Clarification from the agency

All groups of qualified individuals

This announcement has been amended to extend the closing date from 8/14/2018 to 8/24/2018,

As Chief, Appellate Section, the successful candidate:

• Plans and directs a nationwide program to enforce federal civil rights laws through handling Division cases in the United States Courts of Appeals and, in cooperation with the Office of the Solicitor General, in the Supreme Court.
• Recommends, based on input from chiefs, staff, litigating sections, and the general counsels of other agencies, whether appellate review in the Supreme Court or courts of appeals should be sought of adverse judicial decisions and whether the Division should seek to participate as amicus curiae in the Supreme Court, federal courts of appeals, or state appellate courts.
• Assesses the quality and content of all appellate briefs and oral arguments handled by the Division, to ensure that they are persuasive, supported by the facts and law, and consistent with Department policy and priorities.
• Personally handles particularly sensitive, high-profile, or difficult civil rights appeals. Such cases often involve the establishment of legal precedents of great significance.
  Exercises management oversight of the Section, including setting enforcement priorities; supervises an office of approximately 25 full-time positions, including managers, trial attorneys, and professional administrative support staff.
• Is responsible for overall management of personnel, litigative program development, budget, and other matters, and participates in the decisional process relating to these subjects. He or she supervises - both directly and through subordinate managers - the Section's attorneys and support personnel.
  Consults with and advises the Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights and the Deputy Assistant Attorneys General. Coordinates with the Division's other Section Chiefs and Deputy Chiefs as appropriate.
• Confers with the Office of the Solicitor General, as appropriate, regarding all important stages of appellate litigation.
• Meets, coordinates, and fosters good working relationships with United States Attorneys' Offices, other Department of Justice (DOJ or Department) components, and other federal departments and regulatory agencies.
• Coordinates with counsel for private litigants in cases in which the Government intervenes or participates as amicus curiae.
• Serves as the reviewing official for attorney evaluations.

Conditions of employment

• You must be a U.S. citizen to qualify for this position.
• You must submit to a drug test and receive a negative drug test result before you can be appointed into this position.
• Entrance on duty is contingent upon preliminary completion of a security clearance. Continued employment is subject to the successful completion and adjudication of a background investigation.
• Veterans' preference is not applicable to the Senior Executive Service. - Only experience obtained by closing date of this announcement will be considered.
• Application must be received by 11:59 pm (ET) on the closing date of this announcement.
• You must meet all minimum qualifications to be considered eligible.
• Applicants must address ECQs and MTQs.

Qualifications

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is required by law to review the executive qualifications of each new career appointee to the Senior Executive Service (SES) prior to appointment. To be considered for this position, you must submit a written statement addressing the five (5) Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs) listed below at section 3. Failure to address both the mandatory technical/professional qualifications and the ECQs as set forth below will adversely affect your chances for selection. Current members of the career SES, former career SES members with reinstatement eligibility, and OPM/QRB certified candidates need not address the ECQs. You must submit a separate narrative statement that addresses each of the Mandatory Technical Qualifications (MTQs) related to this position; limit your responses to no more than one page for each MTQ. Unless you are a current Senior Executive Service (SES) career appointee, a former SES member having reinstatement eligibility, or an OPM-certified graduate of an approved SES Candidate Development Program, you must also submit a separate narrative statement (10-page limit) addressing each of the Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs) related to all positions in the SES.

You must address how you have demonstrated progressively responsible leadership experience that is indicative of senior executive level managerial capability and directly related to the skills and abilities outlined in this job announcement. Qualified candidates typically gain experience of this nature at or above the GS-15 grade level in the Federal service or its equivalent with state or local government, the private sector, or nongovernmental organizations. For examples and guidance on writing effective ECQ narrative statements, you are strongly encouraged to review the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Guide to Senior Executive Service Qualifications. You must use the Challenge- Context- Action- Result (CCAR) model when describing your accomplishments.

Mandatory Technical Qualifications:

• Demonstrated significant experience and expertise in handling appellate litigation.
• Demonstrated experience managing a complex organization, a diverse workforce (including lawyers, non-lawyer professionals, and support staff), and challenging organizational issues while enforcing or defending the law.
• Demonstrated experience communicating effectively on complex legal and technical issues through oral and written communication, including the ability to advocate successfully with diverse stakeholders, external partners and individuals or groups having differing and often conflicting interests, on matters related to the successful execution of a large-scale organization's mission, programs and projects.

• Leading Change: This core qualification involves the ability to bring about strategic change, both within and outside the organization, to meet organizational goals. Inherent to this ECQ is the ability to establish an organizational vision and to implement it in a continuously changing environment. Leadership Competencies for ECQ-1: creativity and innovation, external awareness, flexibility, resilience, strategic thinking, vision.
• Leading People: This core qualification involves the ability to lead people toward meeting the organization's vision, mission, and goals. Inherent to this ECQ is the ability to provide an inclusive workplace that fosters the development of others, facilitates cooperation and teamwork, and supports constructive resolution of conflicts. Leadership Competencies for ECQ-2: conflict management, leveraging diversity, developing others, team building.
• Results Driven: This core qualification involves the ability to meet organizational goals and customer expectations. Inherent to this ECQ is the ability to make decisions that produce high-quality results by applying technical knowledge, analyzing problems, and calculating risks. Leadership Competencies for ECQ-3: accountability, customer service, decisiveness, entrepreneurship, problem solving, technical credibility.
• Business Acumen: This core qualification involves the ability to manage human, financial, and information resources strategically. Leadership Competencies for ECQ-4: financial management, human capital management, technology management.
• Building Coalitions: This core qualification involves the ability to build coalitions internally and with other federal agencies, state and local governments, nonprofit and private sector organizations, foreign governments, or international organizations to achieve common goals. Leadership Competencies for ECQ-5: partnering, political savvy, influencing/negotiating.

How you will be evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

Please see "How to Apply" for specific instructions. The resume should demonstrate the necessary level of management skills, characteristics, qualities, specialized knowledge, and technical competence that would indicate successful performance in the SES. This evidence must include clear and concise examples that emphasize the applicant's level of responsibilities, scope, and complexity of programs managed, program accomplishments, policy initiatives, and level of contacts.