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Attorney-Advisor (Contracts)-DIRECT HIRE AUTHORITY

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EHA DHA

Hill Air Force Base, UT (In Person)

$113,939 Salary, Full-Time

Posted 5 weeks ago (Updated 2 weeks ago) • Actively hiring

Expires 7/21/2026

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Attorney-Advisor (Contracts)-DIRECT
HIRE AUTHORITY
Department of the Air Force Department of the Air Force - Agency Wide Air Force Sustainment Center Summary The Air Force offers qualified applicants opportunities to be hired for certain occupions covered by Direct Hire Authorities (DHA). The use of DHA is a fast-track method of hiring applicants from the public with no prior federal stus using a non-traditional method of recruitment. To find additional informion on "Wh Is DHA" and to view and/or apply to current DHA opportunities listed on Air Force Civilian Service's "Direct Hire Job Board", please click here . Learn more about this agency Summary The Air Force offers qualified applicants opportunities to be hired for certain occupions covered by Direct Hire Authorities (DHA). The use of DHA is a fast-track method of hiring applicants from the public with no prior federal stus using a non-traditional method of recruitment. To find additional informion on "Wh Is DHA" and to view and/or apply to current DHA opportunities listed on Air Force Civilian Service's "Direct Hire Job Board", please click here . Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Posted this month • Apply today Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on June 5, 2026 Locion FEW vacancies in the following locion: Hill AFB, UT No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible No Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $89,508 - $138,370 per year Pay scale & grade NH 3 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 No Federal service type This job is in the Excepted Service Represented by a union No Drug test Yes Security clearance Other Financial disclosure required Yes Some jobs require financial disclosure to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number
AFMC-12974562-NDR-FLYER
Control number 871236200 This job is open to Help The public U.S. Citizens, Nionals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S. Duties Help Serves as legal advisor on Government Contract mters Provides legal assistance to active duty military, dependents, eligible DOD civilians, retirees, and other DOD cardholders, constant with Air Force Instructions and legal office policy. Provdes legal advice advice, opinions and couseling concerning mters of acquisition administrive law. ethics, standard of conducts, commerical law, interllecal property law, public-prive partnerships and depot maintaince activities Requirements Help Conditions of employment U.S. Citizenship Required Security clearance requirements are based upon actual position being filled. Locions are not negotiable. The actual duty locions available may be loced on the Air Force Civilian Service website. Random drug testing may be required depending upon the position being filled. For additional informion on direct hire opportunities with the Air Force please go to https://afciviliancareers.com/find-a-job/ This Job Opportunity Announcement (JOA) used to form a pool of qualified applicants who considered for direct hire vacancies as they become available. Depending on the type of position (competitive/excepted) you are selected for, you required to serve a 1, 2, or 3-year probionary OR trial period. Upon completion of your probionary/trial period, your employment termined unless you receive certificion, in writing, th your continued employment advances the public interest.
Direct Deposit:
All federal employees are required to have direct deposit. The employee must, within 30-days of assuming this position and by 31 October annually thereafter, file an OGE-450, Confidential Financial Disclosure Report. Employee is required to tend annual ethics and procurement integrity training. This position may require travel. For more informion on AcqDemo please go to DoD AcqDemo Homepage http://acqdemo.hci.
mil/ and Fact She http:
//acqdemo.hci.mil/faq.html. Employee must maintain current certificions Qualificions Ideal candide: Knowledge of laws, regulions, precedents and procedures reled to Federal Government acquisition, fiscal, foreign military sales, and ethics law. Ability to recognize and appropriely handle issues of precedent setting nure, sensitivity, or importance to agency goals, nional and internional security, or high public interest. Ability to make legally sound logical decisions and skill in applying the law to specific situions. You must possess skill in the presention of and in opposition to evidence and arguments made in third-party proceedings, with the skill in writing sound and persuasive opinions, memoranda, briefs, reports, plans, and pleadings.
GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
1. The first professional law degree (LL.B. or J.D.) and, for assignment to a civilian torney position within the Department of Defense, OGC, or DLSA, active membership in the bar of the highest court of a Ste, U.S. commonwealth, U.S. territory, or the District of Columbia. The Military Departments may also extend the requirement for active bar membership to assignment of civilian torneys within their respective Departments. In addition, one of the following requirements must be sisfied: Two years of professional legal experience or equivalent to the
NSPS YA1/YA2/GS-11
level/ NH-02 level. The second professional law degree (LL.M.) plus 1 year of professional legal experience or equivalent to the NSPS YA1 or GS-11 level/ NH-02. --AND-- 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; for example, educion th included courses directly pertinent to the work of the agency. The essential point in such cases is to ensure th the individual's educion has enabled him or her to step into complex legal work characteristic of the GS-12 or equivalent level, and to opere with the degree of independence and responsibility typical of th level.
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: Skill in representing and advocing for the Air Force all levels of the Federal Government Skills in presention of an opposition to, arguments and evidence made in third party proceeding and other settings Skill in writing sound and persuasive memorandum, briefs, reports, plans, and pleading Ability to research case law and Air force and DoD regulions reling to legal issues Ability to recognize, coordine, and review he concentred efforts of teams of personnel from the legal. acquisition, program management, contracting, engineering, logistics, and career fields Ability to direct, coordine, and review the concentred efforts of teams of personnel from legal, acquisition,, program management, contracting, engineering, logistics, and other career fields Ability to communice well, both orally, and in writing Ability to effectively interpret and apply case law and recommend change in legislion, policy, or regulion Knowledge of laws, regulions, precedents and procedures reled to federal government acquisitions, fiscal, foreign, military sales, and ethic law 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 within last 4 months, 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 Please note:
Positions in this field/series may or may not be available, depending on current manning. For the most up-to-de notificions on available positions, we recommend candides subscribe and complete their profile here , indicing their position and locion preferences. 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 . 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. For additional informion on direct hire opportunities with the Air Force please click here . 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 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. For additional informion on direct hire opportunities with the Air Force please click here . 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 Click
APPLY HERE
to complete an applicion and upload resume (PDF or Word Doc) and/or additional documents (Transcripts, certificions, Vet Docs (DD214), SF-50). To receive additional informion about current and future job openings with AFCS via email notificion, please register www.

