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Supervisory Attorney-Advisor (General)

Department of Defense
Office of Inspector General
Office of Professional Responsibility
This job announcement has closed

Summary

This position is the Director of the Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR), Department of Defense Office of Inspector General (DoD OIG), Alexandria, VA, who leads a team that investigates potential wrongdoing by DoD OIG employees.

Announcement closing date extended from Tuesday, February 11, 2025 to Wednesday, February 12, 2025.

Overview

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Open & closing dates
02/04/2025 to 02/12/2025
Salary
$167,603 to - $195,200 per year
Pay scale & grade
GS 15
Location
1 vacancy in the following location:
Alexandria, VA
1 vacancy
Remote job
No
Telework eligible
Yes—as determined by the agency policy.
Travel Required
25% or less - You may be expected to travel for this position.
Relocation expenses reimbursed
No
Appointment type
Permanent
Work schedule
Full-time
Service
Excepted
Promotion potential
15
Job family (Series)
Supervisory status
Yes
Security clearance
Top Secret
Drug test
Yes
Position sensitivity and risk
Special-Sensitive (SS)/High Risk
Trust determination process
Financial disclosure
Yes
Bargaining unit status
No
Announcement number
IG-25-12676929-OPR-EX
Control number
830346600

Duties

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  • Directs investigations of allegations of DoD OIG employee misconduct in accordance with relevant regulations and policies. Oversees and manages the DoD OIG’s Anti-Harassment Program and ensures compliance with all applicable rules and regulations.
  • Supervises investigators, plans and assigns work, delegates responsibility, and establishes office priorities. Establishes timeframes, milestones, and standards for individuals and the office and monitors compliance.
  • Ensures OPR’s reports and correspondence are clear, concise, logical, accurate, thorough, objective, and professional. Ensures OPR’s investigations are timely, thorough, objective, legally sound, and professionally conducted.
  • Develops and implements policies, processes, and procedures to capture data on investigations and the investigative process and to monitor the quality of investigations. Analyzes the data to identify needs, trends, and ways to continuously improve.
  • Coordinates with internal and external attorneys, as appropriate. Provides timely and relevant updates to the Inspector General (Agency Head) on the status and trends of investigations. Collaborates with DoD OIG senior leaders.

Requirements

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Conditions of employment

  • U.S. Citizenship Required.
  • Males born after 12/31/1959 must be registered for Selective Service
  • This is an Excepted Service position and an applicant receiving such an appointment does not acquire competitive civil service status.
  • Incumbent is required to submit to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment, and is subject to random drug testing for the duration of service with DoD OIG.
  • The incumbent must adhere to the DoD Standards of Conduct.
  • Incumbent is required to obtain and maintain a Top secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI) Security Clearance. Adjust clearance level to reflect position requirements.
  • If you have not previously successfully completed a probationary period with the Federal Government in a similar position (i.e., Supervisory), you will be required to serve a two-year probationary period.
  • Required to submit a financial disclosure form at time of appointment and annually.

Qualifications

Time in Grade:
For entry at the GS-15 level, status applicants must have served 52 weeks as a GS-14 or equivalent or higher grade, in the Federal Service.

Specialized Experience:
Specialized experience is defined as expert knowledge of criminal or administrative investigative procedures and techniques and the ability to lead complex investigations that may cover sensitive issues. Applicants must demonstrate a high degree of analytical ability and skill in oral and written communications to explain complex and sensitive issues and findings. Applicants must have extensive abilities to establish and maintain partnerships across organizational and functional boundaries to deal with controversial issues. Applicants must demonstrate expertise in representing an organization's equities to key stakeholders, often in sensitive or controversial situations. Applicants must demonstrate comprehensive knowledge to set and lead an organization. Applicants must have experience managing human, financial, and information resources.

In addition to the basic qualifications, candidates must have at least five (5) years of specialized legal experience as an attorney in the fields of federal criminal, civil, or administrative law, which demonstrates that candidates can successfully perform the duties of a GS-0905-14/15 Attorney.

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.

Education

There is no substitution of education for experience at this level.

Additional information

  • This position is being announced two ways --- Supervisory Attorney-Adviser (General) GS-0905-15 (IG-25-12676929-OPR-EX) and Supervisory Administrative Investigator GS-1810-15 (IG-25-12677792-OPR-MP).
  • This position is not within the DoD OIG Office of General Counsel (OGC). Legal advice to the IG and OIG leadership, and all legal representation in litigation or mediation, are vested in and reserved for the OGC.
  • If you have not previously completed a probationary period with the Federal government in a similar position, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period.
  • This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies within 90 calendar days of the initial issue date of the referral list.
  • You may be required to serve 1-year supervisory probationary period.
  • Failure to submit a complete application package including any required documentation by the closing date of the announcement or at the time of application for announcements with an extended closing date, may result in an ineligible rating and loss of consideration. To verify that your application is complete, log into your USAJOBS account, select Application Status and More Information. The Details page will display the status of your application. It is the applicant's responsibility to verify that information entered, uploaded, or faxed is received, legible and accurate. HR will not modify answers submitted by an applicant.
  • Telework availability will be based upon the mission requirements and supervisory determination.
  • Incumbent is required to submit to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment and is subject to random drug testing for the duration of service with Department of Defense (DoD) OIG. Organizational entities with the DoD are not required to conduct drug testing for DoD civilian employees moving by transfer or reassignment from one DoD Testing Designated Position (TDP) to another TDP with no break in service within the DoD, unless deemed appropriate on a case-by-case basis by the gaining Component.
  • PCS costs (moving expenses) will not be paid.
  • Recruitment, relocation, or retention incentives will not be authorized by the hiring official.
  • Military retirees seeking to enter civil service in the Department of Defense now require a waiver if they are within 180 days following their official date of retirement (5 United States Code 3326.).
Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP): Does not apply to Excepted Service Announcements.

All applicants are encouraged to apply electronically. If you are unable to apply on-line, you may contact 317-212-4434 for assistance.

How you will be evaluated

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

Once the announcement has closed, your résumé and supporting documentation will be used to determine if you meet the qualifications listed on this announcement. If you are minimally qualified, your résumé and supporting documentation will be compared to your responses on the assessment questionnaire to determine your level of experience. If you rate yourself higher than is supported by your application package, your responses may be adjusted and/or you may be excluded from consideration for this position. If you are found to be among the top qualified candidates, you will be referred to the selecting official for employment consideration.

Your qualifications will be evaluated on the following competencies (knowledge, skills, abilities and other characteristics):


Criminal History Inquiries- If you apply to this position and are selected, we will not ask about your criminal history before you receive a conditional job offer. If you believe you were asked about your criminal history improperly, contact the agency @ dfas.indianapolis-in.zh.mbx.ssc-cc@mail.mil

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