As the Chief of the Special Litigation Section, the successful candidate:
Provides overall executive oversight and general management of the Section's resources to achieve its mission.
Provides a full range of technical and administrative supervisory duties and responsibilities, directly and through subordinate supervisors, to direct the Section's workforce;
Ensures that the Section functions efficiently and effectively in its enforcing of statutory provisions including, but not limited to the rights of people in prisons, juvenile detention facilities, and healthcare facilities for persons with disabilities, the rights of individuals with disabilities; the rights of people who interact with state or local police or sheriff's departments; the rights of youth involved in the juvenile justice system; the rights of people to safe access to reproductive health care clinics; and the rights of people to practice their religion while confined to state and local institutions;
Ensures the appropriate allocation of staff resources and oversight of personnel to develop and implement the Section's enforcement strategies;
Initiates, directs, and reviews investigations and civil litigation, intervenes in litigation and appears as amicus curiae in litigation against state and local governments and others to protect and secure persons from patterns, practices and policies that violate constitutional and statutory rights; and
Initiates civil litigation against state and local governments, intervenes in litigation and appears as amicus curiae in litigation against state and local governments and others responsible for the enforcement of constitutional and statutory protections of the rights of juveniles and persons with intellectual, physical, and mental health disabilities, and other unique civil rights issues.
Oversees the development, recommendation, and execution of civil rights policy initiatives that fall within the purview of the Section.
Consults and advises the Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division and other Department of Justice (DOJ) officials regarding issues in criminal justice policy and litigation, and the rights of people with disabilities.
Leads, facilitates, and supports collaboration with DOJ components, advocacy groups, and the public on the Section's strategic initiatives.
You must be a U.S. Citizen to qualify for this position.
You must provide responses to the Mandatory Technical Qualifications (MTQs) and Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs) in the format specified in the “Qualifications” Section of this announcement.
You must complete a background investigation, to include pre-employment drug testing. Continued employment is contingent upon successful completion and adjudication of your background investigation and award of a Top-Secret security clearance.
You must have a Juris Doctorate degree from a law school accredited by the American Bar Association and be an active member in good standing of the bar of a state or territory of the US, the District of Columbia or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
Applicants must meet all qualifications and eligibility requirements by the closing date of the announcement.
Applicants seeking initial career appointment to the Senior Executive Service are subject to a one-year probationary period.
Veterans' preference is not applicable to the Senior Executive Service.
Selective Service - If you are a male applicant born after December 31, 1959, you must certify that you have registered with the Selective Service System, or are exempt from having to do so under the Selective Service Law.
A Public Financial Disclosure report (OGE-278) will be required upon entry into the SES and annually thereafter.
Qualifications
***READ THIS JOB OPPORTUNITY ANNOUNCEMENT CAREFULLY AND IN ITS ENTIRETY. It contains detailed information regarding the necessary format and content of documents required to ensure you are appropriately considered for the position.***
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is required by law to review the executive qualifications of each new career appointee to the Senior Executive Service (SES) prior to appointment.
To be considered for this position, you must submit a written statement addressing each of the five (5) Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs) and three (3) Mandatory Technical Qualifications (MTQs) listed below.Written statements that include any form of "see resume" in an effort to satisfy the MTQ or ECQ requirement will result in removal from consideration for the position. Further,failure to address both the ECQs (as applicable) and MTQs separately as set forth below will also remove you from consideration for this position.
If you are a current Senior Executive Service (SES) career appointee, a former SES member having reinstatement eligibility, or an OPM-certified graduate of an approved SES Candidate Development Program you are not required to submit the ECQ narratives; however, you must submit the appropriate SF50 (showing SES status) or an OPM Qualifications Review Board certificate.
The ECQ narrative must have one-inch margins on all sides, using Times New Roman, 12 font, and is limited to no more than two pages per ECQ (the page limit includes any headers; therefore, it is recommended to use the Header/Footer section (in Word) for name, page number, ECQ title, etc.). If any ECQ(s) exceed the two-page limit, you WILL NOT receive consideration for this position. It is recommended you save files in Adobe Acrobat and upload pdf files to ensure Word files are not altered during the upload process.You must address how you have demonstrated progressively responsible leadership experience that is indicative of senior executive level managerial capability and directly related to the skills and abilities outlined in this job announcement. Qualified candidates typically gain experience of this nature at or above the GS-15 grade level in the Federal service or its equivalent with state or local government, the private sector, or nongovernmental organizations. For examples and guidance on writing effective ECQ narrative statements that comply with the requirements above, you are strongly encouraged to review the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Guide to Senior Executive Service Qualifications. You must use the Challenge - Context - Action - Result (CCAR) model when describing your accomplishments.
