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Attorney-Adviser

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A Lawyer represents clients in legal matters or court proceedings, provides legal advice and draws up legal documents. Works on criminal or civil cases, and either specializes in one area or practices broadly across all areas of law.

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Attorney-Adviser Department of the Army U.S. Army Communicions Electronics Command Summary About the
Position:
This position is loced with the Headquarters Communicions Electronics Command, U.S. Army Meriel Command Legal Center, Business Law Division Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD. If you are currently serving in a permanent, competitive service appointment in the Federal service, and are selected for this position, the appointment will remove you from the competitive service while you occupy this position. Learn more about this agency Summary About the
Position:
This position is loced with the Headquarters Communicions Electronics Command, U.S. Army Meriel Command Legal Center, Business Law Division Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD. If you are currently serving in a permanent, competitive service appointment in the Federal service, and are selected for this position, the appointment will remove you from the competitive service while you occupy this position. Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $102,415 - $197,200 per year Pay scale & grade
NH 3 - 4
Promotion potential 4 Learn more about pay scale and grade Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required 25% or less - You may be expected to travel for this position. Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series 0905 Attorney Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Excepted Service Represented by a union No Drug test No Security clearance Secret Position sensitivity and risk Noncritical-Sensitive (NCS)/Modere Risk Jobs require a background check and some require a security clearance . The type depends on the job. Background check type Suitability/Fitness Financial disclosure required Yes Some jobs require financial disclosure to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number
CHAT-26-13030956-DHA
Control number 881027500 This job is open to Help The public U.S. Citizens, Nionals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S. Duties Help Provides acquisition legal guidance, counsel and support to the Command and to a multitude of Program Managers, the Research and Development Center and Laborory Directors. Conducts extensive research, analysis and evaluion of highly particularized areas in support of the acquisition process. Provides legal advice on a variety of complex legal mters th involve contracts in excess of $100 million with unique legal problems and controversies. Assists DA and Department of Justice counsel in presention of cases before the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals, U.S. Court of Federal Claims and U.S. District Court. Provides oral and written advice concerning post-award contract mters including claims, disputes, bankruptcies, terminions, appeals, PL 85-804 and litigion. Advises on cases th consistently involve mters and issues of interest to the entire DOD contracting community, Congressional Committees, the Department of Justice, and the Department of Ste, as well as foreign governments. Provides oral and written advice concerning civilian personnel law, employment discriminion law and all labor relions mters. Supports DA, Department of Justice and criminal investigive agencies in cases reled to procurement fraud. Requirements Help Conditions of employment Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determinion, as determined by a completed background investigion. This position requires the incumbent be able to obtain and maintain a determinion of eligibility for a Secret security clearance for access for the durion of employment. This position requires the incumbent to maintain an active bar membership th permits the represention of the Federal Government in the courts of their jurisdiction to the extent th prive practice torneys are able to for their clients. A two-year trial/probionary period may be required. This position is subject to a Temporary Duty or business travel requirement of 25% or less of the time.
Qualificions Who May Apply:
Current and former Federal employees and US Citizens. Applicants evalued to determine if they meet the minimum qualificion requirements and on the extent to which their applicion shows possession of the following knowledge, skills and abilities (KSAs) associed with the position.
KSA's:
Skill in legal research, analysis, and interpretion to render authoritive opinions on complex, novel, or controversial legal issues with little to no precedent. Skill in providing legal counsel and guidance on complex and difficult mters . Ability to effectively, professionally, and ethically manage a heavy caseload of clients with complex legal needs. Ability to communice effectively, both orally and in writing, to provide clear and concise legal advice, draft legal documents, present briefings to senior leaders, and advoce on behalf of the Agency.
Qualificion Requirements:
The following minimum qualificion requirements must be met before applicants are eligible for further considerion: 1)
Educion:
Assignments require the first professional law degree (Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) or Juris Doctore (J.D.)). Applicants for initial appointment into torney positions must be gradues of law schools accredited by the American Bar Associion the time of the applicant's graduion. The Army General Counsel may make an exception upon a showing th a candide possesses superior qualificions and th no well-qualified candides from accredited law schools are available. 2)
Bar Membership:
Applicants must be active members in good standing (as defined by the pertinent bar) of the bar of a Ste, territory, the District of Columbia, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. 3) Professional Legal Experience NH-03 : Applicants must possess two (2) years of professional legal experience after admission to the bar commensure with the duties of the position. The Attorney Qualifying Authority may grant an exception to this requirement when an applicant possess special qualificions. NH-04: Applicants must possess more than three (3) years of professional legal experience after admission to the bar commensure with the duties of the position. 4) Time in Grade (current Federal employees): Candides selected for advancement will normally have completed least one year of service th is one grade lower than the position to be filled. The selecting official may request a waiver of the one year requirement in cases where hardship or inequity exists.
