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This position is being advertised in the excepted service and traditional competitive hiring procedures are not applicable. Your resume and supporting documents will be reviewed to determine your eligibility for Federal employment and your qualification for this position. Further evaluation may be based on interviews; review of requested work samples, writing samples, most recent performance evaluation(s), or professional references; or results of an oral presentation or work-related test.
Learn more about this agency04/22/2020 to 05/06/2020
$102,663 - $133,465 per year
GS 13
Yes—as determined by the agency policy.
25% or less - You may be expected to travel for this position.
No
Permanent - Excepted Appointment
Full-Time
Excepted
15
No
Yes
PARDON-20-10799857
566288200
U.S. Citizens, Nationals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S.
Current excepted service federal employees.
Open to all Qualified U.S. Citizens.
The Office of the Pardon Attorney, United States Department of Justice, seeks to fill two positions of Attorney Advisor, based in Washington, DC. The Office of the Pardon Attorney, under the direction of the Deputy Attorney General, assists the President in the exercise of executive clemency as authorized under Article II, Section 2, of the United States Constitution. The Office receives petitions for executive clemency, initiates the necessary investigations, and prepares the recommendations to the Deputy Attorney General and the President in connection with the consideration of all forms of executive clemency, including commutation (reduction) of sentence, pardon, remission of fine and reprieve.
Duties and responsibilities of the Attorney Advisor include but are not limited to:
Applicants must have a professional law degree (J.D., LL.M., or S.J.D.) at a school of law accredited by the American Bar Association (ABA); and, be a current member, in good standing, of the bar of a State, a Territory of the United States, or the District of Columbia.
Reasonable Accommodations: 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.
Outreach and Recruitment for Qualified Applicants with Disabilities: The Department encourages qualified applicants with disabilities, including individuals with targeted/severe disabilities to apply in response to posted vacancy announcements. Qualified applicants with targeted/severe disabilities may be eligible for direct hire, non-competitive appointment under Schedule A (5 C.F.R. § 213.3102(u)) hiring authority. Individuals with targeted/severe disabilities are encouraged to register for the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Shared List of People with Disabilities (the Bender Disability Employment Registry) by submitting their resume to resume@benderconsult.com and referencing "Federal Career Opportunities" in the subject line. Additional information about the Bender Registry is available at www.benderconsult.com. Individuals with disabilities may also contact one of the Department's Disability Points of Contact (DPOC). See the DPOC at https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/disability-points-contact.
Veterans: 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 15 (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, https://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 documents). 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).
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
This is an Excepted Service position. Applicants will be evaluated based on their experience and skills in completing the work of the position. Applicants must submit a cover letter highlighting relevant experience and specifically addressing the (4) mandatory requirements from the qualification section of this vacancy, as well as a resume, an assessment and a writing sample. Further evaluation may/will be based on interviews; review of requested work samples, writing samples, most recent performance evaluation(s), or professional references; or results of an oral presentation or work-related test.
Equal Employment Opportunity: 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 other 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.
Interested candidates should submit all of the following:
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, 05/06/2020.
You are strongly encouraged to convert your resume to an Adobe PDF file prior to submitting your application, especially if you are submitting using a Mac system. Resumes not pre-converted to a PDF file will undergo conversion by the system. This conversion process may cause some formatting changes to your resume, including line and page break errors. To ensure your submitted resume does not display with formatting issues, please submit your resume as a PDF. This error does not affect USAjobs resumes.
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 the closing date of the announcement (05/06/2020), applications will be forwarded to the selection official's office. If selected for an interview, the hiring manager will reach out to you directly.
This and other vacancy announcements can be found under Attorney Vacancies & Volunteer Legal Internships at https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?position=1&tid=All&practice_area=All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All. The Department of Justice cannot control further dissemination and/or posting of information contained in this vacancy announcement. Such posting and/or dissemination is not an endorsement by the Department of the organization or group disseminating and/or posting the information.
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/566288200. Only resumes submitted according to the instructions on the job announcement listed at www.usajobs.gov will be considered.
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The Department of Justice (DOJ) leads the nation in ensuring the protection of all Americans while preserving their constitutional freedoms. As a Justice employee you'll be a member of a team where you can achieve your career goals and apply your skills and talents to our important mission, which is to enforce the law and defend the interests of the United States according to the law; to ensure public safety against threats foreign and domestic; to provide federal leadership in preventing and controlling crime; to seek just punishment for those guilty of unlawful behavior; and to ensure fair and impartial administration of justice for all Americans.
