Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives
Office of the Chief Counsel
(Administration and Ethics Division)
General Attorney, GS-905-15
Washington, DC
About the Office: The Office of the Chief Counsel (Administration and Ethics Division) supports the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) by providing legal advice to ATF employees concerning employment and personnel issues, labor relations, contracts, fiscal law and ethics.
Who May Apply: Applications will be accepted from current Federal employees, and former Federal employees with reinstatement eligibility.
Location: This position is located in Washington, DC.
Responsibilities and Opportunity Offered: The incumbent serves as the Deputy Associate Chief Counsel and reports to the Associate Chief Counsel (Administration & Ethics). The incumbent serves as the principal assistant and senior expert legal advisor and is involved in the most difficult and complex legal issues relating to personnel, employment law, labor relations, EEO, procurement, fiscal law and ethics.
The incumbent provides legal advice to supervisors, managers and executives throughout the agency with regard to the Civil Service Reform Act of 1878; the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, as well as various other EEO statutes applicable to the Federal Government; the statutes regarding fiscal law and acquisition by the Federal Government; and the various ethics and conflict of interest laws. The incumbent may be assigned to litigation in any of these areas.
The incumbent may be assigned to assist the Associate Chief Counsel in the administration of the Administration and Ethics Division, including monitoring case assignments and reviewing the work of other attorneys in the division. In the absence of the Associate Chief Counsel, the incumbent serves as the Acting Associate Chief Counsel.
Required Qualifications: All candidates for this position must possess a J.D. degree, and be an active member in good standing of the bar (any state or territory, or the District of Columbia) AND have at least 1 full year of specialized experience as a practicing attorney equivalent to the GS-14 level. Significant experience and/or knowledge in at least one of the following practice areas is required: Employment Law, Labor Law, Government Contracts, Fiscal Law, Ethics, or Litigation.
Preferred Qualifications: In addition to the required qualifications, the applicant must possess specialized experience which has equipped the applicant with the particular knowledges, skills, and abilities needed to successfully perform the duties of this position. Specialized experience for this position includes:
1. The ability to analyze, interpret, and apply laws, regulations, contracts, agency orders, court decisions, agency and office opinions, and other legal documents.
2. Superior research, analytical, writing, and oral communication skills.
3. The capacity to function with substantial independence and to act as a team member on projects requiring more than one attorney.
Travel: Frequent travel is required.
Salary Information: GS-15 - $115,317.00 - $149,000.00 PA
Promotion Potential: GS-15
Relocation Expenses: Travel and relocation expenses are not authorized. Applicants will not be reimbursed for travel and relocation expenses.
Submission Process and Deadline Date: Send any required supplemental documentation following the "Faxing Supporting Documentation" instructions in the USAJOBS vacancy announcement (08-MER-0598-MGT) which will provide you the necessary cover sheets for each of your documents so that they will be correctly submitted to the appropriate vacancy announcement. The fax number will be available on the cover sheet.
Applications must be received by November 4, 2008, which is the closing date of this announcement.
If you have questions or are unable to submit your application through USAJOBS, please contact: Marge Tangenberg at 202-648-8839.
NOTE: WHEN FILING YOUR APPLICATION UNDER AGENCY ASSIGNED TO CORE QUESTION #5, PLEASE SELECT - DOJ (ATF). IF YOU ARE AN EXCEPTED APPOINTMENT APPLICANT, UNDER CORE QUESTION #8, PLEASE SELECT - COMPETITIVE APPOINTMENT.
Internet Sites: http://www.atf.gov Use this internet site to access the on-line application.
Other attorney vacancy announcements can be found at:
http://10.173.2.12/oarm/attvacancies.html and
http://www.usdoj.gov/oarm/attvacancies.html
Department Policies: The U.S. Department of Justice is an Equal Opportunity/Reasonable Accommodation Employer. Except where otherwise provided by law, there will be no discrimination based on sex, sexual orientation, color, race, religion, national origin, politics, marital status, disability, age, status as a parent, membership or nonmembership in an employee organization, or personal favoritism. The Department of Justice welcomes and encourages applications from persons with physical and mental disabilities. The Department is firmly committed to satisfying its affirmative obligations under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 to ensure that persons with disabilities have every opportunity to be hired and advanced on the basis of merit within the Department of Justice. This agency provides reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities where appropriate. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please notify the agency. Determinations on requests for reasonable accommodation will be made on a case-by-case basis.
It is the policy of the Department to achieve a drug-free workplace and persons selected for employment will be required to pass a drug test which screens for illegal drug use prior to final appointment. Employment is also contingent upon the completion and satisfactory adjudication of a background investigation. Only U.S. citizens are eligible for employment with the Executive Office for Immigration Review and the United States Attorneys’ Offices. Unless otherwise indicated in a particular job advertisement, non-U.S. citizens may apply for employment with other organizations, but should be advised that appointments of non-U.S. citizens are extremely rare; such appointments would be possible only if necessary to accomplish the Department's mission and would be subject to strict security requirements. Applicants who hold dual citizenship in the U.S. and another country will be considered on a case-by-case basis.
There is no formal rating system for applying veterans’ preference to attorney appointments in the excepted service; however, the Department of Justice considers veterans’ preference eligibility as a positive factor in attorney hiring. Applicants eligible for veterans’ preference are encouraged to include that information in their cover letter or resume and attach supporting documentation (e.g., the DD 214 or other substantiating documents) to their submissions.