Closing Date: 8th May, 2024

Description:

Summary:
This position is located in the Risk Management & Records Group that coordinates the Legal Division's risk management program and oversees the records management programs and the Legal Research Bank.

Additional selections may be made from this vacancy announcement to fill identical vacancies that occur subsequent to this announcement.

Duties:

Assist the Supervisory Counsel to provide legal advice to other FDIC offices concerning the preparation of responses to the Government Accountability Office (GAO), Office of Inspector General (OIG), and Office of Risk Management and Internal Controls (ORMIC) relating to the internal controls program of the Legal Division.
Prepares responses to public inquiries concerning the internal controls program in the Legal Division.
Conducts legal research to formulate advice and recommend legal courses of action, which meet the needs of both mission accomplishment and legal compliance of the Corporation.
Assesses and evaluates the cybersecurity risk posed by outside law firms utilized by the Legal Division.
Utilizes computer legal research sources that complements or replaces standard Westlaw system, in order to efficiently respond to legal inquiries from Corporation attorneys and outside law firms as well as provides instruction in the use of the same to Corporation Legal Division staff and nationwide outside counsel, as appropriate.
Directs and implements policies and procedures that improve the effectiveness and efficiency of handling Legal Division records, documents, and data.
Acts as subject matter and technical expert in the area of electronic records management and provides technical assistance and guidance to staff and others.

Requirements:
Conditions of Employment:

Registration with the Selective Service.
U.S. Citizenship is required.
Employment Conditions.
Completion of Financial Disclosure may be required.
Minimum Background Investigation (MBI) required.

Qualifications:
Qualifying experience may be obtained in the private or public sector. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g. Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic, religious spiritual; community; student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Additional qualifications information can be found here.

CG-14: Applicant must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the grade 13 level in the Federal Service. Specialized experience is experience providing legal advice and support impacting the agency or outside law firms in the following areas: legal information technologies; cyber-security threat; physical and electronic records; and legal analysis of documents and information systems.

This position has a positive education requirement, transcripts must be provided showing degree conferred. Official transcripts must be provided prior to appointment.

Education: All attorney and law clerk trainee positions have a minimum requirement of completing a Juris Doctorate (J.D.) or Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) or Master of Laws (LL.M.) from an accredited school (accredited by the American Bar Association (ABA).
Bar Membership: All attorney positions require current active bar membership (hold active license to practice law). Admission to the bar of any State, territory, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, District of Columbia, or Federal Court is acceptable. Employees must maintain active bar membership while employed as an attorney with the FDIC. Active Bar membership must be verified prior to appointment.

Education:
See requirements stated under Qualifications.