Attorney-Adviser - Washington, United States - Department Of Transportation
Description
Summary
Serves as legal counsel within the Office of the Chief Counsel, Ethics & Compliance Division (AGC-900), providing advice and counsel concerning a variety of ethics and compliance matters.
Duties
Applies basic professional legal knowledge to assignments. Performs progressively more difficult assignments consisting of specific tasks designed for orientation purposes to enhance the attorney's knowledge of FAA's programs, policies, and related legal issues and relieve higher-level attorneys of routine detailed work. Receives direction from a manager or higher-level attorney regarding the use of time and resources. The degree of guidance supplied varies with the attorney's familiarity with assignments and experience. Laws and regulations applicable to assignments are clear and specific. Work is reviewed frequently while in progress and at completion for quality and timeliness. Typical assignments may include:
Provides legal advice to FAA employees and FAA Lines of Business and Staff Offices on ethics matters about FAA conference reviews including industry participation, sponsorship and/or endorsement issues; legal review for industry representatives and special government employees on FAA and DOT sponsored Federal Advisory and Rulemaking Committees; FAA employee outside employment matters and policy; gifts from prohibited sources; widely attended gatherings; employee conflicts of interest; post government employment briefings and advice; recusal advice for FAA employees; researches ethics statutes, regulations and policies; drafts appeal decisions of initial ethics opinions
Reviews and certifies Confidential Financial Disclosures (OGE Forms 450 and 278); assists and advises Confidential Filers.
Provides initial and annual ethics training to FAA employees; prepares and delivers targeted ethics training to FAA managers and employees; participates on DOT intermodal ethics training groups and interagency ethics training groups.
Conducts thorough legal research by appropriately identifying and analyzing relevant legal and factual issues and arguments. Assesses legal strengths and weaknesses of available arguments to provide accurate, complete, and practical legal advice and conclusions. Identifies and learns emerging issues, principles, and practices relevant to the legal practice area.
Produces communications that are well-organized, clear, and persuasive. Provides advice tailored to the client and requirements of the agency. Adjusts communications to meet the audience's expectations and level of understanding.
Demonstrates interpersonal skills needed to develop and maintain strong client relationships. Actively participates with clients to identify and meet client goals and objectives. Seeks consensus with the client as to the timing and scope of work. Proactively identifies and appropriately pursues solutions to effectively represent the agency's interests in responding to high-priority issues. Puts forth effort to meet established proficiency level goals and objectives. Keeps clients informed of developments, including why and when an extension may be necessary.
Develops and demonstrates knowledge and a full understanding of key client business processes, priorities, and objectives relevant to the practice area. Accurately identifies client business objectives and issues when providing legal advice. Provides appropriate alternative solutions as needed to meet client's strategic business objectives. Provides legal risk/reward analysis in support of business decisions.
Demonstrates knowledge and understanding of when and the willingness to go to more senior-level clients based on risk levels. Demonstrates skill in representing the agency. Consistently puts forth effort needed to accomplish tasks and produce work that is timely and of professional quality.
Effectively participates in appropriate training and/or learning activities.
Performs other duties as assigned.