ATTORNEY-ADVISER (GENERAL)

Description:

THIS IS A NATIONAL GUARD TITLE 5 EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITION.

This National Guard position is for a ATTORNEY-ADVISER (GENERAL) , Position Description Number PDT0097000 and is part of the WY Joint Forces Headquarters ARNG , Wyoming National Guard.

This position is in the Excepted Service "under the authority of Title V, P.L. 114-328, and Sections 932 and 1084 (FY17 NDAA)".

This is a Title 5 Excepted Service position. Military affiliation is not required .

Requirements:

Referrals of qualified applicants will be issued as follows:

Area 1 : Permanent and indefinite Wyoming Army National Guard (NG) T5 and T32 Dual Status Technicians (DST) employed within the Joint Forces Headquarters.
Area 2 : Permanent and indefinite WYNG Title 5 and T32 DST employed with the Wyoming Air/Army National Guard.
Area 3 : Current Federal employees within the Competitive and Excepted Service, and Competitive Service Reinstatement Eligible employees. Former NG T32 Dual Status employees receiving an Honorable or a General Discharge under Honorable Conditions are eligible for reinstatement provided they have been separated for at least one year before applying for reinstatement and received a rating of record of their most recent permanent position of a least fully successful (or equivalent).
Area 4 : Currently serving and former Active Guard/Reserve (AGR), and M-Day/Drill Status Guard (DSG) members of the National Guard. This provision is intended to boost the candidate pool to reach more qualified candidates and place DSG/M-Day personnel on par with currently serving civilian personnel.

* Veterans' Preference Rules are mandated by law, and some applicants may receive priority consideration before other applicants without veterans' preference.
* Area 7 : U.S. Citizens

Upon acceptance of this position, if selected candidate is a competitive employee, they will convert to Excepted Service and be required to sign a memorandum IAW 5 CFR 302.102. Acceptance of the proposed appointment will take the employee out of the competitive service while s/he occupies the position.

TITLE 5 POSITION INFORMATION:
Type of Appointment: Permanent
Tenure: Group 1 or 2
Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 7:00 am - 4:30 pm
FLSA: Exempt
Telework: The duties of this position require primary physical presence. Situational teleworking may be considered on a case-by-case basis.
Para/Line: 119A / 002
Selecting Official: Ms. Kristin Malone

To qualify, you must meet the experience and/or education requirements described below. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application.

MANDATORY QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS:

• Mandatory to have a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) or Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree in law issued be an American Bar Association accredited law school. (Must provide transcripts with application.)
• Proof applicant is a licensed and member in good standing to practice law in the highest court of a State, U.S. commonwealth, U.S. territory, or the District of Columbia.
• Annual bar certification cards issued from your state of licensure are not considered acceptable. Proof is a "certificate of good standing" issued by your state of licensure dated within 6 months of the closing date of this announcement or a screenshot of your bar status taken from your state of licensure website that is dated within 6 months of the closing date of this announcement or sworn statement to that effect. If there is not a date on the screen shot, you must provide a statement signed by the applicant on the date the screen shot was created. If selected for employment, it may be required to provide a "certificate of good standing" issued by their respective bar showing they are in a good and active status prior to appointment.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE:

• You must possess professional legal experience more than 2 years commensurate with the duties and responsibilities of the position.
• The legal experience described in your application package or resume will be evaluated and screened for competencies required to perform the duties of the position as described in the Major Duties section of this announcement. The QUALITY of experience will be evaluated and screened to determine how closely or to what extent your experience, education, and training are relevant to the duties and responsibilities of the announced position. Your application package or resume must demonstrate you have the competencies and quality of experience necessary to successfully perform the work of the position at the appropriate grade level.
• Preference consideration may be given to applicants who possess current or prior experience serving as a legal adviser and attorney, responsible for assisting in the formulation of legal policy pertaining to prevention of sexual assault, sexual harassment, and domestic abuse, while serving as the special legal advisor to the Adjutant General (TAG), the Office of Staff Judge Advocate (OSJA), Commands Sexual Harassment/Assault Response & Prevention (SHARP) and State Equal Employment Manager (SEEM) programs over applicants without similar experience.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILIITIES (KSAs):

Knowledge of formulating legal policy pertaining to prevention of sexual assault, sexual harassment, and domestic abuse, while serving as the special legal advisor to TAG, the Office of Staff Judge Advocate (OSJA), Commands Sexual Harassment/Assault Response & Prevention (SHARP) and State Equal Employment Manager (SEEM) programs.

Skilled in advising on legal, factual, and other impacting aspects of drafting, interpretation and application of legislation, regulation, tasking orders, decision, opinions or other guiding, or lack thereof, instruments associated with emerging or highly conflicted, sensitive and emotionally charged issues relating to sexual crimes, harassment, domestic violence/abuse, and to the prevention and response of sexual crimes, harassment, and domestic violence/abuse.

Ability to represents the WYNG in all legal matters in Wyoming of original or appellate jurisdictions, to include matters pertaining to sexual crimes, sexual harassment, and domestic violence/abuse.

Skilled at serving as legal counsel for victims of domestic violence on behalf of TAG and SJA. Legal counsel consists of providing information to victims regarding available Wyoming and federal victim compensation and restitution programs, and referral/connection to external legal resources.

TIME-IN-GRADE : Any applicant who within the previous 52 weeks held a General Schedule position under non-temporary appointment must meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement. For a GS-13 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-12 Level. An SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials.

If you are a current non-temporary GS employee applying for a higher grade than the grade you currently hold, provide an SF-50 that shows the required lower grade was held for at least one year. Some SF-50s effective within the last 52 weeks will not demonstrate the required lower grade was held for at least one year (e.g., General Adjustment SF-50 from this year). In many cases, we may need to see two (2) SF-50s to determine time-in-grade and eligibility for promotion. If you are a DoD employee, you may obtain copies of your SF-50(s) from MyBiz ( https://compo.dcpds.cpms.osd.mil/ )

DRIVER'S LICENSE:
You must possess a valid driver's license.

VETTING REQUIREMENTS:
New Title 5 Attorney's will be vetted through National Guard Bureau's General Counsel prior to appointment to the position. The package will include the Position Description, Resume, Transcripts, Licenses, etc.