Attorney-Advisor Department of Defense Department of War Educion Activity Summary About the

Position:

The Department of Defense Educion Activity (DoWEA) Office of the General Counsel (OGC) facilites DoWEA's global educional mission by providing high quality and timely legal advice and counsel, effective advocacy, and creive problem-solving. This position serves as the Senior Counsel (Reasonable Accommodions)

• Office of the Chief

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HQ, DOWEA.

Learn more about this agency Summary About the

Position:

The Department of Defense Educion Activity (DoWEA) Office of the General Counsel (OGC) facilites DoWEA's global educional mission by providing high quality and timely legal advice and counsel, effective advocacy, and creive problem-solving. This position serves as the Senior Counsel (Reasonable Accommodions)

• Office of the Chief

• HQ, DOWEA.

  Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Alexandria, VA No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed Yes—You may qualify for reimbursement of relocion expenses in accordance with agency policy. Salary $169,279
• $197,200 per year Pay scale & grade GS 14
• 15 Promotion potential 15 Learn more about pay scale and grade Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job.

Work schedule Full-time Travel Required Not required 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

NC7X-26-13071117-ATT

Control number 885698000 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 the agency's principal legal adviser and subject-mter expert on reasonable accommodion and disability employment law. Provides authoritive legal advice concerning the Rehabilition Act, ADA standards applicable to the federal sector, EEOC regulions and guidance, executive orders, OPM/DoD policy, and reled federal disability-employment requirements. Advises management, HR/EEO personnel, reasonable accommodion professionals, and senior decision-makers throughout the interactive process. Conducts legal review of complex accommodion requests, including requests involving telework, reassignment, essential functions, undue hardship, direct thre, medical documention, confidentiality, leave, assistive technology, and overlapping employment authorities. Reviews proposed accommodion decisions for legal sufficiency, consistency with applicable law and agency policy, and litigion risk. Advises on reassignment as an accommodion, including agency search obligions, employee qualificions, vacancy requirements, and reled legal considerions. Represents the agency in complex administrive litigion and contested mters arising from reasonable accommodion and disability employment issues, including EEO complaints and hearings, discovery, dispositive motions, settlement negotiions, and other proceedings before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and approprie administrive forums. Provides litigion stregy and counsel in complex reasonable accommodion mters, including assessing claims and defenses, developing evidentiary records, preparing witnesses, evaluing litigion and settlement risk, and coordining with agency stakeholders and, as approprie, the Department of Justice in federal court litigion. Develops agency-wide legal guidance, temples, procedures, training, and preventive-law products concerning reasonable accommodion and disability employment law. Monitors EEOC decisions, federal court precedent, legislion, regulions, and government-wide policy and advises leadership regarding changes in agency obligions and litigion risk. Coordines complex, novel, high-risk, and precedent-setting reasonable accommodion mters with approprie agency stakeholders and senior legal leadership. Requirements Help Conditions of employment Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must complete a Pre-Employment Certificion Stement for Selective Service Requirement. Proof of U.S. Citizenship required. Direct deposit of pay is required. One year trial or probionary period may be required. Appointment subject to a suitability/fitness determinion, as determined by a background investigion. This position requires a Tier 3 (T3) investigion. Must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret security clearance. This position requires you to submit a Public Financial Disclosure Report (OGE 278) or a Confidential Financial Disclosure Report (OGE450) upon entry, and annually thereafter.

Qualificions Who May Apply:

U.S. Citizens In order to qualify, you must meet the requirements described below. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through Nional Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizions (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on educion, your transcripts required as part of your applicion.

Experience:

You must have three or more years of professional legal experience, acquired after being admitted to the bar, commensure with the duties and responsibilities of the position. Graduion from an ABA-Accredited Law School in the top 25% of the class or an advanced law degree such as an LLM may substitute for one year of the required professional legal experience.

Bar Membership:

You must currently be a member in good standing of the bar of a Ste, Territory of the United Stes, District of Columbia, or Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. The DoWEA Office of General Counsel is accepting applicions for the position of Associe General Counsel, Office of the Chief, Office of General Counsel, DoDEA. The incumbent assists the General Counsel, DoWEA, as the agency's principal legal adviser and subject-mter expert on reasonable accommodion and disability employment law, providing legal advice, policy guidance, and litigion support to DoWEA leadership worldwide in support of the agency's mission to opere accredited schools and ensure all school-aged children of military families are provided a world-class educion. You evalued on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas: Educion

