Attorney Advisor; General Job Quantico area,Virginia USA,Law/Legal

Position: ATTORNEY ADVISOR (GENERAL)

The primary purpose of this position is to provide general law legal support to the Air Force Office of Special Investigations' (AFOSI's) Judge Advocate Directorate's General Law Division and to serve as a senior legal counsel to AFOSI on any and all issues relating to federal labor and employment law; the Freedom of Information Act, the Privacy Act, agency information release, administrative law;

fiscal and federal appropriations law; ethics; and all other areas of general and civil law.

GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

You MUST have successfully completed a full course of study in a school of law accredited by the American Bar Association (ABA) and have the first professional law degree (LLB or JD).
In addition, at the time of application,
you must provide proof, dated within four months of application, of "active" status with a bar of the highest court of a State, U.S. commonwealth, U.S. territory, or the District of Columbia. Online information is allowed as long as it shows that you are in "active" status.

Specialized Experience

In addition to the basic requirement: you must have professional legal experience in excess of three (3) years that commensurate with the position's duties and responsibilities.

KNOWLEDGE,

SKILLS AND ABILITIES

(KSAs)

Mastery of the professional field of federal labor and employment law, including the ability to analyze legal precedent; to conform policy and practice to the confines of the law and/or regulations; and to represent the Commander of AFOSI and the Secretary of the Air Force in proceedings before the MSPB, EEOC, OSC, and other fora. Must be able to apply this knowledge and develop strategies for unique and complex factual predicates in novel and time-sensitive situations, as required by the command's unique law enforcement and counterintelligence mission.

Extensive knowledge of DoD, Air Force, and AFOSI structures and operation procedures and the ability to work independently to identify issues relevant to AFOSI's multiple mission areas.

Mastery of techniques and knowledge of various laws necessary to independently identify and analyze both issues of fact and issues of law with relation to labor law, employment law, administrative law, fiscal law, contract law, and ethics. Ability to independently prepare and present, both orally and in writing, relevant information required to process requests and to provide comprehensive legal opinions on issues related to labor and employment law;

administrative law; fiscal and federal appropriations law; ethics; and AFOSI's full spectrum investigative and counterintelligence mission.

Mastery of the principles, concepts, and methods of legal research of various sources, such as statutes, executive orders, manuals, directives, issuances, computerized reference sources (i.e., Lexis and/or Westlaw), court decisions, administrative decisions, precedent case law, and commercial legal publications, sufficient to perform in-depth legal research into the legislative history, precedent case law, decisions, and opinions which bear on particular legal issues.

Ability to independently write clear and comprehensive legal reviews, legal briefs, memoranda, instructional material, and other documents relevant to all aspects of the AFOSI mission and appropriate for specified levels of command, from highest to lowest, and to present high-quality briefings, lectures, and speeches to high-level audiences on short notice.

Mastery of advocacy and litigation. Must be thoroughly familiar with procedural and evidentiary rules governing ADR, administrative, judicial, and quasi-judicial proceedings. Must have the ability to effectively present evidence and legal arguments in any forum on short notice. Ability to develop, train, and lead a focused intra- and inter-divisional team to address various legal issues and their application to AFOSI's national security and criminal investigations mission.

Extensive knowledge of various titles of law necessary to independently identify and analyze both issues of fact and issues of law with relation to counterintelligence law, intelligence law, cyber law, military justice, electronic surveillance, intercepts, Freedom of…


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