This position is located in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), Research and Development Center (RDC) in New London, Connecticut. DVIDS - Video - Coast Guard research and development overview Research and Development Center USCG Operation Demonstration Coqui

Duties

As an Attorney-Advisor (General), you will serve as the legal advisor to the Coast Guard Research and Development Center (RDC). The RDC is the sole USCG facility that receives an R&D appropriation from Congress to support research across the missions of the Coast Guard. You will facilitate and support the legal, efficient, and effective execution of Coast Guard research priorities that include a wide spectrum of complex and difficult legal questions involved in the drafting, interpretation, or application of statutes, regulations, orders, decisions, opinions, and other legal instruments. You will provide general, information, intellectual property, and procurement law support. Being a Coast Guard civilian makes you a valuable member of the Coast Guard team. Typical work assignments include: Providing legal advice related to intellectual property and technology transfer to include cooperative research and development agreements and inventions. Developing legal frameworks for public and private relationships to include memorandums of understandings. Providing guidance on appropriation law. Providing legal advice on both federal acquisition regulations (FAR) and non-FAR based instruments to facilitate collaborative research with the private and public sectors. Serving as the RDC Ethics Advisor, FOIA Coordinator, and legal advisor to the Human Subjects Institutional Research Board. Providing procurement support including legal sufficiency reviews of RDC procurements, advise to contracting officer representatives and Coast Guard Headquarters contracting officers for RDC supported contracting actions. Participation with the Judge Advocate General Office with knowledge sharing/providing subject matter legal training to other attorneys. Providing legal counsel/guidance in Coast Guard litigations affecting RDC.

Requirements

Qualifications

Basic Requirement for all grade levels: 1. You must be a graduate with a Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree or equivalent from an accredited law school; AND 2. You must have bar membership in one of the 50 states, Washington, DC, Puerto Rico or the US. Virgin Islands. Minimum Requirements: The minimum qualifications for hiring at each grade level (or equivalent) are as follows: GS-13: Applicants at the GS-13 level should have at least two years of professional legal experience in a government agency, private sector entity, or non-profit organization. National Service Experience (i.e., volunteer experience): 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 can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. The Office of Personnel management (OPM) must authorize employment offers made to current or former political appointees. If you are currently, or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule, C, Non-career SES or Presidential Appointee employee in the Executive Branch, you must disclose this information to the Human Resources Office.

Education

Education Requirements:
This position does have a positive education requirement. If you are including education on your resume, report only attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. See Required Documents section for detail.

Law school official transcripts must be submitted before an offer is extended.

All Candidates must possess a J.D. or LL.B degree from an accredited law school; AND, must be a member in good standing of the appropriate licensing authority of any state, territory of the United States, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or District of Columbia bar.

If you are including education on your resume, report only attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.

FOREIGN EDUCATION: Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the requirements. You must show proof the education credentials have been deemed to be at least equivalent to that gained in conventional U.S. education program. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence when applying. For further information on the evaluation of foreign education, refer to the U.S. Department of Education's web site at click here

NOTE: Only education and experience acquired before the filing deadline will be considered. Report only attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.

Contacts

• Address CG R and D CENTER SUPPORT DIVISION DO NOT MAIL NEW LONDON, CT 6320 US
• Name: Dexter Greene
• Email: [email protected]