Attorney-Adviser (General)

Attorney-Adviser (General) Department of Defense Defense Logistics Agency Summary See below for important informion regarding this job. Incumbents will serve as an Attorney-Adviser (General) in the Office of Counsel, Defense Logistics Agency, DLA Disposition Services, a Major Subordine Command, loced in Btle Creek, MI. Learn more about this agency Summary See below for important informion regarding this job. Incumbents will serve as an Attorney-Adviser (General) in the Office of Counsel, Defense Logistics Agency, DLA Disposition Services, a Major Subordine Command, loced in Btle Creek, MI. Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Open & closing des 04/17/2026 to 05/14/2026 Salary $89,508

• $163,514 per year Pay scale & grade GS 12
• 14 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Btle Creek, MI 1 vacancy Remote job No Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Travel Required 25% or less
• You may be expected to travel for this position. Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Temporary
• Not-to-Exceed One Year Work schedule Full-time Service Excepted Promotion potential 14 Job family (Series) 0905 Attorney Supervisory stus No Security clearance Secret Drug test Yes Financial disclosure Yes Bargaining unit stus No Announcement number

DLAGC-26-12936570-RB

Control number 865771200 This job is open to Help The public U.S. Citizens, Nionals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S. Videos Duties Help As an Attorney-Adviser (General), you responsible for the following duties: If selected the GS-12 or GS-13 levels, duties performed in a developmental capacity. Serves as an Associe Counsel advising on multiple legal specialties. Portfolio and daily workload assigned based on office workload to support office needs. Provide legal services reled to the DLA Disposition Services mission and professionals all levels of the organizion. Provide legal advice on a wide range of legal issues in the fields of federal surplus property management and sales, Contract Law, Employment Law, Environmental Law, Freedom of Informion Act, Internional Law, Operional Law, Privacy Act and Standards of Conduct. Prepares and/or reviews responses to Congressional, Government Accountability (GAO), and Inspectors General requests. Responsible for drafting and editing legal opinions, legal memoranda, and confidential guidance involving complex legal issues, requiring precise interpretion of Federal, Ste, and Internional law and agreements. Serves as legal adviser to contracting officers and other managers in all mters reled to sale of surplus government personal property and acquisition of supplies and services for DLA. Requirements Help Conditions of employment Must be a U.S. Citizen This is an Excepted Service position.

Tour of Duty:

Flexible (https://www.dla.mil/Careers/Join-Our-Team/Benefits/#Work)

Security Requirements:

Non-Critical Sensitive with Secret Access Appointment is subject to the completion of a favorable suitability or fitness determinion, where reciprocity cannot be applied; unfavorably adjudiced background checks grounds for removal. Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA):

Exempt Selective Service Requirement:

Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service.

Recruitment Incentives:

Not Authorized Bargaining Unit Stus:

No Financial Disclosure Requirement:

Required This position and any future selections from this announcement may be used to fill various shifts loced within DLA General Counsel, DLA Disposition Services in Btle Creek, MI. Selectees are required to have a REAL ID or other acceptable identificion documents to access certain federal facilities.

See https:

//www.tsa.gov/real-id for more informion. Qualificions

QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED 1

) The first professional law degree (LLB. or J.D.); 2) Proof th you are licensed and a member in good standing with the bar of the highest court of a Ste, U.S. commonwealth, U.S. territory, or the District of Columbia. Annual bar certificion cards issued from your ste of licensure are not considered acceptable. Proof is a "certifice of good standing" issued by your ste of licensure ded within 6 months of the closing de of this announcement or a screenshot of your bar stus taken from your ste of licensure website th is ded within 6 months of the closing de of this announcement or sworn stement to th effect. If there is not a de on the screen shot, you must provide a stement signed by you on the de th the screen shot was creed. The successful applicant selected for employment must provide a "certifice of good standing" issued by their respective bar showing they are in good stus and in active stus prior to appointment. 3) In addition to 1 and 2 (listed above), each grade level has the following qualificion requirements: To Qualify the GS-12 Level , one of the following requirements must be sisfied: a. Two years of professional legal experience or equivalent to the GS-11 level. b. The second professional law degree (LL.M.) plus 1 year of professional legal experience or equivalent to the GS-11 level. c. An torney without experience may, in unusual cases, be employed the GS-12 or equivalent level provided the individual has advanced educional tainments substantially beyond those required for work the GS-11 or equivalent level, and his or her educion clearly indices ability to perform work of the type to be assigned. To Qualify the GS-13

