The Office of the General Counsel (OGC) is seeking an experienced attorney to provide authoritative legal counsel in support of the agency's governmentwide functions, oversee regulatory review and coordination, advise senior agency leaders, and supervise a professional legal and regulatory team. If selected, you will lead complex regulatory and administrative law work affecting the Federal civil service.
The Supervisory Attorney Advisor serves as a senior regulatory attorney, advisor, and first-line supervisor responsible for providing expert legal advice on complex policy, regulatory, and administrative law matters and managing OGC processes that support the development, review, clearance, and implementation of OPM regulations and related regulatory materials. In this role, the incumbent will: Direct a small professional staff performing legal, regulatory, analytical, and process-management work supporting OPM's regulatory activities. Serve as a senior attorney and principal legal advisor on rulemaking matters involving OPM's statutory authorities, civil service programs, and governmentwide personnel-management responsibilities. Provide authoritative legal advice on complex regulatory, administrative law, and policy matters involving the development, interpretation, revision, and implementation of OPM regulations. Review, draft, and prepare substantive rules and regulations, policy statements, interpretive rules, supporting legal analyses, and other regulatory documents to ensure legal sufficiency and compliance with applicable statutes, Executive Orders, and procedural requirements. Analyze complex and novel legal issues involving OPM authorities, the Administrative Procedure Act, Executive Orders, OMB and OIRA requirements, the Paperwork Reduction Act, the Privacy Act, and other authorities affecting Federal rulemaking. Advise OPM program offices on the development, revision, implementation, and defense of regulations and regulatory initiatives. Coordinate OGC legal review of regulatory actions and policy initiatives, working with attorneys, management and program analysts, program offices, and senior officials to identify and resolve legal issues, support clearance, and meet regulatory deadlines. Serve as an OGC point of contact with OPM program offices, OMB, OIRA, the Department of Justice, other Federal agencies, and other stakeholders on regulatory and major policy matters. Develop and implement procedures, tools, templates, tracking methods, and quality-control practices to improve the efficiency, consistency, and legal sufficiency of OPM's regulatory review processes. Advise senior officials on new legislation, Executive Orders, litigation developments, regulatory priorities, legislative proposals, oversight inquiries, and other matters affecting OPM programs or regulatory authorities. Provide legal advice concerning litigation or potential litigation involving OPM policies and regulations and support DOJ or agency litigation counsel through legal analysis, regulatory history, administrative-record support, and subject-matter expertise. Represent OGC in meetings, briefings, working groups, and inter-office committees addressing significant regulatory projects, legal positions, and agency priorities.
This position has a basic education requirement listed under the Qualifications section of this announcement.
OGCJOBS@OPM.GOV 202-606-1700
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