ATTORNEY ADVISOR (GENERAL)

Summary

There is an anticipated vacancy for the position of ATTORNEY ADVISOR (GENERAL) in the JUDGE ADVOCATE DIVISION (JAD) of HQ US MARINE CORPS.

Duties

You will serve as the primary professional attorney and policy proponent for the rules of professional conduct governing Marine Corps military and civilian lawyers, paralegals, and non-lawyer legal staff. You will assess professional responsibility investigations, handle inquiries into alleged misconduct or mismanagement, coordinate appropriate notifications to state licensing authorities, and respond to third-party requests for information. You will help manage and implement the Marine Corps ethics program, including the review and maintenance of public and confidential financial disclosure reports, oversight of general officer and spouse travel, and review of gifts to the Marine Corps. You will provide frequent ethics counseling on gifts, conflicts of interest, post-government employment restrictions, relations with non-federal entities, outside activities, use of government resources, and attendance at non-federal events. You will issue ethic reviews, consultations, and determinations on travel benefits from non-federal sources, gifts, waivers, cash or non-federal awards, conflicts of interest, and suspected ethics or procurement violations. You will assist in planning, developing, and delivering required annual ethics training for Headquarters Marine Corps staff principal officials, and support broader ethics training and program oversight efforts across the Marine Corps You will research complex ethics regulations, draft briefings and presentations, and analyze pending legislation affecting Marine Corps ethics programs to provide recommendations to JCA leadership. You will organize research, coordinate discovery and document production, support depositions, and help draft affidavits and legal documents for senior officials in civil, administrative, and ethics matters. You will coordinate with Marine Corps, DoN, DoD, and other federal and professional bar organizations to ensure consistent and current ethics and professional responsibility policies and practices.

Qualifications

Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-13 grade level in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate: Providing expert-level legal counsel on Title 10 U.S.C. military personnel law, including officer and enlisted misconduct and administrative separations. Evaluating and interpreting complex federal regulations, administrative laws, and government ethics policies. Experience managing or leading a legal team in a high-volume environment (e.g., managing hundreds of administrative actions or litigation files annually). Drafting and reviewing legislative proposals or high-level policy documents for senior executive or flag-level leadership Preferred Qualifications (Highly Desired): The ideal candidate will also possess: Experience directly supervising and managing a team of attorneys and legal support staff. Experience in federal civil litigation involving military personnel or administrative law. Experience developing and conducting legal training for attorneys and other legal professionals. Experience working within the Judge Advocate General's Corps of one of the military services. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=Group-Standards. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.

Education

The successful applicant must have graduated with a J.D. or LL.M. from a law school accredited by the American Bar Association, be an active member in good standing of the bar of the highest court of a State, U.S. Commonwealth, U.S. territory, or the District of Columbia, and be admitted to practice before a state or federal court.

How You Will Be Evaluated

In order to qualify for this position, your resume must provide sufficient experience and/or education, knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the duties of the specific position for which you are being considered. Your resume is the key means we have for evaluating your skills, knowledge, and abilities as they relate to this position. Therefore, we encourage you to be clear and specific when describing your experience. As vacancies occur, the Human Resources Office will review your resume to ensure you meet the hiring eligibility and qualification requirements listed in this flyer. You will be rated based on the information provided in your resume, along with your supporting documentation. If selected, you may be required to provide additional supporting documentation. If after reviewing your resume and supporting documentation, a determination is made that you inflated your qualifications and/or experience, you may be found ineligible/not qualified. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your rating or consideration for employment. All qualification requirements must be met before being considered for any vacancies.