Level:

You must possess professional legal experience in excess of 2 years commensure with the duties and responsibilities of the position. To Qualify the GS-14

Level :

You must possess professional legal experience in excess of 3 years commensure with the duties and responsibilities of the position. In accordance with DoDI 1442.2 (Personnel Actions Involving Civilian Attorneys), promotion for this position is based on the individual's time, performance, and mastery of skills the required grade level and only with approval of the designed official (DLA General Counsel) in accordance with the applicable regulion. The legal experience described in your applicion package or resume evalued and screened for competencies required to perform the duties of the position as described in the Major Duties section of this announcement. The QUALITY of experience evalued and screened to determine how closely or to wh extent your experience, educion, and training are relevant to the duties and responsibilities of the announced position. Your applicion package or resume must demonstre you have the competencies and quality of experience necessary to successfully perform the work of the position the approprie grade level.

PRINCIPAL SELECTION FACTORS

The following factors used to evalue the suitability of candides for this position: Knowledge and experience in a wide range of Office of General Counsel practice areas. th may include Federal Surplus Property law and sales, Contract Law, Employment Law, Environmental Law, FOIA, Internional Law, Operional Law, Privacy Act and Standards of Conduct. Excellent written and verbal communicion skills and experience in communicing with senior officials. Analytical ability, including issue identificion, legal research, analysis of options, risk analysis, and creive problem solving. Excellent legal and business judgment. Excellent interpersonal skills and client relionships, and the ability to interact well with clients and colleagues.

Security Clearance :

This position is designed Non-Critical Sensitive. If selected, you must obtain and maintain a Secret security clearance. If you are unable to obtain this level of security clearance (as a result of undisclosed or disclosed background issues), within a reasonable period of time (as defined by the agency), the employment offer may be withdrawn. In addition, incumbent is subject to periodic re-investigion to maintain security eligibility in accordance with DoD 5200.2-R. Educion You MUST provide transcripts or other documention to support your educional claims.

FOREIGN EDUCATION

: If you are using educion completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualificion requirements, you must show th 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. Additional informion

Excepted Service Position:

This job is being filled by an alternive hiring process and is not in the competitive civil service.

Veterans Informion :

There is no formal ring system for applying veteran's 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 (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. (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). As of 23 December 2016, Military retirees seeking to enter federal service in the Department of Defense now require a waiver if they would be appointed within 180 days following their official de of retirement.

Reemployed Annuitants:

This position does not meet criteria for appointment of Reemployed Annuitants. The DoD criteria for hiring Reemployed Annuitants can be found : https://www.esd.whs.mil/Portals/54/Documents/DD/issuances/140025/140025_vol300.PDF Drug-Free Workplace Policy The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) is committed to maintaining a safe, drug-free workplace. All DLA employees are required to refrain from illegal drug use on and off duty. DLA conducts pre-employment, reasonable suspicion, post-accident, and random drug testing. Applicants tentively selected for employment in testing designed positions will undergo a urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment. Refusal to undergo testing or testing positive for illegal drugs will result in withdrawal of the tentive job offer and a six-month denial of employment with DLA from the de of the drug test. Employees in drug testing designed positions are subject to random drug testing. The DLA drug testing panel tests for the following substances: marijuana, cocaine, opies, heroin, phencyclidine, amphetamines, methamphetamines, fentanyl, norfentanyl, methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA), methylenedioxyamphetamine (MDA), and opioids.

