Deputy Chief Counsel for Business Operations

Closing Date: 19th April, 2024

Description:

Summary:
The Office of the Chief Counsel (AGC) provides legal services to the A Government Entity Administrator and all agency organizations worldwide. Its primary functions are providing legal advice, reviewing agency action for legal sufficiency, and providing representational services. The Office of Chief Counsel is seeking a mission-driven, deliberate, and inclusive Attorney who can lead a high-performing team and is committed to fostering the development of leaders across the Agency.

Duties:
The Deputy Chief Counsel serves as a chief legal strategist and ensures the Office of the Chief Counsel provides timely legal advice and service on high-profile and inter-disciplinary agency and departmental initiatives. Additionally, the Deputy Chief Counsel for Business Operations provides executive leadership and direct oversight to the following practice areas: Employment and Labor Law; Information, Data and Technology Law; Acquisition and Fiscal Law; Airports and Environmental Law, and Ethics and Compliance. The incumbent also oversees Division Counsels for two A Government Entity Lines of Business, i.e., the Air Traffic Organization and the Office of Airports.

The Deputy Chief Counsel for Business Operations is key in the formulation and administration of a $65M budget and executes the duties and responsibilities of the position via a geographically dispersed attorney workforce of approximately 150 employees, including 4 Executives and approximately 49 senior-level employees drawn from a variety of legal disciplines and professions.

Principal Responsibilities:

• Directs the planning, policy development, and execution of all legal aspects relating to employment and labor law, information, data, and technology law, acquisition and fiscal law, airports and environmental law, and ethics and compliance practice areas for the A Government Entity and the Office of the Chief Counsel. Directs and coordinates legal sufficiency review of programs and policies to ensure program activities are consistent with the priorities of the A Government Entity Administrator and Chief Counsel.
• Oversees highly visible, often controversial, legal matters. Acts independently to correct deficiencies and develop and implement program improvements.
• Interacts routinely with Executives at the A Government Entity, other Federal agencies, the private sector, and with members of Congress and their staffs to ensure the sufficiency and validity of legal analysis provided for the purpose of policy execution.
• Defines, acquires, and allocates budget, staff, and other resources. Plans, coordinates, executes functions, assigns resources, and reallocates resources and workload as necessary to accomplish critical agency and office objectives.

Requirements:
Conditions of Employment:

• US Citizenship is required.
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
• Designated or Random Drug Testing required.
• This position has a positive education requirement. Transcript(s) required.

Qualifications:
As a basic requirement for entry into the A Government Entity Executive System, you must clearly articulate and describe within your five (5) page resume evidence of progressively responsible leadership experience that is indicative of senior executive level management capability; and that is directly related to the skills and abilities outlined under the Leadership and Technical Requirements listed below.

In addition to the minimum qualifications, the following have been determined to be selective factors for this position. This means possession of this criteria is part of the minimum qualifications and is essential to perform the duties and responsibilities of this position. Applicants who do not possess these criteria are ineligible for further consideration.

Leadership Requirement: Do you have experience in achieving operational results? If so, provide examples of ways you have exercised leadership to deliver significant results. Explain how you established goals, assessed outcomes, and improved products and services. Indicate how you identified and met customers' requirements and addressed the needs of stakeholders. Include examples of complex problems you solved or difficult obstacles that you overcame as a leader. Your description should include (1) the size and complexity of organizations you have led, (2) the scope of programs you have managed, and (3) the impact of your results on customers and other stakeholders.

Leadership Requirement: Do you have experience leading people? If yes, describe the size of the organization and number and types of positions you have managed. Discuss ways that you have established and maintained positive work environments and prevented or eliminated discrimination or harassment. Describe ways that you have mentored and developed employees and built individual and team performance. Discuss how you have established and led teams to deliver products and services. Include in your description experience in leading others in a matrix environment across organizations.

Leadership Requirement: Do you have experience building relationships? If yes, describe (1) the types of individuals with whom you routinely collaborate; and (2) the purpose and outcomes of the communication. Discuss your experience in communicating and cooperating with others to achieve goals. Provide examples of how you have built relationships to achieve consensus and how you were able to obtain the cooperation of others with competing priorities and perspectives. Describe how you effectively communicate information within and outside of your organization.

Leadership Requirement: Do you have experience leading strategic change? If yes, describe examples of strategic changes that you led for your organization; describe the entities that the change affected (agency, industry, organizational components). Discuss obstacles you encountered and how you overcame them to the benefit of the agency. Include in your description ways that you applied long range vision, developed strategies, and applied innovative ideas and techniques.

Technical Requirement: Experience overseeing a legal organization that provides advice and counsel to senior executives.

Education:
This position has a positive education requirement: Applicants must submit a copy of their college or university transcripts(s) and certificates by the closing date of announcement to verify qualifications. If selected, an official transcript will be required prior to appointment. You may upload these documents with your application in USAJOBS or fax it to fax number provided in the announcement (please include announcement number on each page).

Failure to do so will result in loss of consideration.

Schools must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. Accreditation may be verified at the following website: www.ed.gov/accreditation.

Foreign education must be evaluated by a private professional organization specializing in interpretation of foreign education credentials or an accredited U.S. educational institution in terms of equivalence to a degree acquired at an American college or university. A copy of the evaluation results must be included, otherwise your foreign education will not be considered.

This position has a positive education requirement: In order to qualify for this position, candidates must have at least a Juris Doctor from an American Bar Association accredited law school, be admitted to practice before the bar of any U.S jurisdiction and be an active member of that bar. You must provide a copy of your official (or unofficial) transcript and an official certificate demonstrating you are an active member in good standing of a state bar at the time of application and by the closing date of announcement to verify qualifications. If you are selected for this position, you will be required to submit an official transcript.

Failure to submit required documents by the closing date of the announcement will result in loss of consideration.

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