NOTICE OF VETERAN'S PREFERENCE
There is no formal ring system for applying veteran's preference to torney appointments in the excepted service; however, the Department of the Defense considers veterans' preference eligibility a positive factor for torney hiring. Applicants eligible for veterans' preference must include th informion in their cover letter or resume and tach supporting documention (e.g., DD Form 214, "Certifice of Release or Discharge from Active Duty") to their submissions. Although the point-preference system is not used, applicants eligible to claim a 10-point preference must submit a Standard Form (SF) 15, "Applicion for 10-Point Veteran Preference", and supporting documention required for the specific type of preference claimed. The SF 15 will identify the supporting documention required along with the list of the types of 10-point preference. The SF 15 is available from the OPM https://www.gsa.gov/portal/forms/type/sf/ . Educion Only degrees from an accredited college or university recognized by the Department of Educion are acceptable to meet positive educion requirements or to substitute educion for experience. For additional informion, please go to the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and U.S.
Department of Educion websites http:
//www.opm.
gov/qualificions and http:
//www.ed.gov/admins/finaid/accred/index.html . Additional informion To ensure compliance with Army Meriel Command (AMC) regulion, we will consider internal candides to the agency th are qualified by AMC before considering external applicants (all US Citizens). Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must complete a Pre-Employment Certificion Stement for Selective Service Registrion. You required to provide proof of U.S. Citizenship. This position requires a 2 year trial period during which the agency evalues your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest. In making this determinion, the agency may consider your performance and conduct; agency needs and interests; whether your continued employment supports organizional or Government goals; and whether it promotes the efficiency of the Federal service. Continued employment requires written certificion th it advances the public interest. Direct Deposit of Pay is required. If you have retired from federal service and you are interested in employment as a reemployed annuitant, see the informion in the Reemployed Annuitant informion sheet. This is a Professional Services Career Field position. Management has the prerogive to select any grade. This is a DoW Civilian Acquisition Workforce Personnel Demonstrion Project (AcqDemo) position in the
NH-03/04
broadband with an advertised pay range from GS-12/Step 1 to GS-15/Step 10. The NH-03 broadband includes the General Schedule grades equivalent to
GS-12/13.
The NH-04 broadband includes the General Schedule grades equivalent to
GS-14/15.
The position's maximum salary is covered by control points to account for variances in position responsibilities within the broadband. In the NH-04 broadband, this position is a non-supervisory professional/analyst with a control point of GS-14/Step 10. Management will set the selectee's pay for this position within the control point salary range consistent with the qualificions of the selectee and the expected contribution for the position. If selected the NH-03 grade, after a year or more of service you may be non-competitively promoted to the grade of NH-04 if management determines th time th you meet the qualificions/professional legal experience requirements set forth in relevant regulions, including Army Regulion (AR) 690-300. Promotion to NH-04 however, is NOT automic. You must meet the minimum qualificions set forth in the regulions before you can be considered for promotion. Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement. 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. Your applicion package (resume and supporting documents) evalued for basic qualificion requirements and for the skills needed to perform the duties of the position, as described in this vacancy announcement and identified by the Selecting Official.
NOTICE OF INTERNAL CANDIDATE PREFERENCE
Army Meriel Command Internal Candides afforded preference. There is no formal ring system for applying veteran's preference to torney appointments in the excepted service, however the principles of veteran's preference followed to the extent th is administrively feasible. 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 The following documents are required the time of applicion: Your resume: Your resume must be two pages or less and must support the specialized experience described in this announcement. Resumes exceeding two pages removed from considerion. Your resume may be submitted in any form and must support the specialized experience described in this announcement. Applicants must list the bar(s) of the Ste(s), territories, or Districts of which they are active members in good standing (as defined by the pertinent bar). If your resume includes a photograph or other inapproprie merial or content, it will not be used to make eligibility and qualificion determinions and you may not be considered for this vacancy. For qualificions determinions your resume must contain hours worked per week and the des of employment (i.e., HRS per week and month/year to month/year or month/year to present). If your resume does not contain this informion, your applicion may be marked as incomplete and you may not receive considerion for this position.
