This is an Attorney-Adviser (Contract) GS-0905-14 with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Little Rock District’s Office of Counsel.
This position is in the excepted service without time limitation and will not be filled by competitive appointment. Service in this position may be fully creditable toward civil service retirement. Any selected applicant who is in the competitive service will be taken out of the competitive service when he or she occupies this position and will compete only with other excepted status employees in the event of a reduction-in-force. He or she, however, remains eligible for reinstatement in the competitive service.
Duties: As an Attorney-Adviser (Contract), you will serve as Deputy District Counsel assisting in the management of the office and serve as District Counsel in the absence of the Chief Counsel. Under the general supervision of the Little Rock District Counsel, you will be independently responsible, without preliminary instructions or technical guidance, for carrying out any assignment within the District’s area of responsibility; for furnishing legal recommendations and decisions to operating officials; for developing authoritative written or oral opinions and decisions; and for performing other legal advisory duties on a variety of legal problems and questions referred to the Office of Counsel. You will also:
- provide legal advice and assistance to the Commander on the most difficult and comprehensive contract issues in the District, including medical, military and civil works; construction; architect-engineer; supply; services; and utility contracts. Issues may also include contract formation; claims, disputes and appeals; contract performance; and post-contract performance. You will work with other federal agencies, other military services and the Department of Veterans Administration.
- be responsible for the development of the entire case when designated as Trial Attorney for contract or non-contract litigation.
- render advice and represent the District as legal counsel in the resolution of other complex District legal problems, including matters concerning unique/novel questions of law, complex legal or factual issues, very large sums of money, or issues vigorously contested by extremely capable opposing legal talent. General legal issues addressed may include issues of Federal Real Estate Law; Corps Civil Works law; FOIA and Privacy Act law; Fiscal and Ethical legal issues; Labor and Personnel; Environmental; and non-contractual claims issues, among others.
Application deadline: 8/15/2016
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