Attorney-Adviser (General)

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for sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real specific content. We must not repeat job title as heading. Must not include Job ID etc. Must preserve all substantive info, not invent or summarize away detail. Remove boilerplate: cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, application instructions. We need to parse the posting. Key sections: - Summary: "See below for important information regarding this job. The duty location will be in the Office of General Counsel-DLA General Counsel -Headquarters, Fort Belvoir, VA." - Duties: "This JOA is for the position of Contract and Intellectual Property Law Attorney in the DLA General Counsel Headquarters, Acquisition Law Division located at Fort Belvoir, VA. This position performs any or all of the following duties: Specializes in providing Acquisition and Intellectual Property Law legal support and advice to DLA Headquarters Directorates and five DLA Major Subordinate Command Counsel offices, including the Acquisition Directorate (J-7), Information Operations (J-6), Logistics Operations (J-3) and Public Affairs personnel and leadership. Responsible for Acquisition and Intellectual Property Law guidance and advice to attorneys across the DLA Legal Enterprise and, as required, in coordination with external federal agencies. Advises on acquisition law issues, such as procurement and policy reviews, contract related litigation and protests, data rights, patent and trademark matters, contracts support for other activities and agencies, and review of Congressional requests. Represents DLA in Intellectual Property Law related engagements with the Military Services, US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), and other external federal agencies. Other duties as assigned." - Requirements: Conditions of employment list: Must be a U.S. Citizen, Excepted Service position, Tour of Duty: Flexible Schedule, Security Requirements: Non-Critical Sensitive with Secret Access, Appointment subject to suitability/fitness determination, FLSA Exempt, Selective Service Requirement, Recruitment Incentives: Authorized, Bargaining Unit Status: No, Financial Disclosure Requirement: Required, Selectees required to have REAL ID or other acceptable ID. - Qualifications: QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED for the Attorney-Adviser (General) GS-0905-15: first professional law degree (LLB or J.D.), proof of license and member in good standing with bar, certificate of good standing within 6 months, etc. Additional: To Qualify At The GS-15 Level: must possess professional legal experience in excess of 3 years commensurate with duties and responsibilities. Promotion based on time, performance, mastery of skills, approval of designated official. Legal experience evaluated for competencies. Quality of experience evaluated. Application must demonstrate competencies and quality of experience necessary to perform work at appropriate grade level. Principal Selection Factors: Preferred that candidate is actively registered as a patent attorney before USPTO. Acquisition and Intellectual Property Law experience. At least one year of relevant experience at the next lower federal grade is mandatory. Equivalent military, state or private law experience may be substituted for federal service. Demonstrated expert knowledge in areas: (1) Department of War or other similar federal agency acquisition process, such as FAR and DFARS, preferably including experience with contract formation and administration of complex federal services and supply acquisitions, and research and development contracts/other transaction agreements, (2) federal court and patent and trademark litigation and ADR, (3) providing authoritative legal advice on a broad range of complex Acquisition and Intellectual Property Law issues and problems. Experience defending challenges to acquisition decisions at various levels. Excellent analytical ability, including issue identification, legal research, analysis of options, risk analysis, and creative problem solving. Excellent communication skills (oral and written) to articulate complex legal concepts clearly and persuasively to both legal and non-legal audiences. Excellent legal and business judgment. Excellent interpersonal skills and client relationships, and ability to interact well with senior officials on controversial and sensitive issues. Security Clearance: This position is designated Non-Critical Sensitive. If selected, you must obtain and maintain a Secret security clearance. If unable to obtain this level of security clearance (as a result of undisclosed or disclosed background issues), within a reasonable period of time (as defined by the agency), the employment offer may be withdrawn. In addition, incumbent is subject to periodic re-investigation to maintain security eligibility in accordance with DoD 5200.2-R. - Education: You MUST provide transcripts or other documentation to support your educational claims. Unless otherwise stated: Unofficial transcripts are acceptable at time of application. FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show that 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. - Additional information: Excepted Service Position: This job is being filled by an alternative hiring process and is not in the competitive civil service. Veterans Information: There is no formal rating system for applying veteran's preference to attorney appointments in the excepted service; however, the Department of Defense considers veterans' preference eligibility a positive factor for attorney hiring. Applicants eligible for veterans' preference must include that information in their cover letter or resume and attach supporting documentation (e.g., DD Form 214, Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty) to their submissions. Although the point-preference system is not used, applicants eligible to claim a 10-point preference must submit a Standard Form (SF) 15, Application for 10-Point Veteran Preference, and supporting