UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE NATIONAL SECURITY DIVISION EXPERIENCED TRIAL ATTORNEY, GS-9-05-14/15 COUNTERTERRORISM SECTION (CTS)

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
NATIONAL SECURITY DIVISION
EXPERIENCED TRIAL ATTORNEY, GS-9-05-14/15
COUNTERTERRORISM SECTION (CTS)

About the Division: The National Security Division (NSD), U.S. Department of Justice is seeking experienced attorneys. NSD attorneys are responsible for developing, enforcing, and supervising the application of all federal laws related to the national counterterrorism and counterespionage enforcement programs and to enhance the nation’s counterintelligence analysis capabilities. NSD also administers the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act and approves and monitors sensitive areas of intelligence operations. NSD is comprised of three national security elements: the Counterterrorism Section (CTS), the Counterespionage Section (CES), and the Office of Intelligence.

About CTS: CTS is responsible for assisting in the design, implementation, and support of law enforcement efforts, legislative initiatives, and policies and strategies relating to combating international and domestic terrorism. Through investigation and prosecution, CTS seeks to assist in preventing and disrupting acts of terrorism which may occur anywhere in the world, and which impact significant United States interests and/or persons.

Responsibilities: CTS is seeking experienced attorneys to work in all areas of the counterterrorism mission, including the application of investigative techniques to the task of identifying and disrupting terrorist plots before they occur. CTS Trial Attorneys work closely with agents from the FBI, the CTS Regional Antiterrorism Coordinators, and the Anti-Terrorism Advisory Council Coordinators and terrorism prosecutors in U.S. Attorneys’ Offices throughout the country, to promote the enforcement of terrorism statutes, develop policies, plans, operations and initiatives, review intelligence, and in appropriate cases, handle the resulting criminal litigation. In addition to its case-related work, CTS Trial Attorneys are engaged in identifying terrorist trends and patterns, foreign and domestic training, public speaking, and topical writing in this enforcement area. Successful candidates will be placed within CTS subsections, to include, International Terrorism, Terrorist Financing, Domestic Terrorism, or Policy and Legislation. Assignment within CTS depends on a Trial Attorney’s qualifications, and the needs of CTS.

Requirements: Applicants must possess a J.D. degree, be duly licensed and authorized to practice as an attorney under the laws of a State, Territory, or the District of Columbia, and have at least 4-5 years of post J.D. professional experience to be qualified at the GS-14 or GS-15 levels. Applicants must also have superior academic credentials, writing and analytic skills, and have significant criminal trial experience. Applicants must also be able to qualify for the highest and most sensitive security clearances

Travel: Periodic travel will be required.

Salary Information: GS-14: $98,033- $127,442 (Per annum) GS-15: $115,317-$149,000 (Per annum)

Location: Washington, D.C.
(Relocation Expenses are not authorized)

Application Process: To apply for a Trial Attorney position with CTS, please submit a resume and a cover letter (Highlighting your relevant experience), a writing sample (No longer than 15 pages which exhibits your own written advocacy skills), and a copy of your most recent performance appraisal (If available), to:

Emily Sullivan
Human Resources Liaison Specialist
National Security Division
U.S. Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Room 6250
Washington, DC 20530

Applicants may also send electronic copies of their resume, cover letter, and writing sample to NSD_Attorney_Applicants_CTS@USDOJ.GOV

No telephone calls please. Applications will be handled on a rolling basis until all available positions are filled.

Internet Sites: This and other attorney vacancy announcements can be found at: http://www.usdoj.gov/oarm/attvacancies.html

For more information about the National Security Division, please visit the NSD Web page at: http://www.usdoj.gov/nsd/

The U.S. Department of Justice is an Equal Opportunity/Reasonable Accommodation Employer. Except where otherwise provided by law, there will be no discrimination because of color, race, religion, national origin, politics, marital status, disability, age, sex, sexual orientation, membership or nonmembership in an employee organization, or on the basis of 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. 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. Dual citizens of 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.