Date Announced: 07-28-2022
Closing Date: 08-29-2022
Command: NAVSUP
Grade: GS-14
Type: Counsel
The Navy and Marine Corps team offers innovative, exciting and meaningful work linking military and civilian talents to achieve our mission and safeguard our freedoms. The Department of the Navy Office of the General Counsel has been serving the Department since 1941 and is committed to developing innovative legal solutions to the business and other challenges facing the Navy and Marine Corps to enhance the war fighting capability of the Naval Service. You will find our attorneys stationed across the United States and worldwide, working with Navy and Marine Corps personnel wherever the Department's business is conducted.
There is an anticipated vacancy for an attorney to serve as Counsel, NAVSUP FLC Yokosuka at Site Marianas. The NAVSUP FLC Yokosuka Office of Counsel is a field office of the Office of Counsel, Naval Supply Systems Command, Mechanicsburg, PA.
As the U.S. Navy’s largest logistics command in the Western Pacific, NAVSUP FLC Yokosuka provides logistic support to forward deployed Naval forces and other DoD units operating in the 7th Fleet area of responsibility. The command is headquartered in Yokosuka, Japan, and has a workforce of approximately 1,200 military, civilian, and foreign national personnel assigned to various detachments, sites and offices in Japan, Singapore, Korea, Diego Garcia, the Philippines, Australia, Guam, and Hong Kong. The command provides logistics support to Fleet and shore-based customers through its six major departments: Operations, Regional Services, Fuels, Contracting, Business Operations, and Industrial Support.
This position is located at NAVSUP FLCY Site Marianas on Naval Base Guam. Guam is situated at the southern end of the Mariana Islands chain in the Western Pacific and is a separate U.S. territory. Guam is across the International Dateline from the mainland United States.
The NAVSUP FLC Yokosuka Office of Counsel is assigned four attorneys – Counsel and Assistant Counsel at FLC Yokosuka, Counsel at NAVSUP FLCY Site Singapore, and Counsel at NAVSUP FLCY Site Marianas (the position covered by this announcement). This is a new position. The majority of the position’s legal practice will concern federal acquisition law matters. However, the position will also advise on a wide range of legal issues in other OGC practice areas, including: civilian personnel law, environmental law, foreign and international law, fiscal law, data rights, inter- and intra-service support agreements, FOIA, Privacy Act, ethics and standards of conduct, fraud programs, and litigation. The Site Counsel provides day-to-day legal support for NAVSUP FLC Yokosuka contracting personnel, including various foreign national contract personnel, located in NAVSUP FLC Yokosuka offices in Guam and Japan and provides regular back-up assistance on contracting and other issues covered by the other attorneys assigned to NAVSUP FLC Yokosuka.
The Site Counsel’s acquisition law workload is primarily focused on pre-award, award, and contract administration issues with fixed-price contracts, but over the course of a several month span, the workload may involve a variety of issues across most of the Federal Acquisition Regulation. Much of the acquisition law workload concerns contracts for ashore logistics requirements and ship repair, but contracts for port visit support of U.S. Navy ships are one of NAVSUP FLC Yokosuka’s primary mission support areas. The Site Counsel will be tasked to serve as the Navy’s representative in contract litigation, EEO litigation, and MSPB litigation. The selected applicant should expect to spend much of the work week reviewing a regular stream of requests for legal reviews on FAR-based contracts being awarded in an overseas environment to both U.S. and non-U.S. based companies as well as contracts being awarded in a non-foreign OCONUS location that may involve small business requirements. The issues are interesting, the questions may be challenging at times, and, in many cases the contracts which are being awarded have a close to immediate impact on the mission readiness of those receiving the contract support.
This position includes base pay, locality pay, and a tax-free Cost of Living Allowance. Persons hired in the continental United States and relocating to Guam may be entitled to Non-Foreign Post Differential.
Information about NAVSUP FLC Yokosuka is located at: https://www.navsup.navy.mil/NAVSUP-Enterprise/NAVSUP-FLC-Yokosuka/ .
