General Counsel and Senior Vice President Department of Energy Western Area Power Administrion Summary The Department of Energy's (DOE) Western Area Power Administrion (WAPA) is looking for an innovive, seasoned executive to serve as General Counsel/Senior Vice President to direct all WAPA's legal activities with a mission of delivering Federal hydropower and transmission over a 15-ste, high-voltage transmission network to more than 680 utility customers

• municipalities, public power cooperives, ste and federal agencies, among others
• in turn providing power to 40 million Americans.

Learn more about this agency Summary The Department of Energy's (DOE) Western Area Power Administrion (WAPA) is looking for an innovive, seasoned executive to serve as General Counsel/Senior Vice President to direct all WAPA's legal activities with a mission of delivering Federal hydropower and transmission over a 15-ste, high-voltage transmission network to more than 680 utility customers

• municipalities, public power cooperives, ste and federal agencies, among others
• in turn providing power to 40 million Americans. Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Lakewood, CO No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $199,172
• $228,000 per year Pay scale & grade ES 00 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 Senior Executive Service Represented by a union No Drug test Yes Security clearance Q Access Authorizion Position sensitivity and risk Critical-Sensitive (CS)/High Risk Jobs require a background check and some require a security clearance . The type depends on the job. Background check type Credentialing Suitability/Fitness Nional security Financial disclosure required Yes Some jobs require financial disclosure to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number 26-GC-001168-13043765-ES Control number 882162000 This job is open to Help The public U.S. Citizens, Nionals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S. Federal employees

• Competitive service Current federal employees whose agencies follow the U.S. Office of Personnel Management's hiring rules and pay scales. Federal employees
• Excepted service Current federal employees whose agencies have their own hiring rules, pay scales and evaluion criteria.

Senior executives Individuals looking for an executive-level job and who meet the five Executive Core Qualificions (ECQs). Clarificion from the agency Open to All U.S. Citizens Duties Help The General Counsel and Senior Vice President is responsible for providing executive leadership which encompasses the planning, development, and administrion of Western Area Power Administrion (WAPA)'s legal services. The incumbent will serve as General Counsel and Senior Vice President which as a key member of the

DOE WAPA

senior leadership team As the General Counsel and Senior Vice President, you will: Be responsible for legal counsel on WAPA's position regarding all wholesale electricity business, legislive, regulory, DOE and WAPA policy and other changes which directly or indirectly impact WAPA's mission. Direct organizional activities, frame stregic plans based on broad organizional assessments and evalue long-term organizional objectives. Oversee and direct the internal organizion, staffing, policies, and personnel authorities required to carry out the responsibilities of the organizion, including the recruitment of senior managers and technical experts necessary to ensure the success of the program. Supervise the work of and assignments made by Assistant General Counsels to staff torneys; provides policy, technical, and administrive guidance, coordine projects, and direct all legal activities from research through litigion, which may include personal involvement in the most comprehensive or precedent setting projects or actions. Exercise review and supervisory authority for all legal work WAPA including th pertaining to power marketing and transmission management; sales and operions; construction, supply and services contracts and claims; property management including acquisition or disposal of real and personal property; personnel law, labor relions and reled administrive mters; and ethical restrictions th apply to Federal employees. Maintain continual relionships with top level management officials and key representives of other Federal agencies, local public bodies, prive and publicly owned utilities, and various interest groups on all legal mters affecting WAPA. Requirements Help Conditions of employment Must be a U.S. Citizen or Nional. Subject to a 1-year SES probionary period (unless already completed). Complete a Declarion for Federal Employment to determine your suitability for Federal employment, the time requested by the agency. If you are a male applicant born after December 31, 1959, certify th you have registered with the Selective Service System or are exempt from having to do so. May be subject to pre-employment and random drug tests. File a Confidential Financial Disclosure Report OGE-278 within 30 days of appointment and annually from then on. You may be required to obtain and maintain an interim and/or final security clearance prior to entrance on duty. Failure to obtain and maintain the required level of clearance may result in the withdrawal of a job offer or removal. There are three key documents th contain important informion about your rights and obligions. Please read and retain these documents: Noncriminal Justice Applicant's Privacy Rights , for those who undergo an FBI fingerprint-based criminal history record check for personnel vetting, which includes Rap Back, FD-258 Privacy Act Stement

• FBI (this is the same stement used when your fingerprints are submitted as part of your background investigion), and SEAD-3-Reporting-U.

pdf (dni.gov) , (applicable to those who hold a sensitive position or have eligibility for access to classified informion)

BAR MEMBERSHIP

You must be a current active member in good standing of the Bar of a Ste or Territory of the United Stes, District of Columbia, or Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. Qualificions 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. Candides will not be hired based on their race, sex, color, religion, or nional origin.

