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

Duties

As a Supervisory Attorney-Advisor (General) - Chief Counsel, you will: Identify and analyze problems and render legal opinions on complex legal questions including questions which implicate multiple areas of law for which there is often no clear precedent. Personally attend to the most complex, sensitive, and controversial legal problems that arise incident to the activities of the Office. Provide advice to program directors, managers, and staff to ensure that the established policies, standards, and procedures pertaining to legal matters are appropriately carried out and performed. Supervise and direct the activities of the Office of Counsel, which consists of such attorneys, para-professional, and clerical personnel as is necessary to provide required legal support and service to the Office.

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 grade level, you must have one year (52 full weeks) of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-14 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized Experience for this position includes: Demonstrate legal expertise working in areas such as single family and multifamily mortgage insurance programs, Healthcare Programs, public and assisted housing, Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD), FHA property disposition, FHA multifamily loan management, Fair Housing compliance, or community development block grant programs; AND Experience with federal, state, or local regulations affecting real estate and housing laws such as regulations impacting municipal corporations, municipal and private financing, creditors rights, bankruptcy, or administrative law and ordinances affecting real estate and housing laws; AND Demonstrate experience managing or supervising attorneys or paralegals, or comparable management and leadership experience developed through either training, project management, or other non-Departmental activities. AND 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]