General Attorney - Office of General Counsel
GSA · Raleigh, NC · 1 mo ago
Hybrid$108k/yrFull-time
We need to output HTML fragment with sections: About the role? The posting includes Summary, Duties, Requirements, Qualifications, Benefits. Also maybe Pay? It mentions GS-13 salary range starts at $108,173, locality pay determined upon selection. That's pay info. Should we include Pay section? The rule: include Pay only if posting actually states them. It does state salary range. So include Pay section. Schedule? Not mentioned. Benefits section present. Use for headings. Use
for headings. Use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. Use
for prose. Do not repeat job title as heading. Do not put Job ID. Remove boilerplate. Preserve all substantive info.
We need to extract content.
Summary: "As a General Attorney, you will serve as an Attorney-Advisor in the Office of the General Counsel. Location of position: Personal Property Division (LP) LP provides legal counsel and support regarding issues related to acquisition of personal property and nonpersonal services (contracting operations and acquisition policy), property management/disposal, small business programs, travel/relocation, suspension/debarment, and agency readiness/recovery. Learn more about this agency"
We can combine into a paragraph under About the role? The instruction: use
for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). So we can have About the role heading with summary content.
Then Duties: list of duties. We'll put under Responsibilities heading (or Duties). Use - .
Requirements: conditions of employment. Use Requirements heading.
Qualifications: qualifications heading.
Benefits: benefits heading.
Pay: pay heading with salary range.
We must not include filler like "commensurate with experience". Not present.
We need to preserve all substantive info. Let's extract details.
From Summary:
- As a General Attorney, you will serve as an Attorney-Advisor in the Office of the General Counsel.
- Location of position: Personal Property Division (LP)
- LP provides legal counsel and support regarding issues related to acquisition of personal property and nonpersonal services (contracting operations and acquisition policy), property management/disposal, small business programs, travel/relocation, suspension/debarment, and agency readiness/recovery.
- Learn more about this agency (maybe we drop as it's a link). We can keep phrase but it's not substantive? Might be considered boilerplate. Probably drop "Learn more about this agency". Keep the rest.
Duties bullet list:
- Provide legal counsel on Federal Government contracts, including transactional matters, contract claims and disputes, as well as a variety of Government contract related subjects such as acquisition policy, information technology and professional services, and litigating bid protests and contract appeals.
- Provide counsel on contract formation, administration, and termination for various acquisitions and performs legal research, conducts analyses, and prepares legal opinions on novel and complex legal issues.
- Provide legal advice on a full range of non-acquisition GSA programs including travel and transportation, motor vehicle/fleet management, small business matters, emergency management, personal property management and disposal, suspension and debarment, and other policy-related matters.
- Advise GSA officials on laws, regulations, proposed legislation, Comptroller General decisions, Civilian Board of Contract Appeals decisions, and opinions of the Office of the General Counsel of such significance that they involve nationwide impact and/or large sums of money.
- Review and comment on regulations, policies, procedures, orders, and other agency issuances or rulemaking actions, especially those that impact the Federal Acquisition Service.
- Represent the agency before the Government Accountability Office (GAO) or Agency Protest Official for protests challenging procurements for which the attorney is assigned counsel.
- Prepare or present the agency position in appeals before the U.S. Civilian Board of Contract Appeals (CBCA), including pleadings, discovery, and recommendations for settlement when appropriate.
- Provide litigation support to the Department of Justice in representing the Government in Federal court, such as protests before the U.S. Court of Federal Claims.
Requirements (Conditions of employment):
- US Citizenship or National (Residents of American Samoa and Swains Island)
- Meet all eligibility criteria within 30 days of the closing date
- Register with Selective Service if you are a male born after 12/31/1959
- If selected, you must meet the following conditions:
- Current or Former Political Appointees: The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) must authorize employment offers made to current or former political appointees. If you are currently, or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule C or NonCareer SES employee in the Executive Branch, you must disclose this information to the HR Office. Failure to disclose this information could result in disciplinary action including removal from Federal Service.
- Serve up to a two year trial period, if required.
- Undergo and pass a background investigation (Tier 2 investigation level).
- Have your identity and work status eligibility verified if you are not a GSA employee. We will use the Department of Homeland Security’s e-Verify system for this. Any discrepancies must be resolved as a condition of continued employment.
- Complete a financial disclosure report to verify that no conflict, or an appearance of conflict, exists between your financial interest and this position.
Qualifications:
- To evaluate your qualifications, your resume must clearly demonstrate how you meet the specialized experience described. Your resume must not exceed two pages.
