Closing Date: 1st May, 2024
Description:
Summary: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.
Duties:
You will provide legal support across the full range of OGC practice areas, predominantly in Government contract law, civilian personnel law, ethics, and environmental law.
Requirements:
Conditions of Employment:
- Must be a US Citizen.
- Must be determined suitable for federal employment.
- Must participate in the direct deposit pay program.
- New employees to the Department of the Navy will be required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit e-verify.gov
- Within the Department of Defense (DoD), the appointment of retired military members within 180 days immediately following retirement date to a civilian position is subject to the provisions of 5 United States Code 3326.
- Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
- You will be required to obtain and maintain an interim and/or final security clearance prior to entrance on duty. Failure to obtain and maintain the required level of clearance may result in the withdrawal of a job offer or removal.
- This position may require travel from normal duty station to CONUS and OCONUS and may include remote or isolated sites. You must be able to travel on military and commercial aircraft for extended periods of time.
- You will be required to complete ethics orientation within three months of appointment and submit a Confidential Financial Disclosure Report, OGE-450, within 30 days of appointment.
Qualifications:
The successful candidate will provide legal support across the full range of OGC practice areas, predominantly in Government contract law, civilian personnel law, ethics, and environmental law. Contracts work is primarily advisory, but also includes administrative litigation. The office's litigation in the contracts realm typically takes place before the Government Accountability Office (GAO). The civilian personnel law area includes advisory and litigation work. The office's litigation in the civilian personnel realm typically takes place before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB), or through liaison with the Department of Justice in representing the DON in federal courts. Other areas of law include fiscal law, the Freedom of Information Act, and non-acquisition command agreements. The office also regularly provides training to the client organization across its practice areas.
The NAWCWD China Lake site is located onboard the Naval Air Weapons Station, in the Mojave Desert, approximately 150 miles north/northeast of Los Angeles, California by road. China Lake is within the Los Angeles-Long Beach Locality Pay Area. For information about Locality Pay, see https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/salaries-wages/2024/general-schedule/. Applicants are strongly encouraged to learn about NAVAIR and NAWCWD, see http://www.navair.navy.mil/ and http://www.navair.navy.mil/nawcwd/.
The position will be filled under the Science and Technology Reinvention Laboratory (STRL) personnel demonstration system, which is a pay for performance system using pay bands with salary ranges. The position will be filled in the Business and Program Management Pay Band DA--03/04/05/06 (GS-11/12/13/14/15 equivalent). Pay will be commensurate with the successful applicant's qualifications, funding availability, and STRL pay setting guidelines.
To be eligible for selection at the DA-03 (GS-11 equivalent level), applicants must have at least one year of professional legal experience, or be a recent law school graduate with superior law student work or activities as demonstrated by: graduating in the top third of their law school class; work or achievement of significance on an official law review or journal, or a special high-level honor, e.g., winning a moot court competition, membership on the law school's official moot court team, or membership in the Order of the Coif.
To be eligible for selection at the DA-04 (GS-12 equivalent level), the applicant must have at least two years of relevant professional legal experience at the DA-03 (GS-11 equivalent) level or be a current DA-04 (GS-12 equivalent) attorney within the Federal government. Note that for the DA-03 (GS-11 equivalent) and DA-04 (GS-12 equivalent) positions only, a second professional law degree (LL.M.) that required at least one full academic year of graduate study may be substituted for one year of professional legal experience.
To be eligible for selection at the GS-13 equivalent level within the DA-05 pay band, the applicant must have in excess of two years of successful professional legal experience, in some combination of the practice areas identified above.
To be eligible for selection at the GS-14 equivalent level within the DA-06 pay band, the applicant must have at least three-and-one-half years of successful professional legal experience, in some combination of the practice areas identified above.
To be eligible for selection at the GS-15 equivalent level within the DA-06 pay band, the applicant must have at least five-and-a-half years of successful professional legal experience in some combination of the practice areas identified above.
Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (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.
Education:
The incumbent must have graduated from a law school that is accredited by the American Bar Association, be an active member in good standing of the bar of the highest court of a State, U.S. Commonwealth, U.S. territory, or the District of Columbia, and be admitted to practice before a state or federal court.
