Supervisory Attorney-Advisor (General)

Summary

The Office of the General Counsel (OGC) is seeking an experienced attorney to provide authoritative legal counsel in support of the agency's governmentwide functions, oversee regulatory review and coordination, advise senior agency leaders, and supervise a professional legal and regulatory team. If selected, you will lead complex regulatory and administrative law work affecting the Federal civil service.

Duties

The Supervisory Attorney Advisor serves as a senior regulatory attorney, advisor, and first-line supervisor responsible for providing expert legal advice on complex policy, regulatory, and administrative law matters and managing OGC processes that support the development, review, clearance, and implementation of OPM regulations and related regulatory materials. In this role, the incumbent will: Direct a small professional staff performing legal, regulatory, analytical, and process-management work supporting OPM's regulatory activities. Serve as a senior attorney and principal legal advisor on rulemaking matters involving OPM's statutory authorities, civil service programs, and governmentwide personnel-management responsibilities. Provide authoritative legal advice on complex regulatory, administrative law, and policy matters involving the development, interpretation, revision, and implementation of OPM regulations. Review, draft, and prepare substantive rules and regulations, policy statements, interpretive rules, supporting legal analyses, and other regulatory documents to ensure legal sufficiency and compliance with applicable statutes, Executive Orders, and procedural requirements. Analyze complex and novel legal issues involving OPM authorities, the Administrative Procedure Act, Executive Orders, OMB and OIRA requirements, the Paperwork Reduction Act, the Privacy Act, and other authorities affecting Federal rulemaking. Advise OPM program offices on the development, revision, implementation, and defense of regulations and regulatory initiatives. Coordinate OGC legal review of regulatory actions and policy initiatives, working with attorneys, management and program analysts, program offices, and senior officials to identify and resolve legal issues, support clearance, and meet regulatory deadlines. Serve as an OGC point of contact with OPM program offices, OMB, OIRA, the Department of Justice, other Federal agencies, and other stakeholders on regulatory and major policy matters. Develop and implement procedures, tools, templates, tracking methods, and quality-control practices to improve the efficiency, consistency, and legal sufficiency of OPM's regulatory review processes. Advise senior officials on new legislation, Executive Orders, litigation developments, regulatory priorities, legislative proposals, oversight inquiries, and other matters affecting OPM programs or regulatory authorities. Provide legal advice concerning litigation or potential litigation involving OPM policies and regulations and support DOJ or agency litigation counsel through legal analysis, regulatory history, administrative-record support, and subject-matter expertise. Represent OGC in meetings, briefings, working groups, and inter-office committees addressing significant regulatory projects, legal positions, and agency priorities.

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications: A J.D. from a law school accredited by the American Bar Association; Active membership, in good standing, of the Bar of a State, territory of the United States, or the District of Columbia; and At least one full year of experience comparable in difficulty and responsibility to at least the GS-14 level in the Federal service. Preferred Qualifications: In addition to meeting the basic requirement, applicants must demonstrate professional legal experience that equipped them to perform the duties of this position at the GS-15 level. Qualifying experience should demonstrate substantial expertise in several of the following areas: Providing authoritative legal advice on complex regulatory and administrative law matters; Interpreting statutes, regulations, Executive Orders, and other authorities governing agency rulemaking; Drafting, reviewing, or advising on proposed or final regulations, interpretive rules, policy statements, responses to public comments, or related regulatory materials; Applying the Administrative Procedure Act and other procedural requirements applicable to Federal rulemaking; Advising senior agency officials or executives on legally complex or high-impact matters; Coordinating regulatory or legal work involving multiple organizational components or Federal agencies; Developing legal strategies or recommendations in matters involving novel issues, limited precedent, competing interests, significant policy consequences, or compressed deadlines; and Leading, supervising, or providing substantive direction to attorneys or other professional staff You must meet all qualification and eligibility requirements by the closing date of this announcement. 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.

Education

This position has a basic education requirement listed under the Qualifications section of this announcement.