Afciviliancareers.com and sign up to "Get Career Updes." Equal Opportunity Employer. U.S. citizenship required. Must be of legal working age. For additional informion on direct hire opportunities with the Air Force please click here . Agency contact informion Nolan Russell Phone 405-739-7941 nolan.russell.1@us.af.mil Address
EHA DHA 550 C
Street West JBSA Randolph
AFB, TX 78150 US
Next steps For additional informion on direct hire opportunities with the Air Force please click here . 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 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. For additional informion on direct hire opportunities with the Air Force please click here . 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 Click
APPLY HERE
to complete an applicion and upload resume (PDF or Word Doc) and/or additional documents (Transcripts, certificions, Vet Docs (DD214), SF-50). To receive additional informion about current and future job openings with AFCS via email notificion, please register www.

Afciviliancareers.com and sign up to "Get Career Updes." Equal Opportunity Employer. U.S. citizenship required. Must be of legal working age. For additional informion on direct hire opportunities with the Air Force please click here . Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion Nolan Russell Phone 405-739-7941 nolan.russell.1@us.af.mil Address
EHA DHA 550 C
Street West JBSA Randolph
AFB, TX 78150 US
Next steps For additional informion on direct hire opportunities with the Air Force please click here . Expand Hide next steps Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Overview Help Accepting applicions Posted this month • Apply today Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on June 5, 2026 Locion FEW vacancies in the following locion: Hill AFB, UT No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible No Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $89,508 - $138,370 per year Pay scale & grade NH 3 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 No Federal service type This job is in the Excepted Service Represented by a union No Drug test Yes Security clearance Other Financial disclosure required Yes Some jobs require to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number
AFMC-12974562-NDR-FLYER
Control number 871236200