U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
CRIMINAL DIVISION
OFFICE OF OVERSEAS PROSECUTORIAL DEVELOPMENT,
ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING
TRIAL ATTORNEY / GS-14 to GS-15
Vacancy Announcement Number: 08-CRM-OPDAT-031
The Office of Overseas Prosecutorial Development Assistance and Training (OPDAT), Criminal Division, U.S. Department of Justice, seeks an experienced Department Trial Attorney or Assistant United States Attorney to serve as a headquarters level Regional Director. The incumbent will fill a full time, term Criminal Division position. Periodic international travel is required.
About the Office: The mission of the Criminal Division’s Office of Overseas Prosecutorial Development, Assistance and Training (OPDAT) is to develop and administer technical and developmental assistance designed to enhance the capabilities of foreign justice sector institutions and their law enforcement personnel, so those institutions and their personnel can more effectively combat terrorism, organized crime, corruption, financial crimes, trafficking in persons and other types of crime, in a manner consistent with the rule of law, and can more effectively cooperate regionally and with the United States in combating such crime.
Responsibilities and Opportunity Offered: Based in Washington, DC, the Regional Director directs the delivery of the foreign criminal justice sector development and technical assistance programs which take place in the countries comprising the Eurasia region. Duties also include the responsibility to develop and manage resources within detailed program budgets and cost estimates; to employ systems of internal control in order to monitor the results, impacts and financial soundness of programs; and to provide professional leadership and guidance to the region’s headquarters staff, and Resident Legal Advisors and other in-country program personnel, regarding carrying out programmatic objectives in support of OPDAT’s global mission to provide administration of justice assistance and resources to prosecutors and other justice sector personnel in developing and transitioning countries. The successful candidate will manage the development of and obtain financing for all programs and will review, evaluate, and implement follow-up assistance based upon the results and impacts of each preceding assistance activity. While working within the OPDAT headquarters staff, the Regional Director coordinates with management officials within the Criminal Division and the Department of Justice, and with program policy and funding officials in the Department of State, the U.S. Agency for International Development, the Millennium Challenge Corporation and operational law enforcement agencies, with Embassies, as well as with host country justice sector authorities, to assure the programs address host country needs, and support Departmental and U.S. policy objectives.
Required and Preferred Qualifications: An applicant must be a current Department Trial Attorney or Assistant United States Attorney, possess a J.D. degree, be an active member of the bar in good standing (any jurisdiction), and have at least seven years of post J.D. legal experience. Applicants must also have: management or administrative experience in the legal field, with demonstrated program and financial management experience (This requirement must be clearly described in the applicant’s resume.), experience developing legal skills at the graduate or postgraduate level, appropriate prosecutorial experience, experience working with at least one USG foreign affairs agency, and a working knowledge of foreign legal systems. Experience with the legal systems of the countries of Eurasia is desired. Useful foreign language skills are also preferred.
Application Process: Interested applicants should send a resume, cover letter and current performance appraisal, as soon as possible, to the attention of:
U.S. Department of JusticeCriminal Division, Office of Overseas Prosecutorial
Development, Assistance and Training (OPDAT)
10th and Pennsylvania Aves., NW
Washington, DC 20530
Attn: Ms. Verna Muckle
Phone: (202) 305-9277
Faxed or E-mailed submissions are also acceptable. Ms. Muckle’s fax number is (202) 616-8429. Use her internal JCON address or her external E-mail address, which is verna.muckle@usdoj.gov
Deadline Date: Applications will be accepted until the position is filled.
Salary Information: Current salary and years of experience determine the appropriate salary level. (See OPM’s Web page at http://www.opm.gov/oca/payrates/index.htm)
Relocation expenses are not authorized. This and selected other legal position announcements can be found on the Internet at: http://www.usdoj.gov/oarm/.
The U.S. Department of Justice is an Equal Opportunity/Reasonable Accommodation Employer. It is the policy of the Department to achieve a drug-free workplace and the persons selected will therefore be required to pass a drug test to screen for illegal drug use prior to final approval. Employment is also contingent upon the satisfactory completion of a background investigation adjudicated by the Department of Justice.
The Department of Justice welcomes and encourages applications from persons with physical and mental disabilities and will reasonably accommodate the needs of those persons. 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.