This position will be filled under the General Schedule at the GS-14 level. To be selected, the applicant must have at least three-and-one-half years of professional relevant legal experience, including experience in one or more of the other OGC practice areas mentioned above.
Applicants will be evaluated on: 1) their experience in federal acquisition law; 2) their experience in the other relevant OGC practice areas identified above; 3) their research, analytical, and writing skills; 4) their oral communication skills; and 5) their demonstrated ability to work with military and civilian clients and to develop and maintain strong attorney-client relationships with clients from various backgrounds. The successful candidate must also be able to work both independently and as part of a team. Applicants with a record of making significant contributions to the advancement of the DON OGC or equivalent Office of the General Counsel or Law Firm/Office beyond the day to day legal practice is desired.
The successful applicant must have graduated from a law school that is accredited by the American Bar Association, be an active member in good standing of the bar of the highest court of a State, U.S. Commonwealth, U.S. territory, or the District of Columbia, and be admitted to practice before a state or federal court. U.S. citizenship is a requirement of the position, and the successful applicant must be able to obtain and maintain a SECRET clearance.
This is considered a non-foreign overseas position.
To apply for this position, applicants must submit a cover letter explaining their interest in the position along with a resume, SF-171, or OF-612; two legal writing samples (not exceeding 10 pages each) that demonstrate analytical and advocacy abilities; two most recent performance appraisals (if available); and the names and telephone numbers of at least three references (other than current supervisors) who may be contacted. Applications must include current federal grade (if applicable), salary requirements, and projected availability. Current federal employees must also provide a copy of their most recent SF-50 form.
Electronic applications are being accepted and should be sent to norma.a.crowther.civ@us.navy.mil. The subject line of the email should include the applicant’s name and the personnel notice number. Hard copy applications are not being accepted at this time.
Pay retention is authorized.
In case you are not otherwise aware, on December 22, 2017, Congress passed Public Law 115-97 suspending the tax deduction for civilian moving expenses effective January 1, 2018. As a result, payment of relocation expenses (such as shipment and non-temporary storage of household goods and transportation to your new duty station) that were previously considered non-taxable under 41 CFR 302-17 and Federal Travel Regulations (FTR) 302-17.8 are now considered taxable. Potential applicants with questions about the tax implication of a permanent change of station (PCS) move are encouraged to consult with their tax advisor.
For additional information, interested attorneys should contact Ms. Laura Weeden at laura.weeden@fe.navy.mil or at 011-81-46-816-7764 (DSN 315-243-7764) (Yokosuka, Japan); or Mr. Kyle Murray at kyle.d.murray2.civ@us.navy.mil or (717) 605-1862 (Mechanicsburg, PA).
This personnel notice will close on August 29, 2022, at 11:59:59 PM (EDT), and complete application packages must be received by the closing date and time to be considered.
If the successful applicant is not currently a member of the Department of the Navy Office of the General Counsel, processing of the hiring action can only commence after submission of those items identified in the "Instructions for New OGC Attorneys" (see Careers section of www.ogc.navy.mil).
COVID VACCINATION REQUIREMENT FOR FEDERAL EMPLOYEES PURSUANT TO E.O. 14043 IS CURRENTLY NOT BEING IMPLEMENTED OR ENFORCED
To ensure compliance with an applicable nationwide preliminary injunction, the Department of the Navy will take no action to implement or enforce the COVID-19 vaccination requirement pursuant to Executive Order 14043. Therefore, the requirement that a federal employee must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or have received an approved vaccine exemption for religious or medical reasons does not currently apply. However, the Department of the Navy may request information regarding the vaccination status of individuals selected for employment for the purposes of implementing workplace safety protocols related to masking, physical distancing, testing, travel, quarantine etc. [DO NOT SUBMIT ANY INFORMATION REGARDING YOUR VACCINATION STATUS/PROOF OF OR REQUESTS FOR EXEMPTION WITH YOUR APPLICATION.]
