Clarification from the agency

This announcement is open to: All U.S. citizens

The Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency Office of General Counsel is recruiting for two positions serving in the Personnel Law, and Administrative Law, divisions. As Assistant General Counsel, you will have the opportunity to advise and defend the nation's largest counterintelligence and security agency in the federal government, responsible for providing Personnel Vetting, Critical Technology Protection, Counterintelligence, Training, Education and Certification. You will provide legal support to DCSA leadership, management, supervisors, and staff on difficult issues involving all aspects of employment law. As personnel law attorney, you will represent or assist in the representation of DCSA before third parties including the Merit Systems Protection Board, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, federal district courts, or other legal fora. As a government information law attorney, you will be advising on the application of the FOIA, Privacy Act, and other authorities to agency operations, which include collection of sensitive personal information in connection with the agency's personnel security missions. You will have opportunities to grow and develop new legal skills, knowledge, and abilities, and tackle new and emerging issues facing DCSA.

Conditions of employment

• Must be a US citizen
• Selective Service Requirement: Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service. For more information http://www.sss.gov
• Resume and supporting documents received by 11:59PM EST will be considered
• This is a Drug Testing designated position
• Position is a (DCIPS) position in the Excepted Service under U.S.C. 1601
• Work Schedule: Full Time
• Overtime: Occasionally
• Tour of Duty: Flexible
• PCS (Permanent Change of Station): Not Authorized
• Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA): Exempt
• Financial Disclosure: Required
• Telework Eligibility: This position is telework eligible, but is not a full time telework position. The incumbent will be required to report to the office on a routine basis.
• COVID19: See additional information.
• If selected, the incumbent must obtain and maintain appropriate security clearance as indicated in job announcement.
• Incumbent must 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.
• This position is designated Critical-Sensitive, and the employee must be eligible for a Top Secret personnel security clearance.

Qualifications

In accordance with DoDI 1442.2, to be qualified, you must meet the following requirements:
(1) Possess a first professional law degree (LL.B. or J.D.)

• Law school transcripts MUST be provided. Failure to provide transcripts with your application will result in you being rated ineligible for this position.

(2) Be an active a member of the bar of the highest court of a State, U.S. commonwealth, U.S. territory, or the District of Columbia.

• Failure to submit proof of current bar membership with your application will result in you being rated ineligible for this position.

(3) One of the following qualifications:

1. a). One year of professional legal experience.
2. b). The second professional law degree (master of Laws (LL.M.) provided it required one full academic year of graduate study.
3. c0. Superior law student work or activities as demonstrated by one of the following:
   1. Significant summer law office clerk experience; other evidence of clearly superior accomplishment or achievement.
   2. Full-time or continuous participation in a legal aid program as opposed to one-time, intermittent, or casual participation;
   3. Special high-level honors for academic excellence in law school (e.g., membership in the Order of the Colf, winning of a moot court competition, or membership on the moot court team that represents the attorney's law school in competition with other law schools).
   4. Work or achievement of significance on one of the attorney's law school's official law reviews or journals.
   5. Academic standing in the upper third of the attorney's law school graduating class.

The legal experience described in your application package or resume will be evaluated and screened for competencies required to perform the duties of the position as described in the Major Duties section of this announcement. The QUALITY of experience will be evaluated and screened to determine how closely or to what extent your experience, education, and training are relevant to the duties and responsibilities of the announced position. Your application package or resume must demonstrate you have the competencies and quality of experience necessary to successfully perform the work of the position at the appropriate grade level. Applicant must have directly applicable experience that demonstrates the possession of the knowledge, skills, abilities and competencies necessary for immediate success in the position. Qualifying experience may have been acquired in any public or private sector job, but will clearly demonstrate past experience in the application of the particular competencies/knowledge, skills and abilities necessary to successfully perform the duties of the position.

Applicant must have directly applicable experience that demonstrates the possession of the knowledge, skills, abilities and competencies necessary for immediate success in the position. Qualifying experience may have been acquired in any public or private sector job, but will clearly demonstrate past experience in the application of the particular competencies/knowledge, skills and abilities necessary to successfully perform the duties of the position.

You must have specialized experience sufficient to demonstrate that you have acquired all the competencies necessary to perform at a level equivalent in difficulty, responsibility, and complexity to the next lower grade GS/GG-09 in the Federal service and are prepared to take on greater responsibility.

How you will be evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

Read the job opportunity carefully to make sure you have included all required contact information.
Include dates, hours, level of experience and examples for each work experience
For each work experience you list, make sure you include:

• Start and end dates (including the month and year).
• The number of hours you worked per week.
• The level and amount of experience-for instance, whether you served as a project manager or a team member helps to illustrate your level of experience.
• Examples of relevant experiences and accomplishments that prove you can perform the tasks at the level required for the job as stated in the job announcement. Your experience needs to address every required qualification.

If your resume does not clearly outline details for each position as noted, you may be deemed "not referred" for this position.

Once the application process is complete, your resume and supporting documentation will be used to determine whether you meet the job qualifications listed on this announcement. If you are minimally qualified for this job, your resume and supporting documentation will be compared to your responses on the Occupational Questionnaire. If you rate yourself higher than is supported by your application materials, your responses may be adjusted and/or you may be excluded from consideration for this job If you are found to be among the top candidates, you will be referred to the selecting official for employment consideration.