Required Documents

A complete resume is required. Your resume must show relevant experience, job title, duties and accomplishments. Resumes are restricted to no more than 2 pages. Illegible/unreadable resumes will not be considered. Your resume must show complete information for each job entry to support minimum qualifications. The following information should be provided in your resume: employer's name, starting and end dates (Mo/Yr), hours per week if experience was less than full time (35-40 hours per week), and pay plan, series and grade level (e.g. GS-0201-09) for relevant federal experience. TIP: A good way to ensure you include all essential information is to use the Resume Builder in USAJOBS to create your resume. Are you using education as a substitute for some or all of the experience requirement? Is there a basic education requirement for this position? Check the Education section above to see what is allowed and what is required. Any claims you make in your resume regarding education or degrees MUST be supported by submitting with your application official or unofficial transcripts or a list of courses, grades earned, completion dates, and quarter and semester hours earned issued from your school. While unofficial transcripts are acceptable for initial application, an official transcript will ultimately be required if you are selected for the position. You may submit a copy of your degree(s) if specific coursework does not have to be verified. Are you a veteran claiming veterans' preference? There is no formal rating system for applying veterans' preference to attorney appointments in the excepted service; however, the Department of the Navy Office of the General Counsel considers veterans' preference eligibility a positive factor for attorney hiring. Applicants eligible for veterans' preference must specifically claim such eligibility in their cover letter or resume and attach supporting documentation (e.g., DD Form 214, "Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty") to their submissions. Although the point-preference system is not used, applicants eligible to claim a 10-point preference must submit a Standard Form (SF) 15, "Application for 10-Point Veteran Preference," and supporting documentation required for the specific type of preference claimed. (SF-15, which lists the types of 10-point preference and the required supporting documents, is available from the Office of Personnel Management Website at www.opm.gov.) Not all veterans are preference eligible. For a summary of time periods, campaigns, and conditions that entitle an applicant to preference eligibility, please visit https://www.fedshirevets.gov/index.aspx, https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/working-in-government/unique-hiring-paths/veterans, and see the Veterans' Preference Advisor, operated by the Department of Labor at http://www.dol.gov/elaws/vets/vetpref/vetspref.htm. Are you an active duty service member? Active Duty Service Members will be required to submit a statement of service printed on command letterhead and signed by the command during processing of any hiring action. The statement of service must provide the branch of service, rate/rank, all dates of service, the expected date of discharge and anticipated character of service (Honorable, General, etc.). Application documents, including supplemental ones, may be shared outside the Human Resources Office. Supplemental documents may contain your SSN, DOB, or personal information of others (e.g., on military orders, marriage certificates). You may redact this information before submitting; however, if selected, you must provide unredacted originals.

How to Apply

Interested Applicants must submit resumes/application packages to: Jeremy Burns, jeremy.m.burns@usmc.mil Please include USA Jobs Announcement Number and Professional Responsibility Ethics Attorney in the subject line. Facsimile applications will not be considered. All resumes/applications must be received no later than the close date of this flyer. It is the applicant's responsibility to verify that all information in their resume and documents, are received, legible, and accurate. HR will not modify answers/documents submitted by an applicant. Failure to submit a complete application package will result in an ineligible rating and loss of consideration.

What to Expect Next

Qualified applicants will be referred to the hiring manager. The selecting official may choose to conduct interviews. Our evaluation will be based on the information you provide. You should expect that we will verify performance, suitability, and security information and take that information into account in making employment offers.

Additional Information

This is a public notice flyer to notify interested applicants of anticipated vacancies. Applications will not be accepted through this flyer. Interested applicants must follow the directions in the "How to Apply" section of this flyer to be considered. There may or may not be actual vacancies filled from this flyer. Notice of Result letters will not be sent to applicants who respond to this flyer. This position is not covered by the Department of the Defense Priority Placement Program. This position is in the excepted service and does not confer competitive status. A tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if the selectee fails to meet the pre-employment requirements, including failure to report to any of the scheduled appointments. Federal annuitant information: The selection of an annuitant is subject to the Department of Defense and Department of the Navy policy on the employment of annuitants. Policy information may be found at: http://www.secnav.navy.mil/donhr/Documents/CivilianJobs/FedCivAnnuitants.pdf.

Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-13 grade level in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate: Providing expert-level legal counsel on Title 10 U.S.C. military personnel law, including officer and enlisted misconduct and administrative separations. Evaluating and interpreting complex federal regulations, administrative laws, and government ethics policies. Experience managing or leading a legal team in a high-volume environment (e.g., managing hundreds of administrative actions or litigation files annually). Drafting and reviewing legislative proposals or high-level policy documents for senior executive or flag-level leadership Preferred Qualifications (Highly Desired): The ideal candidate will also possess: Experience directly supervising and managing a team of attorneys and legal support staff. Experience in federal civil litigation involving military personnel or administrative law. Experience developing and conducting legal training for attorneys and other legal professionals. Experience working within the Judge Advocate General's Corps of one of the military services. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=Group-Standards. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.