NOTICE OF VETERANS' PREFERENCE
There is no formal rating system for applying veterans' preference to attorney appointments in the excepted service; however, the Department of the Navy Office of the General Counsel considers veterans' preference eligibility a positive factor for attorney hiring. Applicants eligible for veterans' preference must specifically claim such eligibility in their cover letter or resume and attach supporting documentation (e.g., DD Form 214, "Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty") to their submissions.
Although the point-preference system is not used, applicants eligible to claim a 10-point preference must submit a Standard Form (SF) 15, "Application for 10-Point Veteran Preference," and supporting documentation required for the specific type of preference claimed. (SF-15, which lists the types of 10-point preference and the required supporting documents, is available from the Office of Personnel Management Website at www.opm.gov.)
Not all veterans are preference eligible. For a summary of time periods, campaigns, and conditions that entitle an applicant to preference eligibility, please visit https://www.fedshirevets.gov/index.aspx, https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/working-in-government/unique-hiring-paths/veterans, and see the Veterans' Preference Advisor, operated by the Department of Labor at http://www.dol.gov/elaws/vets/vetpref/vetspref.htm.
The United States Government does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy or gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, retaliation, parental status, military service, or other non-merit factor.
Reasonable Accommodation Links:
https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/disability-employment/reasonable-accommodations/
https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/disability-employment/hiring/#url=Schedule-A-Hiring-Authority
Legal and Regulatory Guidance Links:
Financial suitability Link:
https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/working-in-government/fair-and-transparent/financial-suitability/
Social security number request Link:
https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/working-in-government/fair-and-transparent/social-security-number/
Privacy Act Link:
https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/working-in-government/fair-and-transparent/privacy-act/
Signature and false statements Link:
https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/working-in-government/fair-and-transparent/signature-false-statements/
Selective Service Link:
https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/working-in-government/fair-and-transparent/selective-service/
New employee probationary period Link:
https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/working-in-government/fair-and-transparent/probationary-period/
Relocation expenses are not available.
Permanent Change of Station (PCS) funding may be available to those eligible.
Closing Date: 08-29-2022
Command: NAVSUP
Grade: GS-14
Type: Counsel
The Navy and Marine Corps team offers innovative, exciting and meaningful work linking military and civilian talents to achieve our mission and safeguard our freedoms. The Department of the Navy Office of the General Counsel has been serving the Department since 1941 and is committed to developing innovative legal solutions to the business and other challenges facing the Navy and Marine Corps to enhance the war fighting capability of the Naval Service. You will find our attorneys stationed across the United States and worldwide, working with Navy and Marine Corps personnel wherever the Department's business is conducted.
There is an anticipated vacancy for an attorney to serve as Counsel, NAVSUP FLC Yokosuka at Site Marianas. The NAVSUP FLC Yokosuka Office of Counsel is a field office of the Office of Counsel, Naval Supply Systems Command, Mechanicsburg, PA.
As the U.S. Navy’s largest logistics command in the Western Pacific, NAVSUP FLC Yokosuka provides logistic support to forward deployed Naval forces and other DoD units operating in the 7th Fleet area of responsibility. The command is headquartered in Yokosuka, Japan, and has a workforce of approximately 1,200 military, civilian, and foreign national personnel assigned to various detachments, sites and offices in Japan, Singapore, Korea, Diego Garcia, the Philippines, Australia, Guam, and Hong Kong. The command provides logistics support to Fleet and shore-based customers through its six major departments: Operations, Regional Services, Fuels, Contracting, Business Operations, and Industrial Support.
This position is located at NAVSUP FLCY Site Marianas on Naval Base Guam. Guam is situated at the southern end of the Mariana Islands chain in the Western Pacific and is a separate U.S. territory. Guam is across the International Dateline from the mainland United States.
