SUPERVISORY GENERAL ATTORNEY

Duties

• Exercise supervisory personnel management responsibilities at least 25% of the time. Plans work to be accomplished by subordinates, sets and adjusts short/long-term priorities, and prepares schedules for completion of work.
• Reviews, interprets, and provides written legal opinions on highly complex civil laws, regulations, directives, instructions, and duties as they relate to problems of compliance by Robins AFB. Serves as legal advisor to the Installation Commander and the 78 Air Base Wing Commander, and assists them in their responsibility of developing and implementing base-wide policies and programs designed in the interest of military and civilians working at the installation.
• Responsible for Standards of Conduct/Ethics Program and serves as Deputy Standards of Conduct Counselor for the base. Advises management officials, commanders, staff and employees regarding ethics issues as applied to their subordinates and themselves.
• Incumbent must ensure that various sections within Civil Law Division (Legal Assistance and Expanded Legal Assistance, and Standards of Conduct Program) are providing professional and experienced representation and services to the respective clients.
• Provides advice and guidance to eligible legal assistance clients regarding personal civil matters, including acting as lead counsel and representing eligible clients under the Expanded Legal Assistance Program (ELAP).

Requirements

Conditions of employment

• U.S. Citizenship is required
• If authorized, PCS will be paid IAW JTR and AF Regulations. If receiving an authorized PCS, you may be subject to completing/signing a CONUS agreement. More information on PCS requirements, may be found at: https://afciviliancareers.com/regulatory/
• Males must be registered for Selective Service, see www.sss.gov.
• Disclosure of Political Appointments
• Relocation costs or other incentives may be available and considered by the organization.
• The position may require travel.
• Selectee is expected to be granted with and/or maintain the appropriate security clearance required for the position.
• Selectee may be required to serve a probationary period or trial period.
• Attorney appointments are subject to serve a one-year probationary period.
• Candidates are not required to have active duty service or veterans' preference to be referred and considered. All qualified candidates who meet the recruitment assessment criteria will be referred to the selecting official.
• Mobility is a condition of employment. The employee must sign an Air Force-wide mobility agreement.
• This is a Centrally Managed position under the Legal Career Field. PCS expenses, if authorized, will be paid IAW JTR and Air Force Regulations.
• Employee may be required to work other than normal duty hours, to include evenings, weekends and/or holidays.
• Incumbent is required to travel on temporary duty to meet with clients and other individuals, and to attend hearings, trials, conferences and seminars.
• Subject to Temporary Duty Assignment (TDY) by military commercial aircraft approximately 10 days per year.
• This position provides legal services in support of the Air Logistics Complex, the 78th Air Base Wing, a significant number of hosted units, and a smaller number of geographically separated organizations.
• The breadth of subject matter covered by "Civil Law" requires and incumbent with a significant level of experience in multiple disciplines.
• Because of the complex and frequently novel nature of this work and its potential impact to national and international security interests, it is essential that the incumbent of this position (con't)
• (con't) be a highly competent and capable supervising attorney with specialized experience in the wide-array of Civil Law Matters.
• This is a Supervisory Position. A 1-year supervisory probationary period is required if applicant selected has not previously met this requirement.

Qualifications

GENERAL REQUIREMENTS:

• You MUST have successfully completed a full course of study in a school of law accredited by the American Bar Association (ABA) and have the first professional law degree (LLB or JD).
• In addition, at the time of application, you must provide proof, dated within four months of application, of "active" status with a bar of the highest court of a State, U.S. commonwealth, U.S. territory, or the District of Columbia. On-line information is allowed as long as it shows that you are in "active" status.

Basic Qualification Requirement: You must meet ALL of the following qualification requirements and provide documentation to support your qualifications (If you are using education to qualify, failure to submit the required documentation will result in you being rated ineligible. See sections on "College Transcripts" and "Foreign Education" below for required documentation.):

Education: Have a first professional law degree (LL.B. or J.D.) that is accredited by the American Bar Association.

Bar Membership: Active membership in good standing in the Bar or highest court of a state, or U.S. territory, U.S. commonwealth or District of Columbia; never been disciplined, sanctioned, or had fitness to practice law challenged by any bar or court or a state or territory of the U.S. or District of Columbia (Failure to provide documentation of bar membership and good standing will result in an ineligible rating.)

Professional Experience: You must have professional experience in excess of three (3) years commensurate with the duties and responsibilities of this position.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES (KSAs): Your qualifications will be evaluated on the basis of your level of knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies in the following areas:

• Knowledge of and ability to interpret laws, regulations, precedents and procedures related to Federal Government Civil Law/General Law matters
• Ability to plan, organize, direct, coordinate, and review the efforts of a small to medium sized organization of general law attorneys and support personnel
• Skill in representing and advocating for the Air Force with Congressional delegates and other personnel at all levels of the Federal, State, and Local Government
• Ability to recognize and appropriately handles issues of precedent-setting nature, sensitivity, or importance to agency goals, national and international security, or high public interest
• Effective oral communications and skill in writing sound and persuasive memoranda, briefs, reports, plans, and pleadings. Ability to direct, coordinate, and review the concentrated efforts of installation and command personnel
• Knowledge of safety and security regulations, practices, and procedures

At the time of application, you must provide proof, dated within four months of application, of "active" status and in good standing with a bar of the highest court of a State, US commonwealth, US territory, or the District of Columbia. On-line information is allowed as long as it shows that you are in "active" status and dated within four months of application.

PART-TIME OR UNPAID EXPERIENCE: Credit will be given for appropriate unpaid and or part-time work. You must clearly identify the duties and responsibilities in each position held and the total number of hours per week.

VOLUNTEER WORK EXPERIENCE: Refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service Programs (i.e., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student and social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge and skills that can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Education

Must be a graduate of a law school accredited by the American Bar Association, and be currently licensed as an attorney, in active (or equivalent) status and in good standing, with the bar of a U.S. state, territory, or commonwealth. The attorney must maintain such bar membership in at least one jurisdiction during the entire course of employment with the Air Force.

Additional information

Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP): For information on how to apply as an ICTAP eligible, go to https://www.opm.gov/rif/employee_guides/career_transition.asp#ictap . To be well-qualified and exercise selection priority for this vacancy, displaced Federal employees must be rated well qualified or above for this position. You must submit a copy of the agency notice, your most recent performance rating, and your most recent SF-50 noting position, grade level, and duty location.

Employed Annuitants (Reemployed Annuitants): Applicants in receipt of an annuity based on civilian employment in the Federal Service are subject to the DoD Policy on The Employment of Annuitants. Click for more information.

Current Federal Civilian employees may apply for temporary and term positions and if selected, a break in service may be required prior to appointment to the position.

Temporary and Term Appointments: If you are selected for a temporary or term position, your appointment may be extended to the maximum period allowed by law without further competition. NOTE: Current federal civilian employees may apply for this position and if selected, a break in service of at least 3 days may be required prior to appointment to this position.

120-Day Register: This announcement may result in a 120-day register that may be used to fill like vacancies for 120 days after the closing date. Applicants may be referred for consideration as vacancies occur.

Direct Deposit: All federal employees are required to have direct deposit.

Incentives: Recruitment and/or retention incentives may or may not be used.

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Tax Law Impact for PCS: On 22-Dec-2017, Public Law 115-97 - the "Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017" suspended qualified moving expense deductions along with the exclusion for employer reimbursements and payments of moving expenses effective 01-Jan-2018 for tax years 2018 through 2025. When you perform a Civilian Permanent Change of Station (PCS) with the government, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) considers the majority of your entitlements to be taxable. Visit GSA Bulletin FTR 20-04 for additional information.