Trial Attorney (Civil Rights) Position Available In Allegheny, Pennsylvania
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Trial Attorney (Civil Rights) Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Summary As a Trial Attorney (Civil Rights) the GS-0905-12/13, you part of the Legal Unit Philadelphia District, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. If selected, you will have the full range of responsibilities for preparing and litiging employment discriminion cases under all of the federal stues enforced by the EEOC. Click here for the OPM Salaries and Wages to review specific locality pay. Summary As a Trial Attorney (Civil Rights) the GS-0905-12/13, you part of the Legal Unit Philadelphia District, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. If selected, you will have the full range of responsibilities for preparing and litiging employment discriminion cases under all of the federal stues enforced by the EEOC. Click here for the OPM Salaries and Wages to review specific locality pay. Overview Help Accepting applicions Open & closing des 07/30/2025 to 08/12/2025 Salary $91,627 to
- $141,646 per year Locality pay will vary based upon the selectee’s grade. A final salary determinion made upon selection. Pay scale & grade GS 12
- 13 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Pittsburgh, PA Remote job No Telework eligible No Travel Required Occasional travel
- You may be expected to travel for this position.
Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Excepted Promotion potential 14 Job family (Series) 0905 Attorney Supervisory stus No Security clearance Not Required Drug test No Position sensitivity and risk Non-sensitive (NS)/Low Risk Trust determinion process Suitability/Fitness Announcement number
DE-12772531-25-MG
Control number 842093200 This job is open to Help The public U.S. Citizens, Nionals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S. Clarificion from the agency This position is in the excepted service. Duties Help Reviewing charge files and recommending the initiion of litigion; Filing petitions for compliance with administrive subpoenas; and seeking temporary injunctive relief. Filing motions to obtain compliance with court orders, decrees, and pre-suit settlement agreements; Conducting discovery for litigion in federal court. Preparing pretrial and post-trial briefs and merials; conducting all facets of trials in federal courts and providing formal and informal legal advice and memoranda to agency personnel. Preparing and presenting motions, responses, and oral arguments to the courts. Prosecuting cases while ensuring consistency with EEOC litigion policies and judicial precedents. Requirements Help Conditions of employment Must be a U.S. Citizen or Nional Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service Suitable for Federal employment, determined by a background investigion May be required to successfully complete a probionary period Must have an Active BAR Membership in Good Standing. If selected, must maintain active bar membership in good standing while employed as an torney with EEOC This position is in the Excepted Service Qualificions For the GS-12:
You must have earned a professional law degree (J.D. or LL.B.) from a law school accredited by the American Bar Associion, be an active member of the BAR, and have 1 year of professional legal experience with least one year being equivalent to the GS-11 level. For the GS-13:
You must have earned a professional law degree (J.D. or LL.B.) from a law school accredited by the American Bar Associion, be an active member of the BAR, and have two (2) years of professional legal experience with least one year being equivalent to the GS-12 level. Professional legal educion above the first professional law degree may be substituted for experience required as follows:(a) The second professional law degree (LL.M) may be substituted for one year of experience (b) The third law degree (J.S.D) may be substituted for one year of experience beyond the LL.M. Applicants must meet all eligibility requirements (e.g., time-in-grade and qualificion requirements) within 30 days of the closing de specified in the vacancy announcement. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through Nional Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizions (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 th transles directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Educion This position has a basic educion requirement listed under the Qualificions section of this announcement. Additional informion Relocion expenses will not be paid. This is a bargaining unit position: Nional Council of EEOC Locals, No. 216 Representing BUS code 1125 You expected to report to the duty stion listed on this announcement. This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional similar vacancies across EEOC. If you are unable to apply online or need to fax a document th you do not have in electronic form, please refer to the agency contact informion. Attorneys appointed in the excepted service are required to maintain active membership in a bar within U.S. jurisdiction for the durion of their employment. Attorneys must provide documention supporting active membership and good standing stus (or equivalent) on least an annual basis.
