ATTORNEY-ADVISOR (LABOR)

ATTORNEY-ADVISOR

(LABOR) Department of the Air Force Air Force Legal Operions Agency Summary The primary purpose of this position is to: legally represent parties in Federal District Courts, Federal Appelle Courts, the US Supreme Court and Ste courts. This position also independently represents the Air Force, Air Force units, commanders, managers, employees and members in a wide variety of legal administrive forums, to include the Merit Systems Protection Board, the Office of Special Counsel, etc. Learn more about this agency Summary The primary purpose of this position is to: legally represent parties in Federal District Courts, Federal Appelle Courts, the US Supreme Court and Ste courts. This position also independently represents the Air Force, Air Force units, commanders, managers, employees and members in a wide variety of legal administrive forums, to include the Merit Systems Protection Board, the Office of Special Counsel, etc. Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Open & closing des 05/19/2026 to 06/02/2026 Salary $143,913 - $187,093 per year Pay scale & grade GS 14 Locion few vacancies in the following locion: Andrews AFB, MD Remote job No Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Travel Required Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position. Relocion expenses reimbursed Yes—You may qualify for reimbursement of relocion expenses in accordance with agency policy. Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Excepted Promotion potential None Job family (Series) 0905 Attorney Supervisory stus No Security clearance Secret Drug test No Financial disclosure No Bargaining unit stus No Announcement number 9L-AFPC-12965186-282131-AMB Control number 869667100 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 Applicions accepted from U.S. Citizens (U.S. citizenship required time of applicion). Duties Help Serves as a senior torney for litigion in Federal Courts involving the Air Force with responsibility for planning and accomplishing diversified legal work pertaining to litigion mters arising out of Air Force civilian personnel and labor mters. Duties rele to the protection of equal employment opportunity and the civilian personnel policy interest of the Air Force. As lead counsel, defends the Air Force world-wide all command levels in administrive litigion of cases before the FLRA, EEOC, MSPB, FSIP, FMCS, OSC, federal sector arbitrors, ste Unemployment Compension agencies, ste Worker's Compension agencies and officials directed to adjudice grievances through the Agency Grievance Procedure. Advises the Secretary of the Air Force, Chief of Staff level, Air Staff level, Senior Program managers, and MAJCOM level personnel on the development of HQ USAF-level policy reling to civilian personnel mters. Interprets and develops, or prepares interpretive and administrive positions. Assists in interpreting and developing HQ USAF directive and regulions in the area of federal employee and labor law. Trains judge advoces, civilian torneys, paralegals, personnel specialists, equal employment opportunity specialists, commanders, managers, and supervisors on all aspects of labor and employment law to ensure observion of regulions, law, and the Constitution. Requirements Help Conditions of employment U.S. Citizenship is required If authorized, PCS paid IAW JTR and AF Regulions. If receiving an authorized PCS, you may be subject to completing/signing a CONUS agreement. More informion on PCS requirements, may be found : https://afciviliancareers.com/regulory/ Males must be registered for Selective Service, see www.sss.gov. Attorney appointments are subject to serve a one-year probionary period. Candides are not required to have active duty service or veterans' preference to be referred and All qualified candides who meet the recruitment assessment criteria referred to the selecting official. Upon completion of your probionary/trial period, your employment termined unless you receive certificion, in writing, th your continued employment advances the public interest. Must obtain and maintain a Secret security clearance. Work may occasionally require travel away from the normal duty stion on military or commercial aircraft Overtime may be required. This position meets the professional exemption criteria for the Fair Labor Standards Act (5 CFR 551.207). This is a centrally managed position. Leave accrual may be authorized upon request. Advance in hire may be authorized if there is demonstrable proof on your resume. Qualificions

GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

You MUST have successfully completed a full course of study in a school of law accredited by the American Bar Associion (ABA) and have the first professional law degree (LLB or JD). In addition, the time of applicion, you must provide proof, ded within four months of applicion of "active" stus with a bar of the highest court of a Ste, U.S. commonwealth, U.S. territory, or the District of Columbia. On-line informion is allowed as long as it shows th you are in "active" stus. GS-14

Specialized Experience:

In addition to the basic requirement: you must have professional legal experience in excess of three (3) years th commensure with the position's duties and responsibilities.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES

(KSAs): Your qualificions evalued on the basis of your level of knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies in the following areas: In depth knowledge of the Federal Labor Management Relions Stute and reled stutes and regulions, and FLRA case law, Federal Court case law interpreting the stute, and DoD/AF issuances implementing them and In depth knowledge of the Title VII, ADEA, Rehabilition Act and other anti-discriminion laws and the Federal Regulions associed with those laws, EEOC case law, EEOC Management Directives, Federal Court case law interpreting the stutes, and DoD/AF issuances implementing them. In depth knowledge of the stutes governing the MSPB, implementing regulions, MSPB case law, Federal Court case law interpreting the stute, and DoD/AF issuances implementing them and in depth knowledge of Federal Rules for Civil Procedure, and litigion techniques necessary for the defense of the AF in administrive and judicial forums. In depth knowledge of other administrive forums in which the LLFSC practices such as the FSIP, FMCS, OSC, etc. Ability to defend the AF before administrive and judicial forums and ability to perform legal research using electronic and traditional means. Ability to gher facts and effectively evalue and analyze them to develop evidence to support AF litigion positions and skill in communicing both orally and in writing. Ability to establish work priorities and delege tasks and knowledge of DoD and AF structure and chain of command. At the time of applicion, you must provide proof, ded within four months of applicion, of "active" stus and in good standing with a bar of the highest court of a Ste, US commonwealth, US territory, or the District of Columbia. On-line informion is allowed as long as it shows th you are in "active" stus and ded within four months of applicion.

PART-TIME OR UNPAID EXPERIENCE

Credit given for approprie unpaid and or part-time work. You must clearly identify the duties and responsibilities in each position held and the total number of hours per week.

VOLUNTEER WORK EXPERIENCE

Refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through Nional Service Programs (i.e., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizions (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student and social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge and skills th can provide valuable training and experience th transles directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Educion Must be a gradue of a law school accredited by the American Bar Associion, and be currently licensed as an torney, in active (or equivalent) stus and in good standing, with the bar of a U.S. ste, territory, or commonwealth. The torney must maintain such bar membership in least one jurisdiction during the entire course of employment with the Air Force. Additional informion Employed Annuitants (Reemployed Annuitants): Applicants in receipt of an annuity based on civilian employment in the Federal Service are subject to the DoD Policy on The Employment of Annuitants. Click here for more informion.

Writing Example:

Prior to receiving an offer, you asked to provide a writing sample demonstring your legal analytical skills. 120-

Day Register:

This announcement may result in a 120-day register th may be used to fill like vacancies for 120 days after the closing de. Applicants may be referred for considerion as vacancies occur.

Direct Deposit:

All federal employees are required to have direct deposit.

Incentives:

Recruitment and/or retention incentives may or may not be used. Disabled veteran leave is available to a Federal employee hired on/after 5 Nov 2016, who is a veteran with a service-connected disability ring of 30% or more. For more informion, click here . If you have questions regarding this announcement and have hearing or speech difficulties click here . 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, supporting documents, and responses to the questionnaire) used to determine your eligibility, qualificions, and quality ranking for this position. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your ring or considerion for employment. The resume/documents you submit must support your responses to the online questionnaire. If your applicion contradicts or does not support your questionnaire responses, you will receive a ring of "not qualified" or "insufficient informion" and you will not receive further considerion for this job. Applicions who disqualify themselves will not be evalued further. 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 and must be provided with your applicion. Applicants who do not submit required documention to determine eligibility and qualificions elimined from considerion. Other documents may be required based on the eligibility/eligibilities you are claiming. Click here to view the AF Civilian Employment Eligibility Guide and the required documents you must submit to substantie the eligibilities you are claiming.

Online Applicion:

Questionnaire Resume:

Your resume may NOT exceed two pages, and the font size should not be smaller than 10 pts. You will not be considered for this vacancy if your resume is illegible/unreadable. Additional informion on resume requirements can be loced under "How To Apply".

License:

At the time of applicion, you must provide proof, ded within four months of applicion, of "active" stus with a bar of the highest court of a Ste, U.S. commonwealth, U.S. territory, or the District of Columbia. On-line informion is allowed as long as it shows th you are in "active" stus.

ACTIVE DUTY SERVICE MEMBERS

The VOW Act requires federal agencies to tre an eligible active duty service member as a veteran, disabled veteran, and preference eligible (as applicable) when applying for civil service positions before the effective release or discharge de. Appointment of military members before the release or discharge de is permissible if the member is on terminal leave. At the time the active duty member applies for a civil position, he or she must submit a "certificion" memo in lieu of a DD Form 214, Certifice of Release or Discharge from Active Duty . The certificion memo must origine from the member's military service branch on official letterhead and contain the following: Name/Rank/Grade of Service Member Branch of Armed Forces Des of Active Service (Start and End De(s) Expected De of Discharge/Release from Active Duty Terminal leave start de (if applicable) Expected character of service/discharge (honorable/general) and type of separion (i.e. separion or retirement) Must be certified within 120 days of anticiped discharge Signure by, or by direction of the adjutant, personnel office, unit commander, or higher headquarters commander

NOTE :

The VOW Act provides tentive preference. If appointed, a DD Form 214 must be submitted upon receipt.

