS Division's delivery of services to SOL regarding budget and finance, human resources, IT and technology, litigation support, and more. The Associate Solicitor also oversees the Department's central FOIA program, which coordinates and oversees the Department's decentralized FOIA program.

Requirements

Qualifications

Candidates must possess technical and management experience and have developed the knowledge and skills required for effective performance of the specific duties of the position. Candidates must have had experience at a major management level (normally equivalent to the GS-15 level in the federal service). To qualify for this position, all applicants must write a narrative in the spaces provided detailing accomplishments that would satisfy each of the ECQs and MTQs. You must address each ECQ and MTQ separately. If you fail to do so, your application will be rated ineligible. MANDATORY EXECUTIVE CORE QUALIFICATIONS (ECQs): In writing your responses to the Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs), your narrative must address each ECQ separately. Each ECQ should contain at least two examples describing your experiences and accomplishments/results. NARRATIVE RESPONSES TO ECQS MUST NOT EXCEED 10 SINGLE-SPACED PAGES. For additional guidance, applicants may visit the Office of Personnel Management's Guide to Senior Executive Qualifications. Applicants are encouraged to follow the Challenge, Context, Action, and Result model outlined in the guide. 1. 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 implement it in a continuously changing environment. 2. 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. 3. 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. 4. Business Acumen: This core qualification involves the ability to manage human, financial, and information resources strategically. 5. 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. MANDATORY TECHNICAL QUALIFICATIONS (MTQs): In writing your narrative responses to the MTQs, please give examples and explain how often you used your skills, the complexity of the knowledge possessed, the level of people you interacted with, the sensitivity of the issues you handled, etc. APPLICANTS SHOULD LIMIT THEIR NARRATIVE RESPONSES TO ONE (1) SINGLE-SPACED PAGE PER EACH MTQ WITH A FONT SIZE NO SMALLER THAN POINT 12. It is recommended that applicants draft their MTQs in a Word document first, then cut and paste into the spaces provided following each MTQ to ensure length requirements. 1. Knowledge of relevant or comparable areas of law as demonstrated by significant federal court or administrative trial litigation, or significant advice functions, or comparable experience. 2. Demonstrated ability to identify, analyze, and resolve novel and/or complex legal issues having significant policy and programmatic implications. This includes the ability to effectively present such issues, orally and in writing. 3. Successful experience in managing and leading a legal office, component or significant team; demonstrating competencies such as effective recruitment and development of lawyers and legal professionals, as well as-in the context of providing legal services--efficient use of human, fiscal, informational and material resources, effective internal and external communication, problem solving and decision making.

Education

Education for this position is a requirement and applicants must possess a J.D. You will be required to provide an original copy of your transcripts at a later time. Applicants are required to be active members of the Bar in any US State or US Territory Court under the U.S. Constitution. Documentation of Bar License will be required before selection.You must provide a copy of your transcripts from an accredited institution. Any applicant falsely claiming an academic degree from an accredited school will be subject to actions ranging from disqualification from federal employment to removal from federal service.

If your education was completed at a foreign college or university, you must show comparability to education received in accredited educational institutions in the United States and comparability to applicable minimum coursework requirements for this position. Click Evaluation of Foreign Education for more information.

Contacts

• Address Office of the Solicitor 200 Constitution Avenue NW Washington, DC 20210 US
• Name: John Sylvia
• Phone: 774-365-6851
• Email: [email protected]