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The Office of the General Counsel represents the FTC in court and provides legal counsel to the Chair, other Commissioners, operating bureaus and divisions, and other FTC offices. Among its other responsibilities, OGC advises the Commissioners, the bureaus, other offices, and staff on legal issues pertaining to all aspects of the Commission's mission, including compliance with federal laws and regulations. The incumbent reports to the General Counsel and Principal Deputy General Counsel.
Learn more about this agency06/21/2024 to 07/22/2024
$147,649 - $221,900 per year
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1 vacancy in the following locations:
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Yes—as determined by the agency policy.
Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position.
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Permanent
Full-time
Senior Executive
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EXEC-20240617-11183-OGC-JN
796669700
U.S. Citizens, Nationals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S.
Those who meet the five Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs).
Applications will be accepted from all groups of qualified individuals.
The Deputy General Counsel for Litigation oversees OGC's role in litigation activities, such as the preparation of all necessary pleadings, briefings, and oral arguments in the federal courts, including appeals to the Circuit Court of Appeals; amicus participations; matters in the Supreme Court; and contempt proceedings and enforcement of compulsory process in Federal District courts. The incumbent also argues cases in federal court, advises Commissioners on litigation matters, advises Commission staff on litigation strategy, briefs congressional staff, appears before Congressional committees to present the Commission's views, coordinates with the Office of the Solicitor General on matters before the Supreme Court, and works with other offices in the Department of Justice to coordinate the defense of litigation.
The Deputy General Counsel for Litigation is a key member of the General Counsel's senior management team. In fulfilling these responsibilities, the Deputy General Counsel for Litigation is responsible, with the other senior management team members, for strategic planning regarding OGC's role in agency missions, and serves as a primary link between OGC, bureau and office heads, and FTC commissioners. In exercising important policy functions, the Deputy General Counsel for Litigation devises and implements OGC policy; reviews policy recommendations that affect agency missions; considers political, social, economic, technical, and administrative factors that potentially affect recommended policies; and formally recommends actions to the General Counsel or other approving official.
The incumbent is one of the agency's key sources for advice on broad questions of law and policy. The incumbent directs, oversees, supervises, coordinates, and reviews (including through a subordinate supervisor) the work of OGC Litigation attorneys in accomplishing OGC's goals and objectives; ensures the training, development, and effective use of Litigation staff; evaluates work product; conducts formal performance reviews; takes action to correct performance of conduct deficiencies; and recommends promotions, awards, and other personnel actions. The incumbent also assesses policy, program, and project feasibility; determines project goals and objectives; develops plans to achieve goals and objectives; identifies, and diagnoses, consults on problem areas related to assignments and goal achievement; and makes decisions on alternative courses of action.
Total background, including experience, education, awards, self-development, and training will be reviewed.
1. The agency may reimburse relocation expenses.
2. If we select you for an initial career appointment to an SES position, the OPM QRB must approve your ECQs prior to appointment. A selection is tentative until we obtain a QRB certification.
3. You must complete a Declaration for Federal Employment before we can hire you in order to certify the accuracy of your written application and provide the information necessary to determine your suitability for federal employment.
4. If you are a male applicant born after December 31, 1959 and we select you for this position, you must certify prior to appointment that you registered for the military selective service.
5. If we select you for this position, you must complete personnel suitability documents. Your appointment is contingent upon the successful completion of an appropriate background investigation.
6. Veterans' preference does not apply to SES positions.
7. The FTC provides reasonable accommodations, where appropriate, to applicants with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please notify the FTC. The agency considers requests for reasonable accommodation on a case-by-case basis. Questions about the FTC's accommodation policy can be directed to Adam Mahan at amahan@ftc.gov.
8. The Ethics in Government Act, PL 95-521, requires the applicant selected for this position to submit a financial disclosure statement, SF-278, prior to assuming the SES position, annually while employed, and upon termination of employment. You may also be subject to post employment restrictions.
9. Your application includes information subject to the Privacy Act (P.L. 93-579, 5 U.S.C. 552a). This information is necessary to determine qualifications for employment, and collection is authorized under Title 5 of the U.S. Code, 3302 and 3361.
10. We will not accept applications received in government postage-paid envelopes.
11. USAJOBS expires all jobs at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on the published closing date.
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
You will be evaluated for this position based on how well you meet the Mandatory Professional Credentials/Technical Qualifications and ECQs stated in this vacancy announcement.
You will be evaluated on the quality and extent of your total accomplishments, including experience, education, awards, self-development, and training. This information will be obtained from the application package, including the required narrative statements for the Mandatory Professional Credentials/Technical Qualifications and ECQs described in this vacancy announcement.
Your application package may be evaluated by a rating and ranking panel consisting of SES members. This evaluation will determine which applicants are Highly Qualified. Highly Qualified candidates may undergo an interview and a reference check.
The selecting official will review results and make recommendations on final selections to the Appointing Authority. Unless the OPM QRB has already certified you, your ECQs must be forwarded to the OPM QRB for certification before your appointment can occur.
Note: Veterans' preference does not apply to SES positions. This is in accordance with 5 USC 2108(3), which defines the term "preference eligible" and provides that this term does not include applicants for, or members of, the SES.
*DO NOT SUBMIT ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION* Extraneous materials such as a cover letter, letters of recommendation, past evaluations, award certificates, etc., will be discarded and not considered.1. RESUME - In addition to your written statements addressing the Mandatory Technical Qualifications, and ECQ Narrative (not to exceed 10 pages), submit a resume (not to exceed 5 pages) to describe your qualifications. Your resume should provide the following information:
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 SUBMIT AN APPLICATION: Please select the "APPLY" button at the top of this announcement.
Your online resume is not considered a complete application. In order to expedite the review of your application, you must submit a complete online application package to include a Resume, Mandatory Professional Credentials, Technical Qualifications, and ECQs.
Carefully read the "Required Documents" section of this announcement to verify whether any additional information is required, as well as how it should be submitted.
If you are unable to apply online, please see the Reasonable Accommodation Policy at the bottom of this vacancy announcement.
*DO NOT SUBMIT ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION* Extraneous materials such as a cover letter, letters of recommendation, past evaluations, award certificates, etc., will not be considered.
After all application packages are received, a preliminary review of applications by a human resources specialist will be completed to ensure your application meets the basic qualification requirements. An executive Rating and Ranking panel may evaluate qualified applicants based on the information provided, and will generate a certificate of "Highly Qualified" candidates for the selecting official. The selecting official may interview the "Best Qualified" candidates before making a selection recommendation to the Appointing Authority. We will verify performance, suitability, and security information and consider this information in making employment offers. You should expect a response on the outcome of your application within 90 workdays of the closing date of the announcement, excluding weekends and holidays.
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/796669700. Only resumes submitted according to the instructions on the job announcement listed at www.usajobs.gov will be considered.
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