You must also submit a separate narrative statement that addresses each of the Mandatory Technical Qualifications (MTQs) specifically described in this job announcement. To ensure fairness and equality for all applicants, responses are limited to no more than one page for each MTQ. The page limit includes Name, any headers, spelling out the MTQ, etc. It is recommended you upload pdf files to ensure formatting is not changed during the upload process. MTQs must be written using Times New Roman, 12 font, with one-inch margins on all sides. If the MTQs do not comply with these instructions, you WILL NOT receive consideration for this position.
Mandatory Technical Qualifications: MTQ 1 - Demonstrated experience supervising the enforcement of federal civil rights statutes and regulations, including seeking or enforcing systemic relief, covering one or more of the following areas: 1) conditions at state or locally operated residential facilities; 2) the conduct of law enforcement officers; or 3) the rights of individuals with disabilities to receive services in their communities, rather than institutions. MTQ 2 - Demonstrated experience managing a complex organization, a diverse workforce (including lawyers, non-lawyer professionals, and support staff), and challenging organizational issues while enforcing the law. MTQ 3 - Demonstrated experience communicating effectively on complex legal and technical issues through oral and written communication, including the ability to advocate successfully with diverse stakeholders, external partners and individuals or groups having differing and often conflicting interests, on matters related to the successful execution of a large-scale organization's mission, programs and projects.
Executive Core Qualifications:
Leading Change: This core qualification involves the ability to bring about strategic change, both within and outside the organization, to meet organizational goals. Inherent to this ECQ is the ability to establish an organizational vision and to implement it in a continuously changing environment.
Leadership Competencies for ECQ-1: creativity and innovation, external awareness, flexibility, resilience, strategic thinking, vision.
Leading People: This core qualification involves the ability to lead people toward meeting the organization's vision, mission, and goals. Inherent to this ECQ is the ability to provide an inclusive workplace that fosters the development of others, facilitates cooperation and teamwork, and supports constructive resolution of conflicts.
Leadership Competencies for ECQ-2: conflict management, leveraging diversity, developing others, team building.
Results Driven: This core qualification involves the ability to meet organizational goals and customer expectations. Inherent to this ECQ is the ability to make decisions that produce high-quality results by applying technical knowledge, analyzing problems, and calculating risks.
Leadership Competencies for ECQ-3: accountability, customer service, decisiveness, entrepreneurship, problem solving, technical credibility.
Business Acumen: This core qualification involves the ability to manage human, financial, and information resources strategically.
Leadership Competencies for ECQ-4: financial management, human capital management, technology management.
Building Coalitions: This core qualification involves the ability to build coalitions internally and with other federal agencies, state and local governments, nonprofit and private sector organizations, foreign governments, or international organizations to achieve common goals.
Leadership Competencies for ECQ-5: partnering, political savvy, influencing/negotiating.
Education
Applicants must possess a J.D. degree from a law school accredited by the American Bar Association and be a member in good standing of a state, territory of the United States, District of Columbia, or Commonwealth of Puerto Rico bar. (Include in your resume the month and year in which you obtained your degree and the name of the College or University from which it was conferred/awarded.)
Additional information
****The closing date of this job opportunity announcement is being extended from August 28, 2024, to September 4, 2024.****
Only experience obtained by the closing date of this announcement will be considered.
EEO Policy Statement: The Department of Justice does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, gender identity, age, disability (physical or mental), genetic information, status as a parent, sexual orientation, marital status, political affiliation, or any other impermissible factor. The complete DOJ EEO Statement/Policy is found at: https://www.justice.gov/jmd/page/file/1394116/dl?inline
Reasonable Accommodation
Applicants requiring reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process should contact the hiring agency directly. Determinations on requests for reasonable accommodation will be made on a case-by-case basis.
DOJ offers a comprehensive benefits package. Please see the "Benefits" area below for details.
Legal and Regulatory Guidance
Social Security Number - Your Social Security Number is requested under the authority of Executive Order 9397 to uniquely identify your records from those of other applicants who may have the same name. As allowed by law or Presidential directive, your Social Security Number is used to seek information about you from employers, schools, banks, and others who may know you. Failure to provide your Social Security Number on your application materials will result in your application not being processed.