For additional informion see:
Wh to include in your resume . Applicants selected for interview must submit the following documents within 14 days of request: Official transcript of the applicant's law school record. Official stement of the applicant's standing in law school class. If the applicant's law school does not rank students, and the transcript does not explain th the school does not rank students, the applicant needs to submit an official stement from the school confirming the practice.
Good Standing Certifice:
Official certifice showing the applicant is in good standing with a ste bar, ded within three months (before or after) of the de the applicion is submitted. Good standing stus must permit the applicant to engage in the active practice of law in least one Ste or jurisdiction in which they are licensed. Active stus authorizes an torney who is a member in good standing to immediely practice law before the highest court of the licensing authority. Fitness to
Practice Stement:
A sworn stement by the candide th their fitness to practice law or conduct as an torney has never been challenged in any jurisdiction or; if either has been challenged, a sworn stement giving the facts, circumstances, and any other explanion th the applicant considers approprie. As an alternive to a sworn stement, a declarion under penalty of perjury may be submitted in the following form: "I declare (or certify, verify, or ste) under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United Stes of America th the foregoing is true and correct. Executed on (de) (your signure)." The stement must be ded within 3 months (before or after) of the de the applicion is submitted.
References:
Contact informion for three licensed torneys, preferably prior or current supervisors/employers, who are willing to serve as references for the applicant. SF-50 (Federal Civilian Attorneys): Submit a copy of your SF-50 showing when you were appointed to your current position.
Judge Advoce Candides:
Submit a copy of your orders, or other suitable documention with a separion/retirement de from your respective Armed Forces branch. This document must be provided within 14 days of a request, unless you receive a waiver from the AMC Command Counsel.
Writing Sample:
Examples of writing skills as demonstred by legal briefs, memorandum, and/or letters. Regardless of the number of writing samples submitted, the page count of all writing samples combined cannot exceed 10 pages in length. Extracts of selected sections of larger documents are acceptable.
NOTE:
Documents submitted as part of the applicion package, to include supplemental documents, may be shared beyond the Human Resources Office. Some supplemental documents may contain personal informion for someone other than you. You may sanitize these documents to remove another person's personal informion before you submit your applicion. You may be asked to provide an un-sanitized version of the documents if you are selected to confirm your eligibility. 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 questionnaire and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section above.

The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on 09/04/2026 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 ( https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/13030956 ). Follow the prompts to select your resume and/or other supporting documents to be included with your applicion package. As a reminder, your resume must be two pages or less and must support the specialized experience described in this announcement. Resumes exceeding two pages removed from considerion. For additional informion, refer to the 'Required Documents' section. 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. Your resume selected in USAJOBS included, but you must re-select other documents from your USAJOBS account or your applicion may be incomplete. It is your responsibility to verify th your applicion package (resume, supporting documents, and responses to the questionnaire) is complete, accure, and submitted by the closing de. Uploaded documents may take up to one hour to clear the virus scan. Additional informion on how to complete the online applicion process and submit your online applicion may be found on the USA Staffing Applicant Resource Center . To verify the stus of your applicion, log into your USAJOBS account ( https://www.usajobs.gov/applicant/profile/dashboard/ ), 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/applicion/stus . Agency contact informion Army Applicant Help Desk Website https://portal.chra.army.mil/hr_public?id=app_inq Address
GN-W4GVAA HQ COMMUNICATIONS ELECTRONICS CMD DO NOT MAIL
Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21005 US Next steps If you provided an email address, you will receive an email message acknowledging receipt of your applicion. Your applicion package used to determine your eligibility, qualificions, and quality ranking for this position. If you are determined to be ineligible or not qualified, your applicion will receive no further considerion. 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 The following documents are required the time of applicion: Your resume: Your resume must be two pages or less and must support the specialized experience described in this announcement. Resumes exceeding two pages removed from considerion. Your resume may be submitted in any form and must support the specialized experience described in this announcement. Applicants must list the bar(s) of the Ste(s), territories, or Districts of which they are active members in good standing (as defined by the pertinent bar). If your resume includes a photograph or other inapproprie merial or content, it will not be used to make eligibility and qualificion determinions and you may not be considered for this vacancy. For qualificions determinions your resume must contain hours worked per week and the des of employment (i.e., HRS per week and month/year to month/year or month/year to present). If your resume does not contain this informion, your applicion may be marked as incomplete and you may not receive considerion for this position.