APPLICANTS MUST MEET ALL OF THE FOLLOWING MINIMUM QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS FOR THE POSITION.

To meet the minimum qualificion requirements for this position, you must show th you possess the Executive Core Qualificions (ECQ) and Technical Qualificions (TQ) reled to this position within your resume•

NOT TO EXCEED 2 PAGES

. Resumes over the 2-page limit, will not be reviewed beyond page 2 or may be disqualified. Your resume should include examples of experience, educion, and accomplishments applicable to the qualificion(s). If your resume does not reflect demonstred evidence of these qualificions, you may not receive considerion for the position.

TECHNICAL QUALIFICATIONS

(TQs) : Your resume must clearly demonstre th you possess the following technical qualificions. TQ 1: Demonstred experience with electric utility operions laws and regulions, encompassing power generion/transmission (Federal Power Act/FERC), environmental compliance (NEPA), construction/supply/services contracting and claims, real and personal property management (acquisition/disposal), personnel and labor relions, ethics, and fiscal mters. TQ 2: Demonstred skill developing a stregy to communice, interpret, and advoce for complex legal mters arising in a broad range of legal practice (i.e. drafting and negotiing contracts, dispute resolution, litigion); provide legal advice to senior executives; assess and prioritize client and organizional needs; and manage and supervise a full-service legal office th represents the organizion.

EXECUTIVE CORE QUALIFICATIONS

(ECQs): In addition to the Technical Qualificion Requirements listed above, all new entrants into the Senior Executive Service (SES) under a career appointment assessed for executive competency against the following five mandory ECQs. If your 2-page resume does not reflect demonstred evidence of the ECQs and TQs, you may not receive further considerion for the position. There are five

ECQs:

ECQ 1: Commitment to the Rule of Law and the Principles of the American Founding

• This core qualificion requires a demonstred knowledge of the American system of government, commitment to uphold the Constitution and the rule of law, and commitment to serve the American people. ECQ 2: Driving Efficiency
• This core qualificion involves the demonstred ability to stregically and efficiently manage resources, budget effectively, cut wasteful spending, and pursue efficiency through process and technological upgrades. ECQ 3: Merit and Competence
• This core qualificion involves the demonstred knowledge, ability and technical competence to effectively and reliably produce work th is of exceptional quality. ECQ 4: Leading People
• This core qualificion involves the demonstred ability to lead and inspire a group toward meeting the organizion's vision, mission, and goals, and to drive a high-performance, high-accountability culture. This includes, when necessary, the ability to lead people through change and to hold individuals accountable. ECQ 5: Achieving Results
• This core qualificion involves the demonstred ability to achieve both individual and organizional results, and to align results to sted goals from superiors.

Note:

If you are a member of the SES or have been certified through successful participion in an OPM approved SES Candide Development Program (SESCDP), or have SES reinstement eligibility, you do not need to respond to the ECQs. Instead, you should tach proof (e.g., SF-50, Certificion by OPM's SES Qualificions Review Board (QRB)) of your eligibility for noncompetitive appointment to the SES. Educion Must meet the minimum educion requirements of successful completion of a full course of study in a school of law accredited by the American Bar Associion (ABA) with a professional law degree (L.L.B or J.D.). This position has a positive educion requirement. Unofficial transcripts or any report listing institution, course title, credits earned (semester or quarter hour) and final grade is acceptable. It is your responsibility to provide adeque proof th you meet the educional requirements. An official transcript required if you are selected. Educion must be obtained from an accredited institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion. For special instructions pertaining to foreign educion and a list of organizions th can evalue foreign educion, see

Department of Educion Foreign Educion :

If you are using educion completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualificion requirements, you must show the educion credentials have been evalued by a prive organizion th specializes in interpretion of foreign educion programs and such educion has been deemed equivalent to th gained in an accredited U.S. educion program; or full credit has been given for the courses a U.S. accredited college or university. If you are qualifying based on foreign educion, you must submit proof of creditability of educion as evalued by a credentialing agency. For further informion, : Recognition of Foreign Qualificions | Internional Affairs Office (ed.gov) Additional informion

Veterans Preference:

Veterans' preference is not applicable to the SES.

