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This position is located in the U.S. Consulate Guangzhou, China. The incumbent will serve as an Intellectual Property Attorney-Advisor (IP Attaché) for the International Trade Administration/Global Markets (ITA/GM) and the United States Patent and Trademark Office. This position reports to the Senior Commercial Officer and the USPTO IP Attaché Program Director, who directs the incumbent, reviews the incumbent's performance and ensures consistency with agency and administration priorities.
Learn more about this agency03/10/2023 to 04/03/2023
$142,972 - $183,500 per year
FP 1
1 vacancy in the following location:
No
No
Occasional travel - Frequency of travel will vary.
No
Term - Two years
Full-time -
Excepted
1 - None
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Yes
ITA-FS-DE-23-11862983
711945800
The Attorney-Advisor provides authoritative advice and guidance to post senior and executive staff, U.S. Consulate executives, other government agencies, international organizations, U.S. businesses, and foreign governments regarding complex legal issues, opinions specifically related to intellectual property rights, U.S. law, and the intellectual property infrastructure in the host country. As the Attorney-Advisor, the incumbent serves as advisor to U.S. Embassy staff, other DOC agencies, Foreign Service Commercial staff at posts, other U.S. government agencies, and U.S. companies; interpreting U.S. and host country laws, calling their attention to host country actions that may affect U.S. intellectual property policy and business concerns.
Typical duties performed include but are not limited to:
Applicants must meet all qualification and eligibility requirements by the closing date of this announcement. Please see "Additional Information" for requirements and Conditions of Employment. Any required investigations and clearances must be completed before the selectee can be placed in the position.
To qualify for the FP-0905-01, (GS-15 equivalency), applicants must have a minimum of six (6) years of general law experience and one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to that of a GS-14 in the Federal Service. Your resume will be evaluated based on evidence of your ability to clearly demonstrate the required professional law experience, specialized experience and knowledge, skills and abilities (KSAs).
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSAs):
Professional Legal/Law Experience for all attorneys: Professional legal/law experience is experience that has equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities (KSAs) and/or competencies to perform successfully the duties of the position to be filled. This experience is characterized by breadth and depth of experience in rendering professional legal advice and services with respect to questions, regulations, practices, or other matters falling within the purview of a Federal government agency, private sector, law firm, or other organization; preparing interpretative and administrative orders, rules, or regulations to give effect to the provisions of governing statutes or other requirements of law; drafting, negotiating, or examining contracts or other legal documents; drafting, preparing formal comments, or making substantive recommendations regarding proposed legislation; editing and preparing for publication statutes enacted by Congress and opinions or decisions of a court, commission, or board; drafting and reviewing decisions for consideration and adoption by an organization or official; conducting investigations to obtain facts; determining questions of law; studying, analyzing and evaluating legal precedents, to present findings. Legal work is described as extremely complex and difficult and requires a high order of original and creative legal endeavor in balancing conflicting interests; has broad or wide-scope impact on an economy, industry, private or public interests; and may involve directly or indirectly very large sums of money. Work may also involve acting as principal attorney in charge of the preparation and presentation of cases; recommending policies and developing procedures and regulations to implement new or amended legislation; and acting as legal, general or senior counsel to a major firm or organization.
Specialized experience is defined as experience that has equipped you with the knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position.
Specialized Experience is defined as:
Applicants must meet the following criteria before the closing date of this announcement.
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
You will be evaluated for this job based on a comparison of the position requirements against the quality and extent of the experience and/or related education as reflected in your resume and supporting documentation. You are encouraged to ensure work experiences clearly show possession of the specialized experience required for this position. We will compare your resume and supporting documentation to your responses on the assessment questionnaire.
A complete resume in your online application is required for consideration. (To create a Federal resume, please see the "How to Apply" section of this announcement.) We encourage you to review the resume that you submit and update it to accurately reflect your current experience, providing specifics that will help us verify the responses provided to the vacancy questions. If, after reviewing your resume and any supporting documentation, a determination is made that you have rated yourself higher than is supported by your application materials, your category placement may be adjusted and/or you may be excluded from consideration for this job.
