Supervisory Attorney Advisor

The Office of General Counsel (OGC) seeks a highly qualified and experienced attorney to serve as a Supervisory Attorney Advisor. In this role, the incumbent acts as a senior legal advisor to agency leadership and provides supervisory and managerial oversight of attorneys delivering legal counsel and services across a broad range of internal and governmentwide programs affecting more than 8 million Federal employees, retirees, and family members.

Duties

The Supervisory Attorney Advisor provides authoritative legal advice on complex and sensitive matters and is responsible for directing legal work, managing staff performance, establishing priorities, and ensuring high-quality legal services that support the agency's mission and strategic objectives. OGC Attorneys provide legal counsel and services across a diverse range of matters that support OPM's mission and operations. While candidates are not expected to have expertise in every area of OGC's practice, competitive candidates will demonstrate experience in two or more of the following areas: Federal employee benefits, compensation, leave, and retirement programs, including the Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program, other federal insurance and health benefits programs, and the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) Internal and governmentwide labor relations matters, including advising agency leadership and human resources officials on collective bargaining and related labor-management issues Personnel law and administrative litigation, including handling complex, high-impact, and novel matters before the MSPB, EEOC, and FLRA, as well as mentoring and advising attorneys throughout all stages of litigation Contract and procurement law, including government contracts, acquisitions, interagency and intergovernmental agreements, and representation before the Civilian Board of Contract Appeals (CBCA) Fiscal and appropriations law matters, including bona fide needs, augmentation, interagency funding arrangements, and authorization issues Federal ethics law and standards of conduct, including conflicts of interest, post-government employment restrictions, outside activities, gifts, financial disclosure requirements, employee counseling, and ethics training Information and technology law, including the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), Privacy Act, cybersecurity, information security, artificial intelligence, and related legal issues Supporting the Department of Justice in federal court litigation involving agency interests Oversight, compliance, and investigative matters, including advising agency officials in connection with inquiries, audits, and investigations conducted by Congress, Inspectors General, the Government Accountability Office, and other oversight entities.