
Attorney - Advisor (Instructor)
Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers See More Job Openings by This Employer- Multiple Schedules
- $105,383 - $161,889/year
- Glynco, GA View More
Job Description
"FLETC's mission is to train and support the training of federal, state, local, and tribal law enforcement officers and international partners that are responsible for enforcing laws, treaties, and regulations within the United States and abroad." Click here to learn more.
Duties Serving as an Attorney - Advisor (Instructor), GS-0905-13/14, makes you a valuable member of FLETC's team and mission. These positions are located in the Office of Chief Counsel, within the Legal Training Division. Typical work assignments may include: Serving as a senior instructor, subject-matter expert, and program/course developer in the assigned legal program/course areas of law enforcement. Students in these courses are routinely from the most high-profile law enforcement agencies in the world, including the U.S. Secret Service; the U.S. Marshals Service; Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; Naval Criminal Investigative Service; Immigration and Customs Enforcement; and many others. The programs/courses taught cover subject-matter that involves highly specialized knowledge of complex and difficult legal areas that impact close to 130 Federal agencies that train at FLETC. Providing expert training in areas such as: Constitutional Law; Fourth Amendment; Self-Incrimination; Use of Force; Federal Court Procedures; Authority and Jurisdiction; Federal Fraud Statutes; Federal Firearms Violations; Rules of Evidence; Military law, Electronic Law and Evidence, Officer Liability, Criminal Law, Administrative Law, Obstruction of Justice, Terrorism and National Security Law, False Statements, Indian Law, Courtroom Testimony, Assault, Bribery, and other emerging areas of the law. Planning, developing, coordinating, and implementing a legal training program, while balancing the needs and concerns of the DHS training mission. Working with other attorneys, managers, and supervisory Federal law enforcement personnel to identify objectives to be met by a specific class. Selecting appropriate methods, equipment, and materials; developing the courses; and providing instruction, guidance and direction to the class in accomplishing specific learning objectives. Keeping abreast of developing training goals and objectives, continually restructuring the courses to reflect the current laws, identifying specific areas where study and research is required, searching the literature for existing documentation, gathering and analyzing data, producing papers for publication, and disseminating for internal use. Conducting extensive advanced export training (off-site) at other Federal, state, and municipal facilities around the country. Monitoring the progress of students, documenting results, and/or recommending remedial and corrective action to include additional training and changes in training and/or operational procedures and instructions. Evaluates both individual and group performance in various training settings. Overseeing and participating in developing course and program material on the legal aspects of law enforcement. Initiating content changes and developing different approaches and methods of instruction and recommending any other changes needed to improve the course/program and achieve course/program objectives. View common definitions of terms found in this announcement: Common Definitions. Salary- $105,383 - $161,889/year