NOTICE OF VETERANS' PREFERENCE

There is no formal ring system for applying veterans' preference to torney appointments in the excepted service; however, the Department of 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 to their submissions. Although the point-preference system is not used, applicants eligible to claim Veterans Preference must submit VOW certificion memo or copy of the official DD Form 214, which must include the character of service, and a Standard Form (SF) 15, "Applicion for 10-Point Veteran Preference," and supporting documention required for the specific type of preference claimed. (SF 15, which lists the types of 10-point preference and the required supporting documents, is available from the Office of Personnel Management Website www.opm.gov .)

NOTE:

Applicants for torney appointments do not require veterans' preference in order to be eligible for 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 The complete Applicion Package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on 06/02/2026 To preview the Applicion Questionnaire, please click the following link: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12965186 To begin the process, click the Apply Online button to cree an account or log in to your existing USAJOBS account. Follow the prompts to complete the applicion questionnaire. Please ensure you click the Submit My Applicion button the end of the process. To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Applicion Package which includes: 1. Your Resume. If you submit more than one resume, only the most recent reviewed. The "most recent" is considered the resume with the lest timestamp. Resumes may not exceed two pages. The two-page resume ensures the most relevant experience is reviewed and considered, which is a common practice in both the public and prive sectors. Resumes exceeding two pages removed from considerion. Additional informion on how to complete or upde your resume may be loced here . For qualificion determinion your resume must contain hours worked per week and des of employment (i.e., month/year to month/year or month/year to present). If your resume does not contain this informion, your applicion may be marked as insufficient, and you will not receive considerion for this position. If you are a current Federal employee or previous Federal employee, provide your pay plan, series and grade, i.e.

GS-0301-09.

Current Federal Civilian Employees may list any relevant performance reled ring (given within the last three years) and/or incentive awards in your resume. Do NOT include photographs, inapproprie merial, inapproprie content, nor personal informion such as age, gender, religion, social security number, etc., on your resume. If the resume you submit contains such informion you will not be considered for this vacancy. Your name, first and last, MUST be included on your resume. 2. A complete Applicion Questionnaire 3. Additional Required Documents (see Required Documents section). Ensure all submitted documents contain your full name. 4. Help recruiters find you. Make your resume and profile searchable, which means recruiters may contact you about possible jobs. Additional informion may be loced here . 5.

Optional Documents:

Performance Appraisals for Current Federal Civilian Employees - Most recent performance appraisals (ded within last 3 years) showing the official ring of record, signed by a supervisor, or stement why the performance appraisal is unavailable.

PLEASE NOTE

It is the applicant's responsibility to verify th informion entered and/or uploaded, (i.e., resume) is received, accure, and submitted by the closing de. You may verify your documents have been processed with your applicion package successfully. You can access your USAJOBS account to do so by clicking here . Uploaded documents may take up to one hour to clear the virus scan. Human Resources

WILL NOT

modify or change any answers submitted by an applicant. Agency contact informion Total Force Service Center Phone 1-800-525-0102 DO.NOT.EMAIL@CALL.ONLY Address AF Legal Operions Agency - Pentagon 1720 Air Force Pentagon Washington, DC 20330 US Next steps Once your applicion package is received an acknowledgement email sent. After a review of your complete applicion is made you notified of your ring and/or referral to the hiring official. 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 and qualificions for considerion. If you are determined to be ineligible or not qualified, your applicion will receive no further considerion. To check the stus of your applicion or return to a previous or incomplete applicion, log into your USAJOBS account, select My Applicions, and click on the more informion link under the applicion stus for this position. If you do not provide an email address, you are responsible for checking stus updes and notificions in USAJOBS. Hard copy notificions will not be sent to you. 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 and must be provided with your applicion. Applicants who do not submit required documention to determine eligibility and qualificions elimined from considerion. Other documents may be required based on the eligibility/eligibilities you are claiming. Click here to view the AF Civilian Employment Eligibility Guide and the required documents you must submit to substantie the eligibilities you are claiming.

Online Applicion:

Questionnaire Resume:

Your resume may NOT exceed two pages, and the font size should not be smaller than 10 pts. You will not be considered for this vacancy if your resume is illegible/unreadable. Additional informion on resume requirements can be loced under "How To Apply".

License:

At the time of applicion, you must provide proof, ded within four months of applicion, of "active" stus with a bar of the highest court of a Ste, U.S. commonwealth, U.S. territory, or the District of Columbia. On-line informion is allowed as long as it shows th you are in "active" stus.

