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Government
Attorney
Government and Government Relations
Min 1 yrs required
Attorney-Adviser (General), GS-0905-12/13/14 The candidate as an Attorney-Adviser with the Department of the Interior, Office of the Solicitor, Departmental Ethics Office specific duties will include: Serving as a legal adviser for the Department and advising on all legal issues pertaining to Government ethics, including criminal conflict of interests laws, Executive Branch Standards of Conduct and the Hatch Act; Writing opinions for the Designated Agency Ethics Official and Deputy Ethics Counsels of various Offices and Bureaus as appropriate in response to requests from current or former employees; Reviewing public and confidential financial disclosure reports, providing cautionary guidance, and recommending appropriate action; Coordinating advice and guidance provided to Department employees with the Office of Government Ethics, the Department of Justice's Office of Legal Counsel, the Office of Special Counsel, the Office of White House Counsel, and other agencies’ ethics officials as necessary; Ensuring that information regarding possible violations of law is referred to the Office of Inspector General (OIG) as required, referring other matters for OIG investigations as appropriate and providing technical assistance to the OIG in the analysis of potential ethics violations; Recommending possible disciplinary or remedial actions to program officials arising out of OIG reports of investigation; May reviewing legislative proposals and help the Departmental Ethics Office to coordinate the Department's response on items that affect the Department's ethics program; May assist in preparing Congressional testimony or responding to requests from Congress on issues relating to the Department’s ethics program; Reporting on effects of changes in law or regulations on the operations of the Department's programs and ethics implications of such changes and make recommendations for improvement; Assist in ensuring that ethics training goals for employees of the Department are met, to include creating and presenting such training as needed.
Qualification and Experience
The candidate should have following qualifications: Must be law school graduates with LL.B. or J.D. degrees and must be an active member in good standing of a state, territory of the United States, District of Columbia, or Commonwealth of Puerto Rico Bar. To qualify for a GS-12 applicants must possess at least 2-years of professional legal experience following law school graduation; To qualify for a GS-13 must possess at least 3-years of professional legal experience following law school graduation; To qualify for a GS-14 applicants must possess at least 4 ½ years of professional legal experience following law school graduation. For any of the grades indicated above you can substitute 1 year of experience with any of the following: have a second professional law degree; OR meet any of the criteria indicated below: academic standing in top one-third of law school graduating class; graduation with academic honors; significant participation on the law school’s law review; significant participation in the law school’s moot court competition; significant participation in a clinical legal aid program; significant summer law office clerk experience; or other equivalent evidence of clearly superior achievement. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g. Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. Closing date: 11/01/2018.
Announcement number SOL-2019-0003. Control number 514138700. Apply Online. No emails
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