Assistant General Counsel - Washington, United States - US Office of the General Counsel

Description

Duties:

• Direction and oversight of all natural resources litigation in connection with matters arising under USDA Forest Service and the Natural Resources Conservation Service programs and activities.
• Preparation of legal advice, memoranda, and opinions concerning USDA conservation programs and environmental law matters.
• Review of regulations, policies, and directives concerning USDA conservation programs.
• Direction and supervision of legal work arising under the National Environmental Policy Act, National Forest Management Act, Endangered Species Act, and other environmental laws affecting USDA programs.
• Supervision of a staff of attorneys and support personnel and coordination nationwide with natural resources attorneys and professionals in other Departments and USDA offices in connection with performance of all such duties.

Requirements:


Conditions of Employment:

• Veterans Preference is not applicable in the Senior Executive Service.
• Initial appointments are required to serve a 1year probationary period.
• Narrative Statements for the ECQs must not exceed 10 pages.
• Background Investigation required.
• Must maintain an active bar license of a state, territory of the United States, District of Columbia, or Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

Qualifications:


YOU MUST UPLOAD YOUR RESPONSES TO THE EXECUTIVE CORE QUALIFICATIONS (ECQs) AND TECHNICAL QUALIFICATIONS (TQs).

As a basic requirement for entry into the SES, applicants must provide evidence of progressively responsible executive leadership and supervisory experience that is indicative of senior executive level management capability and directly related to the skills and abilities outlined under Executive Core Qualifications and Technical Qualifications listed below.

Typically, experience of this nature will have been gained at or above the GS-14/15 grade level in the federal service or its equivalent in the private sector.

As such, your resume should demonstrate that you have the knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully fulfill responsibilities inherent in most SES positions such as:

• Directing the work of an organizational unit;
• Ensuring the success of one or more specific major programs or projects;
• Monitoring progress toward strategic organizational goals, evaluating organizational performance and taking action to improve performance; and
• Supervising the work of employees; and exercising important policymaking, policy determining, or other executive functions

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Leading Change:

This core qualification involves the ability to bring about strategic change, both within and outside the organization, to meet organizational goals.

Inherent to this ECQ is the ability to establish an organizational vision and to implement it in a continuously changing environment.

(Competencies:

creativity and innovation, external awareness, flexibility, resilience, strategic thinking, vision)

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Leading People:
This core qualification involves the ability to lead people toward meeting the organizations vision, mission, and goals.

Inherent to this ECQ is the ability to provide an inclusive workplace that fosters the development of others, facilitates cooperation and teamwork, and supports constructive resolution of conflicts.

(Competencies:

conflict management, leveraging diversity, developing others, team building)- 4.


Business Acumen:
This core qualification involves the ability to manage human, financial, and information resources strategically.

(Competencies:

financial management, human capital management, technology management)

• 5.

Building Coalitions:

This core qualification involves the ability to build coalitions internally and with other Federal agencies, State and local governments, nonprofit and private sector organizations, foreign governments, or international organizations to achieve common goals.

(Competencies:

partnering, political savvy, influencing/negotiating)
Fundamental Competencies: These competencies are the foundation for success in each of the

Executive Core Qualifications:
Interpersonal Skills, Oral Communication, Continual Learning, Written Communication, Integrity/Honesty, Public Service Motivation. The Fundamental Competencies are crosscutting; and should be addressed over the course of each ECQ narratives.

It is not necessary for you to address the Fundamental Competencies directly as long as the narrative, in its totality, shows mastery of these competencies on the whole.

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Applicants are encouraged to follow the Challenge, Context, Action and Result (C-C

• A-R) model outlined in the guide.

Challenge - Describe a specific problem or goal.
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Context

• Describe the individuals and groups you worked with, and/or the environment in which you worked, to address a particular challenge (e.g., clients, coworkers, members of Congress, shrinking budget, low morale).

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Action

• Discuss the specific actions you took to address a challenge.

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Result

• Give specific