The MCC is seeking an experienced assistant general counsel to lead the agency's administrative law functions, including managing a team of attorneys and ethics professionals responsible for employment, ethics, procurement, and labor issues. The successful candidate will interact with senior management, and the CEO, and must be strategic, responsive, proactive, and practical, with excellent analytical and communications skills. The first cutoff date for referring applicants is 02/23/2024. .

Duties

Serves as an advisor and technical resource by providing ongoing support and legal advisory services with respect to complex and difficult questions impacting MCC administrative programs and operations. Provides assistance in support of multi-disciplinary projects related to sensitive or complex public policies of national or international significance that have complex legal aspects and involve controversial legal issues. Prepares and oversees the preparation of interpretative analysis of policies associated with critical MCC programs and operations. Provides expert advice and guidance to MCC officials on all legal issues related to the regulations, statutes, and budgets/appropriations applicable to MCC's foreign assistance mission. Coordinates all administrative litigation matters involving the agency, including on federal personnel law, equal employment opportunity law, and procurement law. Coordinates and participates with the Department of Justice on all civil litigation matters affecting MCC. Ensures all MCC officials are kept informed of new or changes to existing administrative laws, rules, and regulations affecting MCC programs and operations. Serves as MCC's Chief Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) officer or FOIA Appeal Authority with authority to release or deny all FOIA/Privacy Act requests. Serves as a MCC Designated Agency Ethics Official (DAEO) or Alternate DAEO. Directs all activities associated with the day-to-day operation of MCC's ethics program including the implementation and oversight of laws, regulations and policies related to ethics. Ensures legal opinions, briefs, memoranda, etc. are fully researched, and contain appropriate legal and policy conclusions. Recommends and formulates MCC's position regarding difficult and complex legal problems and issues that may be controversial or of significant public interest. Provides advice and consultation as a technical expert and recognized authority in the field of administrative law. Directs the activities of subordinate staff members. Performs administrative and human resource management functions relative to the staff supervised. Ensures continuing affirmative application of MCC policies concerning equal opportunity. Performs related duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Must be able to obtain and maintain a federal security clearance
• Relocation expenses will not be paid
• More than 1 job may be filled if additional vacancies occur within 120 days
• Some domestic and international travel may be required

Qualifications

To qualify for pay band 2D applicants must meet the following: Applicants must have seven years of post J.D. experience that has equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. Examples of specialized experience include providing advice on administrative law matters (and, as applicable, related litigation) including federal personnel law, equal employment opportunity law, procurement law, and other federal statutes, regulations, policies, and procedures. experience providing legal advisory services on Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)/Privacy Act and/or ethics laws and regulations. Note: This experience MUST be well documented within your resume or application). Highly Desirable: Experience providing legal advisory services on Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)/Privacy Act and/or Ethics laws and regulations. Applicants must provide evidence of active membership in good standing of the bar of a state, territory of the United States, District of Columbia, or Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. Applicants are responsible for citing minimum qualifications such as JD and Bar membership information (institution name, state for bar, and dates) on their respective resumes. Failure to supply details will result in an incomplete application. Applicants are strongly encouraged to ensure the work history portion thoroughly documents the duties, responsibilities, and accomplishments that are directly related to this position in order to verify specialized experience. PART-TIME OR UNPAID EXPERIENCE: Credit may be given for appropriate unpaid and or part-time work. To receive credit you must clearly identify the duties and responsibilities in each position held and the total number of hours worked per week. A new hire's direct and overall experience are critical factors in determining a salary offer. It is important that your resume fully reflects all of your directly-related work experience. Salary offers include three key factors: The selectee's directly related experience at the same level as the position. The selectee's overall experience in a particular area. The salaries of employees in similar positions and with similar levels of experience. MCC also takes the selectee's skill set into account. Applicants should note that salary offers seldom fall near the upper end of the salary range listed in the vacancy announcement. Salary may be set from the minimum to the midpoint of the salary range of the pay band. In some instances, based on a selectee's extensive experience directly related to the position, salary may be set at or above the mid-point up to the maximum salary for that pay band. See information on MCC base pay ranges and salary structure (https://www.mcc.gov/careers/pay-bands).

Contacts

• Address Office of General Counsel OGC 1099 14th St NW Washington, DC 20005 US
• Name: MCC HR-Applications
• Email: [email protected]