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This position is located within the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), Office of the General Counsel (GC) in Washington, D.C or Albuquerque, NM. The individual selected for this position will serve as an attorney responsible for professional legal staff work, legal advice, and counsel in areas of law and legal procedures arising out of NNSA programs, projects, and functions. The primary area of law that the attorney will be responsible for is appropriations/fiscal law.
06/24/2024 to 07/12/2024
$88,520 - $135,987 per year
Salary range shown is the BASE pay for NQ-3. Locality pay will be determined based on where incumbent will report for duty.
NQ 3
1 vacancy in the following locations:
No
Yes—as determined by the agency policy.
25% or less - You may be expected to travel for this position.
No
Permanent
Full-time
Excepted
4
No
Yes
24-XA-03162-12447725-DEU
796980200
This position is open to all United States Citizens
As a General Attorney, you will:
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 NNSA Demonstration Project pay band, NQ-02 or GS-12 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience for this position is defined as: Providing legal advice and counsel to officials, employees, company or entity in performing professional legal staff work and counsel in areas of law and legal procedures pertaining to one or more of the following: federal appropriations/fiscal law, legislative law, ethics, and national security issues. Reviews and drafts contracts, pleadings, briefs, legal instruments, memorandums of law, legal opinions, regulations, management directives, letters, and other documents of legal significance and impact.
Examples of Specialized Experience:
1. Works with considerable independence in investigating the facts, researching legal precedents, defining the legal and factual issues, drafting the necessary legal documents, and developing conclusions and recommendations.
2. Demonstrated experience with fiscal law statutes, including the Anti-Deficiency Act, the Economy Act, and annual appropriations acts
3. Familiarity with guidance related to fiscal matters, including the Government Accountability Office's Principles of Federal Appropriations Law, Comptroller General opinions, and Office of Legal Counsel opinion.
4. Has experience in drafting legislation and/or reviewing draft legislation providing advice related to appropriations/fiscal law, drafting legislation, and/or providing advice related to federal ethics, such as the Standards of Conduct for federal employees.
"Experience" refers to paid and unpaid experience. Examples of qualifying unpaid experience may include: volunteer work done through National Service programs (such as Peace Corps and AmeriCorps); as well as work for other community-based philanthropic and social organizations. Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills; and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.
CTAP/ICTAP candidates: To be considered "well qualified" you must meet all of the requirements as described in this section. If you are eligible for career transition assistance plans such as ICTAP or CTAP, you must meet the definition of "well qualified" which is defined as having a score of 85 or better.
This position has a positive education requirement.
Must have a professional law (LLB. or J.D.) degree. You MUST upload a copy of your unofficial transcripts with your application. You will lose consideration if all required documents are not submitted.
Education must be obtained from an accredited institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. Applicants who have completed part or all of their education outside of the U.S. must have their foreign education evaluated by an accredited organization to ensure that the foreign education is comparable to education received in accredited educational institutions in the U.S. A written evaluation of any foreign education must be provided with your application in response to this vacancy announcement or be received by the closing date of this announcement. Failure to provide this evaluation will result in you being found unqualified for the position. For special instructions pertaining to foreign education, see the Department of Education website, and for a list of organizations that can evaluate foreign education, visit The National Association of Credential Evaluation Services.
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.
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
The Department of Energy uses an application tracking system to evaluate the responses you provide in the applicant assessment questionnaire to determine if you meet the minimum qualifications necessary for this position. Then, the HR Office and/or Subject Matter Expert (SME) will conduct a quality review of your application and supporting documentation to determine if your qualifications meet the criteria for referral to the selecting official.
Your application will be rated by our application system using the Category Rating procedure. A quality review will then be conducted by the HR Office and/or Subject Matter Expert (SME). Your application is rated based on the extent and quality of your experience, education (if applicable to the job), and training described in your online resume/questionnaire as related to the duties of this position. The quality categories are usually defined as "Best Qualified", "Well Qualified" and "Qualified". Veterans Preference eligible candidates will be listed at the top of whichever category your score places you in. CP/CPS veterans are placed at the top of the highest category for all positions except professional and scientific positions at GS-9 and higher.
Your application and resume shall demonstrate that you possess the following Competencies. Do not provide a separate narrative written statement. Rather, you must describe in your application how your past work experience demonstrates that you possess the Competencies identified below. Cite specific examples of employment or experience contained in your resume and describe how this experience has prepared you to successfully perform the duties of this position. DO NOT write "see resume" in your application.
ALL APPLICANTS: You must submit a resume supporting your specialized experience and responses to the online questionnaire.
To properly verify status eligibility, your SF-50 must show the following. Full position title; appointment type; occupational series; pay plan, grade, and step; tenure code; and service computation date (SCD). If you do not submit an appropriate SF-50, we cannot verify your status eligibility!
If your current position SF50 does not indicate you have competitive service status or does not reflect the pay plan and grade of the highest position you have held in the competitive service, in addition to your current SF50, you must provide your previous SF-50s that provide the proof of competitive status and highest grade held on a permanent basis.
If specific educational requirements are indicated for this vacancy: Documentation verifying your educational claims which can include unofficial transcripts or any report listing institution, course title, credits earned and final grade. Please see the Education section for more 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.
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:
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Would you like to have a job that can ensure national security by providing support to the nation's nuclear weapons stockpile stewardship activities? If so, the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), Office of the General Counsel (GC), has the perfect employment opportunity! We are currently open to the receipt of applications for a General Attorney position.
Attorney-Advisor positions are in the Excepted Service. As such, these positions do not confer non-competitive conversion to the competitive service. Acceptance of an excepted service appointment from applicants in the competitive service may require a written statement of understanding when voluntarily leaving the competitive service.
