Attorney-Adviser (Indian Matters) GS-0905-15
Location: Albuquerque, New Mexico
Description: Department Of The Interior is at present looking to employ Attorney-Adviser (Indian Matters) GS-0905-15 right now, this position will be presented in New Mexico. For complete informations about this position opportunity please give attention to these descriptions. The Department of the Interior is devoted to protecting and preserving the natural resources of this grea! t nation, including National Parks, Landmarks, and the well-being of communities, including those of Native American, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, and affiliated Islanders.
The Department of the InteriorÂ's Office of Hearings and Appeals is announcing an exciting opportunity in its Albuquerque, NM and Sacramento, CA offices for Attorney-Adviser (Indian Matters) positions within its Probate Hearings Division.
If selected for this position, you will work on Indian Probate matters in the Probate Hearings Division, Office of Hearings and Appeals, for the Department of the Interior (DOI). Your role will be to hear and decide Indian probate cases in the DOI, and you will have complete and independent responsibility for all of the steps necessary in the process of the hearings and in the issuance of a decision.
Salary Information Albuquerque, New Mexico: GS-15, step 10: $147,857 per annum.
Salary Information Sacramento, California! : GS-15, step 10: $155,500 per annum
This positio! n is open only to current Department of the Interior employees and is a permanent position in the Excepted Service under the authority of 5 CFR, section 213.3102(d), Schedule A. Competitive Civil Service status is not acquired under this appointment. Merit promotion procedures do not apply.
KEY REQUIREMENTS
Applicants must be U.S. Citizens.
This position is subject to a pre-employment background investigation.
Relocation expenses are not authorized.
Extensive travel may be required
You will be required to have federal payments made by Direct Deposit.
A 2 year trial period is required; 1 year for some eligible veterans
DUTIES:
The role of the Attorney-Advisor (Indian Matters) is at all times governed by the trust responsibility owed to the Indian people by the Federal government. The authority of an IPJ in regard to Indian probate matters is specified in 43CFR 30.120. The IPJ presides over hea! rings held by DOI and although your role in administrative proceedings will be similar to that of a judge of a court of record, you will have unusual responsibility for ensuring that the record is fully developed, even when issues may not be raised by the parties. It will be necessary to take a more active role in the calling and questioning of witnesses than is the usual case in other administrative proceedings and in the proceedings of a court of record in order to ensure that the trust responsibility is properly carried out in the determination of heirs and/or devisees to trust property.
QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED:
GS-15 Qualification Requirements
You must be a graduate from a law school accredited by the American Bar Association, as well as (1) have at least one year of professional legal experience following law school graduation, or (2) have a second professional law degree, or (3) meet one of the following criteria:
a. Academic stan! ding in the top one-third of my law school graduating class. b. Graduat! ed with academic honors. c. Significant participation on the law schoolÂ's law review. d. Significant participation in the law schoolÂ's moot court competition. e. Significant participation in a clinical legal aid program. f. Significant summer law office clerk experience. g. Other equivalent evidence of clearly superior achievement.
AND
Must have 61/2 more additional years of professional legal experience for a total of 71/2 full years of professional legal experience. Professional legal experience is experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the position to be filled. Professional legal experience is defined as demonstrated experience versed in more refined areas of law such as: tribal customs and practices, illegitimacy, half bloods, disclaimers, renunciations, statues of limitations, Federal jurisdiction, and/or ex! haustion or remedies and laches.
AND
Must be a lawyer admitted to practice before the courts of a state, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or a territory of the United States.
Education : This position requires specific educational coursework to qualify, and you are required to provide transcripts as proof of meeting the requirements, as well as proof that you have been admitted to practice law and your status is in good standing and has not expired. If you do not provide the required documents, this will result in your receiving an ineligible rating.
Foreign Education : Education completed in colleges or universities outside the United States may be used to meet the specific educational requirements as stated above. You must provide acceptable documentation that the foreign education is comparable to that received in an accredited educational institution in the United States. For more information on! how foreign education is evaluated, visit: https://www.opm.gov/qualifi! cations/policy/ApplicationOfStds-04.asp .
Selective Service: If you are a male applicant born after December 31, 1959, you must certify that you have registered with the Selective Service system, or are exempt from having to do so under the Selective Service Law. http://www.sss.gov .
CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT
A preliminary background check must be completed before a new employee can begin work with the Department of the Interior. The preliminary background check consists of a search of Office of Personnel Management and Department of Defense background investigation files and an FBI National Criminal History Fingerprint Check; it may take up to 3 weeks to complete. If selected for this position, you will be extended a tentative offer of employment pending a satisfactory background check. Current Federal employees or other individuals with an existing completed background investigation may not be required to undergo another background check; ! these will be handled on a case-by-case basis in coordination with the Bureau Security Office.
HOW YOU WILL BE EVALUATED:
Your resume and responses to the self-assessment questions are an integral part of the process for determining your qualifications for this position. Therefore, it is important that your resume supports your responses to the assessment questions.
There are several parts of the application process that affect the overall evaluation of your application:
1. Your resume which is part of your USAJOBS profile 2. Your required and supporting documents, as outlined in the announcement
Once the application process is complete, we will review your application to ensure you meet the job requirements. To determine if you are qualified for this job, a review of your resume, supporting documentation, and responses to the (TA View Occupational Questionnaire ) will be made. Our review of your resume and/or supporting docume! ntation must support your responses to the Online Questionnaire to accu! rately reflect your abilities. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your eligibility.
BENEFITS:
To explore the major benefits offered to most Federal employees, visit the Office of Personnel Management's website at http://www.usajobs.gov/ResourceCenter/Index/Interactive/Benefits#icc .
OTHER INFORMATION:
Important Note : All Department of the Interior employees are subject to the conflict of interest restrictions imposed upon all employees of the Executive Branch of the Federal Government and may be required to file a Public Financial Disclosure Report (OGE-Form 278) or a Confidential Financial Disclosure Report (OGE Form 450) to determine if a conflict or an appearance of a conflict exists between your financial interest and your prospective position with the agency. This information will be required annually .
Employees must be totally objective and impartial in the performance of t! heir work. All potential issues (e.g.: work related interactions with friends, family members or previous employers) must be disclosed at the time of application or during the interview process.
This position is in the excepted service and not subject to competitive service procedures.
When promotion potential is shown, the agency is not making a commitment and is not obligated to provide future promotions to you if you are selected. Future promotions will be dependent on your ability to perform the duties at a higher level, the continuing need for an employee assigned to the higher level, and administrative approval.
Effective January 1, 2010, OPM must authorize any employment offers we make to current or former (within the last 5 years) political Schedule A, Schedule C, or Non-career SES (political) employees in the executive branch. If you are currently, or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule C, or Non-career SES! employee in the executive branch, you must disclose that to the Human ! Resources Office.
Recruitment methods and selection procedures will be based solely on merit after fair and open competition, and will be made without regard to political, religious, or labor organization affiliation or non-affiliation, marital status, race, color, sex, national origin, non-disqualifying disability, sexual orientation, or age.
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If you were eligible to this position, please send us your resume, with salary requirements and a resume to Department Of The Interior.
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This position will be opened on: Thu, 18 Oct 2012 06:50:33 GMT
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