- To ensure your qualifications can be fully evaluated, we recommend including the following information:
- Name, address, telephone number, email address;
- Job Title (if Federal Service, provide series and grade; if not in GS plan, provide GS equivalent grade);
- Relevant work experience—should include employer name, job title, start and end dates (month/year), the number of hours worked per week and descriptions that explain how you meet the required qualifications in the job announcement.
- Education, certifications or licensures—If the job announcement requires any education, certifications or licensures, make sure to include the required information and any required documents like transcripts. Your resume should contain enough information to make a valid determination that you fully meet experience requirements for each grade level you are applying to. If you do not provide enough information for us to determine your qualifications, you may be rated ineligible.
- If you have volunteered your service through a National Service program (e.g., Peace Corps, Americorps), we encourage you to apply and include this experience on your resume.
- The GS-13 salary range starts at $108,173. Locality pay will be determined upon selection. If you are a new federal employee, your starting salary will likely be set at the Step 1 of the grade for which you are selected.
- This position has a positive education requirement: Applicants must submit a copy of their law school transcript(s) by the closing date of announcements to verify qualifications. If selected, an official transcript will be required prior to appointment.
- To qualify, you must possess all of the following:
- A Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree from a law school accredited by the American Bar Association (at the time of graduation);
- AND Candidates must be an active member of the Bar in good standing (licensed to practice law) in any State, a Territory of the United States, District of Columbia or Commonwealth of Puerto Rico;
- AND At least two years of professional legal experience acquired after being admitted to the bar.
- Additional information:
- Incumbent may be eligible for appointment to a higher grade in the future, subject to performance, responsibilities and availability of funding.
- Candidates will not be hired based on their race, sex, color, religion, or national origin.
- Applicants are encouraged to make their resume searchable in their USAJOBS.gov profile. This will allow Federal hiring specialists and hiring managers across agencies to find their resume as part of agency recruitment campaigns or staffing searches.
- If you apply to this position and are selected, we will not ask about your criminal history before you receive a conditional job offer. If you believe you were asked about your criminal history improperly, contact the agency or visit GSA's webpage.
- Relocation-related expenses are not approved and will be your responsibility.
- On a case-by-case basis, the following incentives may be approved:
* Credit toward vacation leave if you are new to the federal government
* Additional vacancies may be filled through this announcement in this or other GSA organizations within the same commuting area as needed; through other means; or not at all.
- 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 window Learn more about federal benefits. (maybe drop)
- You will have access to many benefits including:
- Health insurance (choose from a wide range of plans)
- Life insurance coverage with several options
- Sick leave and vacation time, including 11 paid holidays per year
- Thrift Savings Plan (similar to a 401(k) plan)
- Flexible work schedules
- Transit and child care subsidies
- Flexible spending accounts
- Long-term care insurance
- Training and development
- 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.
Pay: we already included salary range in Qualifications but better to have separate Pay section. However the rule: prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. Could combine Pay into Qualifications? But they said use headings for Pay, Schedule etc. Since we have salary info, we should create Pay section. However we must not duplicate info. We can keep salary info in Pay section and maybe remove from Qualifications. But Qualifications also includes education requirement etc. We'll keep Pay separate.
Thus we need to extract salary info: "The GS-13 salary range starts at $108,173. Locality pay will be determined upon selection. If you are a new federal employee, your starting salary will likely be set at the Step 1 of the grade for which you are selected."
We'll put that under Pay.
Now Benefits section as above.
Now ensure we don't include boilerplate like "Learn more about federal benefits." Might be considered a link; we can drop that sentence.
Also drop "Opens in a new window". Keep the list.
Now produce HTML fragment.
Structure:
About the role
... summary ...
Responsibilities
- ... each duty ...
Requirements
- ... each condition ...
Qualifications
... prose about resume ...
- ... list items ...
... additional info ...
But we need to follow rule: Use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits, and
for prose. So for qualifications we have prose and lists. We'll separate.
We need to ensure we don't create empty sections.
Let's craft.
About the role paragraph: combine summary sentences.
Paragraph: "As a General Attorney, you will serve as an Attorney-Advisor in the Office of the General Counsel. The position is located in the Personal Property Division (LP), which provides legal counsel and support regarding issues related to acquisition of personal property and nonpersonal services (contracting operations and acquisition policy), property management/disposal, small business programs, travel/relocation, suspension/debarment, and agency readiness/recovery."
Now Responsibilities list: each duty as li.
Requirements list: each condition as li.