Veterans’ Preference:
There is no formal ring system for applying veterans’ preference to torney appointments in the excepted service; however, the EEOC considers veterans’ preference eligibility as a positive factor in torney hiring. Applicants eligible for veterans’ preference must include th informion in their cover letter or resume and tach supporting documention (e.g., the DD 214, Certifice of Release or Discharge from Active Duty and other supporting documention) to their applicion submission documention. Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service (see: https://www.sss.gov/Home/Registrion ) All employees of the Federal government are subject to the conflict of interest stutes and regulions including the Standards of Ethical Conduct th govern activities with outside organizions and reporting financial holdings. This position may require the incumbent to complete a confidential financial disclosure report within 30 days of appointment. Expand Hide additional informion Candides should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passione about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United Stes Constitution. Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. How you evalued You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above. The specialist will perform an initial review of applicions to determine basic eligibility and qualificions for the position. The evaluion involves a determinion of basic eligibility and minimum qualificions only and numeric scores will not be assigned. Equal Employment Opportunity The United Stes government does not discrimine in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), nional origin, political affiliion, sexual oriention, marital stus, disability, genetic informion, age, membership in an employee organizion, retaliion, parental stus, military service or other non-merit factor. Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. Required documents Required Documents Help To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Applicion Package which includes: Your Resume showing work schedule, hours worked per week, des of employment and duties performed. (Limit resume length to 2 pages) This position has a basic educion requirement; you must submit a copy of your official or unofficial law school Transcripts for further considerion. An official transcript is required before being appointed. Proof of current and active BAR Membership in good standing. During the initial review of applicions, the Agency will accept photocopies of BAR Membership Cards or screenshots providing proof of active membership in a BAR Associion th reflects the bar’s jurisdiction or territory, the torney’s full name, bar number, de of admission, and bar stus (i.e. active, inactive, retired, etc.). Copy of one recent Legal Writing Sample , not to exceed 10 pages. Most recent Performance Appraisal, if applicable. Current or Former Federal Employees (if applicable)
- please provide a copy of your last or most recent SF-50 , “Notificion of Personnel Action” which preferably shows your current title, series and grade (do not submit an Award SF-50).
If your current grade is not your highest permanent grade held, submit a copy of an additional SF-50 showing your highest grade held. Veterans’ Preference documention , if applicable (e.g. DD-214 Member Copy 4 showing type of discharge/character of service; Current Active Duty members must submit a certificion of expected discharge or release from active duty under honorable conditions ded within 120 days; SF-15 Form and reled documention; VA letter.) Current or Former Political Appointees (if applicable)
- The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) must authorize employment offers made to current or former political appointees.
If you are currently or have been a political Schedule A, Schedule C or Non-Career SES employee in the Executive Branch within the last 5 years, you must disclose this in your applicion package. Failure to submit documents required may result in loss of considerion. If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply Help To apply for this position, you must complete the online applicion and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section. The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on 08/12/2025 to receive considerion. To view the Assessment Questionnaire before applying online, click on this link: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12772531 To begin, click Apply Online to access an online applicion. Follow the prompts to select your USAJOBS resume and/or other supporting documents. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account or you may need to cree a new account. You taken to an online applicion. Complete the online applicion, verify the required documention, and submit the applicion. You will receive an email notificion when your applicion has been received for the announcement. To verify the stus of your applicion, log into https://login.usajobs.gov/Access/Transition select the Applicion Stus link and then select the More Informion link for this position. The Applicion Stus page will display the stus of your applicion, the documention received and processed, and your responses submitted to the online applicion. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
The EEOC provides reasonable accommodions to applicants with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodion for any part of the applicion and hiring process, please contact the HR Specialist listed in this vacancy. The decision on granting reasonable accommodion made on a case-by-case basis. TTY users may contact us via the Federal Relay Service, 1-800-877-8339. Agency contact informion EEOC Jobs jobs@eeoc.gov Address Equal Employment Opportunity Commission 131 M Street, NE Washington, DC 20507 US Next steps The questionnaire will assess your qualificions for the job, and used to identify the best qualified applicants to be referred to the hiring manager for further considerion and possible interviews. Your rings in this Assessment Questionnaire are subject to evaluion and verificion based on the documents and references you submit. Ler steps in the selection process are specifically designed to verify your rings. Delibere tempts to falsify informion may be grounds for not selecting you or for dismissing you from the position/agency during the probionary period. Once your online applicion is submitted you will receive a confirmion notificion by email. Your applicion evalued. You will receive another notificion about the stus of your applicion. We expect to make a job offer within 40 days after the closing de of the announcement. After making a tentive job offer, we will conduct a suitability/security background investigion. Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Required Documents Help To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Applicion Package which includes: Your Resume showing work schedule, hours worked per week, des of employment and duties performed. (Limit resume length to 2 pages) This position has a basic educion requirement; you must submit a copy of your official or unofficial law school Transcripts for further considerion. An official transcript is required before being appointed. Proof of current and active BAR Membership in good standing. During the initial review of applicions, the Agency will accept photocopies of BAR Membership Cards or screenshots providing proof of active membership in a BAR Associion th reflects the bar’s jurisdiction or territory, the torney’s full name, bar number, de of admission, and bar stus (i.e. active, inactive, retired, etc.). Copy of one recent Legal Writing Sample , not to exceed 10 pages. Most recent Performance Appraisal, if applicable. Current or Former Federal Employees (if applicable)
- please provide a copy of your last or most recent SF-50 , “Notificion of Personnel Action” which preferably shows your current title, series and grade (do not submit an Award SF-50).