FOREIGN EDUCATION

If you are using educion completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualificion requirements, you must show the educion credentials have been evalued by a prive organizion th specializes in interpretion of foreign educion programs and such educion has been deemed equivalent to th gained in an accredited U.S. educion program; or full credit has been given for the courses a U.S. accredited college or university. For further informion, : http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/internional/usnei/us/edlite-us-forrecog.html Additional informion Selection is subject to restrictions resulting from Department of War referral system for displaced employees. Salary includes applicable locality pay or Local Market Supplement. Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement. Be advised th effective Jan. 1 2018, under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, most civilian employee relocion allowances became taxable. The Relocion Income Tax Allowance (RITA) reimburses eligible employees for the additional Federal, Ste, and local income taxes incurred as a result of receiving taxable travel income. RITA does not apply to new government employees or employees returning from an overseas assignment for the purpose of separion from Government service. For more informion, https://www.dfas.mil/civilianemployees/civrelo/Civilian-Moving-Expenses-Tax-Deduction.html . Management may select any of the grade levels announced. This recruitment provides promotion opportunity to the target grade of the position without further competition when selectee is eligible and recommended by management. Duties described reflect the full performance GS-15 level. If not selected the full performance level, duties performed in a developmental capacity under close supervision. Applicants with a disability who need a reasonable accommodion for any part of the applicion or hiring process should notify ra@dodea.edu This position is not covered by a bargaining unit. 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 position requires a 1-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 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 Review our benefits How you evalued You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above. Once the announcement has closed, a review of your resume package (resume, supporting documents, and responses to the questionnaire) used to determine whether you meet the qualificion requirements listed on this announcement. Please follow all instructions carefully when applying, errors or omissions may affect your eligibility. Benefits Help Review our benefits Required documents Required Documents Help The documents you are required to submit vary based on the authority you are using to apply (i.e., applying as a veteran, applying as a current permanent Federal employee, applying as a reinstement, etc). Please review the following links to see which documents you need to provide to prove your eligibility to apply: Applicant Checklist External. As described above, your complete applicion includes your resume, your responses to the online questionnaire, and documents which prove your eligibility to apply. If you fail to provide these documents, you marked as having an incomplete applicion package and you will not be considered any further. 1.

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. For each relevant work experience, make sure you include the employer's name, job title, start and end des (include month and year), for qualificions purposes, the number of hours worked per week, and a brief description th show you can perform the tasks the required level listed in the job announcement. If your resume does not contain this informion, your applicion may be marked as incomplete, and you may not receive considerion for this position. Use plain language. Avoid using acronyms and terms th are not easily understood. The hiring agency will not make assumptions about wh's in your resume. 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 additional informion, to include formting tips, see: Wh to include in your resume . 2.

Other supporting documents:

Cover Letter, optional Most recent Performance Appraisal, if applicable

License or Certificion:

If this position requires a job-reled licensure or certificion, you MUST submit a copy of your license or certificion with your applicion package or you red ineligible. To determine if this position requires a job-reled licensure or certificion, please review the Qualificions section listed above.

Official Transcripts:

Failure to provide copies of all applicable transcripts will result in disqualificion due to incomplete applicion. You must scan, upload and tach legible photocopies of the following official transcripts: Bachelor's Transcript Master's Transcript. This transcript is required IF it applies to you. EDS Transcript. This transcript is required IF it applies to you. Doctore's transcript. This transcript is required IF it applies to you.

NOTE:

Transcripts must include the de and degree was conferred. Transcripts without this informion will not be reviewed and will result in disqualificion. Your transcripts must clearly identify coursework required for the position you are applying for. Transcripts submitted in other languages other than English must include an official translion or will not be Computer print-outs of transcripts, links to transcripts, grade reports, copies of degree diplomas or certifices, illegible copies and unofficial copies of transcripts will not be acceptable. Receipt of these documents will result in automic disqualificion.

NOTE:

Documents submitted as part of the applicion package, to include supplemental documents, may be shared beyond the Human Resources Office. Some supplemental documents such as military orders and marriage certifices 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 10/07/2026 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/13071117 ). Follow the prompts to select your résumé and/or other supporting documents to be included with your applicion package. You will have the opportunity to upload additional documents to include in your applicion before it is submitted. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process. After acknowledging you have reviewed your applicion package, complete the Include Personal Informion section as you deem approprie and click to continue with the applicion process. You taken to the online applicion which you must complete in order to apply for the position. Complete the online applicion, verify the required documention is included with your applicion package, and submit the applicion. You must re-select your resume and/or other documents from your USAJOBS account or your applicion 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://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/ . Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP). If you are a Federal employee in the competitive service and your agency has notified you in writing th you are a displaced employee eligible for ICTAP considerion, you may receive selection priority for this position. To receive selection priority, you must: (1) meet ICTAP eligibility criteria (2) be red well-qualified for the position and; (3) submit the approprie documention to support your ICTAP eligibility. To be considered well-qualified and receive selection priority applicants must sisfy all qualificion requirements for the position and receive a score of 90 or above. Additional informion about the program is on OPM's Career Transition Resources website. Additional informion about the program is on OPM's Career Transition Resources website . Agency contact informion Army Applicant Help Desk Website https://portal.chra.army.mil/hr_public?id=app_inq Address DoWEA Headquarters 4800 Mark Center Drive Alexandria, VA 22311 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 documents you are required to submit vary based on the authority you are using to apply (i.e., applying as a veteran, applying as a current permanent Federal employee, applying as a reinstement, etc). Please review the following links to see which documents you need to provide to prove your eligibility to apply: Applicant Checklist External. As described above, your complete applicion includes your resume, your responses to the online questionnaire, and documents which prove your eligibility to apply. If you fail to provide these documents, you marked as having an incomplete applicion package and you will not be considered any further. 1.

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. For each relevant work experience, make sure you include the employer's name, job title, start and end des (include month and year), for qualificions purposes, the number of hours worked per week, and a brief description th show you can perform the tasks the required level listed in the job announcement. If your resume does not contain this informion, your applicion may be marked as incomplete, and you may not receive considerion for this position. Use plain language. Avoid using acronyms and terms th are not easily understood. The hiring agency will not make assumptions about wh's in your resume. 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 additional informion, to include formting tips, see: Wh to include in your resume . 2.

Other supporting documents:

Cover Letter, optional Most recent Performance Appraisal, if applicable

License or Certificion:

If this position requires a job-reled licensure or certificion, you MUST submit a copy of your license or certificion with your applicion package or you red ineligible. To determine if this position requires a job-reled licensure or certificion, please review the Qualificions section listed above.

Official Transcripts:

Failure to provide copies of all applicable transcripts will result in disqualificion due to incomplete applicion. You must scan, upload and tach legible photocopies of the following official transcripts: Bachelor's Transcript Master's Transcript. This transcript is required IF it applies to you. EDS Transcript. This transcript is required IF it applies to you. Doctore's transcript. This transcript is required IF it applies to you.

NOTE:

Transcripts must include the de and degree was conferred. Transcripts without this informion will not be reviewed and will result in disqualificion. Your transcripts must clearly identify coursework required for the position you are applying for. Transcripts submitted in other languages other than English must include an official translion or will not be Computer print-outs of transcripts, links to transcripts, grade reports, copies of degree diplomas or certifices, illegible copies and unofficial copies of transcripts will not be acceptable. Receipt of these documents will result in automic disqualificion.

NOTE:

Documents submitted as part of the applicion package, to include supplemental documents, may be shared beyond the Human Resources Office. Some supplemental documents such as military orders and marriage certifices 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 10/07/2026 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/13071117 ). Follow the prompts to select your résumé and/or other supporting documents to be included with your applicion package. You will have the opportunity to upload additional documents to include in your applicion before it is submitted. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process. After acknowledging you have reviewed your applicion package, complete the Include Personal Informion section as you deem approprie and click to continue with the applicion process. You taken to the online applicion which you must complete in order to apply for the position. Complete the online applicion, verify the required documention is included with your applicion package, and submit the applicion. You must re-select your resume and/or other documents from your USAJOBS account or your applicion 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://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/ . Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP). If you are a Federal employee in the competitive service and your agency has notified you in writing th you are a displaced employee eligible for ICTAP considerion, you may receive selection priority for this position. To receive selection priority, you must: (1) meet ICTAP eligibility criteria (2) be red well-qualified for the position and; (3) submit the approprie documention to support your ICTAP eligibility. To be considered well-qualified and receive selection priority applicants must sisfy all qualificion requirements for the position and receive a score of 90 or above. Additional informion about the program is on OPM's Career Transition Resources website. Additional informion about the program is on OPM's Career Transition Resources website . Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion Army Applicant Help Desk Website https://portal.chra.army.mil/hr_public?id=app_inq Address DoWEA Headquarters 4800 Mark Center Drive Alexandria, VA 22311 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: Alexandria, VA No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed Yes—You may qualify for reimbursement of relocion expenses in accordance with agency policy. Salary $169,279

• $197,200 per year Pay scale & grade GS 14
• 15 Promotion potential 15 Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job.

Work schedule Full-time Travel Required Not required 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

NC7X-26-13071117-ATT

Control number 885698000