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THIS POSITION IS NOT REMOTE AND IS LOCATED AT THE FORT WORTH OFFICE AND IS ONLY ELIGIBLE FOR AD HOC TELEWORK.

As a Supervisory General Attorney at the GS-0905-14, some of your typical work assignments may include:

• Direct and oversee the legal aspects of modification and/or liquidation of COVID-19 EIDL loans.
• Participate in the development of new techniques and concepts in the collection and liquidation of COVID-19 EIDL loans.
• Develop and or implement policies and procedures that improve the operation of the center.
• Assign work designate priorities, and ensure through subordinates that deadlines are met.
• Provide necessary guidance, oversight, and training overall activities of the office and recommend improvements.
• Establish directions for the department and motivate employees.
• Identify organizational strengths and weaknesses and recommend changes that maximize production.

IMPORTANT NOTES:

• This is a Permanent position in the Excepted Service with a fulltime work schedule.
• Mandatory Overtime: This position may be called upon to assist with disaster recovery, which may require extensive overtime and travel.
• By applying for this position with SBA's US Small Business Administration, you can enjoy challenging but satisfying work and join a highly motivated and diverse team that helps families and businesses rebuild their lives after a disaster.
• The CESC Ft. Worth, TX location is conveniently located near the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport and DART/TRE Station. In addition, employees are eligible to apply for transportation subsidy to utilize the local DART/TRE bus/rail transit system.
• Additional selections may be made from this announcement if identical vacancies occur within 180 days from the closing date.
• This is not a bargaining unit position.

Conditions of employment

• U.S. citizenship is required.
• You must be able to obtain and maintain a Government travel credit card.
• Favorable background investigation and credit check are required.
• A one-year supervisory probationary period may be required.
• This is not a bargaining unit position.
• Current and active member in good standing of the bar of a state, territory of the United States, District of Columbia, or Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and eligible to practice law.
• You must meet all qualification requirements by the closing date of this announcement.

Qualifications

APPLICANTS MUST ADDRESS BOTH BASIC AND ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS STATED BELOW TO BE CONSIDERED.

Basic Qualification Requirements:

Applicants must be law school graduates with LL.B. or J.D. degrees AND applicants must be an active member in good standing of a state, territory of the United States, District of Columbia, or Commonwealth of Puerto Rico bar.

Education completed in colleges or universities outside the United States may be used to meet the above requirements. You must provide acceptable documentation that the foreign education is comparable to that received in an accredited educational institution in the United States. For more information on how foreign education is evaluated, click on this link

Additional Qualification Requirements:

Experience:
To receive credit, you must indicate the month and year as well as the average hours worked per week for each employer. Average work hours must be stated on the resume to quantify each period of work experience or that experience will not be credited toward meeting the specialized experience requirement.
You must address the specific specialized experience required for each grade level of this position on your resume or application or you will be rated "Ineligible" for that grade level.

GS-14: Applicant must have at least two (2) years of professional legal experience after admission to the bar, one (1) year of which was at a level of difficulty comparable to the next lower grade or equivalent to the GS13 in the Federal service; OR One (1) year of professional legal experience after receiving a Scientiae Juris Doctor degree (Doctor of Juridical Science degree). In addition, this Specialized Experience must demonstrate ALL the following:

• Leading or supervising a diverse staff of employees to achieve organizational goals and objectives; AND
• Interacting with internal and external customers such as senior managers within and outside an agency/organization; staff in other units; employees of state and local governments; members of the business community; and the general public; AND
• Performing or overseeing quality assurance activities for an organization ensuring compliance with applicable rules, regulations, and guidelines; AND
• Providing legal guidance and/or interpretation of local, state, and federal laws relating to an organization's practices and/or procedures in its daily operations; AND
• Rendering legal opinions on points of law.

Additional information on the qualification requirements is outlined in the OPM Qualifications Standards Handbook of General Schedule Positions. It is available for your review on OPM's Qualifications website:

General Attorney Series 0905 (opm.gov)

(There are no qualification standards published by the Office of Personnel Management as outlined in the OPM Qualifications Standards Handbook of the General Schedule Positions. Federal agencies may determine the appropriate qualification requirements for positions in the GS-905 occupational series.)

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g. Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (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. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

How you will be evaluated

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

To be considered for this position, you must complete all required steps in the process. Applicants must provide narrative statements that address the specialized experience requirements, which will be evaluated by HR reviewer(s).

Overstating your qualifications and/or experience in your application materials or application questionnaire may result in your removal from consideration.