The NAVSUP FLC Yokosuka Office of Counsel is assigned four attorneys – Counsel and Assistant Counsel at FLC Yokosuka, Counsel at NAVSUP FLCY Site Singapore, and Counsel at NAVSUP FLCY Site Marianas (the position covered by this announcement). This is a new position. The majority of the position’s legal practice will concern federal acquisition law matters. However, the position will also advise on a wide range of legal issues in other OGC practice areas, including: civilian personnel law, environmental law, foreign and international law, fiscal law, data rights, inter- and intra-service support agreements, FOIA, Privacy Act, ethics and standards of conduct, fraud programs, and litigation. The Site Counsel provides day-to-day legal support for NAVSUP FLC Yokosuka contracting personnel, including various foreign national contract personnel, located in NAVSUP FLC Yokosuka offices in Guam and Japan and provides regular back-up assistance on contracting and other issues covered by the other attorneys assigned to NAVSUP FLC Yokosuka.
The Site Counsel’s acquisition law workload is primarily focused on pre-award, award, and contract administration issues with fixed-price contracts, but over the course of a several month span, the workload may involve a variety of issues across most of the Federal Acquisition Regulation. Much of the acquisition law workload concerns contracts for ashore logistics requirements and ship repair, but contracts for port visit support of U.S. Navy ships are one of NAVSUP FLC Yokosuka’s primary mission support areas. The Site Counsel will be tasked to serve as the Navy’s representative in contract litigation, EEO litigation, and MSPB litigation. The selected applicant should expect to spend much of the work week reviewing a regular stream of requests for legal reviews on FAR-based contracts being awarded in an overseas environment to both U.S. and non-U.S. based companies as well as contracts being awarded in a non-foreign OCONUS location that may involve small business requirements. The issues are interesting, the questions may be challenging at times, and, in many cases the contracts which are being awarded have a close to immediate impact on the mission readiness of those receiving the contract support.
This position includes base pay, locality pay, and a tax-free Cost of Living Allowance. Persons hired in the continental United States and relocating to Guam may be entitled to Non-Foreign Post Differential.
Information about NAVSUP FLC Yokosuka is located at: https://www.navsup.navy.mil/NAVSUP-Enterprise/NAVSUP-FLC-Yokosuka/ .
This position will be filled under the General Schedule at the GS-14 level. To be selected, the applicant must have at least three-and-one-half years of professional relevant legal experience, including experience in one or more of the other OGC practice areas mentioned above.
Applicants will be evaluated on: 1) their experience in federal acquisition law; 2) their experience in the other relevant OGC practice areas identified above; 3) their research, analytical, and writing skills; 4) their oral communication skills; and 5) their demonstrated ability to work with military and civilian clients and to develop and maintain strong attorney-client relationships with clients from various backgrounds. The successful candidate must also be able to work both independently and as part of a team. Applicants with a record of making significant contributions to the advancement of the DON OGC or equivalent Office of the General Counsel or Law Firm/Office beyond the day to day legal practice is desired.
The successful applicant must have graduated from a law school that is accredited by the American Bar Association, be an active member in good standing of the bar of the highest court of a State, U.S. Commonwealth, U.S. territory, or the District of Columbia, and be admitted to practice before a state or federal court. U.S. citizenship is a requirement of the position, and the successful applicant must be able to obtain and maintain a SECRET clearance.
This is considered a non-foreign overseas position.
To apply for this position, applicants must submit a cover letter explaining their interest in the position along with a resume, SF-171, or OF-612; two legal writing samples (not exceeding 10 pages each) that demonstrate analytical and advocacy abilities; two most recent performance appraisals (if available); and the names and telephone numbers of at least three references (other than current supervisors) who may be contacted. Applications must include current federal grade (if applicable), salary requirements, and projected availability. Current federal employees must also provide a copy of their most recent SF-50 form.
Electronic applications are being accepted and should be sent to norma.a.crowther.civ@us.navy.mil. The subject line of the email should include the applicant’s name and the personnel notice number. Hard copy applications are not being accepted at this time.
Pay retention is authorized.
