Attorney-Advisor (General)

You will serve as a Attorney-Advisor (General) with the Department of the Interior, Office of the Solicitor, Northeast Region, Twin Cities Regional Office located in Bloomington, MN. In particular, you will provide quality legal research, analysis, advice, and representation to various Department bureaus, including the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, and other officials of the Deparment.

Qualifications

In order to better assess your qualifications for this position, when preparing your cover letter please address your experience in or familiarity with the following: the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA); Administrative Procedure Act; the National Environmental Policy Act, the Freedom of Information Act, and various Federal laws related to bankruptcies, appropriations, and federal financial assistance, including grants. In addition, please address your experience in or familiarity with the following areas of legal work: research and writing legal memoranda and opinions; providing oral or written legal advice or recommendations to Federal, state, local, or tribal agencies, clients, judges, and/or senior attorneys; drafting regulations or legislation; and litigating in Federal court or before an administrative law judge or appeals board. Basic Qualification Requirements Applicants must be law school graduates with LL.B. or J.D. degrees AND applicants must be an active member in good standing of a state, territory of the United States, District of Columbia, or Commonwealth of Puerto Rico bar. To qualify for a GS-12 applicants must possess at least 2 years of professional legal experience following law school graduation; To qualify for a GS-13 applicants must possess at least 3 years of professional legal experience following law school graduation; To qualify for a GS-14 applicants must possess at least 4.5 years of professional legal experience following law school graduation; For any of the grades indicated above you can also substitute one year of experience with any of the following: have a second professional law degree; OR meet any of the criteria indicated below; academic standing in top one-third of law school graduating class; graduation with academic honors; significant participation on the law school's law review; significant participation in the law school's moot court competition; significant participation in a clinical legal aid program; significant summer law office clerk experience; or other equivalent evidence of clearly superior achievement. Candidates should have excellent oral communication, writing, research and analysis skills, and the ability to work effectively with other people, and exercise sound judgment. 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. Additional information on the qualification requirements is outlined in the OPM Qualification Standards Handbook of General Schedule Positions and is available at OPM's website:https://www.opm.gov/qualifications/standards/indexes/num-ndx.asp All qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement.