The position is in the Office of the Chief Counsel, Bureau of the Fiscal Service, a bureau within the Department of the Treasury. The Bureau's mission is to promote the financial integrity and operational efficiency of the federal government through exceptional accounting, financing, collections, payments, and shared services. Please refer to the "Duties" section for additional information.

Duties

PLEASE NOTE: Based on the current hiring restrictions, selectees may be subject to additional approvals prior to an offer being extended. As an Attorney Advisor (General), you will: - As an attorney working at the expert level, the employee generates new theories; assignments are characterized by full technical responsibility for issues of considerable scope; and solutions may, at times, be controversial or require the resolution of competing viewpoints. The employee uses expert legal knowledge and extensive experience to work on very difficult legal assignments, often unassisted except for very general oversight from the supervisor. - At this level, the attorney may be responsible for being a formal or informal team lead of a particular practice area(s) and will often be the main point of contact for those respective clients. The attorney may assign projects to and often acts as a mentor to more junior attorneys and/or interns in the office. - Perform legal research and render opinions in the form of oral or written advice, briefings, presentations, and legal decision memoranda. Evaluate, interpret and apply statutes, regulations, court decisions, administrative decisions, Departmental precedents, Bureau policies and technical publications involving many fields of law that may include, but are not limited to: government securities; banking; electronic commerce; negotiable instruments and secured transactions; contracts, procurement and the Federal Acquisition Regulation, payments, collections, debt management, trusts, wills and estates; excise, estate and gift taxation; corporations; the Federal trust funds and Government Account Series; borrowings; appropriations and fiscal law; Federal financial accounting law; franchising, ethics; financial and fiscal agents, conflicts of law; Federal preemption of State law; Freedom of Information and Privacy Acts; the Federal Tort Claims Act; the Administrative Procedures Act; acquisition planning market research, personnel, labor relations and equal employment opportunity (EEO); Government Losses in Shipment Act (GLISA); constitutional law; fraud and forgery, and other administrative law. - Assist in defending or advocating the Bureau's position in Federal court litigation, when the Bureau is a party, by providing technical assistance and information to U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) litigation counsel, and by preparing litigation reports, and assisting in the drafting of pleadings, affidavits, and briefs, when appropriate. - As applicable, provide legal advice in various administrative proceedings, including disciplinary actions, labor-management relations, EEO, bid protests, and contract claims. Represent the Bureau in administrative proceedings. When required, represent the Bureau in cases before the Federal Labor Relations Authority, the Merit Systems Protection Board, the Government Accountability Office, and the Civilian Board of Contract Appeals. Conduct discovery and prepare pleadings, briefs, and other filings. Recommend, negotiate, and draft settlement agreements.

Requirements

Qualifications

You must meet the following requirements by the closing date of this announcement. The experience may have been gained in either the public, private sector or volunteer service. 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/day/year, and indicate number of hours worked per week on your résumé. For the GS-14, you must have at least four years of experience as a practicing attorney with at least 24 months of that experience at the GS-13 or equivalent level. Examples of this experience could include: Experience with Federal debt collection laws, including but not limited to the Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996, the Fair Credit Reporting Act of 1970, the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, and the Federal Claims Collection Standards. OR Experience thinking strategically and communicating clearly about legal and other operational risk, and accepting new tasks and responsibilities as such. OR Experience drafting or revising organizational policies, based upon continuing review of case law, appropriate legislation, and regulatory, implementation, to minimize organizational legal risk; OR Experience working with a legal office's leadership to help organizational management officials think strategically about practices and postures to improve litigation outcomes, including thinking outside the box to obtain improved outcomes. OR Experience carrying out significant negotiations on behalf of clients, focusing on customer service. In addition to the qualification requirements identified above, in accordance with Treasury's Department-wide policy on employment in the excepted service, 24 months of time-in-grade is required prior to being placed into a Treasury position at the next higher grade level, if the attorney worked in the Federal government within the previous 52 weeks.

Education

Education Requirements:
Law Degree: Applicants must possess a J.D. or LL.B from a law school accredited by the American Bar Association (ABA)

AND

Bar Membership: Applicants must currently be an active member in good standing of the bar in any state, territory of the United States, District of Columbia, or Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. Applicant must provide proof of bar membership. The education generally must be from an accredited (or pre-accredited) college or university recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.

Contacts

• Address Office Of The Chief Counsel 200 Third Street Parkersburg, WV 26101 US
• Name: Applicant Call Center
• Phone: 304-480-7300
• Email: [email protected]