Attorney

This position is located in Office of the General Counsel. This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies within the agency. The supervisory information will be determined at time of selection. This position is subject to Confidential Financial Disclosure reporting requirements. This position is subject to security ownership restriction reporting requirements.

In order to qualify for this position, you must have at least one year of specialized experience at the next lower grade level in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE is defined as: GG 13: includes experience that is defined as attorney or judicial work experience in a federal or state government legal office, federal or state judiciary, or the private practice of law, which provided the candidate with the knowledge, skills, and abilities needed to perform the work of these positions. Relevant work experience will include substantial regulatory and statutory interpretation and/or litigation experience sufficient to perform with an adequate degree of independence or with assistance on complex and major assignments. GG 14: includes experience that is defined as attorney or judicial work experience in a federal or state government legal office, federal or state judiciary, or the private practice of law, which provided the candidate with the knowledge, skills, and abilities needed to perform the work of these positions. Relevant work experience will include substantial regulatory and statutory interpretation and/or litigation experience sufficient to perform independently on complex and major assignments. The ideal candidate will be able to demonstrate the following: Ability to interpret and analyze Federal laws, statutes, regulations, and cases as they relate to various aspects of labor and employment law, or to ethics and information law. Ability to effectively identify, analyze, prepare detailed legal opinions, and resolve complex legal issues in federal labor and employment law, labor relations, equal employment opportunity, reasonable accommodation, anti-harassment, and personnel security, or in ethics and information law. Ability to provide legal advice and support to the General Counsel, the Commission, and agency management on all aspects of labor and employment law or of ethics and information law. Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in-writing in connection with litigation of cases before various tribunals, including the FLRA, MSPB, EEOC, arbitrators, and federal courts. A description of how you possess the specialized experience as well as how you meet the qualifications desired in an ideal candidate must be addressed in your resume. Applicants may also use the supplemental vacancy question to provide additional information pertaining to the specialized experience and ideal candidate criteria. PLEASE BE CLEAR AND CONCISE. WE WILL NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE.