Budget Analyst
Office of the Secretary of Defense
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Attorney-Adviser (General)
Office of the Secretary of Defense
Department of Defense
Job Description
Summary
This job is for an experienced lawyer who will help create policies, rules, and proposals for the military, while giving legal advice on issues affecting soldiers and their families, like whistleblower protections, debt relief, and prison programs.
It's ideal for someone with at least five years in relevant legal work, especially if they've handled military or government policy drafting before.
The role involves working with high-level leaders, responding to Congress, and tackling sensitive national security topics.
Key Requirements
- At least five years of relevant legal experience equipping the candidate with necessary competencies, knowledge, skills, and abilities
- Fluency in drafting agency policies, federal regulations, and legislative proposals
- Experience providing legal advice on personnel policy matters, such as military whistleblower protection, Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, and military prisons
- Ability to interact with senior civilian and military leaders, policymakers, and congressional staff
- Skills in drafting written reports, analyses, and responding to congressional and media inquiries
- Knowledge of military-specific issues including administration of correctional programs, desertion, extremist activities, and victim assistance
- Capacity to handle timely, high-quality work on sensitive and complex national issues
Full Job Description
This is a public notice flyer to notify interested applicants of anticipated vacancies. Applications will not be accepted through this flyer.
Interested applicants must follow the directions in the "How to Apply" section of this flyer to be considered. There may or may not be actual vacancies filled from this flyer.
Notice of Result letters will not be sent to applicants who respond to this flyer. Applicants must possess at least five years of relevant legal experience.
Relevant legal experience is experience that has equipped the applicant with the particular competencies/knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position.
The ideal candidate would have Department of War experience and fluency in drafting agency policy or federal rules; however, each candidate will be evaluated based upon all relevant experience.
Major Duties:
This position is located in the Office of the Deputy General Counsel (Personnel and Health Policy), Office of the General Counsel, Department of War, and the Office of the Executive Director, Office of the Under Secretary of War for Personnel and Readiness, with duty in the Office of Legal Policy (OLP).
OLP seeks an experienced, knowledgeable, and innovative attorney to draft Department-wide policies, federal regulations, and legislative proposals as well as review and provide legal advice on a wide variety of personnel policy matters such as legal assistance, military whistleblower protection, military prisons, correction of military records, and the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act.
Duties: The position involves providing prudential, legal, and policy advice and services relating to a broad range of matters impacting the Department of War, Military Service members, and military families.
Areas of practice may include: Administration of Military Correctional Programs and Facilities; Sentence Computation, and Clemency and Parole Authority; Desertion and AWOL; Service member jury participation; Office of the Secretary of War and Military Department Review Boards; Extremist and Criminal Gang Activities; Victim and Witness Assistance; the Military Whistleblower Protection Act; Military Indebtedness, the Military Lending Act, and the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act; Legal Assistance; Political Activities; Protest Activities; Negotiation or Collective Bargaining involving Service members; Wearing of the Uniform; and other special projects, as assigned.
The position also involves a variety of associated duties such as responding to Congressional and media requests for information; implementing statutory requirements; drafting written reports and analysis; proposing and developing Department-wide initiatives; interacting with senior civilian and military leaders and policy makers; briefing Members of Congress and their staffs; and providing written and in-person advice to senior Department leadership.
The position requires timely, appropriate, and high-quality work product concerning sensitive and complex issues of national significance.
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