Serves as legal counsel within the Office of the Chief Counsel representing the agency regarding contracts, leases, grants, and agreements, including matters related to procurement, real estate, intellectual property, construction, and fiscal law.
Duties
Provides legal support in the areas of acquisition, fiscal law, and real estate, including as they relate to the Brand-New Air Traffic Control System (BNATCS), with limited supervision or guidance. Develops mastery of concepts and processes applicable to BNATCS, including understanding the Integrator Accountability Contract and related statutes, regulations, and other authorities. Develops excellent knowledge of BNATCS programs and priorities. Proactively contributes ideas and offers solutions to achieve BNATCS. Develops good working relationships with BNATCS program offices and other stakeholders. Demonstrates sound judgment in seeking additional business information and applying legal analysis. Represents the agency before appropriate internal and external tribunals, as well as with other federal, state, or local agencies. Provides legal advice and assistance on agency contracts, leases, grants, and agreements, including matters relating to procurement, real estate, intellectual property, construction, fiscal law, and related matters. Provides legal support, in terms of legal review, analysis and concurrence on insurance contracts/policies and instruments of settlement and release to the FAA Aviation Insurance Program Office, involving certain classified programs. Conducts thorough legal research by appropriately identifying and analyzing relevant legal and factual issues and arguments. Assesses legal strengths and weaknesses of available arguments to provide accurate, complete, and practical legal advice and conclusions. Identifies and learns emerging issues, principles, and practices relevant to the legal practice area. Produces communications that are well-organized, clear, and persuasive. Provides advice tailored to the program office and requirements of the agency. Maintains the appropriate balance between providing accurate, complete, and practical legal advice. Effectively presents advice to meet audience expectations and level of understanding. Demonstrates interpersonal skills needed to develop and maintain strong relationships. Actively participates with program office to identify and meet program office goals and objectives. Seeks consensus with program office as to the timing and scope of work. Proactively identifies and appropriately pursues solutions to effectively represent the agency's interest in responding to high priority issues. Puts forth effort to meet established proficiency level goals and objectives. Keeps program office informed of developments, to include why and when an extension may be necessary. Demonstrates knowledge and understanding of key program office business processes, priorities, and objectives relevant to the practice area. Accurately identifies program office business objectives and issues when providing legal advice. Provides appropriate alternative solutions as needed to meet program office's strategic business objectives. Provides legal risk/reward analysis in support of business decisions. Demonstrates knowledge and understanding of when and the willingness to go to more senior-level of client based on risk-levels. Demonstrates skill in representing the agency. Consistently puts forth effort needed to accomplish tasks and produce work that is timely and of professional quality. Keeps practice area and AGC management informed of program office issues and activities that may or should be discussed at a higher management level. Keeps supervisor timely informed of developments on legal matters. Educates program offices about efficient and effective use of legal resources. Uses available staff resources and technology to manage workflow and product. Pursues new ideas or approaches to strengthen personal and professional effectiveness. Follows established office administrative policies and procedures.
Salary
Qualifications
To qualify for this position, ALL applicants MUST meet the following criteria: (1) have a JD Degree from an accredited law school; (2) be admitted to practice before the bar of any U.S. jurisdiction, state, territory, the District of Columbia, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; (3) be an active member of that bar; and (4) To be considered for the H Band: Applicants must demonstrate at least one year (52 weeks) of SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE equivalent to the next lower grade/pay band (FG/GS-11/FV-G) that is typically related to the line of work of the position to be filled and which has equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities required to successfully perform the duties of the position. To be creditable, specialized experience must have been at least equivalent to the next lower level in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE is defined as: Experience providing legal advice on contracts, fiscal law matters, grants or other agreements, and Experience advising on legal matters relating to litigation, mediation, or alternative dispute resolution cases. To be considered for the I Band: Applicants must demonstrate at least one year (52 weeks) of SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE equivalent to the next lower grade/pay band (FG/GS-12/FV-H) that is typically related to the line of work of the position to be filled and which has equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities required to successfully perform the duties of the position. To be creditable, specialized experience must have been at least equivalent to the next lower level in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE is defined as: Experience providing legal advice on contracts, fiscal law matters, grants or other agreement formation, award, interpretation, modification, termination, or administration; and Experience advising on legal matters relating to bid protest, contract dispute, or other litigation, mediation, or alternative dispute resolution cases for matters related to procurement, real estate, intellectual property, construction, fiscal law matters, or grants. You should include relevant examples of the specialized experience in your work history. Errors or omissions may impact your rating or may result in you not being considered. Answer all questions to the best of your ability. DO NOT ASSUME THAT BECAUSE YOU HOLD, OR HAVE HELD THIS POSITION, YOU WILL AUTOMATICALLY BE FOUND ELIGIBLE. You may be asked to provide evidence or documentation that you have this type of experience later in the selection process. Your responses are subject to verification through job interviews, or any other information obtained during the application process. Any exaggeration of your experience or any attempt to conceal information can result in disqualification. *Applicants who fail to demonstrate possession of any of the above criteria AND who do not provide the required documentation will receive no further consideration for this position.