Attorney Advisor

Summary

This position is located in the Office of General Counsel, National Endowment for the Arts (Arts Endowment). The incumbent serves as an Attorney Advisor and a principal subject-matter attorney for federal financial assistance and the legal development and implementation of the Arts Endowment programs. Who May Be Considered: U.S. Citizens View common definitions of terms found in this announcement.

Duties

In this position, you will serve as an Attorney Advisor. Typical work assignments include: Serving as a legal advisor to leadership on grants, cooperative agreements, and other federal financial assistance, including the design, development, implementation, administration and oversight of agency programs. Advising leadership and program officials on whether proposed activities comply with statutory authority and agency appropriations. Interpreting and applying federal frameworks, including the Federal Grant and Cooperative Agreement Act and the OMB Uniform Guidance (2 CFR 200), appropriations provisions and other statutes, regulations, executive orders, government-wide requirements and agency policies governing agency financial assistance. Providing legal review of public-facing materials, including program solicitations, application guidelines, eligibility requirements, and award terms and conditions. Counseling program grants-management, budget, civil rights and other agency personnel-on applicant eligibility, cost allowability, and compliant merit-review panel procedures. Advising on complex or sensitive award administration issues, such as changes in project scope, budget revisions, subawards, recipient noncompliance, suspension, termination, and intellectual property provisions.

Qualifications

Applicants must demonstrate that they meet the Basic Requirements AND Minimum Qualification requirements as noted below. BASIC REQUIREMENTS: You must be a graduate of an accredited law school with an LLB or JD from a law school accredited by the American Bar Association (ABA) a full course of study in a school of law accredited by the American Bar Association (ABA). (Must provide Transcripts) You must be currently in good standing with the Bar of a state, territory of the United States, District of Columbia, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. AND Minimum Qualifications: GS-13: You qualify for the GS-13 grade level (starting salary $121,785.00) if you have at least 1.5 years of professional experience acquired after being admitted to the Bar, one of which was specialized experience at, or equivalent to, the level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent at GS-12 level in Federal service. Examples of such specialized experience include: Providing legal advice concerning grants, cooperative agreements, or other financial-assistance programs; and, Counseling program officials concerning the legal design, development, implementation, administration, or enforcement of such programs. OR GS-14: You qualify for the GS-14 grade level (starting salary $143,913) if you have at least at least 2.5 years of professional experience acquired after being admitted to the Bar, one of which was specialized experience at, or equivalent to, the level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent at GS-13 level in Federal service. Examples of such specialized experience include: Providing legal advice concerning grants, cooperative agreements, or other financial-assistance programs; and Counseling Program officials concerning the legal design, development, implementation, administration, or enforcement of such programs. NOTE: Your resume must explicitly indicate how you meet this requirement, otherwise you will be found ineligible. In order to qualify for this position, your resume must provide sufficient experience and/or education, knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the duties of the specific position for which you are being considered. Your resume is the key means we have for evaluating your skills, knowledge, and abilities as they relate to this position. Therefore, we encourage you to be clear and specific when describing your experience. Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the advertised grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer and part time experience. You must clearly identify the duties and responsibilities in each position held and the dates worked and total number of hours per week. National Service Experience (i.e., volunteer experience): 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). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Current or Former Political Appointees: The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) must authorize employment offers made to current or former political appointees. If you are currently, or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule C, Non-career SES or Presidential Appointee employee in the Executive Branch, you must disclose this information to the Human Resources Office. Qualifications Must Be Met The qualification requirements listed above must be met by the closing date of this announcement.

Education

Education must be from an accredited institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. For additional information, refer to the U.S. Department of Education web site at http://www.ed.gov.Submit a copy of your college transcript (unofficial is acceptable) or you may submit a list with all of your courses, grades, semester, year, and credit for the courses. Foreign Education: Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet Federal qualification requirements if you can show that your foreign education is comparable to education received in accredited educational institutions in the United States. For example, specific courses accepted for college-level credit by an accredited U.S. college or university, or foreign education evaluated by an organization recognized for accreditation by the Department of Education as education equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. college or university. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence with your application. See Recognition of Foreign Qualifications for more information. All materials must be submitted by the closing date of the announcement.