If your current grade is not your highest permanent grade held, submit a copy of an additional SF-50 showing your highest grade held. Veterans’ Preference documention , if applicable (e.g. DD-214 Member Copy 4 showing type of discharge/character of service; Current Active Duty members must submit a certificion of expected discharge or release from active duty under honorable conditions ded within 120 days; SF-15 Form and reled documention; VA letter.) Current or Former Political Appointees (if applicable)
- The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) must authorize employment offers made to current or former political appointees.
If you are currently or have been a political Schedule A, Schedule C or Non-Career SES employee in the Executive Branch within the last 5 years, you must disclose this in your applicion package. Failure to submit documents required may result in loss of considerion. If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply Help To apply for this position, you must complete the online applicion and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section. The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on 08/12/2025 to receive considerion. To view the Assessment Questionnaire before applying online, click on this link: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12772531 To begin, click Apply Online to access an online applicion. Follow the prompts to select your USAJOBS resume and/or other supporting documents. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account or you may need to cree a new account. You taken to an online applicion. Complete the online applicion, verify the required documention, and submit the applicion. You will receive an email notificion when your applicion has been received for the announcement. To verify the stus of your applicion, log into https://login.usajobs.gov/Access/Transition select the Applicion Stus link and then select the More Informion link for this position. The Applicion Stus page will display the stus of your applicion, the documention received and processed, and your responses submitted to the online applicion. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
The EEOC provides reasonable accommodions to applicants with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodion for any part of the applicion and hiring process, please contact the HR Specialist listed in this vacancy. The decision on granting reasonable accommodion made on a case-by-case basis. TTY users may contact us via the Federal Relay Service, 1-800-877-8339. Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion EEOC Jobs jobs@eeoc.gov Address Equal Employment Opportunity Commission 131 M Street, NE Washington, DC 20507 US Next steps The questionnaire will assess your qualificions for the job, and used to identify the best qualified applicants to be referred to the hiring manager for further considerion and possible interviews. Your rings in this Assessment Questionnaire are subject to evaluion and verificion based on the documents and references you submit. Ler steps in the selection process are specifically designed to verify your rings. Delibere tempts to falsify informion may be grounds for not selecting you or for dismissing you from the position/agency during the probionary period. Once your online applicion is submitted you will receive a confirmion notificion by email. Your applicion evalued. You will receive another notificion about the stus of your applicion. We expect to make a job offer within 40 days after the closing de of the announcement. After making a tentive job offer, we will conduct a suitability/security background investigion. Expand Hide next steps Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Overview Help Accepting applicions Open & closing des 07/30/2025 to 08/12/2025 Salary $91,627 to
- $141,646 per year Locality pay will vary based upon the selectee’s grade. A final salary determinion made upon selection. Pay scale & grade GS 12
- 13 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Pittsburgh, PA Remote job No Telework eligible No Travel Required Occasional travel
- You may be expected to travel for this position.
Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Excepted Promotion potential 14 Job family (Series) Supervisory stus No Security clearance Drug test No Position sensitivity and risk Trust determinion process Announcement number
DE-12772531-25-MG
Control number 842093200