Qualifications: first prose about resume,
for prose. Do not repeat job title as heading. Do not put Job ID. Remove boilerplate. Preserve all substantive info. We need to extract content. Summary: "As a General Attorney, you will serve as an Attorney-Advisor in the Office of the General Counsel. Location of position: Personal Property Division (LP) LP provides legal counsel and support regarding issues related to acquisition of personal property and nonpersonal services (contracting operations and acquisition policy), property management/disposal, small business programs, travel/relocation, suspension/debarment, and agency readiness/recovery. Learn more about this agency" We can combine into a paragraph under About the role? The instruction: use
for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). So we can have About the role heading with summary content.
Then Duties: list of duties. We'll put under Responsibilities heading (or Duties). Use - .
Requirements: conditions of employment. Use Requirements heading.
Qualifications: qualifications heading.
Benefits: benefits heading.
Pay: pay heading with salary range.
We must not include filler like "commensurate with experience". Not present.
We need to preserve all substantive info. Let's extract details.
From Summary:
- As a General Attorney, you will serve as an Attorney-Advisor in the Office of the General Counsel.
- Location of position: Personal Property Division (LP)
- LP provides legal counsel and support regarding issues related to acquisition of personal property and nonpersonal services (contracting operations and acquisition policy), property management/disposal, small business programs, travel/relocation, suspension/debarment, and agency readiness/recovery.
- Learn more about this agency (maybe we drop as it's a link). We can keep phrase but it's not substantive? Might be considered boilerplate. Probably drop "Learn more about this agency". Keep the rest.
Duties bullet list:
- Provide legal counsel on Federal Government contracts, including transactional matters, contract claims and disputes, as well as a variety of Government contract related subjects such as acquisition policy, information technology and professional services, and litigating bid protests and contract appeals.
- Provide counsel on contract formation, administration, and termination for various acquisitions and performs legal research, conducts analyses, and prepares legal opinions on novel and complex legal issues.
- Provide legal advice on a full range of non-acquisition GSA programs including travel and transportation, motor vehicle/fleet management, small business matters, emergency management, personal property management and disposal, suspension and debarment, and other policy-related matters.
- Advise GSA officials on laws, regulations, proposed legislation, Comptroller General decisions, Civilian Board of Contract Appeals decisions, and opinions of the Office of the General Counsel of such significance that they involve nationwide impact and/or large sums of money.
- Review and comment on regulations, policies, procedures, orders, and other agency issuances or rulemaking actions, especially those that impact the Federal Acquisition Service.
- Represent the agency before the Government Accountability Office (GAO) or Agency Protest Official for protests challenging procurements for which the attorney is assigned counsel.
- Prepare or present the agency position in appeals before the U.S. Civilian Board of Contract Appeals (CBCA), including pleadings, discovery, and recommendations for settlement when appropriate.
- Provide litigation support to the Department of Justice in representing the Government in Federal court, such as protests before the U.S. Court of Federal Claims.
Requirements (Conditions of employment):
- US Citizenship or National (Residents of American Samoa and Swains Island)
- Meet all eligibility criteria within 30 days of the closing date
- Register with Selective Service if you are a male born after 12/31/1959
- If selected, you must meet the following conditions:
- Current or Former Political Appointees: The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) must authorize employment offers made to current or former political appointees. If you are currently, or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule C or NonCareer SES employee in the Executive Branch, you must disclose this information to the HR Office. Failure to disclose this information could result in disciplinary action including removal from Federal Service.
- Serve up to a two year trial period, if required.
- Undergo and pass a background investigation (Tier 2 investigation level).
- Have your identity and work status eligibility verified if you are not a GSA employee. We will use the Department of Homeland Security’s e-Verify system for this. Any discrepancies must be resolved as a condition of continued employment.
- Complete a financial disclosure report to verify that no conflict, or an appearance of conflict, exists between your financial interest and this position.
Qualifications:
- To evaluate your qualifications, your resume must clearly demonstrate how you meet the specialized experience described. Your resume must not exceed two pages.
- To ensure your qualifications can be fully evaluated, we recommend including the following information:
- Name, address, telephone number, email address;
- Job Title (if Federal Service, provide series and grade; if not in GS plan, provide GS equivalent grade);
- Relevant work experience—should include employer name, job title, start and end dates (month/year), the number of hours worked per week and descriptions that explain how you meet the required qualifications in the job announcement.
- Education, certifications or licensures—If the job announcement requires any education, certifications or licensures, make sure to include the required information and any required documents like transcripts. Your resume should contain enough information to make a valid determination that you fully meet experience requirements for each grade level you are applying to. If you do not provide enough information for us to determine your qualifications, you may be rated ineligible.
- If you have volunteered your service through a National Service program (e.g., Peace Corps, Americorps), we encourage you to apply and include this experience on your resume.
