Job opening: Attorney Adviser- (General)
Salary: $167 603 - 195 200 per year
Published at: Jan 17 2025
Employment Type: Full-Time
This position is in the Office of General Counsel (OGC). The OGC provides legal advice to the Inspector General, senior staff, and others in OIG on the full range of activities within OIG. This position is in the Excepted Service and appointments are made without regard to the requirements of the Competitive Service by laws, Executive order, or OPM regulations.
Duties
The DOS OIG has statutory oversight responsibility over DOS, the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM), and the U.S. Section of the International Boundary and Water Commission (USIBWC). DOS OIG responsibilities include conducting and reporting on inspections, investigations, audits, evaluations, and reviews involving overseas Posts, domestic DOS, USAGM, and USIBWC organizations.
Requirements
- U.S. Citizenship is required.
- Must be able to obtain and maintain a Top Secret security clearance.
- Statement of Employment & Financial Interest required prior to appointment.
- Incumbent will be subject to random drug testing.
- Successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit: www.dhs.gov/E-Verify/
- Bar Membership: You must be an active member in good standing of the bar of a state, territory of the United States, the District of Columbia, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
- Copy of license to practice law.
- Time-in-Grade requirements apply to current Federal employees.
Qualifications
BASIC REQUIREMENT: All applicants must possess a J.D. degree from a law school accredited by the American Bar Association (or have an LL.M. degree or other graduate law school degree in addition to J.D.) and be an active member of a bar (in good standing) in any US jurisdiction.
All applicants must verify completion of this basic requirement by submitting both proof of JD degree and proof of bar membership within US jurisdiction. Please see the “Required Documents” section of this announcement for additional information.
Specialized Experience:
You must possess a minimum of 5-years of full-time legal post-licensure experience.
Examples of adequate “post licensure legal practice experience”, minimum 5-years, include:
Working as a federal government lawyer, or equivalent in state or local government with experience in one or more areas of government law below; OR as a licensed private sector lawyer; and
Providing legal counseling, legal written and verbal opinions/memoranda, and/or handling litigation (including discovery) and/or drafting and negotiating agreements; and
Expertise in one or more areas of law applicable to federal agency practice, such as employment, ethics, FOIA and Privacy rules and regulations, whistleblower, procurement, fiscal, appropriations, civil and criminal fraud, civil or administrative or criminal litigation.
Additional highly desired/preferred experience and/or skills:
10 years of full-time legal post-licensure experience, as described above.
Prior OIG or oversight experience.
Strong partnering, influencing and negotiating skills with a record of successfully building relationships with customers, peers, and colleagues.
The successful incumbent will be self-motivated, with a high degree of initiative and resourcefulness; exercise sound judgment in the accomplishment of responsibilities and demonstrate strong organizational capabilities. They must also be able to demonstrate excellent written and oral communication.
Although this position in non-supervisory, a candidate with experience supervising and has an interest in acting in a supervisory role is desirable.
There is no substitute of education for the specialized experience for the GS-15 position.
Education
Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications; applicant's resumes and supporting documentation should only reflect education received from schools accredited by such institutions. Applicants can verify accreditation at the following Website: https://ope.ed.gov/dapip/#/home.
Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the education requirements if you can show that the foreign education is comparable to that received in an accredited educational institution in the United States. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence when applying. For a list of accredited organizations recognized as specializing in interpretation of foreign education credentials, visit: www.naces.org/members.php.
Contacts
- Address U.S. Department of State
1700 N Moore St
SA-39, rm 840
Attn: OIG
Rosslyn, Virginia 22209
United States
- Name: Human Capital
- Phone: 000-000-0000
- Email: OIGAttyHiring@StateOIG.gov
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