Attorney-Advisor
Job Location:
Alexandria, VA - USA
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Job Summary
About the Position:
The Department of Defense Education Activity (DoWEA) Office of the General Counsel (OGC) facilitates DoWEAs global educational mission by providing high quality and timely legal advice and counsel effective advocacy and creative problem-solving. This position serves as the Senior Counsel (Reasonable Accommodations) - Office of the Chief -HQ DOWEA.
- Serves as the agencys principal legal adviser and subject-matter expert on reasonable accommodation and disability employment law.
- Provides authoritative legal advice concerning the Rehabilitation Act ADA standards applicable to the federal sector EEOC regulations and guidance executive orders OPM/DoD policy and related federal disability-employment requirements.
- Advises management HR/EEO personnel reasonable accommodation professionals and senior decision-makers throughout the interactive process.
- Conducts legal review of complex accommodation requests including requests involving telework reassignment essential functions undue hardship
- direct threat medical documentation confidentiality leave assistive technology and overlapping employment authorities.
- Reviews proposed accommodation decisions for legal sufficiency consistency with applicable law and agency policy and litigation risk.
- Advises on reassignment as an accommodation including agency search obligations employee qualifications vacancy requirements and related legal considerations.
- Represents the agency in complex administrative litigation and contested matters arising from reasonable accommodation and disability employment issues
- including EEO complaints and hearings discovery dispositive motions settlement negotiations and other proceedings before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and appropriate administrative forums.
- Provides litigation strategy and counsel in complex reasonable accommodation matters including assessing claims and defenses developing evidentiary records
- preparing witnesses evaluating litigation and settlement risk and coordinating with agency stakeholders and as appropriate the Department of Justice in federal court litigation.
- Develops agency-wide legal guidance templates procedures training and preventive-law products concerning reasonable accommodation and disability employment law.
- Monitors EEOC decisions federal court precedent legislation regulations and government-wide policy and advises leadership regarding changes in agency obligations and litigation risk.
- Coordinates complex novel high-risk and precedent-setting reasonable accommodation matters with appropriate agency stakeholders and senior legal leadership.
- Male applicants born after December 31 1959 must complete a Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Requirement.
- Proof of U.S. Citizenship required.
- Direct deposit of pay is required.
- One year trial or probationary period may be required.
- Appointment subject to a suitability/fitness determination as determined by a background investigation.
- This position requires a Tier 3 (T3) investigation. Must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret security clearance.
- This position requires you to submit a Public Financial Disclosure Report (OGE 278) or a Confidential Financial Disclosure Report (OGE450) upon entry and annually thereafter.
Who May Apply: U.S. Citizens
In order to qualify you must meet the 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.
Experience: You must have three or more years of professional legal experience acquired after being admitted to the bar commensurate with the duties and responsibilities of the position. Graduation from an ABA-Accredited Law School in the top 25% of the class or an advanced law degree such as an LLM may substitute for one year of the required professional legal experience.
Bar Membership: You must currently be a member in good standing of the bar of a State Territory of the United States District of Columbia or Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
The DoWEA Office of General Counsel is accepting applications for the position of Associate General Counsel Office of the Chief Office of General Counsel DoDEA. The incumbent assists the General Counsel DoWEA as the agencys principal legal adviser and subject-matter expert on reasonable accommodation and disability employment law providing legal advice policy guidance and litigation support to DoWEA leadership worldwide in support of the agencys mission to operate accredited schools and ensure all school-aged children of military families are provided a world-class education.
You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas:
FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements you must show the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information visit: information Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government passionate about the ideals of our American republic and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.
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