GENERAL ATTORNEY

Full Job Description

Join the team! This position is located in the Headquarters Office of the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), the Division of General Law (GCGL), in the office of General Counsel.

GCGL is responsible for providing legal advice and recommendations regarding many areas of law including: ethics (Standards of Conduct for Employees of the Executive Branch), fiscal law, procurement, labor & employment, intellectual property and numerous other areas.

In addition to the mandatory education requirement, all applicants must have 52 weeks of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level in the Federal Service.

Specialized experience is experience that has equipped the candidate with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position.

Qualifying specialized experience must demonstrate the following: GS-12: Assisting with research, analysis and persuasive writing (which may include opinions, briefs, pleadings, or motions) relating to difficult legal questions involving two or more of the following legal areas of expertise: ethics, procurement, fiscal law, intellectual property, or negotiating settlement agreements.

GS-13: Completing research, analysis and persuasive writing (which may include opinions, briefs, pleadings, or motions) relating to difficult legal questions involving the following legal areas of expertise: 1) labor and employment law (including human resources matters); and 2) ethics, procurement, fiscal law, intellectual property, and negotiating settlement agreements.

GS-14: Independently completing research, analysis and persuasive writing (which may include opinions, briefs, pleadings, or motions) relating to difficult legal questions involving 1) labor and employment law (including human resources matters and representing clients before EEOC and MSPB); and 2) ethics, procurement, fiscal law, intellectual property, and negotiating settlement agreements.

Evidence of the above specialized experience must be supported by detailed documentation of duties performed in positions held.

Your resume is the key means we have for evaluating your skills, knowledge, and abilities as they relate to this position.

Therefore, we encourage you to be clear and specific when describing your experience. We will not make assumptions regarding your experience or based on job titles alone.

If your resume does not support your questionnaire answers, we will not allow credit for your response(s).

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.

You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Applicants must meet the qualifications for this position by the closing date of this announcement. Major Duties:

While required to work effectively in all areas as listed above, it is highly desirable for the incumbent of this position to have substantive experience with procurement law.

Experience in grants law is also highly desirable.

The primary responsibilities of this position include: Preparing legal opinions, interpretations, and recommendations with respect to statutes, executive orders, and regulations.

Providing legal advice and recommendations to the Commission and other organizational components of the Commission. Reviewing certain documents prepared by operating staff for legal sufficiency, e.g.

contracts, procurement solicitations, interagency agreements, proposed Commission regulations and directives, etc.

Drafting and preparing certain Commission policies and regulations (e.g., government ethics). Representing the Commission before administrative law judges and administrative boards.

Participating in discussions, meetings, and conferences with Commission staff and officials in proposing policy and implementation of statutes and regulations.

Coordinating and consulting with the Department of Justice, Office of Government Ethics, the Comptroller General, the office of Management and Budget, the General Services Administration, and other federal agencies.