ADVISORY

Use of cannabidiol (CBD) products may result in a positive drug test for marijuana. DLA employees are subject to Federal law and under Federal law, Marijuana is a Schedule I drug and is illegal. Additional guidance on writing a federal resume can be found : USAJOBS Help Center

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The resume builder can help you cree a resume using these recommendions and uses the informion in your USAJOBS profile to help you get started. 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. Selection(s) based on the judgment of the selecting official as to which applicant is best qualified to perform the duties of the position. Once this announcement closes, candides evalued based on the applicion package submitted. An oral interview may be conducted with some, none, or all candides, depending upon the relive qualificions of the applicants. 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 documents you are required to submit vary based on wh authority you are using to apply (i.e., applying as a veteran, a current permanent Federal employee, a reinstement, etc). Your complete applicion includes your resume, your responses to the online questionnaire, and documents which prove your applicion eligibility. If you fail to provide these documents, your applicion considered incomplete and will not be further

APPLICANTS MUST SUBMIT THE FOLLOWING REQUIRED DOCUMENTS TO BE CONSIDERED

1.

Resume:

IMPORTANT UPDATE

Your resume must not exceed two (2) pages. If your resume exceeds the two-page limit, you removed from considerion for this announcement. The resume and required supporting documention should provide the minimum qualificions and relevant experience for the announced position. Must include the work schedule, hours worked per week, des of employment, and duties performed. If multiple resumes are submitted by an applicant, only the last resume submitted reviewed for qualificions and referred for selection considerion, if eligible. The resume must not be more than 5MB and should be saved and uploaded as a PDF to maintain formting and number of pages. We also accept GIF, JPG, JPEG, PNG, RTF, TXT, PDF, ODT or Word (DOC or DOCX). We do not accept PDF portfolio files. Page margins should be 0.5 inches, and font styles must be legible. Consider using 14-point size font for titles and 10-point for the main text. We recommend using a font like Lo, if available. Other widely available options are Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, Open San Source Sans Pro, Roboto or Noro Sans. 2. If you are a current or former Federal employee, you must submit a copy of your most recent Notificion of Personnel Action (SF-50). 3. A copy of your most recent performance appraisal (if current Federal employee). 4. If you are applying under Veterans' Preference, you should submit documents verifying your eligibility with your applicion package. These documents may include but are not limited to: DD214 (which indices character of service), SF-15, VA Letter and/or Activion/Deactivion orders. If you are currently on active duty, you must submit an official stement of service from your command or other official documention th proves your military service was performed under honorable conditions.

• The "certificion" is any written document from the armed forces th certifies the service member is expected to be discharged or released from active duty service in the armed forces under honorable conditions not ler than 120 days after the de the certificion is signed.

5. If applicable, supporting documention for military spouse preference. 6.

TRANSCRIPTS

Official transcripts must contain the applicant's name, the name of the school, the degree awarded, de conferred, and all required courses as required by the position. 7. Proof you are licensed and a member in good standing with the bar of the highest court of a Ste, U.S. commonwealth, U.S. territory, or the District of Columbia. Proof is a "certifice of good standing" issued by your ste of licensure within 6 months of the de of applicion or a screenshot of your bar stus taken from your ste of licensure website ded within 6 months. If there is no de on the screen shot, you must provide a stement signed by you on the de th the screen shot was creed . 8. A sworn stement signed by you as to whether or not you have ever been found by any tribunal to have committed any crime or other act reflecting upon your suitability to practice law. Applicions will NOT be accepted or considered if sent by mail or facsimile. Only on-line applicions Please review the following to see if there are any other documents you need to provide: https://www.dla.mil/portals/104/documents/Careers/supportingdocumention.pdf

GENERAL COUNSEL CONTACT INFORMATION

Rolanda Austin Paralegal (445) 737-4222 Rolanda.