Only the best qualified candidates will be referred to the selecting official for further consideration. You will not be considered for the position if any part of the application is incomplete. You must provide the required user information (including your resume in the Commerce on-line automated system), as well as responses to the questions specific to the vacancy in order to receive consideration. Your resume must support your answers to the questions in the vacancy announcement.
Candidates will be rated and ranked using Category Grouping procedures. Under Category Grouping, candidates will be rated and ranked into one of three categories:
Gold (Best Qualified): Applicants possessing experience that substantially exceeds the minimum qualifications of the position and demonstrate high proficiency in all of the critical competencies as determined by the job analysis.
Silver (Well Qualified): Applicants possessing experience that exceeds the minimum qualifications of the position and demonstrates acceptable proficiency in all of the critical competencies as determined by the job analysis.
Bronze (Qualified): Applicants possessing experience that meets the minimum qualifications of the position and demonstrate basic proficiency in most of the critical competencies as determined by the job analysis.
To preview questions, please click the following link: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/11862983
Required Documents In addition to a resume and the assessment questions, you must submit copies of the following documents:
RESUME - showing relevant experience.
Your resume MUST include the following information. Failure to do so may disqualify you from consideration for the position for which you are applying.
a. Full name, mailing address (including zip code), and day and evening telephone numbers.
b. Citizenship
c. If you are a male born after 12/31/59, acknowledgement that you are registered for Selective Service .
d. Work experience including the dates (mm/yy) of each employment along with the number of hours worked per week. Include paid and Non-paid job-related work experience. For each job listed you are to provide:
Applicants applying under this announcement are required to complete and submit an on-line application through the Office of Personnel Management's (OPM) application system, USAJOBS at website http://www.usajobs.gov/. The information you provide and your resume will become part of your application and will automatically be transferred to the Department of Commerce's application system when you apply on-line. Information you provide is general information that must be completed by all applicants.
There are several parts of the application process that will affect your overall evaluation:
(i). Your on-line resume,
(ii). Your responses to the vacancy questions,
(iii). Your supporting documentation.
Your complete application, including required documents, must be received on-line by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on the closing date of this announcement. If you encounter technical difficulties during the application process please call 1-866-656-6831 Monday through Friday, 7:00AM to 7:00PM ET (excluding Federal holidays).
You will receive notice that your application has been received. You can check the status of your application by accessing the USAJOBS website at http://www.usajobs.gov/. - Click on the MY USAJOBS, which brings you to the login screen. - Login to your account. - You can check your status by either clicking on Track your online job Applications or on the APPLICATIONS tab.
Other than the system status, we will not provide any additional information about why an applicant did not make the referral list.
Note: USAJOBS accounts are deactivated after 18 months of inactivity. If your account has been deactivated, you should create an entirely new resume. It is to your advantage to update your resume at least twice a year to maintain your marketability and to avoid deactivation.
The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.
This job originated on www.usajobs.gov. For the full announcement and to apply, visit www.usajobs.gov/job/711945800. Only resumes submitted according to the instructions on the job announcement listed at www.usajobs.gov will be considered.
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The International Trade Administration is the largest Federal agency helping U.S. firms compete in the global economy. The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) advises the president of the United States, Secretary of Commerce, and U.S. government agencies on intellectual property (IP) policy, protection, and enforcement. You can help us create opportunities for U.S. workers and firms by promoting international trade and intellectual property protection and enforcement. Join us in opening foreign markets to ensure compliance with trade laws and agreements. Join a winning team helping U.S. commercial interests and competitiveness of American industry at home and abroad. Initial tour of duty is two years. Extension(s) up to a maximum of 5 years is possible; however, extensions are not guaranteed, and no promise of an extension is implied.
