ATTORNEY-ADVISER (GENERAL)

• Serves as a Senior Labor Counselor in civilian personnel and labor and employment law.
• Provides expert legal advice and prepares decisions or other documents for deciding officials on administrative grievances, disciplinary and removal actions, or other labor and employment issues.
• Provides legal advice on Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) issues and complaints to key management officials.
• Represents the agency in actions before administrative or other tribunals, such as the Merit Systems Protection Board and Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
• Provides legal advice and oversees the preparation of opinions relating to the organization, powers, and functions of the command, to include the authority of a military command.
• Provides legal advice and drafts responses for the Commander and other Army Senior Leaders at the Detroit Arsenal on higher Headquarters/Congressional/Presidential and staff inquiries.
• Serves as an Ethics Counselor providing legal advice and counseling to management and employees.
• Reviews, researches, and provides legal interpretation of a wide range of federal statutes.
• Acts as legal advisor on investigations, prepares investigation appointment documents, and reviews investigations for legal sufficiency.
• Provides assistance with issues and actions involving administrative law matters, environmental law, fiscal law, and ethics.

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• This position requires the incumbent be able to obtain and maintain a determination of eligibility for a Secret security clearance for access for the duration of employment.
• This position may require the incumbent to submit a Public Financial Disclosure Report (OGE Form 278e) or a Confidential Financial Disclosure Report (OGE Form 450) upon entry, and annually thereafter in accordance with DoD Directive 5500-7-R.
• This position requires the incumbent to maintain an active bar membership that permits the representation of the Federal Government in the courts of their jurisdiction to the extent that private practice attorneys are able to for their clients.

Who May Apply: Current and former Federal employees and US Citizens.

Applicants will be evaluated to determine if they meet the minimum qualification requirements and on the extent to which their application shows possession of the following knowledge, skills and abilities (KSAs) associated with the position. KSA's:

• Skill in identifying and researching highly technical and complex legal issues.
• Skill in providing legal, technical, and policy guidance.
• Ability to effectively, professionally, and ethically manage a heavy caseload of clients with complex legal needs.

Qualification Requirements: The following minimum qualification requirements must be met before applicants are eligible for further consideration:

1) Education: Assignments require the first professional law degree (Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) or Juris Doctorate (J.D.)). Applicants for initial appointment into attorney positions must be graduates of law schools accredited by the American Bar Association at the time of the applicant's graduation. The Army General Counsel may make an exception upon a showing that a candidate possesses superior qualifications and that no well-qualified candidates from accredited law schools are available.

2) Bar Membership: Applicants must be active members in good standing (as defined by the pertinent bar) of the bar of a State, territory, the District of Columbia, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

3) Professional Legal Experience

NH-02: Applicants must possess one (1) year of professional legal experience after admission to the bar. The Attorney Qualifying authority may grant an exception to this requirement when an applicant possess special qualifications.

NH-03: Applicants must possess two (2) years of professional legal experience after admission to the bar commensurate with the duties of the position. The Attorney Qualifying Authority may grant an exception to this requirement when an applicant possess special qualifications.

NH-04: Applicants must possess more than three (3) years of professional legal experience after admission to the bar commensurate with the duties of the position.

Candidates selected for advancement will normally have completed at least one year of service that is one grade lower than the position to be filled. The selecting official may request a waiver of the one year requirement in cases where hardship or inequity exists.

NOTICE OF VETERAN'S PREFERENCE: There is no formal rating system for applying veteran's preference to attorney appointments in the excepted service; however, the Department of the Defense considers veterans' preference eligibility a positive factor for attorney hiring. Applicants eligible for veterans' preference must include that information in their cover letter or resume and attach supporting documentation (e.g., DD Form 214, "Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty") to their submissions.

Although the point-preference system is not used, applicants eligible to claim a 10-point preference must submit a Standard Form (SF) 15, "Application for 10-Point Veteran Preference", and supporting documentation required for the specific type of preference claimed. The SF 15 will identify the supporting documentation required along with the list of the types of 10-point preference. The SF 15 is available from the OPM at .



Only degrees from an accredited college or university recognized by the Department of Education are acceptable to meet positive education requirements or to substitute education for experience. For additional information, please go to the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and U.S. Department of Education websites at and .

• To ensure compliance with Army Materiel Command (AMC), we will consider internal candidates to the agency that are qualified by AMC before considering external applicants (all US Citizens).
• Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must complete a Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Registration.
• You will be required to provide proof of U.S. Citizenship.
• This position requires a 2 year trial period during which the agency evaluates your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest. In making this determination, the agency may consider your performance and conduct; agency needs and interests; whether your continued employment supports organizational or Government goals; and whether it promotes the efficiency of the Federal service. Continued employment requires written certification that it advances the public interest.
• Direct Deposit of Pay is required.
• If you have retired from federal service and you are interested in employment as a reemployed annuitant, see the information in the information sheet.
• This is a Professional Services Career Field position.
• Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement.
• This is a DoD Civilian Acquisition Workforce Personnel Demonstration Project (AcqDemo) position in the NH-02/03/04 broadband with an advertised pay range from GS-12/Step 1 to GS-15/Step 10. The pay band NH-02 includes the General Schedule grades equivalent to GS-11/12. The pay band NH-03 includes the General Schedule grades equivalent to GS-12/13. The pay band NH-04 includes the General Schedule grades equivalent to GS-14/15. The position's maximum salary is covered by control points to account for variances in position responsibilities within the broadband. In the NH-04 pay band, this position is a non-supervisory professional/analyst with a control point of GS-14/Step 10. Management will set the selectee's pay for this position within the control point salary range consistent with the qualifications of the selectee and the expected contribution for the position.
• If selected at the NH-02 grade, after one year or more of service, you may be non-competitively promoted to the grade of NH-03, if management determines at that time that you meet the qualifications/professional legal experience requirements set forth in regulations, including Army Regulation (AR) 690-300. If selected at the NH-03 grade, after one year or more of service, you may be non-competitively promoted to the grade of NH-04, if management determines at that time that you meet the qualifications/professional legal experience requirements set forth in regulations, including Army Regulation (AR) 690-300.Promotion to next grade, however, is not automatic. You must meet the minimum qualifications set forth in the regulations before you can be considered for promotion.
• Management has the prerogative to select at the NH-02, NH-03, or NH-04 level.
• 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 for more information.
• Permanent Change of Station (PCS) allowances may be authorized, subject to the provisions of the Joint Travel Regulations and an agency determination that a PCS move is in the Government Interest.