ATTORNEY-ADVISER (GENERAL)

About the Position: This position is located at Herlong, Sierra Depot, California. If you are currently serving in a permanent, competitive service appointment in the Federal service, and are selected for this position, the appointment will remove you from the competitive service while you occupy this position.

Advises the Depot Commander, the Civilian Personnel Officer and other management officials on legal aspects of disputes between employees and/or employee union organizations and management.

Responsible for the Depot’s legal representative in negotiating agreements with employee unions.

Advises the Commander on management-employee relations, equal employment opportunity and employee grievances and appeals.

Reviews documents and recommendations making final legal determination with respect to agreements with contractors, contractor protests, appeals and claims, patent and data rights.

Handles cases involving large sums of money and cases and problems of unusual delicacy such as cases of suspected fraud or conflict of interest situations where the Government has serious burden of proof.

Serves as Ethics Counselor pursuant to Joint Ethics Regulations.

Advises the Command’s Resource Management division concerning all aspects of the resource management mission as it pertains to fiscal law issues involving appropriate funds.

Only degrees from an accredited college or university recognized by the Department of Education are acceptable to meet positive education requirements or to substitute education for experience. For additional information, please go to the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and U.S. Department of Education websites at http://www.opm.gov/qualifications and http://www.ed.gov/admins/finaid/accred/index.html.