Attorney-Adviser; General

See below for important information regarding this job. The duty location will be the Office of General Counsel - Whitehall, OH. Position may be filled at: GS-11: $77,926 - $101,309; GS-12: $93,400 - $121,422; GS-13: $111,065 - $144,386.

• a. One year of professional legal experience.
• b. The second professional law degree (Master of Laws (LL.M.)) provided it required 1 full academic year of graduate study.
• c. Superior law student work or activities as demonstrated by one of the following:

• Academic standing in the upper third of the attorney's law school graduating class.
• Work or achievement of significance on one of the attorney's law school's official law reviews or journals.
• Special high-level honors for academic excellence in law school (e.g., membership in the Order of the Coif, winning of a moot court competition, or membership on the moot court team that represents the attorney's law school in competition with other law schools).

• d. Full-time or continuous participation in a legal aid program as opposed to one-time, intermittent, or casual participation.
• e. Significant summer law office clerk experience.
• f. Other evidence of clearly superior accomplishment or achievement.

• a. Two years of professional legal experience at or equivalent to the GS-11 level.
• b. The second professional law degree (LL.M.) plus 1 year of professional legal experience at or equivalent to the GS-11 level.
• c. An attorney without experience may, in unusual cases, be employed at the GS-12 or equivalent level provided the individual has advanced educational attainments substantially beyond those required for work at the GS-11 or equivalent level, and his or her education clearly indicates ability to perform work of the type to be assigned.

You must possess professional legal experience in excess of 2 years commensurate with the duties and responsibilities of the position.

In accordance with DoDI 1442.2 (Personnel Actions Involving Civilian Attorneys), promotion for this position is based on the individual's time, performance, and mastery of skills at the required grade level and only with approval of the designated official (DLA General Counsel) in accordance with the applicable regulation.

The legal experience described in your application package or resume will be evaluated and screened for competencies required to perform the duties of the position as described in the Major Duties section of this announcement. The QUALITY of experience will be evaluated and screened to determine how closely or to what extent your experience, education, and training are relevant to the duties and responsibilities of the announced position.

Your application package or resume must demonstrate you have the competencies and quality of experience necessary to successfully perform the work of the position at the appropriate grade level.

• a. Analytical/legal ability (including issue identification, legal research, analysis of options, risk analysis, and creative problem-solving).
• b. Communication, conflict resolution, and teaming skills.
• c. Interpersonal skills and client relationship development, and the ability to interact well with senior officials on controversial and sensitive issues.
• d. Administrative law experience involving execution of statutory law through a regulatory framework, preferably at the Federal level.

This position is designated Non-Critical Sensitive. If selected, you must obtain and maintain a Secret security clearance. If you are unable to obtain this level of security clearance (as a result of undisclosed or disclosed background issues), within a reasonable period of time (as defined by the agency), the employment offer may be withdrawn. In addition, incumbent is subject to periodic re-investigation to…