Job Description
ATTORNEY-ADVISER
(GENERAL) Department of the Army Army Nional Guard Units Summary THIS IS A NATIONAL GUARD TITLE 32 EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITION.
This Nional Guard position is for a ATTORNEY-ADVISER
(GENERAL), Position Description Number D2436000 and is part of the CO JFHQ, Nional Guard. The primary purpose of the position is to serve as the full-time professional legal adviser and support to the Adjutant General, the Commander of federally recognized Army and Air Nional Guards, and ste/territory unique public defense or safety structures. Learn more about this agency Summary THIS IS A NATIONAL GUARD TITLE 32 EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITION.
This Nional Guard position is for a ATTORNEY-ADVISER
(GENERAL), Position Description Number D2436000 and is part of the CO JFHQ, Nional Guard. The primary purpose of the position is to serve as the full-time professional legal adviser and support to the Adjutant General, the Commander of federally recognized Army and Air Nional Guards, and ste/territory unique public defense or safety structures. Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Posted this month • Apply by 07/02/26 Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on July 2, 2026 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Centennial, CO 1 vacancy No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible No Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $140,239 - $182,316 per year Pay scale & grade GS 14 Promotion potential None Learn more about pay scale and grade Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position. Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series 0905 Attorney Supervisory stus Yes Federal service type This job is in the Excepted Service Represented by a union No Drug test No Security clearance Secret Financial disclosure required Yes Some jobs require financial disclosure to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number CO-12975585-AR-26-135
Control number 871402300 This job is open to Help Nional Guard and reserves Current members, those who want to join or transitioning military members. Clarificion from the agency Open to members of the Colorado Army Nional Guard and those eligible to transfer into the COARNG. Duties Help 1. General Law:
As General Counsel, is responsible for the following functions: Furnishes legal advice and services on all mters arising from, or pertaining to, activities of the ste Nional Guard and ste militia. Exercises oversight over the day-to-day legal operions within the ste Nional Guard and ste militia. Serves as the ste Nional Guard claims officer. Provides staff oversight and legal advice on all non-contractual claims arising from operions of the ste Nional Guard. Furnishes legal advice regarding the applicion of restrictions and limitions contained in authorizion and appropriion acts, and reled legislion as they affect the ste NG. Furnishes legal advice and assistance on all legal mters involving the acquisition, management, or disposal of real este interests within the ste NG. Provides staff oversight and legal advice on all litigion mters affecting the ste Nional Guard, and provides liaison with DoD, services, and NGB. Oversees and administers the ste NG military justice program. 2. LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT COUNSEL DUTIES
Provides legal advice and assistance to ste NG on the full spectrum of civilian personnel management and administrion including difficult issues involving staffing, recruitment, assignment, performance management, pay and allowances, training, promotion, discipline, appeals and dispute resolution. 3. TRIAL ATTORNEY DUTIES
Acts as trial torney for employment reled administrive hearings, investigions, and litigion for ste NG. Appears before investigors, examiners, and Administrive law judges, representing ste NG the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) and the Equal Employment Opportunity commission (EEOC), Federal Labor Relions Authority (FLRA). 4. COUNSEL FOR CONTRACT AND FISCAL LAW DUTIES
Incumbent serves as ste NG contract and fiscal law counsel. In this role the incumbent provides expert, authoritive legal advice to the ste NG on all aspects of contract and fiscal law. 5. OTHER LEGAL DUTIES
Provides oversight of a broad scope of responsibilities in the areas of general law. Incumbent renders professional advice and legal opinions on (1) security, intelligence, proper use memorandum, CYBER; (2) guidance for ste NG participion in community and Nional Security Significant Events (NSSE) and the activities of prive associions; (3) inter-service support agreements; (4) official Investigions by Federal agencies; and, (5) domestic operions law counsel including defense support of civil authorities. 6. Performs other reled duties as assigned. Requirements Help Conditions of employment Selectee required to wear the military uniform. May be required to successfully complete a probionary period. Participion in direct deposit is mandory. Membership in the Colorado Army Nional Guard or eligible to transfer into the COARNG. Must hold the grade of O-5. Submit all required documention. For positions requiring the operion for motor vehicle, candides must have a valid ste driver's license for the ste in which they live or are principally employed. Must obtain and maintain a Secret clearance. Incumbent must be an active member of the bar in good standing in Colorado. Must possess a valid ste driver's license to opere government motor vehicles, for the ste in which they live or are principally employed, in accordance with Army and Air Force Vehicle Operions Directives. As an Officer in the Army Nional Guard JAG Corps, must have completed the 14-week Judge Advoce General Basic Course. No record of conviction by civilian courts of offenses listed in the applicable Service Military Justice regulions. Must not have any military disciplinary action on military records for engaging in an unprofessional or inapproprie relionship as defined in applicable DoD Instructions concerning Army and Air Force Professional and Unprofessional Relionships. Must not have any Unfavorable Informion Files, civil convictions (other than minor traffic violions), or open Inspector General investigions. Compible Military Assignment:
27A MOS. Incumbent is required to submit a Financial Disclosure Stement, OGE-450, (5CFR Part 2634, Subpart I USOGE, 6/08
). Executive Branch Personnel Confidential Financial Disclosure Report upon entering the position and annually, in accordance with DoD Directive 5500-7-R, Joint Ethics Regulion, ded 23 March 2006. Qualificions Military Grades :
O-5 1. Specialized experience used to determine qualificions for the announced position. 2. An applicant's RESUME must provide, in detail, how they meet each specialized experience listed below. Resume must be two pages or less. Federal Resume Help 3. It must be documented with "from (mm/yy)" and "to (mm/yy)" des and description of the specialized experience. 4. Must include transcripts. DO NOT copy each bullet listed below word for word and place into your resume; you must describe your personal experience as it pertains to each bullet. You immediely disqualified if you fail to include specialized experience in your resume. Must have experience in each of the following: 1. 36 months' work experience as a professional Attorney. 2. Experience collecting and analyzing da effectively, efficiently, and accurely. 3. Experience or knowledge of military and civilian laws, directives, regulions, policies, and procedures. 4. Ability to clearly enuncie English without impediment of speech th would interfere or prohibit effective communicions & write English in reports and presention forms. 5. Experience in interpersonal communicions, emphy, and effective listening. 6. Experience in communicing -orally and in writing- clearly and effectively. 7. Experience organizing thoughts, research merials, and manage case projects; and skilled in comprehending and interpreting directives and laws. 8. Knowledgeable of the Army Nional Guard and Air Nional Guard mission requirements. 9. Competent in providing legal interpretion and guidance to managers and senior leaders on United Stes Code Title 32 § 709, Nional Guard Program. 10. Able to recognize and identify complex constitutional, ste-federal, and military-civilian jurisdictional issues frequently associed with the organizion and administrion of the Title 32 Nional Guard, and articule them in the approprie forum or context. 11. Competent in providing legal interpretion and guidance to managers and senior leaders on 10 United Stes Code, and the ste equivalent to the federal Uniform Code of Military Justice. 12. Experienced in researching and providing legal advice in all functional areas of Administrive, Labor, Medical and Physical Disability, and Ethics Law. 13. Experienced in developing and providing solutions to conflicting or contradictory DoD regulions, directives, and policies, and other NGB or ste legal guidance. 14. Experienced in preparing memoranda of reports th outlined and analyzed the factual and legal issues and have experiences involved preparing legal documents or advisory opinions, participed in contract negions, and examined documents for legal sufficiency. Educion You must meet the following Educion requirement to qualify for this position: Bachelor of Laws or Juris Doctor degree in law issued by an ABA- accredited law school; and must be admitted to practice law in Colorado. • You must provide transcripts or other documention to support your educional claims. To receive credit for Educion, you must provide documention of proof th you meet the Educion requirements for this position. Additional informion If you are a male applicant who was born after 12/31/1959 and are required to register under the Military Selective Service Act, the Defense Authorizion Act of 1986 requires th you be registered or you are not eligible for appointment in this agency ( Register | Selective Service System :
Selective Service System (sss.gov) ). 1. If you would like to inquire about joining the Colorado Army Nional Guard, please contact (720) 250-1351. 2. PCS funds are not available (unless otherwise sted). 3. Be advised th if selected for a military technician position where membership in a reserve component is a condition of employment, your bonus may be termined and may or may not be subject to recoupment. Questions pertaining to recoupment may be directed to the Ste Incentives manager (720) 250-1337. 4. AGR positions are not announced/applied for on USA Jobs. Contact your respective AGR offices for instructions on how to apply for AGR positions. 5. A security clearance may be required for this position. Please contact the selecting supervisor or ste security manager with questions regarding clearances. (Failure to obtain/maintain a security clearance may be grounds for terminion from the Technician program.) 6. This position may be contingent on the vacancy of the incumbent even if not otherwise sted in this announcement. Please contact the HRO with any questions regarding hiring des. 7. Per ARNG-HRH
Policy Memorandum #10-39, mandory Full Time Staff (FTS) training is required within a year of hire as a condition of employment in vacancy announcements for both Technician and Active Guard Reserve positions. Failure of new FTS personnel to complete NGB prescribed courses PEC within the first year of employment may be cause for reassignment to other full-time positions or terminion of their employment. 8. We use E-Verify to verify the identity and employment eligibility of all persons hired. 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. Once the announcement has closed, your resume and supporting documention used to determine if you meet the qualificions listed on this announcement. If you are minimally qualified, your resume and supporting documention compared to your responses on the assessment questionnaire to determine your level of experience. If you are found to be a minimally qualified candide, you referred to the selecting official for employment considerion. 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 Failure to submit the required documents grounds for disqualificion without further review REQUIRED
A current Resume th is two pages or less, providing name, military rank, and email REQUIRED