For additional informion see:
Wh to include in your resume . Applicants selected for interview must submit the following documents within 14 days of request: Official transcript of the applicant's law school record. Official stement of the applicant's standing in law school class. If the applicant's law school does not rank students, and the transcript does not explain th the school does not rank students, the applicant needs to submit an official stement from the school confirming the practice.
Good Standing Certifice:
Official certifice showing the applicant is in good standing with a ste bar, ded within three months (before or after) of the de the applicion is submitted. Good standing stus must permit the applicant to engage in the active practice of law in least one Ste or jurisdiction in which they are licensed. Active stus authorizes an torney who is a member in good standing to immediely practice law before the highest court of the licensing authority. Fitness to
Practice Stement:
A sworn stement by the candide th their fitness to practice law or conduct as an torney has never been challenged in any jurisdiction or; if either has been challenged, a sworn stement giving the facts, circumstances, and any other explanion th the applicant considers approprie. As an alternive to a sworn stement, a declarion under penalty of perjury may be submitted in the following form: "I declare (or certify, verify, or ste) under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United Stes of America th the foregoing is true and correct. Executed on (de) (your signure)." The stement must be ded within 3 months (before or after) of the de the applicion is submitted.
References:
Contact informion for three licensed torneys, preferably prior or current supervisors/employers, who are willing to serve as references for the applicant. SF-50 (Federal Civilian Attorneys): Submit a copy of your SF-50 showing when you were appointed to your current position.
Judge Advoce Candides:
Submit a copy of your orders, or other suitable documention with a separion/retirement de from your respective Armed Forces branch. This document must be provided within 14 days of a request, unless you receive a waiver from the AMC Command Counsel.
Writing Sample:
Examples of writing skills as demonstred by legal briefs, memorandum, and/or letters. Regardless of the number of writing samples submitted, the page count of all writing samples combined cannot exceed 10 pages in length. Extracts of selected sections of larger documents are acceptable.
NOTE:
Documents submitted as part of the applicion package, to include supplemental documents, may be shared beyond the Human Resources Office. Some supplemental documents may contain personal informion for someone other than you. You may sanitize these documents to remove another person's personal informion before you submit your applicion. You may be asked to provide an un-sanitized version of the documents if you are selected to confirm your eligibility. 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 questionnaire and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section above.

The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on 09/04/2026 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 ( https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/13030956 ). Follow the prompts to select your resume and/or other supporting documents to be included with your applicion package. As a reminder, your resume must be two pages or less and must support the specialized experience described in this announcement. Resumes exceeding two pages removed from considerion. For additional informion, refer to the 'Required Documents' section. 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. Your resume selected in USAJOBS included, but you must re-select other documents from your USAJOBS account or your applicion may be incomplete. It is your responsibility to verify th your applicion package (resume, supporting documents, and responses to the questionnaire) is complete, accure, and submitted by the closing de. Uploaded documents may take up to one hour to clear the virus scan. Additional informion on how to complete the online applicion process and submit your online applicion may be found on the USA Staffing Applicant Resource Center . To verify the stus of your applicion, log into your USAJOBS account ( https://www.usajobs.gov/applicant/profile/dashboard/ ), 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/applicion/stus . Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion Army Applicant Help Desk Website https://portal.chra.army.mil/hr_public?id=app_inq Address
GN-W4GVAA HQ COMMUNICATIONS ELECTRONICS CMD DO NOT MAIL
Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21005 US Next steps If you provided an email address, you will receive an email message acknowledging receipt of your applicion. Your applicion package used to determine your eligibility, qualificions, and quality ranking for this position. If you are determined to be ineligible or not qualified, your applicion will receive no further considerion. 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: Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $102,415 - $197,200 per year Pay scale & grade
NH 3 - 4
Promotion potential 4 Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required 25% or less - You may be expected to travel for this position. Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Excepted Service Represented by a union No Drug test No Security clearance Secret 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
CHAT-26-13030956-DHA
Control number 881027500