ATTORNEY ADVISOR (GENERAL)

Duties

• You will serve as the primary professional attorney and policy proponent for the rules of professional conduct governing Marine Corps military and civilian lawyers, paralegals, and non-lawyer legal staff.
• You will assess professional responsibility investigations, handle inquiries into alleged misconduct or mismanagement, coordinate appropriate notifications to state licensing authorities, and respond to third-party requests for information.
• You will help manage and implement the Marine Corps ethics program, including the review and maintenance of public and confidential financial disclosure reports, oversight of general officer and spouse travel, and review of gifts to the Marine Corps.
• You will provide frequent ethics counseling on gifts, conflicts of interest, post-government employment restrictions, relations with non-federal entities, outside activities, use of government resources, and attendance at non-federal events.
• You will issue ethic reviews, consultations, and determinations on travel benefits from non-federal sources, gifts, waivers, cash or non-federal awards, conflicts of interest, and suspected ethics or procurement violations.
• You will assist in planning, developing, and delivering required annual ethics training for Headquarters Marine Corps staff principal officials, and support broader ethics training and program oversight efforts across the Marine Corps
• You will research complex ethics regulations, draft briefings and presentations, and analyze pending legislation affecting Marine Corps ethics programs to provide recommendations to JCA leadership.
• You will organize research, coordinate discovery and document production, support depositions, and help draft affidavits and legal documents for senior officials in civil, administrative, and ethics matters.
• You will coordinate with Marine Corps, DoN, DoD, and other federal and professional bar organizations to ensure consistent and current ethics and professional responsibility policies and practices.

Requirements

Conditions of employment

• Must be a US Citizen.
• Must be determined suitable for federal employment.
• Must participate in the direct deposit pay program.
• New employees to the Department of the Navy will be required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit e-verify.gov
• Within the Department of Defense (DoD), the appointment of retired military members within 180 days immediately following retirement date to a civilian position is subject to the provisions of 5 United States Code 3326.
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
• You will be required to obtain and maintain an interim and/or final security clearance prior to entrance on duty. Failure to obtain and maintain the required level of clearance may result in the withdrawal of a job offer or removal.
• You will be required to complete ethics orientation within three months of appointment and submit a Confidential Financial Disclosure Report, OGE-450, within 30 days of appointment.
• This position may require travel from normal duty station to CONUS and OCONUS and may include remote or isolated sites. You must be able to travel on military and commercial aircraft for extended periods of time.

Qualifications

Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-13 grade level in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector.

Specialized experience must demonstrate:

• Providing expert-level legal counsel on Title 10 U.S.C. military personnel law, including officer and enlisted misconduct and administrative separations.
• Evaluating and interpreting complex federal regulations, administrative laws, and government ethics policies.
• Experience managing or leading a legal team in a high-volume environment (e.g., managing hundreds of administrative actions or litigation files annually).
• Drafting and reviewing legislative proposals or high-level policy documents for senior executive or flag-level leadership

Preferred Qualifications (Highly Desired):
The ideal candidate will also possess:

• Experience directly supervising and managing a team of attorneys and legal support staff.
• Experience in federal civil litigation involving military personnel or administrative law.
• Experience developing and conducting legal training for attorneys and other legal professionals.
• Experience working within the Judge Advocate General's Corps of one of the military services.

Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website:

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (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.

Education

The successful applicant must have graduated with a J.D. or LL.M. from a law school accredited by the American Bar Association, 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 be admitted to practice before a state or federal court.

Additional information

This is a public notice flyer to notify interested applicants of anticipated vacancies. Applications will not be accepted through this flyer. Interested applicants must follow the directions in the "How to Apply" section of this flyer to be considered. There may or may not be actual vacancies filled from this flyer. Notice of Result letters will not be sent to applicants who respond to this flyer.

This position is not covered by the Department of the Defense Priority Placement Program.

This position is in the excepted service and does not confer competitive status.

A tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if the selectee fails to meet the pre-employment requirements, including failure to report to any of the scheduled appointments.

Federal annuitant information: The selection of an annuitant is subject to the Department of Defense and Department of the Navy policy on the employment of annuitants. Policy information may be found at: .