Summary
About the Position: This position is located at Crane, IN. If you are currently serving in a permanent, competitive service appointment in the Federal service, and are selected for this position, the appointment will remove you from the competitive service while you occupy this position.
Duties
Advises Commander and key personnel on issues affecting Activity mission, operations, production, and relations with external entities.
Gives substantive and remedial legal advice, primarily to contracting officers, on solicitations for sealed bids and competitive proposals, awards, clause interpretations, contract performance, enforcement, cancellations, and terminations.
Prepares litigation reports in appeals to the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals.
Acts as the local legal counsel in U.S. District Court suits filed against the Activity.
Advises Commander, Civilian Personnel Officer, Equal Employment Manager, and supervisors concerning removals, discipline, adverse personnel actions, and grievances or complaints.
Reviews soldier and civilian employee statements of employment and financial interests and examines individual conduct to ascertain whether there are conflicts or potential conflicts of interest.
Trains management in standards of conduct, legal aspects of civilian personnel practices, and labor-management relations.
Serves as Activity Labor Counselor.
Advises management and the civilian personnel office in disputes between recognized employee organizations and management.
Education
Only degrees from an accredited college or university recognized by the Department of Education are acceptable to meet positive education requirements or to substitute education for experience. For additional information, please go to the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and U.S. Department of Education websites at http://www.opm.gov/qualifications and http://www.ed.gov/admins/finaid/accred/index.html.
How you will be evaluated
Your application package (resume and supporting documents) will be evaluated for basic qualification requirements and for the skills needed to perform the duties of the position, as described in this vacancy announcement and identified by the Selecting Official. NOTICE OF INTERNAL CANDIDATE PREFERENCE: Army Materiel Command Internal Candidates will be afforded preference. There is no formal rating system for applying veteran's preference to attorney appointments in the excepted service, however the principles of veteran's preference will be followed to the extent that is administratively feasible.