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This position is located in the Office of the Deputy General Counsel (Personnel and Health Policy), Office of the General Counsel, Department of War, and the Office of the Executive Director, Office of the Under Secretary of War for Personnel and Readiness, with duty in the Office of Legal Policy (OLP). OLP seeks an experienced, knowledgeable, and innovative attorney to draft Department-wide policies, federal regulations, and legislative proposals as well as review and provide legal advice on a wide variety of personnel policy matters such as legal assistance, military whistleblower protection, military prisons, correction of military records, and the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act.

Duties:
The position involves providing prudential, legal, and policy advice and services relating to a broad range of matters impacting the Department of War, Military Service members, and military families. Areas of practice may include:

• Administration of Military Correctional Programs and Facilities; Sentence Computation, and Clemency and Parole Authority; Desertion and AWOL; Service member jury participation; Office of the Secretary of War and Military Department Review Boards; Extremist and Criminal Gang Activities; Victim and Witness Assistance; the Military Whistleblower Protection Act; Military Indebtedness, the Military Lending Act, and the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act; Legal Assistance; Political Activities; Protest Activities; Negotiation or Collective Bargaining involving Service members; Wearing of the Uniform; and other special projects, as assigned.

The position also involves a variety of associated duties such as responding to Congressional and media requests for information; implementing statutory requirements; drafting written reports and analysis; proposing and developing Department-wide initiatives; interacting with senior civilian and military leaders and policy makers; briefing Members of Congress and their staffs; and providing written and in-person advice to senior Department leadership. The position requires timely, appropriate, and high-quality work product concerning sensitive and complex issues of national significance.

Requirements
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Conditions of employment

• U.S. Citizenship is required.
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service (see https://www.sss.gov/Home/Registration).
• Must participate in the direct deposit pay program.
• May be required to successfully complete a probationary/trial period.
• Must be determined suitable for federal employment.
• This position is subject to pre-employment and random drug testing.
• The incumbent must be able to obtain and maintain a Top Secret security clearance. A Special Background Investigation (SBI) is required with favorable adjudication by a determining authority.
• The incumbent may be required to work other than normal duty hours, which may include evenings, weekends, and/or holidays and/or overtime.
• This position may require up to 10% occasional travel away from your normal duty station for official business on military or commercial aircraft.
• Relocation incentive may be authorized in accordance with regulatory requirements.
• Recruitment Incentive may be authorized in accordance with regulatory requirements.
• Superior Qualifications may be authorized in accordance with regulatory requirements.
• Advanced Leave Accrual may be authorized in accordance with regulatory requirements.
• Must be determined suitable for federal employment.
• Submit resume and all other required documents via email by Wednesday, February 4, 2026.

Qualifications

Applicants must possess at least five years of relevant legal experience. Relevant legal experience is experience that has equipped the applicant with the particular competencies/knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position.

The ideal candidate would have Department of War experience and fluency in drafting agency policy or federal rules; however, each candidate will be evaluated based upon all relevant experience.

Education

Law Degree and Bar Membership. You must have graduated from a law school that is accredited by the American Bar Association; 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; and must be admitted to practice before a state or federal court; of good character, and in full compliance with continuing legal education requirements of an appropriate bar.

Additional information

Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.