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OPDAT's mission is to build strong foreign partners who can work with the United States to enhance cooperation in transnational cases and to fight crime before it reaches our shores. OPDAT provides expert assistance and case-based mentoring to foreign counterparts to help develop justice systems that can effectively combat transnational crime, corruption, and terrorism consistent with the rule of law and in furtherance of U.S. national security.
Learn more about this agency08/21/2019 to 09/18/2019
$90,621 - $138,572 per year
No change to base pay under detail assignment. If applicable, the selectee will also receive appropriate post and overseas salary differentials.
GS 14 - 15
1 vacancy in the following location:
Yes—as determined by the agency policy.
50% or less - The RLA may be required to travel domestically and internationally.
Yes—Relocation expenses are authorized to and from post.
Multiple Appointment Types
Full-Time
Excepted
15
No
Yes
19-CRM-OPD-069
543296500
U.S. Citizens, Nationals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S.
Open to all U.S. Citizens, including Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities.
Appointment to this position will be effected by reimbursable detail or term appointment. More than one position may be filled from this announcement. This appointment will be for an initial term of 14 months which may be extended based on availability of funding. More than one position may be filled from this announcement. All applications from 19-CRM-OPD-023 are still under consideration. There is no need to re-apply to this position.
The Resident Legal Advisor (RLA) will represent the Department of Justice and the Office of Overseas Prosecutorial Development Assistance and Training (OPDAT) in the implementation of justice sector technical assistance activities designed to improve the capacity of the criminal justice systems in Paraguay and the region to combat terrorism, terrorist financing, and transnational crime consistent with Financial Action Task Force (FATF) recommendations, United Nations resolutions regarding terrorist financing, and the Global Counterterrorism Forum (GCTF) Rabat Memorandum on Good Practices for Effective Counterterrorism Practice in the Criminal Justice Sector (Rabat Memorandum). The RLA will work with relevant components within the Paraguayan criminal justice system to plan and implement effective money laundering and financial crimes regimes in order to disrupt terrorist networks. Specifically, the RLA will facilitate bilateral and regional technical assistance and skills development to law enforcement, prosecutors, judges, and other practitioners designed to increase their capacity to collaboratively identify, disrupt, and dismantle terrorist financing and other transnational criminal regimes. This may include analysis of and advice on initiatives including, but not limited to, anti-terrorism legislation, money laundering laws, asset forfeiture proposals, organized crime, and extradition. The RLA would also be expected to provide technical assistance in areas that could include criminal procedure code reform, counterterrorism and money laundering capacity development, and legislative drafting. This position involves periodic travel in the region and will require the RLA to coordinate with the Tri-Border Area Legal Advisor who oversees the region, as well as engage with justice sector officials from countries in the region on combating terrorism and financial crime through international cooperation.
A J.D. Degree.
An in-person interview in Washington, D.C. may be required for this position prior to final selection. The cost of travel to the interview site will be the responsibility of the applicant unless otherwise stated. Reasonable accommodation requests will be considered on an individual basis as requested by a person with a disability. Declining an invitation to interview may remove you from further consideration.
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The U.S. Department of Justice is an Equal Opportunity/Reasonable Accommodation Employer. Except where otherwise provided by law, there will be no discrimination because of color, race, religion, national origin, political affiliation, marital status, disability (physical or mental), age, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, genetic information, status as a parent, membership or non-membership in an employee organization, on the basis of personal favoritism, or any non merit factor. The Department of Justice welcomes and encourages applications from persons with physical and mental disabilities. The Department is firmly committed to satisfying its affirmative obligations under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, to ensure that persons with disabilities have every opportunity to be hired and advanced on the basis of merit within the Department of Justice. This agency provides reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities where appropriate. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please notify the agency. Determinations on requests for reasonable accommodation will be made on a case-by-case basis.
It is the policy of the Department to achieve a drug-free workplace and persons selected for employment will be required to pass a drug test which screens for illegal drug use prior to final appointment. Employment is also contingent upon the completion and satisfactory adjudication of a background investigation. Only U.S. citizens are eligible for employment with the Executive Office for Immigration Review and the United States Attorneys' Offices. Unless otherwise indicated in a particular job advertisement, non-U.S. Citizens may apply for employment with other organizations, but should be advised that appointments of non-U.S. Citizens are extremely rare; such appointments would be possible only if necessary to accomplish the Department's mission and would be subject to strict security requirements. Applicants who hold dual citizenship in the U.S. and another country will be considered on a case-by-case basis.
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If you are unable to apply online or need to fax a document you do not have in electronic form, view the following link for information regarding an Alternate Application.
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
BASIS OF RATING: Once the announcement closes, your application will be automatically evaluated and rated by the system and a Human Resources Specialist. To determine if you are qualified for this job, a review of your application and supporting documentation will be made and compared against your responses to the assessment questionnaire. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your rating.
There is no formal rating system for applying veterans' preference to attorney appointments in the excepted service; however, the Department of Justice considers veterans' preference eligibility as a positive factor in attorney hiring. Applicants eligible for veterans' preference must include that information in their cover letter or resume and attach supporting documentation (e.g., the DD 214, Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty and other supporting documentation) to their submissions. Although the "point" system is not used, per se, applicants eligible to claim 10-point preference must submit Standard Form (SF) 15, Application for 10-Point Veteran Preference, and submit the supporting documentation required for the specific type of preference claimed (visit the OPM website, www.opm.gov/forms/pdf_fill/SF15.pdf for a copy of SF 15, which lists the types of 10-point preferences and the required supporting document(s)). Applicants should note that SF 15 requires supporting documentation associated with service-connected disabilities or receipt of nonservice-connected disability pensions to be dated 1991 or later except in the case of service members submitting official statements or retirement orders from a branch of the Armed Forces showing that his or her retirement was due to a permanent service-connected disability or that he/she was transferred to the permanent disability retired list (the statement or retirement orders must indicate that the disability is 10% or more).
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Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.
To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Application Package which includes the Assessment Questionnaire and the Required Documents indicated below. The Application Package must be received by 11:59 PM, Eastern Time, on 09/18/2019.
A complete application package must include:
We will notify you of your status as a candidate after each step of the recruitment process (receipt of application, determination of basic qualifications, notice of forward to selecting official, and final selection). After extending a tentative job offer and receiving acceptance by the selectee, we will conduct an employment suitability/security background investigation to confirm that the selectee meets all requirements to fill the position. We expect to make a final job offer once all such reviews have been completed.
The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.
This job originated on www.usajobs.gov. For the full announcement and to apply, visit www.usajobs.gov/job/543296500. Only resumes submitted according to the instructions on the job announcement listed at www.usajobs.gov will be considered.
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