In case you are not otherwise aware, on December 22, 2017, Congress passed Public Law 115-97 suspending the tax deduction for civilian moving expenses effective January 1, 2018. As a result, payment of relocation expenses (such as shipment and non-temporary storage of household goods and transportation to your new duty station) that were previously considered non-taxable under 41 CFR 302-17 and Federal Travel Regulations (FTR) 302-17.8 are now considered taxable. Potential applicants with questions about the tax implication of a permanent change of station (PCS) move are encouraged to consult with their tax advisor.
For additional information, interested attorneys should contact Ms. Laura Weeden at laura.weeden@fe.navy.mil or at 011-81-46-816-7764 (DSN 315-243-7764) (Yokosuka, Japan); or Mr. Kyle Murray at kyle.d.murray2.civ@us.navy.mil or (717) 605-1862 (Mechanicsburg, PA).
This personnel notice will close on August 29, 2022, at 11:59:59 PM (EDT), and complete application packages must be received by the closing date and time to be considered.
If the successful applicant is not currently a member of the Department of the Navy Office of the General Counsel, processing of the hiring action can only commence after submission of those items identified in the "Instructions for New OGC Attorneys" (see Careers section of www.ogc.navy.mil).
COVID VACCINATION REQUIREMENT FOR FEDERAL EMPLOYEES PURSUANT TO E.O. 14043 IS CURRENTLY NOT BEING IMPLEMENTED OR ENFORCED
To ensure compliance with an applicable nationwide preliminary injunction, the Department of the Navy will take no action to implement or enforce the COVID-19 vaccination requirement pursuant to Executive Order 14043. Therefore, the requirement that a federal employee must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or have received an approved vaccine exemption for religious or medical reasons does not currently apply. However, the Department of the Navy may request information regarding the vaccination status of individuals selected for employment for the purposes of implementing workplace safety protocols related to masking, physical distancing, testing, travel, quarantine etc. [DO NOT SUBMIT ANY INFORMATION REGARDING YOUR VACCINATION STATUS/PROOF OF OR REQUESTS FOR EXEMPTION WITH YOUR APPLICATION.]
NOTICE OF VETERANS' PREFERENCE
There is no formal rating system for applying veterans' preference to attorney appointments in the excepted service; however, the Department of the Navy Office of the General Counsel considers veterans' preference eligibility a positive factor for attorney hiring. Applicants eligible for veterans' preference must specifically claim such eligibility in their cover letter or resume and attach supporting documentation (e.g., DD Form 214, "Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty") to their submissions.
Although the point-preference system is not used, applicants eligible to claim a 10-point preference must submit a Standard Form (SF) 15, "Application for 10-Point Veteran Preference," and supporting documentation required for the specific type of preference claimed. (SF-15, which lists the types of 10-point preference and the required supporting documents, is available from the Office of Personnel Management Website at www.opm.gov.)
Not all veterans are preference eligible. For a summary of time periods, campaigns, and conditions that entitle an applicant to preference eligibility, please visit https://www.fedshirevets.gov/index.aspx, https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/working-in-government/unique-hiring-paths/veterans, and see the Veterans' Preference Advisor, operated by the Department of Labor at http://www.dol.gov/elaws/vets/vetpref/vetspref.htm.
The United States Government does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy or gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, retaliation, parental status, military service, or other non-merit factor.
Reasonable Accommodation Links:
https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/disability-employment/reasonable-accommodations/
https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/disability-employment/hiring/#url=Schedule-A-Hiring-Authority
Legal and Regulatory Guidance Links:
Financial suitability Link:
https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/working-in-government/fair-and-transparent/financial-suitability/
Social security number request Link:
https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/working-in-government/fair-and-transparent/social-security-number/
Privacy Act Link:
https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/working-in-government/fair-and-transparent/privacy-act/
Signature and false statements Link:
https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/working-in-government/fair-and-transparent/signature-false-statements/
Selective Service Link:
https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/working-in-government/fair-and-transparent/selective-service/
New employee probationary period Link:
https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/working-in-government/fair-and-transparent/probationary-period/
Relocation expenses are not available.
Permanent Change of Station (PCS) funding may be available to those eligible.
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