ACTIVE DUTY SERVICE MEMBERS

The VOW Act requires federal agencies to tre an eligible active duty service member as a veteran, disabled veteran, and preference eligible (as applicable) when applying for civil service positions before the effective release or discharge de. Appointment of military members before the release or discharge de is permissible if the member is on terminal leave. At the time the active duty member applies for a civil position, he or she must submit a "certificion" memo in lieu of a DD Form 214, Certifice of Release or Discharge from Active Duty . The certificion memo must origine from the member's military service branch on official letterhead and contain the following: Name/Rank/Grade of Service Member Branch of Armed Forces Des of Active Service (Start and End De(s) Expected De of Discharge/Release from Active Duty Terminal leave start de (if applicable) Expected character of service/discharge (honorable/general) and type of separion (i.e. separion or retirement) Must be certified within 120 days of anticiped discharge Signure by, or by direction of the adjutant, personnel office, unit commander, or higher headquarters commander

NOTE :

The VOW Act provides tentive preference. If appointed, a DD Form 214 must be submitted upon receipt.

NOTICE OF VETERANS' PREFERENCE

There is no formal ring system for applying veterans' preference to torney appointments in the excepted service; however, the Department of 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 to their submissions. Although the point-preference system is not used, applicants eligible to claim Veterans Preference must submit VOW certificion memo or copy of the official DD Form 214, which must include the character of service, and a Standard Form (SF) 15, "Applicion for 10-Point Veteran Preference," and supporting documention required for the specific type of preference claimed. (SF 15, which lists the types of 10-point preference and the required supporting documents, is available from the Office of Personnel Management Website www.opm.gov .)

NOTE:

Applicants for torney appointments do not require veterans' preference in order to be eligible for 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 The complete Applicion Package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on 06/02/2026 To preview the Applicion Questionnaire, please click the following link: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12965186 To begin the process, click the Apply Online button to cree an account or log in to your existing USAJOBS account. Follow the prompts to complete the applicion questionnaire. Please ensure you click the Submit My Applicion button the end of the process. To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Applicion Package which includes: 1. Your Resume. If you submit more than one resume, only the most recent reviewed. The "most recent" is considered the resume with the lest timestamp. Resumes may not exceed two pages. The two-page resume ensures the most relevant experience is reviewed and considered, which is a common practice in both the public and prive sectors. Resumes exceeding two pages removed from considerion. Additional informion on how to complete or upde your resume may be loced here . For qualificion determinion your resume must contain hours worked per week and des of employment (i.e., month/year to month/year or month/year to present). If your resume does not contain this informion, your applicion may be marked as insufficient, and you will not receive considerion for this position. If you are a current Federal employee or previous Federal employee, provide your pay plan, series and grade, i.e.

GS-0301-09.

Current Federal Civilian Employees may list any relevant performance reled ring (given within the last three years) and/or incentive awards in your resume. Do NOT include photographs, inapproprie merial, inapproprie content, nor personal informion such as age, gender, religion, social security number, etc., on your resume. If the resume you submit contains such informion you will not be considered for this vacancy. Your name, first and last, MUST be included on your resume. 2. A complete Applicion Questionnaire 3. Additional Required Documents (see Required Documents section). Ensure all submitted documents contain your full name. 4. Help recruiters find you. Make your resume and profile searchable, which means recruiters may contact you about possible jobs. Additional informion may be loced here . 5.

Optional Documents:

Performance Appraisals for Current Federal Civilian Employees - Most recent performance appraisals (ded within last 3 years) showing the official ring of record, signed by a supervisor, or stement why the performance appraisal is unavailable.

PLEASE NOTE

It is the applicant's responsibility to verify th informion entered and/or uploaded, (i.e., resume) is received, accure, and submitted by the closing de. You may verify your documents have been processed with your applicion package successfully. You can access your USAJOBS account to do so by clicking here . Uploaded documents may take up to one hour to clear the virus scan. Human Resources

WILL NOT

modify or change any answers submitted by an applicant. Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion Total Force Service Center Phone 1-800-525-0102 DO.NOT.EMAIL@CALL.ONLY Address AF Legal Operions Agency - Pentagon 1720 Air Force Pentagon Washington, DC 20330 US Next steps Once your applicion package is received an acknowledgement email sent. After a review of your complete applicion is made you notified of your ring and/or referral to the hiring official. 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 and qualificions for considerion. If you are determined to be ineligible or not qualified, your applicion will receive no further considerion. To check the stus of your applicion or return to a previous or incomplete applicion, log into your USAJOBS account, select My Applicions, and click on the more informion link under the applicion stus for this position. If you do not provide an email address, you are responsible for checking stus updes and notificions in USAJOBS. Hard copy notificions will not be sent to you. 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 05/19/2026 to 06/02/2026 Salary $143,913 - $187,093 per year Pay scale & grade GS 14 Locion few vacancies in the following locion: Andrews AFB, MD Remote job No Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Travel Required Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position. Relocion expenses reimbursed Yes—You may qualify for reimbursement of relocion expenses in accordance with agency policy. Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Excepted Promotion potential None Job family (Series) Supervisory stus No Security clearance Drug test No Financial disclosure Bargaining unit stus Announcement number 9L-AFPC-12965186-282131-AMB Control number 869667100