Mobility:

Organizional and geographical mobility is essential in developing and managing SES leaders. Individuals selected for SES positions members may be subject to reassignment across geographical, organizional, and functional lines, and may be required to sign a Reassignment Rights and Obligion Agreement. Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)

Policy Stement :

http://www.eeoc.gov/federal/index.cfm Employment Informion Resources•

Resource Center :

https://help.usajobs.gov/how-to Males born after 12-31-1959 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service (see https://www.sss.gov/RegVer/wfRegistrion.aspx ) Hiring incentives may be authorized in accordance with agency policy and if funding is available. This is a non-bargaining unit position. OPM must authorize any employment offers made to current or former (within the last 5 years) political Schedule A, Schedule C, or Non-career SES employees in the executive branch. If you are currently, or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule C, or Noncareer SES employee in the executive branch, you must disclose th to the Human Resources Office. 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 . 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 applicion process is complete, a review of your resume and supporting documention conducted. If you meet minimum qualificions, your Applicion Package further reviewed to determine if you possess the Executive Core Qualificions (ECQ) and Technical Qualificions (TQ) listed above. ECQs and TQs must be thoroughly addressed within your two (2) page resume. Separe narrives will not be accepted or reviewed. Highly Qualified applicants may undergo one or more interviews and may be referred to the selecting official for further considerion. Upon selection, if not already a member of the SES serving under a career appointment, the individual selected must have his/her executive qualificions certified by the U.S. Office of Personnel Management's SES Qualificions Review Board (QRB) before appointment to this position. The selected individual's applicion forwarded to the OPM for review and certificion by the QRB, unless the selectee provides evidence of their noncompetitive stus (i.e., a current

SES, OPM QRB

certified SESCDP gradue, or SES reinstement eligible). Upon QRB certificion, the selected individual required to serve a one-year probionary period. For more informion regarding the SES, go to https://www.opm.gov/policy-da-oversight/senior-executive-service/ . 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 . 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 A complete applicion includes items described below. Please note th if you do not provide all required informion, as specified in this announcement, you may not be considered for this position (or may not receive the special considerion for which you may be eligible).Please carefully review the following list to determine wh documention you need to submit. Some documents may not apply to all applicants. 1.

RESUME:

All applicants are required to submit a resume limited to two (2) pages (i.e., 1 page th is double-sided or 2 pages th are one-sided each) showing all relevant experience. A minimum of 10-point font is required. Applicants seeking initial career appointment to the Senior Executive Service (SES) must include evidence of the ECQs and TQs.

PLEASE DO NOT USE USAJOBS RESUME BUILDER. 2. VACANCY QUESTION/ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE RESPONSES

Responses are automically submitted through USA Jobs when you apply to this vacancy. 3.

ADDITIONAL REQUIRED DOCUMENTS

Applicants are required to submit the following supporting documention if applicable:

CURRENT OR FORMER SES MEMBERS

Must provide your SES appointment SF-50 (Notificion of Personnel Action), and an SF-50 showing current career SES stus or career SES reinstement eligibility.

SES CANDIDATE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

(SESCDP)

GRADUATES

Verificion of successful completion of an OPM-approved SESCDP and

OPM SES QRB

certificion.

CURRENT OR FORMER FEDERAL CIVIL SERVICE EMPLOYEE

Must provide a copy of your Notificion of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (SF-50) or equivalent personnel action form reflecting you are a current Federal Civil Service employee. 4.

ALL APPLICANTS

• copy of your transcript(s) or a separe course listing showing the course title, department, hours earned (quarters or semester), and grade.

