ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING/
EXPERIENCED ATTORNEY, GS-0905-14
OFFICE OF OVERSEAS PROSECUTORIAL DEVELOPMENT,
ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING (OPDAT)
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
CRIMINAL DIVISION
WASHINGTON, D.C.
09-CRM-OPDAT-045
About the Office: A primary mission of the Department of Justice in support of the U.S. national security strategy is combating international terrorism and other forms of transnational crime (e.g., trafficking in persons, organized crime, public corruption, money laundering, narcotics, cyber crime, and intellectual property violations). To accomplish this mission, the Department must have effective partners abroad.
The fundamental interests of the United States are also served by the promotion of democracy and regional stability, and the establishment of rule of law overseas. To attain these goals, the Justice Department must continue to help develop effective foreign law enforcement and justice sector institutions and partnerships.
The Department’s Civilian Response Corps (CRC) contingents provide the U.S. Government with a pool of qualified, trained, and ready-to-deploy civilian justice sector professionals to support overseas reconstruction and stabilization (R&S) operations. Additionally, the Department’s CRC reinforces regular standing staff in Washington in support of the justice sector component of reconstruction and stabilization operations in countries or regions that are at risk of or are in transition from conflict or civil strife. The Office of Overseas Prosecutorial Development, Assistance and Training (OPDAT) seeks an experienced Assistant United States Attorney or Department of Justice Trial Attorney to serve as headquarters Senior Administrator. This position is a full-time term appointment based in Washington, DC.
Responsibilities and Opportunity Offered: The Senior Program Administrator is an integral part of the Opportunities Offered: Department’s Civilian Response Corps management team. The Senior Administrator manages manages policy, concepts and doctrine coordination and assistance, knowledge management and information technology planning and support, the justice sector strategic and implementation planning functions, which are essential in support of the Criminal Division’s responsibilities for this Corps on behalf of the Department of Justice. He/she serves as the legal and judicial skills subject matter staff expert and, in coordination with appropriate authorities within the Department and in the State Department’s Office of the Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization (S/CRS), and interagency partners, represents the Department’s interests in interagency fora. Provides subject matter continuity for legal and judicial matters, by following the engagements of CRC-A experts with appropriate authorities within the Department and with the State Department’s Office of the Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization and interagency partners.
Required Qualifications: Applicants must possess a J.D. degree, be duly licensed and authorized to practice as an attorney under the laws of a State, territory, or the District of Columbia. Applicants must be a current Department trial attorney or Assistant United States Attorney and must have at least four or five years of post J.D. experience to be qualified at the GS-14 level.
Preferred Qualifications: The successful applicant will have 1) management or administrative experience in the legal field, with demonstrated program and financial management experience (this requirement must be clearly described in the applicant’s resume); 2) substantial prosecutorial experience; 3) experience working with at least one USG foreign affairs agency, and: 4) a working knowledge of foreign legal systems.
Travel: Periodic international travel may be required.
Salary Information: Current salary and years of litigation experience will determine the appropriate salary. The possible salary range is GS-14 ($102,830 -$133,543 per annum).
Location: The Senior Administrator will be located in the Washington, DC office.
Relocation Expenses: Relocation expenses are not authorized.
Submission Process and Deadline Date: Interested candidates should, as soon as possible, submit a resume and cover letter (highlighting relevant experience) to:
U.S. Department of Justice
Criminal Division
Office of Overseas Prosecutorial Development, Assistance and Training (OPDAT)
10th and Pennsylvania Aves., NW
Washington, DC 20530
ATTN: Ms. Verna Muckle
Applications may also be faxed or e-mailed. The fax number is (202) 616-8429, and e-mail address is Verna.Muckle@usdoj.gov.
Applications will be accepted until filled.
Internet Sites: This and selected other legal position announcements can be found on the Internet at: http://www.usdoj.gov/oarm/
Department Policies: The U.S. Department of Justice is an Equal Opportunity/Reasonable Accommodation Employer. Except where otherwise provided by law, there will be no discrimination because of color, race, religion, national origin, politics, marital status, disability, age, sex, sexual orientation, status as a parent, membership or non-membership in an employee organization, or on the basis of personal favoritism. The Department of Justice welcomes and encourages applications from persons with physical and mental disabilities. The Department is firmly committed to satisfying its affirmative obligations under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, to ensure that persons with disabilities have every opportunity to be hired and advanced on the basis of merit within the Department of Justice. This agency provides reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities where appropriate. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please notify the agency. Determinations on requests for reasonable accommodation will be made on a case-by-case basis.
It is the policy of the Department to achieve a drug-free workplace and persons selected for employment will be required to pass a drug test which screens for illegal drug use prior to final appointment. Employment is also contingent upon the completion and satisfactory adjudication of a background investigation. Only U.S. citizens are eligible for employment with the Executive Office for Immigration Review and the United States Attorneys’ Offices. Unless otherwise indicated in a particular job advertisement, non-U.S. Citizens may apply for employment with other organizations, but should be advised that appointments of non-U.S. Citizens are extremely rare; such appointments would be possible only if necessary to accomplish the Department's mission and would be subject to strict security requirements. Applicants who hold dual citizenship in the U.S. and another country will be considered on a case-by-case basis. There is no formal rating system for applying veterans’ preference to attorney appointments in the excepted service; however, the Department of Justice considers veterans’ preference eligibility as a positive factor in attorney hiring. Applicants eligible for veterans’ preference must include that information in their cover letter or resume and attach supporting documentation (e.g., the DD 214, Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty and other supporting documentation) to their submissions. Although the “point” system is not used, per se, applicants eligible to claim 10-point preference must submit Standard Form (SF) 15, Application for 10-Point Veteran Preference, and submit the supporting documentation required for the specific type of preference claimed (visit the OPM website, http://www.opm.gov/forms/pdfimage/sf0015.pdf for a copy of SF 15, which lists the types of 10-point preferences and the required supporting document(s). Applicants should note that SF 15 requires supporting documentation associated with service-connected disabilities or receipt of nonservice-connected disability pensions to be dated 1991 or later except in the case of service members submitting official statements or retirement orders from a branch of the Armed Forces showing that his or her retirement was due to a permanent service-connected disability or that he/she was transferred to the permanent disability retired list (the statement or retirement orders must indicate that the disability is 10% or more).
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