Closing Date: 24th May, 2024

Description:

Responsibilities:
The responsibilities of NSA's Acquisition, Fiscal, Installations (AFI) Attorney:

Advising the Agency on legal matters involving procurement, fiscal, and/or installations.
Analyzing legislation, programs, policies, regulations, or plans to determine impact to the Agency.
Representing the Agency's official position in legal and administrative proceedings (e.g., GAO, ASBCA).
Representing the Agency in interactions with outside customers, ODNI, DoD, Congressional representatives, foreign partners, or the general public.
Conferring with/educating clients, customers, or stakeholders on legal or policy issues.
Determining the legal sufficiency of documents.
Drafting legal briefs, pleadings, etc.
Making legal determinations in accordance with laws, regulations, professional standards, or Agency policies and procedures.

Job Summary:
The Office of General Counsel (OGC) is the exclusive NSA component responsible for providing legal services to all NSA elements. The Office of General Counsel protect NSA's interests concerning the legal and regulatory authorities, requirements, entitlements, obligations and oversight requirements under which the Agency operate.

Qualifications:
The qualifications listed are the minimum acceptable to be considered for the position.

Degree must be a Professional Law Degree (LL.B. or J.D.) and requires active membership in the bar of the highest court of a State, U.S. commonwealth, U.S. territory, or the District of Columbia.

*Relevant experience as determined by the Office of the General Counsel (or the Office of the Inspector General for positions in the OIG) must be professional legal experience that is commensurate with the duties and responsibilities of the position. See DoD Instruction (DoDI) 1442.02 for exceptions to the grade-level standards.

Senior
Grade 13: Must have in excess of 2 years of relevant experience.*
Grade 14: Must have in excess of 3 years of relevant experience.*

Expert
Grade 15: Must have in excess of 3 years of relevant experience.*

Competencies:
Legal experience and knowledge of law in one of the following areas is required:

federal acquisition
fiscal law
installations law (which may include logistics and/or environmental)

The ideal candidate is a highly-motivated and qualified attorney with excellent oral and written communication skills, astute problem-solving, analytic, and interpersonal skills, and possess a desire for continual learning. The candidate must be:

detail-oriented;
customer and results oriented;
able to adjust to changing situational requirements;
able to build relationships across the Agency and with external stakeholders; and
able to manage multiple tasks with competing timelines and deliverables.