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

Description

Duties:

• Shares with the Associate General Counsel, General Counsel and Deputy General Counsels the responsibility of the formulation of overall policies with respect to legal activities, organization, budget and personnel within the area of responsibility.
• Provides legal advice to Departmental senior leadership on all legal issues within the Division's portfolio arising from the development and formulation of broad policies and daytoday program operations.
• Gives administrative and technical advice to subordinate attorneys performing all legal services with respect to the programs of the Rural Development mission area and the Food and Nutrition Service.
• Provides and supervises effective review of regulations and other administrative actions of agencies served by the Division.
• Ensures that pleadings are legally sound, carefully, and persuasively drafted, and timely filed, and that legal presentations at tribunals are carefully prepared and executed.
• Oversees the development of new and novel legal instruments and documents for the operation of programs and for the protection of the Government's interests.
• Prepares and supervises preparation of proposed legislation concerning programs and activities for recommendation to the Congress in accordance with the Secretary's policy and in collaboration with senior leadership.
• Supervises attorneys and support staff that work in the practice areas assigned by the Associate General Counsel.

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)

• 2.

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)
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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