Summary This position is located in Office of the General Counsel,Division of Legislation,Ethics,& Admin Law (LEAL) The supervisor is Tison Campbell This position is Non Bargaining Unit This position is subject to Confidential Financial Disclosure reporting & security ownership restriction reporting requirements. This is an Open Until Filled Vacancy Announcement. Positions will be filled as vacancies occur. Applications will be reviewed and referred for positions biweekly. Responsibilities The successful candidates will serve as attorney under the Assistant General Counsel and Deputy Assistant General Counsel for LEAL in the Office of the General Counsel. The selectees will be placed in LEAL but may move to other OGC divisions as workload needs change over time. The successful candidate will have the experience, poise, temperament, judgment, collegiality, and professional stature required to successfully perform the important duties and responsibilities of an attorney providing legal advice to the General Counsel (and the Deputy General Counsels and Associate General Counsel, if applicable), the Commission, and the NRC staff. The successful candidate will have excellent written and oral communication skills and have a demonstrated ability to make fair and impartial decisions in a timely manner. The following duties are performed with a high degree of independence: Providing advice and legal services related to a variety of legal topics, such as administrative law, international law, information law, Commission governance, and the federal ethics program. Reviewing documents to determine their legal sufficiency, performing difficult original legal research, developing solutions to novel and complex legal issues, providing legal opinions and advice, and identifying and addressing policy matters, including consideration of relevant risks. Providing leadership and guidance to assigned back-up attorneys, including making assignments to the back-up attorneys and providing comments and revisions to documents and other work products connected with assigned matters. Requirements Conditions of Employment U.S. Citizenship Required. This is a Drug Testing position. Subject to OGE Confidential Financial Disclosure reporting requirements. Also subject to NRC's Prohibited Securities rule. Background investigation leading to a clearance is required for new hires. You must meet the qualifications for this position by no later than 30 calendar days after the closing date of this announcement and before placement in the position. Qualifications To qualify for this position, you must have at least one year of specialized experience at the next lower grade level in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience GG 14: includes experience that is defined as attorney or judicial work experience in a federal or state government, federal or state judiciary, or the private practice of law that provided the candidate with the knowledge, skills, and abilities needed to perform the work of this position. Minimally qualified candidates will have multiple years of work experience, including substantial regulatory and statutory interpretation and litigation experience sufficient to perform independent work on complex and major assignments. The ideal candidate will be able to demonstrate the following: Ability to provide legal advice and support to the General Counsel, the Commission, and the Commission staff on two or more of the below topics (the ability can be as to any combination of the enumerated topics, with each individual topic accorded equal weight): Advising on administrative law matters, including information law and intellectual property. Advising on matters such as treaties and conventions, international arrangements and project agreements, and exports and imports. Advising on the responsibilities of agency heads in a commission or board-like setting and on internal governance of commissions or boards. Interpreting legislation and supporting the agency in its communications with Congress. Supporting the agency’s federal ethics program, including the review of Office of Government Ethics confidential and public financial disclosure forms or providing advice on the Hatch Act. Providing support on non-appellate adjudicatory matters and in federal court appellate litigation. Ability to identify, interpret, and analyze federal laws, statutes, regulations, and cases. Examples of qualifying experience include: knowledge and understanding of legal principles and laws applicable to federal or state agencies, such as the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974, the Energy Policy Act of 1992, the Energy Policy Act of 2005, 2005, the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982, the National Environmental Policy Act, the Administrative Procedure Act, and other statutes applicable to federal or state regulatory agencies; legislative history and case law; and NRC or other regulatory agency rules, regulations, and policies. Ability to identify, analyze, and prepare detailed legal memoranda and resolve complex legal issues. Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing to provide legal advice. Ability to make fair and impartial decisions in a timely manner. A description of how you possess specialized experience and satisfy the ideal candidate language should be addressed in your application package. Education You must be a graduate of an accredited law school with a J.D., LL.B., or equivalent degree, and you must be an active member in good standing of the Bar of a state or territory of the United States or the District of Columbia. Additional Information The duty location of this position is Rockville, MD. In general, employees are expected to be in the office at a minimum of 4 days per pay period. Telework schedules, including full-time telework, are approved, on a case-by-case basis. If selected, telework will be determined in accordance with Agency policy and the Collective Bargaining Agreement, if applicable. Based on the staffing needs of the agency/area of consideration, additional selections may be made from this vacancy announcement. The NRC provides reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities where appropriate. Individuals with disabilities may contact the Selective Placement Coordinator for assistance with the application or hiring process via Disability.Resource@nrc.gov. Deaf applicants may contact the Disability Program Manager by calling the NRC videophone at 240-428-3217. Individuals who are eligible for non-competitive appointment under an OPM special appointing authority may apply for consideration under a comparable NRC non-competitive appointing authority. Veterans, please visit: http://www.fedshirevets.gov/ Selectees will be required to complete a "Declaration of Federal Employment", (OF-306), prior to being appointed to determine their suitability for Federal employment and to authorize a background investigation. False statements or responses on your resume or questionnaire can jeopardize your employment opportunity and subject you to disciplinary action, including removal from Federal service. A transferable security clearance from another agency or a background investigation leading to a clearance is required for all new hires. To begin work at the NRC without a security clearance, you must be granted a temporary waiver of the required clearance, referred to as a 145(b) waiver. To be eligible for a 145(b) waiver you will need a favorable education verification, reference, credit, and criminal history checks. If a wavier is granted, the successful completion of a background investigation and favorable adjudication is required for continued employment. If you have resided outside the U.S. for an extended period of time, the agency may not be able to (1) grant the 145(b) waiver where the required investigation cannot be completed in a timely manner, or (2) achieve timely completion of the background investigation required for a security clearance. The NRC is a zero tolerance agency with respect to illegal drug use. Individuals selected for this position will be subject to pre-appointment drug testing unless currently in a NRC position subject to random drug testing AND will be subject to random drug testing upon appointment to the NRC.