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This position is part of the Southwestern Power Administration, Department of Energy. As a General Attorney, you will have full responsibility for day-to-day legal opinions and legal review of a variety of decisions and actions. Precedent setting, or complex legal cases, involve consultation with the supervisor to make decisions with unique and long lasting SWPA/DOE impact.
Learn more about this agency11/23/2021 to 12/01/2021
$108,885 - $141,548 per year
GS 14
1 vacancy in the following locations:
Yes—as determined by the agency policy.
Occasional travel - Travel of up to 20% annually is required with overnight travel possible during all or part of that time.
No
Permanent
Full-time
Excepted
None
No
No
22-SW-00246-1133913-DH
623486800
This is a Direct Hire Public Notice for Excepted Service. Please read this Public Notice in its entirety prior to submitting your application for consideration.
Independently performs professional legal work as an Attorney-Adviser in the Southwestern Power Administration's Office of General Counsel, primarily in the fields of administrative law: to include environmental law, real property law, personnel law, labor law, procurement law, and civil litigation. Supports General Counsel on power marketing and energy law issues as directed. Performs other Attorney-Adviser duties as assigned.
Must be a U.S. Citizen or National.
This employer participates in the e-Verify program.
Males born after 12/31/1959 must be registered for Selective Service.
Suitable for Federal employment, as determined by a background investigation.
May be required to successfully complete a trial period.
Attorney-Adviser is required to submit a Confidential Financial Disclosure Report (OGE Form 450) upon entering the position and each year thereafter.
Travel of up to 20% annually is required with overnight travel possible during all or part of that time.
Attorney-Adviser may be required to serve on rotational assignments to provide representation between and among various SWPA program or region offices as needed.
Possess a J.D. or LL.B. degree from an accredited college or university.
The position requires admission to a State or the District of Columbia bar.
Overtime may be required on short notice to include nights, holidays and weekends in support of mission requirements.
As required by Executive Order 14043, Federal employees are required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 regardless of the employee's duty location or work arrangement (e.g., telework, remote work), subject to such exceptions as required by law. If you are selected for this position, you will be required to be vaccinated against COVID-19 by November 22, 2021, or prior to onboarding, if hired after November 22, unless you request a legally required exception from this requirement.
As part of onboarding, you will need to submit DOE's Certification of COVID-19 Vaccination for Prospective Federal Employees attesting to truthfulness that you are fully vaccinated by November 22, 2021, or prior to onboarding, if hired after November 22, 2021. Once onboard, you will then be required to provide proof of vaccination in DOE's MyEnergy system and certify the documentation you provide is true and correct under penalty of perjury. Providing a knowing and willful false statement on either DOE's COVID-19 Vaccination Form prior to starting or when providing proof of vaccination in DOE's MyEnergy system once onboard is punishable by fine and/or imprisonment (18 U.S.C. 1001) and will result in termination from Federal service.
SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS: A qualified candidate's online application and resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade level [enter grade] in the Federal service. Specialized experience for this position is defined as: Specialized
Experience: Applicants must have experience in addition to education and bar requirements as follows:
1. Four years of professional (attorney) legal experience and advanced educational attainments that clearly indicate the ability to independently perform complex legal work; and
2. One additional year of professional (attorney) experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility at least equivalent to that of an attorney at the grade immediately below the one being filled (at the GS-13), providing legal advice and guidance to management, peers, and customers on various complex areas of law on behalf of a Federal agency/sub-agency or similar civilian institution.
Must possess a J.D. or LL.B. degree from an accredited college or university. If this vacancy specifically states that certain educational requirements must be met (also known as a "positive educational requirement"), you MUST provide documentation supporting any education claims in your application. Education must be obtained from an accredited institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
Foreign education must be reviewed by an organization recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. For special instructions pertaining to foreign education and a list of organizations that can evaluate foreign education, see the Department of Education website.
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
This position is announced under a government-wide Direct-Hire Authority (DHA) for Attorney positions in the GS-905 series. Under the DHA, applicants who meet the Education and Qualification requirements listed in this announcement will be referred for consideration. Veteran's Preference, category rating, and traditional rating and ranking of applicants does not apply under the DHA process.
Appointments made under the DHA are processed as "new" appointments. Current Federal employees may be required to serve a new trial period.
Successful candidates will possess the following competencies (knowledge, skills, abilities and other characteristics):
To apply for this position, you MUST provide a complete application package which includes:
Failure to submit any of the above mentioned required documents may result in loss of consideration due to an incomplete application package. It is your responsibility to ensure all required documents have been submitted.
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.
Please read the entire announcement and all the instructions before you begin an application. To apply for this position, you must complete the initial online application, to include submission of the required documentation specified in the Required Documents section. A complete application package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on the announcement closing date to receive consideration.
The application process is as follows:
Once your online application is submitted you will receive a confirmation notification by email. The status of your application will be updated in USAJOBS as it is evaluated.
You can check the status by logging into USAJOBS. You may also sign up to receive automatic emails anytime the status of your application changes by logging into your USAJobs Account and editing the Notification Settings.
You will be contacted directly if an interview is required.
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/623486800. Only resumes submitted according to the instructions on the job announcement listed at www.usajobs.gov will be considered.
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Southwestern Power Administration offers career opportunities in the highly energized electric utility industry. We market federally produced hydropower from 24 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers multipurpose dams in Arkansas, Missouri, Oklahoma and Texas. We operate and maintain 1,380 miles of high-voltage transmission lines, substations and a communications system that includes microwave, VHF radio, and fiber optics. Our offices are located in Gore, Oklahoma, Jonesboro, Arkansas, Springfield, Missouri, and Tulsa, Oklahoma. Southwestern Power Administration has been identified within the TOP 12% of the Best Places to Work in the Federal Government for 2019 by the Partnership for Public Service and Boston Consulting Group.