documentation required for the specific type of preference claimed. (SF-15, which lists the types of 10-point preference and the required supporting documents, is available from the Office of Personnel Management Website at www.opm.gov). As of 23 December 2016, Military retirees seeking to enter federal service in the Department of Defense now require a waiver if they would be appointed within 180 days following their official date of retirement. Reemployed Annuitants: This position does not meet criteria for appointment of Reemployed Annuitants. The DoD criteria for hiring Reemployed Annuitants can be found at: https://www.esd.whs.mil/Portals/54/Documents/DD/issuances/140025/140025_vol300.PDF Drug-Free Workplace Policy The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) is committed to maintaining a safe, drug-free workplace. All DLA employees are required to refrain from illegal drug use on and off duty. DLA conducts pre-employment, reasonable suspicion, post-accident, and random drug testing. Applicants tentatively selected for employment in testing designated positions will undergo a urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment. Refusal to undergo testing or testing positive for illegal drugs will result in withdrawal of the tentative job offer and a six-month denial of employment with DLA from the date of the drug test. Employees in drug testing designated positions are subject to random drug testing. A negative drug test result must be received by HR within 30 calendar days after the EOD (i.e., start date). The selectee's inability successfully pass; or refusal to conduct the test may result in: 1) the tentative or FJO being withdrawn during the recruitment process; or 2) subsequently being removed from Federal service for failure to meet a condition of employment. You may be required to sign a "Drug Test Statement of Understanding" if you are selected for this position. The DLA drug testing panel tests for the following substances: marijuana, cocaine, opiates, heroin, phencyclidine, amphetamines, methamphetamines, fentanyl, norfentanyl, methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA), methylenedioxyamphetamine (MDA), and opioids. ADVISORY: Use of cannabidiol (CBD) products may result in a positive drug test for marijuana. DLA employees are subject to Federal law and under Federal law, Marijuana is illegal. 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. - Benefits: "A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new windowLearn more about federal benefits. Review our benefits Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered." We need to include Benefits section only if posting actually states them. It does state a comprehensive benefits package, but no specifics. The rule: "never emit a heading followed by filler/placeholder text (e.g. "commensurate with experience", "not specified", "N/A", "varies", "TBD") and never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them." The posting does state benefits exist but not specifics. Is that considered filler? It says "comprehensive benefits package" and "access to a range of benefits". That's somewhat vague but still states benefits exist. The instruction says never create Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them. It does state them (though vague). I'd include a Benefits section with the prose as given. Pay and Schedule: The posting mentions "Tour of Duty: Flexible Schedule" under Requirements. That's schedule info. So we can include Schedule section with that detail. Pay: No mention of pay/salary. So we should not create Pay section. We also need About the role section: maybe we can put summary/duty location as About the role. Responsibilities: we have duties list. Requirements: we have conditions of employment list. Qualifications: we have qualifications details. Skills: maybe we can extract from Principal Selection Factors etc. But we already have qualifications covering skills. Could create Skills section for things like excellent analytical ability, communication skills, legal judgment, interpersonal skills, etc. However we must not duplicate content. The instruction: "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." So we might combine skills into Qualifications or Responsibilities. But we have to use headings only when posting has real specific content for it. The posting does mention skills explicitly: "Excellent analytical ability, including issue identification, legal research, analysis of options, risk analysis, and creative problem solving. Excellent communication skills and abilities (oral and written) . to articulate complex legal concepts clearly and persuasively to both legal and non-legal audiences. Excellent legal and business judgment. Excellent interpersonal skills and client relationships, and the ability to interact well with senior officials on controversial and sensitive issues." Those are skills. Could make a Skills section. But we also have "Principal Selection Factors" which includes many of those. Could treat as Skills. We need to decide sections: About the role (summary/duty location), Responsibilities (duties), Requirements (conditions of employment), Qualifications (education, license, experience, selection factors), Skills (maybe split out), Benefits (benefits package), Schedule (flexible schedule). Avoid Pay. We must not repeat job title as heading. Good. We must not include boilerplate like EEO etc. We removed. We need to preserve ALL substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to keep the details, not just summarize. But we can keep them as prose or list items. We need to use

• for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. So for duties, requirements, benefits we should use lists. For qualifications maybe also list. We need to avoid duplicating lines. Let's extract each piece. About the role: duty location: "The duty location will be in the Office of General Counsel-DLA General Counsel -Headquarters, Fort Belvoir, VA." Also maybe mention that it's a Contract and Intellectual Property Law Attorney position in