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

Duties

The following are the duties of this position at the GS-14. If you are selected at a lower grade level, you will have the opportunity to learn to perform all these duties, and will receive training to help you grow in this position. As a/an Attorney Advisor, you will: Furnish legal advice and services to HUD program officials (including Office and Division Directors), Field office personnel, private attorneys, nonprofit and public interest organizations, and Congressional offices. Prepare legal opinions. The opinions generally involve very difficult issues of legal construction and interpretation and require a high level of legal analysis. The questions presented may involve complex interrelationships among legal authorities, and they usually must be resolved without clear precedents, because of the relative newness and unique features of the issues involved and the novelty of questioned presented at the Headquarters level. The opinions largely concern the program areas to which the incumbent is assigned. Prepare and review correspondence having legal implications. The incumbent conducts legal reviews and makes recommendations for concurrence or modification of proposed Departmental correspondence, and internal memoranda having legal implications. Where such items have legal implications or are specifically referred to the incumbent for reply, the incumbent drafts the response and sends it through clearance, as necessary. Because of the scope of Federal programs involved, the substantial State and local governmental and public interest, and the nature of the questions involved at the Headquarters level, this correspondence is seldom routine and may involve substantial research, evaluation and analysis of alternatives, program knowledge, and sensitivity to policy implications for successful resolution. Analyze legislative proposals and newly enacted legislation (including statutory amendments) to evaluate their impact on particular areas of program activity and subsequently makes recommendations for changes in policy or procedures necessitated thereby.

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. For the GS-14, you must: Have a professional law degree (LL.B. or J.D.) 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-13 level in the Federal service. OR Have a second professional law degree (LL.M.) plus three (3) years of professional legal experience, at least one of which must be specialized experience at a level of difficulty comparable to the GS-13 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 three (3) years of professional legal experience, at least one of which must be specialized experience at a level of difficulty comparable to the GS-13 level in the Federal service. AND Specialized experience for the GS-14 includes: - Experience with community planning and development programs under Title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974; affordable housing programs under the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act; homeless assistance under the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act; other programs administered by the Office of Community Planning and Development; or Native American housing and community development programs; AND - Experience providing effective oral and written legal advice on difficult and novel legal issues, managing a heavy workload and developing and maintaining highly collaborative and productive working relationships with clients, other agencies and stakeholders, and the public.; AND - Experience interpreting and analyzing Federal housing statutes, appropriations laws, Executive Orders, OMB circulars and regulations governing HUDs housing and community development programs. For the GS-13, you must: Have a professional law degree (LL.B. or J.D.) plus three (3) years of professional legal experience, at least one of which must be specialized experience at a level of difficulty comparable to the GS-12 level in the Federal service. OR Have a second professional law degree (LL.M.) plus two (2) years of professional legal experience, at least one of which must be specialized experience at a level of difficulty comparable to the GS-12 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 two (2) years of professional legal experience, at least one of which must be specialized experience at a level of difficulty comparable to the GS-12 level in the Federal service. AND Specialized experience for the GS-13 includes: - Experience providing effective oral and written legal advice on difficult and novel legal issues, managing a heavy workload and developing and maintaining highly collaborative and productive working relationships with clients, other agencies and stakeholders, and the public.; AND - Experience interpreting and analyzing Federal housing statutes, appropriations laws, Executive Orders, OMB circulars and regulations governing HUDs housing and community development programs. For the GS-12, you must: Have a professional law degree (LL.B. or J.D.) plus two (2) years of professional legal experience, at least one of which must be specialized experience at a level of difficulty comparable to the GS-11 level in the Federal service. OR Have a second professional law degree (LL.M.) plus one (1) year of professional legal experience, at least one of which must be specialized experience at a level of difficulty comparable to the GS-11 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 one (1) year of professional legal experience, at least one of which must be specialized experience at a level of difficulty comparable to the GS-11 level in the Federal service. AND Specialized experience for the GS-12 includes: - Experience providing effective oral and written legal advice on difficult and novel legal issues, managing a heavy workload and developing and maintaining highly collaborative and productive working relationships with clients, other agencies and stakeholders, and the public. 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]