Attorney-Adviser (Legal Advisor).

About the role

Provides legal advice concerning USACIC CI operations and activities, including those activities conducted in or through the use of cyber mediums.

Evaluates newly enacted statutes, proposed federal legislation, federal and Department of Defense regulations and policies impacting CI and cyber authorities, activities and operations.

Serves as an administrative law attorney, providing legal advice to the USACIC Commander, Staff, and subordinate units on administrative investigations involving intelligence and CI, activities and operations.

Advises the USACIC and subordinate commanders in all matters and inquiries from all regulating and oversight bodies to include the Army Staff, Congressional and Executive Intelligence Oversight Committees.

Advise on FOIA/Privacy Act matters involving intelligence/CI-sensitive information (including review and redactions) and provide fiscal law and civilian personnel law support.

Prepare ethics opinions and guidance under the Joint Ethics Regulation, including post-employment restrictions, outside employment, honoraria bans, and OGE 450 reviews.

Responsibilities

• Analyzes and solves a wide variety of legal issues related to intelligence and national security law.
• Knowledgeable of statutes, regulations, and case law related to intelligence and national security law.
• Knowledgeable of federal and/or department of the army administrative law to include statutes, regulations, and case law related to the freedom of information act (FOIA), privacy act (PA), administrative investigations, fiscal law, federal acquisition law, ethics, standards of conduct, executive orders and regulations.
• Knowledgeable of federal and/or DoD and army civilian personnel laws and the ability to litigate sensitive cases before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and Merit System Protection Board.
• Writes clear and concise legal documents.

Requirements

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• Trial/probationary period may be required.
• Individual must successfully pass a urinalysis screening for illegal drug use prior to appointment and periodically thereafter.
• Must be a member in good standing of the bar of any state, territory of the United States, the District of Columbia, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Top-Secret security clearance based on an SBI with eligibility for sensitive compartmented information (SCI).
• Must be willing to submit to and successfully pass a counterintelligence scope polygraph (CSP) examination administered in accordance with Department of Defense and Army Regulations.
• Willing to perform temporary duty worldwide for periods of up to five days per month or longer if necessary (approximately 25%).
• All INSCOM employees may be subject to extended TDY or worldwide deployments during crisis situations to perform mission essential functions as determined by management.

Qualifications

• Successfully completed a full course of study in a school of law accredited by the American Bar Association (ABA) and have the first professional law degree (LLB or JD).
• Currently a member in good standing of the bar of a state, territory of the United States, District of Columbia, or Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
• Acquired 3 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.

Benefits

• Salary includes applicable locality pay or Local Market Supplement.
• Recruitment, Retention and Relocation Incentives may be authorized.

Pay

• Salary includes applicable locality pay or Local Market Supplement.

Schedule

• Salary includes applicable locality pay or Local Market Supplement.