Austin@dla.mil 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 Applicions must be submitted ON-LINE via USAJobs by 11:59 pm EST on the closing de of the announcement. Only complete applicion packages

APPLICATIONS THAT FAIL TO MEET THESE REQUIREMENTS WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED.

To apply for this position, you must complete the online applicion and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section. The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on the closing de to receive considerion. To begin, click Apply Online to access an online applicion. Follow the prompts to select your USAJOBS resume and/or other supporting documents. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account or you may need to cree a new account. You taken to an online applicion. Complete the online applicion, verify the required documention, and submit the applicion.

NOTE:

Resumes up to a total of two pages accepted. Your resume must not exceed two (2) pages. If your resume exceeds the two-page limit, you removed from considerion for this announcement. You will receive an email notificion when your applicion has been received for the announcement. To verify the stus of your applicion, log into your USAJOBS account, https://my.usajobs.gov/Account/Login , select the Applicion Stus link and then select the More Informion link for this position. The Applicion Stus page will display the stus of your applicion, the documention received and processed, and your responses submitted to the online applicion. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process. Agency contact informion Casie Ross Casie.

Ross@dla.mil Address DLA General Counsel 8725 John J Kingman Road Fort Belvoir, VA 22060 US Next steps This position is being filled as Temporary appointment not-to-exceed (NTE) one year . If selected, this a Temporary/Time-Limited Appointment NTE one year and may be extended in increments of up to one year, NTE a total of three years. A temporary/time-limited appointment is a non-stus appointment to a executive service position for a specific period and you may be released from this position upon management discretion. Once you successfully complete the applicion process, you will receive a notificion of receipt. Your applicion package reviewed to ensure you meet the basic eligibility and qualificions requirements, and you will receive another notificion. The selecting official may choose to conduct interviews, and as part of the selection process, applicants may be required to complete additional supplemental documents. Once the selection is made, you will receive a notificion of the decision. If interviews are conducted, DLA uses a technique called Behavior Based Interviewing (BBI) . 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/ . 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 documents you are required to submit vary based on wh authority you are using to apply (i.e., applying as a veteran, a current permanent Federal employee, a reinstement, etc). Your complete applicion includes your resume, your responses to the online questionnaire, and documents which prove your applicion eligibility. If you fail to provide these documents, your applicion considered incomplete and will not be further

APPLICANTS MUST SUBMIT THE FOLLOWING REQUIRED DOCUMENTS TO BE CONSIDERED

1.

Resume:

IMPORTANT UPDATE

Your resume must not exceed two (2) pages. If your resume exceeds the two-page limit, you removed from considerion for this announcement. The resume and required supporting documention should provide the minimum qualificions and relevant experience for the announced position. Must include the work schedule, hours worked per week, des of employment, and duties performed. If multiple resumes are submitted by an applicant, only the last resume submitted reviewed for qualificions and referred for selection considerion, if eligible. The resume must not be more than 5MB and should be saved and uploaded as a PDF to maintain formting and number of pages. We also accept GIF, JPG, JPEG, PNG, RTF, TXT, PDF, ODT or Word (DOC or DOCX). We do not accept PDF portfolio files. Page margins should be 0.5 inches, and font styles must be legible. Consider using 14-point size font for titles and 10-point for the main text. We recommend using a font like Lo, if available. Other widely available options are Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, Open San Source Sans Pro, Roboto or Noro Sans. 2. If you are a current or former Federal employee, you must submit a copy of your most recent Notificion of Personnel Action (SF-50). 3. A copy of your most recent performance appraisal (if current Federal employee). 4. If you are applying under Veterans' Preference, you should submit documents verifying your eligibility with your applicion package. These documents may include but are not limited to: DD214 (which indices character of service), SF-15, VA Letter and/or Activion/Deactivion orders. If you are currently on active duty, you must submit an official stement of service from your command or other official documention th proves your military service was performed under honorable conditions.

