Description:
The U.S. Senate Select Committee on Ethics seeks an attorney for the position of Staff Counsel. The Staff Counsel's responsibilities include, as assigned, providing advice and training to the Senate community regarding ethics rules and laws, reviewing financial disclosure reports, and working on investigative matters.Applicants must possess outstanding written and oral communication skills and analytical abilities as well as the sound judgment necessary to evaluate matters that arise before the Committee. Experience in one or more of the following areas is desirable: government ethics, ethics counseling, financial disclosure, accounting, finance, securities law, investigations, and criminal law.
All applicants must have a J.D., be licensed and in good active standing to practice law in a state or territory of the United States or the District of Columbia, and have a minimum of 3 years of relevant experience. The Committee is an equal employment opportunity employer.
This is a non-partisan position which requires the ability to serve all members of the Senate community equally without regard to their political affiliation and to refrain from activity that could impair the Committee's reputation for non-partisanship. Applicants are advised that partisan political activity may negatively impact their suitability for hire on Committee staff. In particular, if an applicant has worked as an employee on a political campaign, or as an employee on the staff of a House or Senate committee or personal office, this record of partisan employment may negatively impact the applicant's candidacy. In evaluating how an applicant's partisan employment history impacts the Committee's ability to serve the Senate community in a non-partisan manner, the Committee will consider various factors, including how recently the applicant worked in the partisan office, the applicant's position in that office, and the applicant's job duties in that office.