Specialized experience documented in your resume with mm/yy to mm/yy form REQUIRED
Transcripts REQUIRED
Current Certifice of Good Standing to practice law in Colorado or active license in good standing in another ste with eligibility for Colorado licensure within 6 months of hire de 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/Occupional Questionnaire and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section below. To view the Occupional Questionnaire, click the following link: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12975585 A complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on the closing de of the announcement to receive considerion. To begin, click Apply to access the online applicion. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account to apply. If you do not have a USAJOBS account, you will need to cree one before beginning the applicion. Follow the prompts to select your resume and/or other supporting documents to be included with your applicion package. Resumes must be two pages or less as required by the Merit Hiring Plan. You will have the opportunity to upload additional documents to include in your applicion before it is submitted. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process. After acknowledging you have reviewed your applicion package, complete the Include Personal Informion section as you deem approprie and click to continue with the applicion process . You taken to the online applicion which you must complete in order to apply for the position. Complete the online applicion, verify the required documention is included with your applicion package, and submit the applicion. To verify the stus of your applicion, log into your USAJOBS account ( https://my.usajobs.gov/Account/Login ), all of your applicions will appear on the Welcome screen. The Applicion Stus will appear along with the de your applicion was last upded. For informion on wh each Applicion Stus means, : https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/how-to/applicion/stus/ . Agency contact informion Lt Col Sabrina Jensen Phone (720) 250-1508 sabrina.jensen.2@us.af.mil Address CO JFHQ 6848 S
Revere Parkway Centennial, CO 80112 US Next steps Once your online applicion is submitted you will receive a confirmion notificion by email. Your applicion evalued by the Human Resources Office to determine your eligibility for the position. After the evaluion is complete, you will receive another notificion regarding the stus of your applicion. 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 Failure to submit the required documents grounds for disqualificion without further review REQUIRED
A current Resume th is two pages or less, providing name, military rank, and email REQUIRED
Specialized experience documented in your resume with mm/yy to mm/yy form REQUIRED
Transcripts REQUIRED
Current Certifice of Good Standing to practice law in Colorado or active license in good standing in another ste with eligibility for Colorado licensure within 6 months of hire de 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/Occupional Questionnaire and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section below. To view the Occupional Questionnaire, click the following link: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12975585 A complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on the closing de of the announcement to receive considerion. To begin, click Apply to access the online applicion. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account to apply. If you do not have a USAJOBS account, you will need to cree one before beginning the applicion. Follow the prompts to select your resume and/or other supporting documents to be included with your applicion package. Resumes must be two pages or less as required by the Merit Hiring Plan. You will have the opportunity to upload additional documents to include in your applicion before it is submitted. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process. After acknowledging you have reviewed your applicion package, complete the Include Personal Informion section as you deem approprie and click to continue with the applicion process . You taken to the online applicion which you must complete in order to apply for the position. Complete the online applicion, verify the required documention is included with your applicion package, and submit the applicion. To verify the stus of your applicion, log into your USAJOBS account ( https://my.usajobs.gov/Account/Login ), all of your applicions will appear on the Welcome screen. The Applicion Stus will appear along with the de your applicion was last upded. For informion on wh each Applicion Stus means, : https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/how-to/applicion/stus/ . Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion Lt Col Sabrina Jensen Phone (720) 250-1508 sabrina.jensen.2@us.af.mil Address CO JFHQ 6848 S
Revere Parkway Centennial, CO 80112 US Next steps Once your online applicion is submitted you will receive a confirmion notificion by email. Your applicion evalued by the Human Resources Office to determine your eligibility for the position. After the evaluion is complete, you will receive another notificion regarding the stus of your applicion. 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 Posted this month • Apply by 07/02/26 Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on July 2, 2026 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Centennial, CO 1 vacancy No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible No Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $140,239 - $182,316 per year Pay scale & grade GS 14 Promotion potential None Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position. Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series Supervisory stus Yes Federal service type This job is in the Excepted Service Represented by a union No Drug test No Security clearance Secret Financial disclosure required Yes Some jobs require to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number CO-12975585-AR-26-135
Control number 871402300
