Supervisory Attorney-advisor - Washington, United States - US Office of General Counsel

Description

Duties:

As a
Supervisory Attorney-Advisor (Deputy Assistant General Counsel for Ethics and Appeals), you will:

• Supervise and review the work product of attorneys and management analysts, including the review of written work product to ensure procedural and substantive accuracy, and the product is well written, reflects appropriate research, and is legally sufficient.
• Independently advise highlevel agency officials on ethics rules, regulations, and principles. The incumbent in this position is utilized as a resource and technical expert on ethics.
• Provide expert legal advice on Governmentwide and HUD Supplemental standards of ethical conduct regulations, financial disclosure, the HUD Reform Act, the Federal travel regulations, the Federal criminal conflict of interest statutes (18 U.S.C.

, the Hatch Act and permissible political activities.

• Provide ethics briefings and training, including annual ethics training.
• Supervise and review the work product of Ethics and Appeals Division attorneys on Freedom of Information Act Appeals, including providing expert legal advice and guidance on FOIA procedures and FOIA law, including FOIA exemptions.
• Supervise and review the work product of Ethics and Appeals Division staff on Secretarial Appeals including providing expert legal advice and guidance on legal issues raised in the appeals, such as issues regarding fair housing, civil money penalties, and a variety of other issues handled by HUD Administrative Law Judges.
• Provide public and confidential financial disclosure reporting advice and guidance, as well as review financial disclosure reports for technical accuracy and conflicts of interest, ensuring reports are accurate and compliant with Federal ethics regulations and HUD regulations. Engage in supplemental factfinding and promptly mitigate conflicts or problems discovered in public and confidential financial disclosure reports. Certify reports are complete, accurate, and compliant with conflict of interest and other ethics rules.
• Review Notices of Funding Opportunity for ethics issues.

Requirements:


Conditions of Employment:

The official duty station for this position will be in
Washington, District of Columbia. Failure to report to duty at this location may be grounds for a disciplinary action, including removal.

Key Requirements:

• Must be U.S. Citizen or U.S. National.
• A 2year trial period is required. (unless already completed)
• Must successfully complete a background investigation.
• Complete a Declaration for Federal Employment to determine your suitability for Federal employment, at the time requested by the agency
• If you are a male applicant born after December 31, 1959, certify that you have registered with the Selective Service System or are exempt from having to do so.
• Have your salary sent to a financial institution of your choice by Direct Deposit/Electronic Funds Transfer.
• Go through a Personal Identity Verification (PIV) process that requires two forms of identification from the Form I9. Federal law requires verification of the identity and employment eligibility of all new hires in the U.S.
• Obtain and use a Governmentissued charge card for businessrelated travel.
• File a Confidential Financial Disclosure Report within 30 days of appointment and annually from then on.
• This requirement is applicable for GS 15 attorney position(s).

• Public Trust

• Background Investigation will be required.
• Please refer to "Additional Information Section for additional Conditions of Employment."

Qualifications:

You must meet the following requirements by the closing date of this announcement.


Basic Requirements:


Applicants
MUST:
(1) be a graduate of an accredited law school with an LL.B. or J.D.;
(2) be a current member of a bar with a valid license to practice law in a state, territory of the United States, District of Columbia, or Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; and
(3) meet all specialized experience requirements as described in the vacancy announcement.


AND

Specialized Experience:

For
GS-15, you must have one year of specialized experience at the
GS-14 grade level, or equivalent, in the Federal service.

Specialized experience for this position include:

• Experience providing substantive legal reviews of Financial Disclosure reports for compliance with applicable conflict of interest statutes and regulations;
  AND:
• Experience supervising legal staff who provide, oral and written legal opinions/advice on the government ethics rules;
  AND:
• Experience providing effective advice on difficult and novel legal issues, managing a heavy workload and developing and maintaining highly collaborative and productive working relationships with staff, clients, other agencies and stakeholders, and the public.

AND

For the GS-15, you must:

Have a professional law degree (LL.B. or J.D.), plus five (5) years of professional legal experience, at least one of w