attorney-adviser (general) - Indianapolis, United States - Department Of Defense

Description

Summary

Applications will be accepted from all qualified candidates.

This position is in the excepted service. It is filled by an alternative hiring process and is not in the competitive civil service.

Position is located in: DFAS Office of General Counsel, Military & Civilian Pay Law Directorate, Indianapolis, IN.

Duties

• Serves as an Assistant Counsel within the DFAS Office of General Counsel.
• Drafts comprehensive, clear, and concise written opinions on legal problems involving complex issues with little or no legal precedents and makes recommendations for action.
• Effectively manages multiple work assignments and competing priorities concurrently.
• Demonstrates and maintains strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Works both independently and as a team member in a demanding environment.
• Establishes and maintains collaborative working relationships with inside and outside DFAS.
• Practices law in multiple areas with a primary practice areas of law: military compensation, military retirement pay and survivor benefits, civilian compensation, tax law, Federal non-tax debt collection and fiscal law.
• Demonstrates capability to learning new areas of law or demonstrates existing knowledge and experience in one for more of the primary practice areas.
• Legal Practice may also include, but is not limited to: commercial law, contract law, assisted acquisitions, commercial bankruptcy and debt collection, contract pay, and litigation.
• For vacancies filled at less than the full performance level of the position, duties will be developmental in nature.