Job opening: Attorney Advisor (CORE)
Salary: $139 395 - 191 900 per year
Published at: Jun 26 2024
Employment Type: Full-time
The ideal candidate for this position will be an Attorney with federal sector labor and employment law litigation experience deposing litigants, dealing with labor issues and excellent writing skills.
For specific salary information related to your location, please review the OPM salary tables.
Duties
What will I do in this position if hired?
In this Attorney Advisor (CORE) position, you will be supporting the Department of Justice in developing and presenting litigation in the federal courts, or state and municipal courts.
Typical assignments include:
Qualifications
All qualifications and eligibility requirements must be met by the closing date of the announcement.
To qualify for this Attorney Advisor (CORE) position at the IC-14 level, you must possess one full year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the IC-13 level in the Federal government, which has equipped you with the skills needed to successfully perform the duties of the position. Experience may be obtained in the federal government, a state or local government, or private sector, and must demonstrate the following:
At least three years work experience, including at least two years of specialized experience in civil litigation (preferably employment/labor law with the federal government, a state or local government, a non-profit organization, or the private sector);
Preparing and responding to discovery requests; representing individuals/entities before adjudicative bodies.
Providing advice on employment law to include Title VII, the Rehabilitation Act, and proposed disciplinary/poor performance actions.
To qualify for this Attorney Advisor (CORE) position at the IC-15 level, you must possess one full year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the IC-14 level in the Federal government, which has equipped you with the skills needed to successfully perform the duties of the position. Experience may be obtained in the federal government, a state or local government, or private sector, and must demonstrate the following:
At least five years work experience, including at least four years of specialized experience in civil litigation (preferably employment/labor law with the federal government, a state or local government, a non-profit organization, or the private sector);
Preparing and responding to discovery requests; representing individuals/entities before adjudicative bodies.
Providing advice on employment law to include Title VII, the Rehabilitation Act, and proposed disciplinary/poor performance actions.
Please read the following important information to ensure we have everything we need to consider your application:
Do not copy and paste the duties, specialized experience, or occupational assessment questionnaire from this announcement into your resume as that will not be considered a demonstration of your qualifications for this position.
Please limit your resume to five pages. If more than five pages are submitted, only the first five pages will be reviewed to determine your eligibility and qualifications.
Your resume serves as the basis for experience related qualification determinations, and you must highlight your most relevant and significant work experience and education (if applicable), as it relates to this job opportunity. Please use your own words, be clear, and specific when describing your work history. We cannot make assumptions regarding your experience.
Are you qualifying based on your work experience?
Qualifications are based on your ability to demonstrate in your resume that you possess one year of the specialized experience for this announcement at a comparable scope and responsibility. To ensure all of the essential information is in your resume, we encourage you to use the USAJOBS online Resume Builder. If you choose to use your own resume, it must contain the following information organized by experience/position: (1) job title, (2) name of employer, (3) start and end dates of each period of employment (from MM/DD/YY to MM/DD/YY), (4) detailed description of duties performed, accomplishments, and related skills, and (5) hours worked per week (part-time employment will be prorated in crediting experience). Federal experience/positions must also include the occupational series, grade level, and dates in which you held each grade level.
Are you a current or former FEMA Reservist/Disaster Assistance Employee (DAE)? To accurately credit your experience from intermittent positions and Reservist Deployments, you must list the dates (from MM/DD/YY to MM/DD/YY) of deployments that are relevant to your qualifying experience, along with the job title and specific duties you were responsible for during each deployment.
Determining length of General or Specialized Experience is dependent on the above information. Failure to provide the above information in your resume may result in your application being found "not qualified."
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). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills, and provides valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.
For additional information on crediting experience and/or education, please reference the OPM General Schedule Qualification Standards
Education
No Educational Substitution: There is no educational substitution for this position, and you must meet the qualifications listed in the "requirements" section of this announcement.
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