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The Congressional Research Service (CRS) seeks a senior level executive to serve as the Counselor to the Director. CRS works exclusively for the United States Congress, providing objective, nonpartisan analysis to committees and Members of both the House and Senate.
This position is located within CRS’s Office of the Counselor to the Director (COU). Functional units within this office include Legal Affairs and Labor Management and the Congressional Services Section.
The person selected for the position will serve as the principle legal and policy advisor to the CRS Director, Deputy Director, and members of the Research Policy Council and will lead the Office in examining and defining policy and legal questions and issues affecting all aspects of the Service and managing the labor relations programs consistent with the CRS mission.
The incumbent will plan, develop, and coordinate matters relating to CRS policies, particularly as they affect the Service’s relationship with congressional clients and other legislative support agencies and maintain effective working relationships with various high-ranking individuals, including Members of Congress and their staff, on issues of concern to the Service.
Additional information about CRS and the Office of the Counselor to the Director is available at: www.loc.gov/crsinfo.
The salary range indicated reflects the basic pay adjustment of the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area.
Relocation expenses may be authorized for the applicant selected under this vacancy announcement.
Appointee must meet eligibility requirements for a top secret clearance.
This is a permanent, supervisory, non-bargaining unit position.
03/23/2018 to 05/18/2018
$126,148 - $189,600 per year
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This position serves as the head of the Office of the Counselor of the Director. In this capacity, and reporting directly to the Director of CRS, the Counselor to the Director examines and defines policy and legal questions with respect to matters such as congressional requests, potential conflicts of interest and activities on the part of staff, and personnel policies. This position also serves as a principal liaison to the CRS congressional committees of jurisdiction.
The Counselor to the Director performs the human resource management functions relative to the staff supervised in the Office of the Counselor to the Director, including communicating work standards and expectations to supervisors and staff and holding them accountable to those standards.
Major duties of this position include:
Your resume is important to this application process. It will be reviewed to determine whether you possess the qualifications referenced above. All applicants are required to submit a resume that provides specific information (to include accomplishments, work experience and education/training) that clearly describes what you would bring to the position.
Applicant must be a graduate from a full course of study in a School of Law accredited by the American Bar Association and be a member in good standing of the bar of a state, the District of Columbia, a territory of the United States, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
The Congressional Research Service, within the Library of Congress, is part of the legislative branch of the federal government. As such, all positions are in the excepted service.
The selected applicant will be required to file a financial disclosure statement with the House of Representatives, U.S. Congress, in accordance with the provisions of Public Law 95-521, the Ethics in Government Act of 1978.
The tour of duty for this position is full-time.
The position description number for this position is 197983.
All initial appointments, permanent or indefinite, to the Library of Congress require completion of a one-year probationary period. In addition, all newly appointed Senior Level executives, from outside the Library as well as from within, must serve a one year probationary period in accordance with the Library of Congress Regulations (LCRs) 2017.2-1, Senior Level Executive System.
The Library of Congress is an equal opportunity employer. All who meet the eligibility requirements are encouraged to apply.
The Library reserves the right to fill a lesser or greater number of vacancies indicated during the life of this vacancy announcement.
Applicants must submit a complete application package that is received by the closing date of this announcement.
This agency provides reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please notify ADA@loc.gov. The decision on granting reasonable accommodation will be on a case-by-case basis.
Applicants with disabilities may be considered under special hiring procedures and must submit an appropriate certificate of eligibility when applying for this position. The certificate of disability must verify that the applicant has a severe disability and may be issued by a State Vocational Rehabilitation Office, a Disability Services or Career Services Office of the applicant's college or university, or the Department of Veterans Affairs. The date of certification must be within three (3) years of the vacancy closing date and must be submitted with your application. For more information contact the Library's Office of Equal Employment Opportunity and Diversity Programs at 202-707-3960 or email spp@loc.gov. FAILURE TO SUBMIT YOUR CERTIFICATION WILL CAUSE YOUR APPLICATION TO NOT BE CONSIDERED UNDER THE SELECTIVE PLACEMENT PROGRAM.
The Library of Congress is the national library of the United States and is part of the Legislative Branch of the Federal government. As such, all positions are in the excepted service.
Appointment/retention is subject to a favorable evaluation of an appropriate personnel security/suitability investigation.
Are you a veteran? Please indicate the type of veterans' preference you are claiming in your application materials and/or applicant profile and provide the appropriate supporting documentation to validate your claim. Those applying for 5-point preference must submit Member Copy 4 of your DD 214. Those applying for 10-point preference must fill out an SF-15 (click here for the form) and provide the required documentation listed on the back of the form. If required supporting documentation is not attached, Veterans' Preference will not be considered in the application process.
For more information regarding eligibility requirements, please see the Library of Congress Merit Selection Plan, Section X.D, at: http://www.loc.gov/hr/employment/msp010909.pdf.
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs) are not required for the Library's hiring process.
The Library of Congress will evaluate applicants using applicants' resumes and a structured interview process.
All applicants are required to submit a resume that provides specific information (to include accomplishments, work experience and education/training) that clearly describes what they would bring to the position and documents that they meet the five critical competency requirements listed above. Resumes will be reviewed to determine whether candidates possess the critical competencies marked with a double asterisk (**), as referenced above.
Interviews are designed to verify or explore applicants' experience, knowledge, and training directly related to the job as documented in the resume in order to identify the best qualified applicants for selection.
For this position, applicants do not need to respond to specific competency questions but will be requested to answer one question related to how they became aware of this job opportunity.
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ALL APPLICANTS MUST SUBMIT legible copies of transcripts and certifications that verify completion of the BASIC REQUIREMENT listed under QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED. If these documents are not attached to your application, the HRS staff will contact you and allow one week for submission of the documents. Applicants who do not submit this documentation after being contacted by the HRS staff will be disqualified from further consideration under this vacancy announcement.
Applicants with disabilities may be considered under special hiring procedures and must submit an appropriate certificate of disability. The certificate of disability may be issued by a State Vocational Rehabilitation Office, the Department of Veterans Affairs, Disability Services or Career Services office of an applicant's college or university.
For candidates referred for interview, the following documentation will be required at the time of interview: All applicants: a completed OF-306, Declaration for Federal Employment.
Current/former federal government employees: a copy of your recent SF-50 noting your current position, grade level, duty location, and salary level.
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 carefully follow all instructions under the How to Apply tab to ensure that you are considered for the position.
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