Summary
About the Position: This position is located with the U.S. Army Audit Agency, Office of the Auditor General, Office of the General Counsel at Fort Belvoir, VA. 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
Provides oral and written advice and technical legal guidance to key USAAA officials concerning all aspects of the law of Federal employment and Federal labor-management relations.
Develops guidance and advice on the interpretation and application of employment law decisions involving the Agency.
Provides advice and prepares opinions on legal issues or factual questions, some of which lack clearly applicable precedents, involve novel legal issues, or contain complex factual scenarios.
Prepares recommended courses of action for the USAAA senior leaders, supervisors, managers, and their respective staff officials.
Represents the Agency as trial attorney in cases that frequently involve difficult legal issues or factual questions, for which clearly applicable precedents may not exist because of the unique issue or complexity of the facts.
Conducts pre-hearing examination of witnesses and research in connection with pending cases and analyzes factual and legal issues.
Presents the Agency's case through examining and cross-examining witnesses during hearings, presenting opening and closing statements, and makes legal arguments in support of the agency's position.
Advises supervisors and key management officials as to whether a case should be tried or settled and provides supervisors and key management officials' progress reports throughout the administrative and judicial process
Develops the Agency position on litigation issues that arise in conjunction with Federal court and administrative quasi-judicial proceedings.
Ensures Agency compliance with settlement agreements, subpoenas of government officials, requests for review of Agency files, and documents relevant to pending cases.
Advises the Agency and leadership and supervisors on a variety of administrative matters.
Provides ethics advice and reviews, manages confidential financial disclosure matters, reviews Freedom of Information Act and Privacy Act requests, and advises investigating officers and conducts legal sufficiency reviews for AR 15-6 investigations.
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. Veteran's preference requirements do not apply to attorney positions in the excepted service, however the principles of veteran's preference will be followed to the extent which is administratively feasible.