* Eligible applicants meeting the minimum qualification requirements and/or selective placement factor(s) (SPF) may be further evaluated on the Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSA) and/or Quality Ranking Factor (QRF) listed in the announcement. Based on this evaluation, applicants will be placed in one of the following categories: (1) score order; (2) category grouping; or (3) alphabetical and referred to the selecting official for selection consideration. As a part of the Federal-Wide Hiring Reform Initiative (streamlining the hiring process), the FAA is committed to eliminating the use of the Knowledge, Skills and Ability (KSA) narratives from the initial application in the hiring process for all announcements. Therefore, as an applicant for this announcement, you are NOT required to provide a narrative response in the text box listed below each KSA. In lieu of providing a KSA narrative response in the text box listed below each KSA section, in your work history, please include information that provides specific examples of how you meet the response level or answer you chose for each KSA. Your work history examples should be specific and clearly reflect the highest level of ability. Your KSA answers will be evaluated further to validate whether the level that you selected is appropriate based on the work history and experience you provided. Your answers may be adjusted by a human resource specialist as appropriate. Applicants may be asked to verify information on your application for employment with the FAA. **All qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of this vacancy announcement.**
Education
This position has a positive education requirement: Applicants must submit a copy of their college or university transcripts(s) and certificates by the closing date of announcement to verify qualifications. If selected, an official transcript will be required prior to appointment. You may upload these documents with your application in USAJOBS or fax it to fax number provided in the announcement (please include announcement number on each page). Failure to do so will result in loss of consideration. Schools must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. Accreditation may be verified at the following website: www.ed.gov/accreditation. Foreign education must be evaluated by a private professional organization specializing in interpretation of foreign education credentials or an accredited U.S. educational institution in terms of equivalence to a degree acquired at an American college or university. A copy of the evaluation results must be included, otherwise your foreign education will not be considered. It is the responsibility of the applicant to provide such evidence at the time of application. For additional information, visit: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html Applicants who are not currently in the 905 occupational series (Attorney) in the Federal Government and fail to provide a copy of an unofficial or official transcript will not receive further consideration for this vacancy. Upon selection, if not currently employed in the 905 occupational series (Attorney), you will be required to submit an official transcript prior to appointment. If you do not have an official transcript (original, with the raised seal), you should contact your school immediately to request it.
Required Documents
ALL applicants MUST submit the following: (1) resume (Limited to two pages); (2) proof of active membership to the bar of any U.S. jurisdiction or within the District of Columbia. (Please provide bar association number(s) and verification of active status.); (3) writing sample (not to exceed 10 pages in length); and (4) copy of unofficial or official transcript from an accredited law school verifying JD degree. Applicants who are or have been employed by the Federal Government SHOULD also upload a copy of the most recent SF-50 (Notification of Personnel Action). For guidance on how to create a Federal resume, visit http://www.archives.gov/careers/jobs/forms/resume-guide.pdf. Only the documents listed above will be accepted in combination with your on-line application. These documents MUST be uploaded or before the closing date of this announcement. Failure to submit all required documents by the closing date will result in a finding of ineligible. We are not responsible for incomplete, missing or illegible documents. Please DO NOT email application documents. Documents received via email will NOT receive consideration. This position has a positive education requirement; college transcripts are required for ALL candidates newly appointed to the FAA in the 905 series. College transcripts must be submitted from current FAA employees applying for internal vacancies if they have never held a position in the 905 series with the FAA. College transcripts are not required from current FAA employees who are currently occupying a 905 series. If selected, official transcripts are required prior to employment. If you want consideration for one or more of the Special Hiring Authorities, documentation that must be submitted at time of application can be found at Direct Hiring Authorities | Federal Aviation Administration (faa.gov). Forms: SF-15 : Application for 10-Point Veteran Preference SF-256 : Self-identification of Disability
How to Apply
Veterans' Preference: Federal Aviation Administration attorney positions are in the excepted service. There is no formal rating system for applying veterans' preference to attorney appointments in the excepted service; however, the Federal Aviation Administration considers veterans' preference eligibility as a positive factor in the attorney hiring process. If you are eligible for veterans' preference in hiring, you are encouraged to include this information in your application along with the supporting documentation, e.g., SF-15, DD Form 214, Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty, or other supporting documents. Applicants may be required to complete one or multiple assessments as part of the evaluation process. This assessment aims to evaluate the competencies and qualifications essential for the position. You must apply online to receive consideration. Your application must be submitted by 11:59 PM Eastern Time on the Close Date for it to be accepted. If you are applying for positions associated with FAA registers, your application must be submitted at the time a referral list is created in order to receive consideration for positions associated with a register. RESUMES ARE LIMITED TO TWO PAGES. IN DESCRIBING YOUR WORK EXPERIENCE AND/OR EDUCATION, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC AND INCLUDE INFORMATION AS IT RELATES TO THE QUALIFICATIONS AND SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS POSITION. Please ensure EACH work history includes ALL of the following information: Job Title (include series and grade if Federal Job) Relevant work experience: should align to the Job Announcement and address all required qualifications and include job title, employer name, start/end dates, number of hours worked per week. Education, certification or licensure: If required, education should include school/institution name, completion date, degree type and GPA. Determining length of General or Specialized Experience is dependent on the above information and failure to provide ALL of this information may result in a finding of ineligible. You may upload completed documents to your USAJOBS Account. This will provide you the opportunity to utilize the uploaded information again when applying for future vacancies. Amendment Date: 04/23/2026 Amendment Note: This announcement has been extended. This announcement has been extended.
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