Privacy Act - Privacy Act Notice (PL 93-579): The information requested here is used to determine qualifications for employment and is authorized under Title 5 U.S.C. 3302 and 3361.
Signature - Before you are hired, you will be required to sign and certify the accuracy of the information in your application.
False Statements - If you make a false statement in any part of your application, you may not be hired; you may be fired after you begin work; or you may be subject to fine, imprisonment, or other disciplinary action.
Selective Service - If you are a male applicant born after December 31, 1959, you must certify that you have registered with the Selective Service System or are exempt from having to do so under the Selective Service Law.
A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new windowLearn more about federal benefits.
Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.
How you will be evaluated
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
Only experience obtained by the 11:59pm EST on the closing date 09/04/2024 of this announcement will be considered.
After this announcement closes:
An HR Specialist will review your resume, ECQs, MTQs, and supporting (required) documentation.
Applicants found minimally qualified will be referred to an Executive Resources Board (ERB).
The ERB will evaluate applications to determine the best qualified applicants for referral to the hiring official.
The hiring official may contact applicants to participate in an interview. Interviews may be in a virtual setting or in person at DOJ offices.
The hiring official will make a selection, which must be approved by CRT's Assistant Attorney General.
The selected candidate's ECQs and resume will be evaluated by a Quality Review Board (QRB) at the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), as required by law. A QRB must review/approve the executive qualifications of each new career appointee to the Senior Executive Service (SES) prior to appointment.
A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new windowLearn more about federal benefits.
Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.
To be considered for this position, you must provide a complete application package in the format outlined in this job announcement. Applications that do not include all of the required documents or meet format requirements will not be considered.
The ECQ and MTQ statements must be formatted using Times New Roman, font 12, with one (1) inch margins. Do not use borders, provide photos, or list a social security number on any documents. Statements must be uploaded as Adobe (PDF) files.
- A comprehensive resume that also indicates the name of the college or university, and month and year, from which you obtained your J.D.
Your resume must demonstrate the necessary level of management skills, characteristics, qualities, specialized knowledge, and technical competence that would indicate successful performance in the SES. This evidence must include clear and concise examples that emphasize the applicant's level of responsibilities, scope, and complexity of programs managed, program accomplishments, policy initiatives, and level of contacts.
- ECQ narratives (each ECQ must not exceed two pages; not to exceed 10 pages total)
- MTQ narratives (1 page per MTQ)
- Recent SF-50 that shows Official Title, Grade Level, Status
- Certification of OPM QRB approval (for graduates of SES Candidate Development Programs)
- Other supporting documentation as required.
Applicants who fail to submit all information as described in this job announcement (i.e., page limits on ECQs, page limits on MTQs, etc.) and documents (i.e., resume, and other documents as applicable) WILL NOT receive consideration for this position.
It is highly encouraged that applicants submit their most recent performance appraisal.
DO NOT SUBMIT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Extraneous materials not requested in this job announcement will not be considered.
To begin the process, click the Apply Online button to create an account or log in to your existing USAJOBS account.
Failure to submit a complete application (resume and all supporting documents) by 11:59 pm Eastern Standard Time (EST) on 09/04/2024 may result in an ineligible rating and loss of consideration. Please follow all instructions carefully as missing application information will not be requested. It is your responsibility to ensure your responses and appropriate documentation is submitted prior to the closing date.
If more than one resume is received, only the last resume submitted will be reviewed.
Note: To check the status of your application or return to a previous or incomplete application, log into your USAJOBS account: https://secure.login.gov/sign_up/enter_email select Application Status and click on the more information link under the application status for this position.
The Details page will display the status of your application, the documentation received and processed, and any correspondence the agency has sent related to this application. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process.
To return to an incomplete application, log into your USAJOBS account and click Update Application in the vacancy announcement. You must re-select your resume and/or other documents from your USAJOBS account or your application will be incomplete.
Do not email or send hard copy resumes/applications to the Contact Information or Agency Information listed in this vacancy announcement. All resumes/applications received at the addresses listed in the Contact Information or Agency Information will be destroyed and will not be considered for this vacancy announcement.
You are encouraged to apply online. Applying online will allow you to review and track the status of your application. If you are unable to apply online, you must request an alternative method to apply from the Human Resources Office. Please contact Civil Rights Division at Diane.M.Turner@usdoj.gov.