If you have completed any part of your educion outside of the U.S., you must submit the evaluion of your foreign educion th has been prepared by an accredited organizion. The Nional Associion of Credential Evaluion Services (NACES) can provide a list of who can evalue your foreign educion. For additional informion, Department of Educion Resumes will not be accepted with f onts smaller than 10 point. 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 this applicion and submit any required documents specified in the Required Documents section and submit 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 and upload your résumé and/or other required documents to be included with your applicion package. 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. It is applicant's responsibility to verify th informion entered and uploaded, (i.e., resume and other required documents) is complete, accure, and submitted by the closing de. Human Resources will not modify or change any part of your applicion. Applicion packages will NOT be accepted via mail. Due to security processes, mail delivery takes approximely 2-3 weeks to process which time the vacancy announcement closed, and no further considerion given to additional applicion packages. Agency contact informion Rashida Smith rashida.smith@hq.doe.gov Address WAPA Headquarters 12155 W. Alameda Pkwy Lakewood, CO 80228 US Next steps To verify the stus of your applicion, sign in to your USAJOBS account ( https://www.usajobs.gov/ ), 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://help.usajobs.gov/how-to . 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 A complete applicion includes items described below. Please note th if you do not provide all required informion, as specified in this announcement, you may not be considered for this position (or may not receive the special considerion for which you may be eligible).Please carefully review the following list to determine wh documention you need to submit. Some documents may not apply to all applicants. 1.

RESUME:

All applicants are required to submit a resume limited to two (2) pages (i.e., 1 page th is double-sided or 2 pages th are one-sided each) showing all relevant experience. A minimum of 10-point font is required. Applicants seeking initial career appointment to the Senior Executive Service (SES) must include evidence of the ECQs and TQs.

PLEASE DO NOT USE USAJOBS RESUME BUILDER. 2. VACANCY QUESTION/ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE RESPONSES

Responses are automically submitted through USA Jobs when you apply to this vacancy. 3.

ADDITIONAL REQUIRED DOCUMENTS

Applicants are required to submit the following supporting documention if applicable:

CURRENT OR FORMER SES MEMBERS

Must provide your SES appointment SF-50 (Notificion of Personnel Action), and an SF-50 showing current career SES stus or career SES reinstement eligibility.

SES CANDIDATE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

(SESCDP)

GRADUATES

Verificion of successful completion of an OPM-approved SESCDP and

OPM SES QRB

certificion.

CURRENT OR FORMER FEDERAL CIVIL SERVICE EMPLOYEE

Must provide a copy of your Notificion of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (SF-50) or equivalent personnel action form reflecting you are a current Federal Civil Service employee. 4.

ALL APPLICANTS

• copy of your transcript(s) or a separe course listing showing the course title, department, hours earned (quarters or semester), and grade.

If you have completed any part of your educion outside of the U.S., you must submit the evaluion of your foreign educion th has been prepared by an accredited organizion. The Nional Associion of Credential Evaluion Services (NACES) can provide a list of who can evalue your foreign educion. For additional informion, Department of Educion Resumes will not be accepted with f onts smaller than 10 point. 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 this applicion and submit any required documents specified in the Required Documents section and submit 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 and upload your résumé and/or other required documents to be included with your applicion package. 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. It is applicant's responsibility to verify th informion entered and uploaded, (i.e., resume and other required documents) is complete, accure, and submitted by the closing de. Human Resources will not modify or change any part of your applicion. Applicion packages will NOT be accepted via mail. Due to security processes, mail delivery takes approximely 2-3 weeks to process which time the vacancy announcement closed, and no further considerion given to additional applicion packages. Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion Rashida Smith rashida.smith@hq.doe.gov Address WAPA Headquarters 12155 W. Alameda Pkwy Lakewood, CO 80228 US Next steps To verify the stus of your applicion, sign in to your USAJOBS account ( https://www.usajobs.gov/ ), 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://help.usajobs.gov/how-to . 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 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Lakewood, CO No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $199,172

• $228,000 per year Pay scale & grade ES 00 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 Senior Executive Service Represented by a union No Drug test Yes Security clearance Q Access Authorizion Position sensitivity and risk Jobs require a and some require a . The type depends on the job. Background check type Financial disclosure required Yes Some jobs require to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number 26-GC-001168-13043765-ES Control number 882162000