Attorney-Advisor (General).

About the role

Provides legal advice regarding Intelligence and National Security Law, administrative investigations, security violations, mishandling of classified information, financial liability investigations of property loss, and intelligence oversight. Provides advice and written legal opinions on all matters requiring Ethics opinions and decisions, and ensures compliance with all applicable ethics regulations and policies when conducting official activities. Issues opinions on conflicts of interest, misuse of position, disqualification, outside employment, post-Government employment, gifts, use of official travel resources, performing official duties, and impermissible government endorsement issues. Serves as fiscal and contracts legal adviser on all fiscal and contractual matters, including but not limited to, acquisition planning, solicitation preparation, bid protests, contract administration and performance, and contract dispute litigation. Writes opinions on the expenditure of various fund types to support on-going intelligence operations and activities. Develops and presents training classes on various legal topics to military and civilian employees required by policy and regulation.

Requirements

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• In accordance with Change 3 to AR 600-85, Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Program, individual must successfully pass a urinalysis screening for illegal drug use prior to appointment and periodically thereafter.
• Must be willing to undergo and successfully complete a counterintelligence-scope polygraph examination with No Deception Indicated (NDI) on a pre-appointment and periodic basis.
• 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 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

• Ability to analyze and problem-solve a wide variety of legal issues related to intelligence and national security law.
• Knowledge of the statutes, regulations and case law related to intelligence and national security law.
• Knowledge of federal and/or 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 acquisitions law, ethics, standards of conduct, executive orders and regulations.
• Knowledge of federal and/or DoD civilian personnel laws and the ability to litigate sensitive cases before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the Merit System Protection Board.
• Ability to write clear and concise legal documents.
• Applicants must have two 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.
• An applicant must have 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).