- The GS-13 salary range starts at $108,173. Locality pay will be determined upon selection. If you are a new federal employee, your starting salary will likely be set at the Step 1 of the grade for which you are selected.
- This position has a positive education requirement: Applicants must submit a copy of their law school transcript(s) by the closing date of announcements to verify qualifications. If selected, an official transcript will be required prior to appointment.
- To qualify, you must possess all of the following:
- A Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree from a law school accredited by the American Bar Association (at the time of graduation);
- AND Candidates must be an active member of the Bar in good standing (licensed to practice law) in any State, a Territory of the United States, District of Columbia or Commonwealth of Puerto Rico;
- AND At least two years of professional legal experience acquired after being admitted to the bar.
- Additional information:
- Incumbent may be eligible for appointment to a higher grade in the future, subject to performance, responsibilities and availability of funding.
- Candidates will not be hired based on their race, sex, color, religion, or national origin.
- Applicants are encouraged to make their resume searchable in their USAJOBS.gov profile. This will allow Federal hiring specialists and hiring managers across agencies to find their resume as part of agency recruitment campaigns or staffing searches.
- If you apply to this position and are selected, we will not ask about your criminal history before you receive a conditional job offer. If you believe you were asked about your criminal history improperly, contact the agency or visit GSA's webpage.
- Relocation-related expenses are not approved and will be your responsibility.
- On a case-by-case basis, the following incentives may be approved:
* Credit toward vacation leave if you are new to the federal government
* Additional vacancies may be filled through this announcement in this or other GSA organizations within the same commuting area as needed; through other means; or not at all.
- 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 window Learn more about federal benefits. (maybe drop)
- You will have access to many benefits including:
- Health insurance (choose from a wide range of plans)
- Life insurance coverage with several options
- Sick leave and vacation time, including 11 paid holidays per year
- Thrift Savings Plan (similar to a 401(k) plan)
- Flexible work schedules
- Transit and child care subsidies
- Flexible spending accounts
- Long-term care insurance
- Training and development
- 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.
Pay: we already included salary range in Qualifications but better to have separate Pay section. However the rule: prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. Could combine Pay into Qualifications? But they said use headings for Pay, Schedule etc. Since we have salary info, we should create Pay section. However we must not duplicate info. We can keep salary info in Pay section and maybe remove from Qualifications. But Qualifications also includes education requirement etc. We'll keep Pay separate.
Thus we need to extract salary info: "The GS-13 salary range starts at $108,173. Locality pay will be determined upon selection. If you are a new federal employee, your starting salary will likely be set at the Step 1 of the grade for which you are selected."
We'll put that under Pay.
Now Benefits section as above.
Now ensure we don't include boilerplate like "Learn more about federal benefits." Might be considered a link; we can drop that sentence.
Also drop "Opens in a new window". Keep the list.
Now produce HTML fragment.
Structure:
About the role
... summary ...
Responsibilities
- ... each duty ...
Requirements
- ... each condition ...
Qualifications
... prose about resume ...
- ... list items ...
... additional info ...
But we need to follow rule: Use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits, and
for prose. So for qualifications we have prose and lists. We'll separate.
We need to ensure we don't create empty sections.
Let's craft.
About the role paragraph: combine summary sentences.
Paragraph: "As a General Attorney, you will serve as an Attorney-Advisor in the Office of the General Counsel. The position is located in the Personal Property Division (LP), which provides legal counsel and support regarding issues related to acquisition of personal property and nonpersonal services (contracting operations and acquisition policy), property management/disposal, small business programs, travel/relocation, suspension/debarment, and agency readiness/recovery."
Now Responsibilities list: each duty as li.
Requirements list: each condition as li.
Qualifications: first prose about resume,
About the role
... summary ...
Responsibilities
- ... each duty ...
Requirements
- ... each condition ...
Qualifications
... prose about resume ...
- ... list items ...
... additional info ...
But we need to follow rule: Use- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits, and
for prose. So for qualifications we have prose and lists. We'll separate. We need to ensure we don't create empty sections. Let's craft. About the role paragraph: combine summary sentences. Paragraph: "As a General Attorney, you will serve as an Attorney-Advisor in the Office of the General Counsel. The position is located in the Personal Property Division (LP), which provides legal counsel and support regarding issues related to acquisition of personal property and nonpersonal services (contracting operations and acquisition policy), property management/disposal, small business programs, travel/relocation, suspension/debarment, and agency readiness/recovery." Now Responsibilities list: each duty as li. Requirements list: each condition as li. Qualifications: first prose about resume,