ATTORNEY-ADVISER (GENERAL) (TITLE 32)

Air National Guard Units; Raleigh (NC); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Air National Guard Units in the United States seeks an Attorney-Adviser (General) at the Lieutenant Colonel level for Title 32 authority within the NC ANG. The role requires extensive expertise in military, federal, and state law, with demonstrated capabilities in litigation planning, legal interpretation, and guidance to senior leaders.

Qualified candidates will have a substantial background in Administrative, Labor, Medical and Ethics Law, and experience advising managers and senior leaders on

Qualifications

• Competent in collecting, analyzing data quickly and accurately.
• Knowledgeable of military and civilian laws, directives, and regulations.
• Strong interpersonal communications, empathy, and listening.
• Ability to write English in reports and presentation formats.
• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively, both orally and in writing.
• Ability to organize thoughts, research materials, and manage case projects; interpret directives and laws.

Skills

Data analysis

Military law knowledge

Interpersonal communications

English writing

Oral and written communication

Research organization

Interpreting directives and laws

Job description

THIS IS A NATIONAL GUARD TITLE 32 EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITION. This National Guard position is for a ATTORNEY-ADVISER (GENERAL) (TITLE 32), Position Description Number D3041000 and is part of the NC ANG, National Guard (ANG - Wing Judge Advocate / PN 1056991).

MILITARY GRADES: Officer (Lt Col/O5)

BASIC QUALIFICATION FACTORS

To qualify an applicant, apply and evaluate the applicant's competencies, experiences, completed education, learned skills, obtained knowledge, endorsed abilities, and training program accomplishments. The following six basic qualification competencies (Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, and Behaviors) are required to successfully meet the basic qualification factors within an applicable career level in the Series GS-0905, Attorney-Adviser program positions:

• Skilled in collecting and analyzing data effectively, efficiently, and accurately;
• Knowledgeable of military and civilian laws, directives, regulations, policies, and procedures;
• Skilled interpersonal communications, empathy, and effective listening;
• Ability to write English in reports and presentation formats;
• Ability to communicate -orally and in writing- clearly and effectively;
• Ability to organize thoughts, research materials, and manage case projects; and
• Skilled in comprehending and interpreting directives and laws.

GENERAL EXPERIENCE

Personnel must be competent at the next higher level before being eligible for that level. An applicant must have a validated understanding of the basic principles and concepts of the occupational series and grade.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE

Must have at least 36 months work experiences as a professional Attorney Advisor. Knowledgeable of the Army National Guard and Air National Guard mission requirements. Competent in providing legal interpretation and guidance to managers and senior leaders on United States Code Title 32 § 709, National Guard Program. Able to recognize and identify complex constitutional, state-federal, and military-civilian jurisidictional issues frequently associated with the organization and administration of the Title 32 National Guard, and articulate them in the appropriate forum or context. Competent in providing legal interpretation and guidance to managers and senior leaders on 10 United States Code, and the state equivalent to the federal Uniform Code of Military Justice. Experienced in conducting legal research in connection with cases pending administrative hearings, trials before courts of original jurisdiction, or arguments in appellate courts. Experienced in addressing legal questions referred by administrative officials of the employing agency, such as questions concerning the interpretation and application of statutes, rules, and regulations as they pertain to contracts, claims, or other legal instruments involving private business, state, local, national, or foreign governments. Experienced in addressing questions regarding the effects of provisions of proposed legislation or proposed changes in agency policies or regulations. Experienced in researching and providing legal advice in all functional areas of Administrative, Labor, Medical and Physical Disability, and Ethics Law. Additionally, capable of providing legal assistance in accordance with prescribed instructions and within legal guidelines. Experienced in planning, coordinating, and formulating litigation strategies. Experienced in addressingcomplex and difficult legal questions and factual issues requiring extensive research, analysis and evaluation of available precedents. Experienced in dealing with issues in the functional areas and demonstrated abilities to quickly identify both the legal and judgmental issues. As a subject matter expert, experienced in determining the facts and recommending effective solutions with minimal guidance or supervision. Experienced in developing and providing solutions to conflicting or contradictory DoD regulations, directives, and policies, and other NGB or state legal guidance. Experienced in addressing and resolving complex and difficult legal case problems, legal questions, or issues involved in the drafting of interpretation or application of legislation, regulations, contracts, decisions, or opinions requiring a solution. Experienced in preparing memoranda of reports that outlined and analyzed the factual and legal issues. Experiences involved preparing legal documents or advisory opinions, participated in contract negations, and examined documents for legal sufficiency. Skilled as a legal litigator and experienced in preparing litigation reports, briefs, pleadings, and other papers associated with civil litigations. Experienced in addressing Federal Labor-Management relations and skilled as a participating collective bargaining member of the management negotiating team. Skilled as the subject-matter expert in the complex and constantly evolving area of Medical and Physical Disability and Domestics Operations Law; conducted legal research, investigation and negotiation, and provided legal advice, opinions, recommendations and legal memoranda. Experienced in reviewing programs that requires analysis of interrelated issues of effectiveness, efficiency, productivity, and developing recommendations to resolve issues and problems. Competent in developing recommendations for overall detailed plans, goals, and objectives for implementation and evaluation of the legal program. Experienced in addressing issues, problems or concepts and skilled in observations and analysis projections. Experiences may have included addressing difficult and sensitive issues based on variations in the nature of the processes evaluated, the diverse missions of the units assigned, and resource limitations. Experienced in compiling, reconciling, and correlating data from a various sources, separate service programs, and integral record systems. Experienced in researching, cross-checking information, and interpreting data to obtain accurate and relevant information. Experienced and skilled in collecting information, documenting data to substantiate and validate findings, facts, or violations of government policies, procedures, and instructions. Skilled in negotiating with those who resist responding or cooperating, due to such issues as organizational conflict, competing objectives, or limited resources. Skilled in influencing managers or other staff officials to accept and implement findings or recommendations. Competent to meet with senior military and civilian leadership, high-ranking managers to include Adjutants General, commanders, other staff judge advocates, or other external agencies such as, representatives of the local community and private support organizations, state and local government authorities, or attorneys on an ad-hoc basis.

SUPERVISORY EXPERIENCE

Must have experiences in planning and scheduling work in a manner that promotes smooth flow and even distribution of assigned work requirements. Experienced in mentoring, training, and guiding employees on legal programs and legal procedures through assigned tasks. Experienced in balancing office case work-loads and providing advice and direction on a wide range of legal questions agency policies or regulations. Experienced in planning, coordinating, and formulating office program strategies. Experienced in structuring assignments to create effective and efficient procedures that resulted in measured task process results. Previous supervisory experiences created improvements in training applications and career development that resulted in the employees' increased performance values in quality work, timeliness considerations, and work efficiencies. Demonstrated experiences or endorsements on mentorship competencies provided to employees. Must have working knowledge of equal employment and affirmative action programs.