Civil Rights Division
950 Pennsylvania Ave. NW
Washington, DC 20530
US
Next steps
An Executive Resources Board (ERB) will evaluate your application based on your responses to the MTQs and ECQs, as well as the quality and extent to which your application shows that you possess the knowledge, experience and skills required for this position, as defined above. After conducting the initial round of interviews of highly-qualified individuals, the ERB will refer the top applicants to the selecting official for consideration. If selected for this position, you must be certified by an OPM independent Qualifications Review Board (QRB) as a prerequisite for final selection, unless you are a current SES career executive, are eligible for reinstatement based on prior career service in the SES, or have successfully participated in and graduated from an OPM approved SES Candidate Development Program.
The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.
To be considered for this position, you must provide a complete application package in the format outlined in this job announcement. Applications that do not include all of the required documents or meet format requirements will not be considered.
The ECQ and MTQ statements must be formatted using Times New Roman, font 12, with one (1) inch margins. Do not use borders, provide photos, or list a social security number on any documents. Statements must be uploaded as Adobe (PDF) files.
- A comprehensive resume that also indicates the name of the college or university, and month and year, from which you obtained your J.D.
Your resume must demonstrate the necessary level of management skills, characteristics, qualities, specialized knowledge, and technical competence that would indicate successful performance in the SES. This evidence must include clear and concise examples that emphasize the applicant's level of responsibilities, scope, and complexity of programs managed, program accomplishments, policy initiatives, and level of contacts.
- ECQ narratives (each ECQ must not exceed two pages; not to exceed 10 pages total)
- MTQ narratives (1 page per MTQ)
- Recent SF-50 that shows Official Title, Grade Level, Status
- Certification of OPM QRB approval (for graduates of SES Candidate Development Programs)
- Other supporting documentation as required.
Applicants who fail to submit all information as described in this job announcement (i.e., page limits on ECQs, page limits on MTQs, etc.) and documents (i.e., resume, and other documents as applicable) WILL NOT receive consideration for this position.
It is highly encouraged that applicants submit their most recent performance appraisal.
DO NOT SUBMIT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Extraneous materials not requested in this job announcement will not be considered.
To begin the process, click the Apply Online button to create an account or log in to your existing USAJOBS account.
Failure to submit a complete application (resume and all supporting documents) by 11:59 pm Eastern Standard Time (EST) on 09/04/2024 may result in an ineligible rating and loss of consideration. Please follow all instructions carefully as missing application information will not be requested. It is your responsibility to ensure your responses and appropriate documentation is submitted prior to the closing date.
If more than one resume is received, only the last resume submitted will be reviewed.
Note: To check the status of your application or return to a previous or incomplete application, log into your USAJOBS account: https://secure.login.gov/sign_up/enter_email select Application Status and click on the more information link under the application status for this position.
The Details page will display the status of your application, the documentation received and processed, and any correspondence the agency has sent related to this application. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process.
To return to an incomplete application, log into your USAJOBS account and click Update Application in the vacancy announcement. You must re-select your resume and/or other documents from your USAJOBS account or your application will be incomplete.
Do not email or send hard copy resumes/applications to the Contact Information or Agency Information listed in this vacancy announcement. All resumes/applications received at the addresses listed in the Contact Information or Agency Information will be destroyed and will not be considered for this vacancy announcement.
You are encouraged to apply online. Applying online will allow you to review and track the status of your application. If you are unable to apply online, you must request an alternative method to apply from the Human Resources Office. Please contact Civil Rights Division at Diane.M.Turner@usdoj.gov.
Civil Rights Division
950 Pennsylvania Ave. NW
Washington, DC 20530
US
Next steps
An Executive Resources Board (ERB) will evaluate your application based on your responses to the MTQs and ECQs, as well as the quality and extent to which your application shows that you possess the knowledge, experience and skills required for this position, as defined above. After conducting the initial round of interviews of highly-qualified individuals, the ERB will refer the top applicants to the selecting official for consideration. If selected for this position, you must be certified by an OPM independent Qualifications Review Board (QRB) as a prerequisite for final selection, unless you are a current SES career executive, are eligible for reinstatement based on prior career service in the SES, or have successfully participated in and graduated from an OPM approved SES Candidate Development Program.
Fair and transparent
The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.
