Location: San Antonio,TX, USA
Summary Click on Learn more about this agency button below to view Eligibilities being considered and other IMPORTANT information. The primary purpose of this position is to provide developmental experience designed to broaden the skills and/or enhance the leadership perspective of an identified high-potential, mid-level manager; it is not a continuing position, assignment duration is NTE 36 months. Responsibilities Performs Career Broadening assignments/duties. In a Career Broadening capacity, plans, initiates and implements guidelines for the acquisition, management and disposal of real property at active Air and Space Force bases worldwide. Learns and serves as a Department of the Air Force source of legal expertise in complex environmental law matters, including compliance with federal, state, and local laws and regulations in areas of environmental law, occupational safety and health, and natural and cultural resources. Provides legal advice and services to the Agency on real estate transactions and related matters. Requirements Conditions of Employment Qualifications GENERAL REQUIREMENTS: You MUST have successfully completed a full course of study in a school of law accredited by the American Bar Association (ABA) and have the first professional law degree (LLB or JD). In addition, at the time of application, you must provide proof, dated within four months of application, of active status, in good standing, with a bar of the highest court of a State, U.S. commonwealth, U.S. territory, or the District of Columbia. Specialized Experience: In addition to the basic requirement, you must have professional legal experience in excess of two (2) years that commensurate with the position's duties and responsibilities. KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES (KSAs): Your qualifications will be evaluated on the basis of your level of knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies in the following areas: 1. Ability to research and respond to difficult legal questions and methods of research, analyzing, interpreting, and applying Federal and State laws, regulations, policy directives, contracts, and other legal instruments. 2. Knowledge of modern legal practices and research resources, including LEXIS and skill in performing extensive legal research and analysis in areas of law. 3. Highly skilled in written advocacy in order to prepare and present written and oral legal opinions to customers, regulators and administrative bodies. 4. Skill and ability to conduct legal research into complex state and federal environmental rules, regulations, and laws. 5. Knowledge of office and word processing automation software functions to support office operations, including electronic mail, software applications including, Microsoft Word, Access, and PowerPoint to produce a variety of textual documents, such as letters, reports, memos, and briefs. 6. Ability to independently retrieve, analyze and present information in an easily understood format. 7. Ability to effectively communicate both orally and in writing. Ability to maintain and enhance stakeholder contacts (including regulators) in a professional manner in support of the client's goals. Education EDUCATION: Must be a graduate of a law school accredited by the American Bar Association, and be currently licensed as an attorney, in active (or equivalent) status and in good standing, with the bar of a U.S. state, territory, or commonwealth. The attorney must maintain such bar membership in at least one jurisdiction during the entire course of employment with the Air Force. IF USING EDUCATION TO QUALIFY: If position has a positive degree requirement or education forms the basis for qualifications, you MUST submit transcripts with the application. Official transcripts are not required at the time of application; however, if position has a positive degree requirement, qualifying based on education alone or in combination with experience, transcripts must be verified prior to appointment. An accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education must accredit education. Click here to check accreditation. FOREIGN EDUCATION: Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the requirements. You must show proof the education credentials have been deemed to be at least equivalent to that gained in conventional U.S. education program. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence when applying. Additional Information PCS restrictions: An employee selected to make a PCS to a Career Broadening assignment is restricted from making a second PCS for 12 months Defense National Relocation Program is Authorized Direct Deposit: All federal employees are required to have direct deposit. If you have questions regarding this announcement and have hearing or speech difficulties click here. Tax Law Impact for PCS: On 22-Dec-2017, Public Law 115-97 - the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 suspended qualified moving expense deductions along with the exclusion for employer reimbursements and payments of moving expenses effective 01-Jan-2018 for tax years 2018 through 2025. The law made taxable certain reimbursements and other payments, including driving mileage, airfare and lodging expenses, en-route travel to the new duty station, and temporary storage of those items. The Federal Travel Regulation Bulletin (FTR) 18-05 issued by General Services Administration (GSA) has authorized agencies to use the Withholding Tax Allowance (WTA) and Relocation Income Tax Allowance (RITA) to pay for substantially all of the increased tax liability resulting from the 2018 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act for certain eligible individuals. For additional information on WTA/RITA allowances and eligibilities please click here. Subsequently, FTR Bulletin 20-04 issued by GSA, provides further information regarding NDAA FY2020, Public Law 116-92, and the expansion of eligibility beyond transferred for WTA/RITA allowances. For additional information, please click here.