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The U.S. Postal Service Headquarters Law Department is seeking an experienced, hard-working attorney to fill a vacancy in the Ethics & Compliance group.
12/01/2020 to 01/11/2021
$90,900 - $171,450 per year
UA 1
1 vacancy in the following location:
Yes—as determined by the agency policy.
Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position.
No
Permanent
Full-Time
Competitive
1 - UA-01.
No
Yes
DEST-10973848-21-CB
585900300
Applicants must be a U.S. citizen or have permanent resident alien status. Current career Postal Service employees are ineligible to apply to this posting.
The Ethics & Compliance group's primary practice areas include the Standards of Ethical Conduct for Employees of the Executive Branch (5 C.F.R. § 2635), the Supplemental Standards of Ethical Conduct for Employees of the United States Postal Service (5 C.F.R. § 7001), the criminal conflicts of interest statutes (18 U.S.C. §§ 201-209), the Hatch Act (5 U.S.C. §§ 7321-7326, 5 C.F.R. § 733-734), Privacy Act (5 U.S.C. § 552a), and the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) (5 U.S.C. § 552). The Ethics & Compliance group also handles other practice areas with less frequency, such as European Union privacy laws, Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX), the Federal Register program, the Anti-Lobbying Act (18 U.S.C. § 1913), the Government in the Sunshine Act (5 U.S.C. § 552b), the anti-pandering advertisement statute (39 U.S.C. § 3008), Board of Governors governance, and legal compliance in general.
The successful applicant will work in a fast-paced environment with a heavy workload to advise internal clients throughout the Postal Service on new business initiatives involving the collection and disclosure of personal information implicating the Privacy Act as well as complex legal issues pertaining requests for records under the Privacy Act and the FOIA. The successful applicant will provide ethics advice and draft communications for the second largest workforce in North America. The successful applicant will draft legally sound Privacy Act and FOIA administrative appeal decisions, legal memoranda analyzing complex ethics, Privacy Act, and FOIA issues, and written advice to clients with citations to statutes, regulations, and case law. He or she will also create visually appealing, engaging training presentations and deliver training sessions to attorneys, clients, and the postal workforce at large. He or she will be tasked with contributing to team projects designed to proactively encourage compliance with statutes and regulations. In addition, the successful applicant may be tasked with ensuring compliance with SOX through filing quarterly and yearly financial reports, answering Federal Register questions and filing Federal Register notices, and completing other compliance-related projects.
We are looking for an experienced attorney with outstanding legal writing skills, substantial experience analyzing complex legal issues, excellent client relations skills, great presentation skills, and the ability to quickly learn new areas of the law. After the pandemic, travel will be required.
Come work in an energetic, lively and collegial atmosphere on a wide range of complex, fast-paced, challenging matters.
Major Duties
Please read the "Responsibilities" section.
Please read the "Qualifications" section.
Benefits
The salary will be based on previous experience, and current postal pay policies. We offer excellent benefits including health and life insurance, retirement plan, savings/investment plan with employer contribution, flexible spending, flextime scheduling of core work hours, annual and sick leave.
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
We will review your resume and supporting documents to ensure you meet the basic qualification requirements. We will evaluate each applicant who meets the basic qualifications on the information provided and evaluate your relevant professional, educational, and work experiences as it relates to fundamental competencies, identified in the Qualifications section above, required for this position.
Cover letter, resume and two recent writing samples that were not substantially edited by another individual.
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.
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