• The "certificion" is any written document from the armed forces th certifies the service member is expected to be discharged or released from active duty service in the armed forces under honorable conditions not ler than 120 days after the de the certificion is signed.

5. If applicable, supporting documention for military spouse preference. 6.

TRANSCRIPTS

Official transcripts must contain the applicant's name, the name of the school, the degree awarded, de conferred, and all required courses as required by the position. 7. Proof you are licensed and a member in good standing with the bar of the highest court of a Ste, U.S. commonwealth, U.S. territory, or the District of Columbia. Proof is a "certifice of good standing" issued by your ste of licensure within 6 months of the de of applicion or a screenshot of your bar stus taken from your ste of licensure website ded within 6 months. If there is no de on the screen shot, you must provide a stement signed by you on the de th the screen shot was creed . 8. A sworn stement signed by you as to whether or not you have ever been found by any tribunal to have committed any crime or other act reflecting upon your suitability to practice law. Applicions will NOT be accepted or considered if sent by mail or facsimile. Only on-line applicions Please review the following to see if there are any other documents you need to provide: https://www.dla.mil/portals/104/documents/Careers/supportingdocumention.pdf

GENERAL COUNSEL CONTACT INFORMATION

Rolanda Austin Paralegal (445) 737-4222 Rolanda.

Austin@dla.mil 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 Applicions must be submitted ON-LINE via USAJobs by 11:59 pm EST on the closing de of the announcement. Only complete applicion packages

APPLICATIONS THAT FAIL TO MEET THESE REQUIREMENTS WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED.

To apply for this position, you must complete the online applicion and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section. The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on the closing de to receive considerion. To begin, click Apply Online to access an online applicion. Follow the prompts to select your USAJOBS resume and/or other supporting documents. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account or you may need to cree a new account. You taken to an online applicion. Complete the online applicion, verify the required documention, and submit the applicion.

NOTE:

Resumes up to a total of two pages accepted. Your resume must not exceed two (2) pages. If your resume exceeds the two-page limit, you removed from considerion for this announcement. You will receive an email notificion when your applicion has been received for the announcement. To verify the stus of your applicion, log into your USAJOBS account, https://my.usajobs.gov/Account/Login , select the Applicion Stus link and then select the More Informion link for this position. The Applicion Stus page will display the stus of your applicion, the documention received and processed, and your responses submitted to the online applicion. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process. Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion Casie Ross Casie.

Ross@dla.mil Address DLA General Counsel 8725 John J Kingman Road Fort Belvoir, VA 22060 US Next steps This position is being filled as Temporary appointment not-to-exceed (NTE) one year . If selected, this a Temporary/Time-Limited Appointment NTE one year and may be extended in increments of up to one year, NTE a total of three years. A temporary/time-limited appointment is a non-stus appointment to a executive service position for a specific period and you may be released from this position upon management discretion. Once you successfully complete the applicion process, you will receive a notificion of receipt. Your applicion package reviewed to ensure you meet the basic eligibility and qualificions requirements, and you will receive another notificion. The selecting official may choose to conduct interviews, and as part of the selection process, applicants may be required to complete additional supplemental documents. Once the selection is made, you will receive a notificion of the decision. If interviews are conducted, DLA uses a technique called Behavior Based Interviewing (BBI) . 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 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 04/17/2026 to 05/14/2026 Salary $89,508

• $163,514 per year Pay scale & grade GS 12
• 14 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Btle Creek, MI 1 vacancy Remote job No Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Travel Required 25% or less
• You may be expected to travel for this position. Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Temporary
• Not-to-Exceed One Year Work schedule Full-time Service Excepted Promotion potential 14 Job family (Series) Supervisory stus No Security clearance Drug test Yes Financial disclosure Bargaining unit stus Announcement number

DLAGC-26-12936570-RB

Control number 865771200