Attorney Advisor (Core)

Closing Date: 11th July, 2024

Description:

Summary:
The ideal candidate for this position will be an Attorney with federal sector labor and employment law litigation experience deposing litigants, dealing with labor issues and excellent writing skills.
 
For specific salary information related to your location, please review the OPM salary tables. (http://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/salaries-wages/2022/general-schedule/)

Duties:
What will I do in this position if hired?

In this Attorney Advisor (CORE) position, you will be supporting the Department of Justice in developing and presenting litigation in the federal courts, or state and municipal courts.

Typical assignments include:

• Independently litigates cases before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Merit Systems Protection Board, or other administrative forums and in labor arbitrations and/or alternative dispute resolution proceedings.
• Preparing documentary evidence and witness testimony in support of dispositive motions or trial; preparing declarations and affidavits and directing investigations for the purpose of developing additional evidence in pending litigation.
• Providing trainings on various employment matters.
• Reviewing and making recommendations on proposed employment actions.
• Reviewing and making recommendations on legislation, regulations, or changes in existing policies.

What else do I need to know?
At FEMA, our mission is to help people before, during and after disasters, and every employee at FEMA has a role in emergency management. Every FEMA employee has regular and recurring emergency management responsibilities, though not every position requires routine deployment to disaster sites. All positions are subject to recall around the clock for emergency management operations, which may require irregular work hours, work at locations other than the official duty station, and may include duties other than those specified in the employee's official position description. Travel requirements in support of emergency operations may be extensive in nature (weeks to months), with little advance notice, and may require employees to relocate to emergency sites with physically austere and operationally challenging conditions.

This announcement is for a position as a CORE (Cadre of On-Call Response/Recovery Employee). CORE employees are full-time employees hired to directly support the response and recovery efforts related to disasters. Employees are hired under the Robert T. Stafford Act (https://www.fema.gov/disasters/stafford-act) and are excluded from the provisions of title 5, United States Code, governing jobs in the competitive service. They can be hired under a streamlined process instead of a competitive process. After three years of continuous service, Stafford Act employees may be granted competitive eligibility to apply for permanent full-time positions at FEMA.

This position will be hired into a temporary 2-year, excepted service appointment. Appointments may be renewed based on workload, funding, and supervisory approval.

This position has promotion potential to the IC-0905-15. Promotions are dependent on your ability to perform the duties at a higher level, successful performance review displaying at least one year of experience at the lower grade, the continuing need for an employee assigned to the higher level, and management approval.

FEMA is committed to ensuring that its workforce reflects the diversity of the nation. At FEMA, our workforce includes the many identities, races, ethnicities, backgrounds, abilities, ages, cultures, and beliefs of the people we serve. To learn about FEMA's ongoing diversity and inclusion efforts, reasonable accommodation process, and the FEMA Core Values, please visit www.fema.gov.

Requirements:
Conditions of Employment:
To ensure the accomplishment of our mission, DHS requires every employee to be reliable and trustworthy. To meet those standards, all selected applicants must undergo, successfully pass, and maintain a background investigation for Public Trust/ High Risk as a condition of placement into this position. This may include a credit check after initial job qualifications are determined, a review of financial issues, such as delinquency in the payment of debts, child support and/or tax obligations, as well as certain criminal offenses and illegal use or possession of drugs (please visit: Mythbuster on Federal Hiring Policies (https://chcoc.gov/sites/default/files/Mythbuster_on_Federal_Hiring_Policies_0.pdf) for additional information). For more information on background investigations for Federal jobs, please visit OPM Investigations. (https://www.opm.gov/faqs/topic/investigate/?cid=56d6e92e-6e27-4b6a-8969-4a7a1bfba76d)

Conditions of Employment:

• You must be a U.S. citizen to be considered for this position.
• You must successfully pass a background investigation.
• You must be able to obtain and maintain a Government travel card.
• Selective service registration is required for males born after 12/31/59.
• Travel may be required.

Qualifications:
All qualifications and eligibility requirements must be met by the closing date of the announcement.

To qualify for this Attorney Advisor (CORE) position at the IC-14 level, you must possess one full year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the IC-13 level in the Federal government, which has equipped you with the skills needed to successfully perform the duties of the position. Experience may be obtained in the federal government, a state or local government, or private sector, and must demonstrate the following:
At least three years work experience, including at least two years of specialized experience in civil litigation (preferably employment/labor law with the federal government, a state or local government, a non-profit organization, or the private sector);

• Preparing and responding to discovery requests; representing individuals/entities before adjudicative bodies.
• Providing advice on employment law to include Title VII, the Rehabilitation Act, and proposed disciplinary/poor performance actions.

To qualify for this Attorney Advisor (CORE) position at the IC-15 level, you must possess one full year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the IC-14 level in the Federal government, which has equipped you with the skills needed to successfully perform the duties of the position. Experience may be obtained in the federal government, a state or local government, or private sector, and must demonstrate the following: