Supervisory Attorney Advisor

2 weeks ago

Washington DC, United States USAJobs Full time
Duties

This position is the Deputy Division Chief of the Consumer Policy Division (CPD) and is located in the Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau (CGB). CPD is responsible for overseeing the development of consumer policy concerning all Commission-regulated entities, including wireline phone, wireless phone and text, broadband, cable television, and broadcast television companies. CPD ensures that consumer interests are considered in Commission policy-making activities. Recent projects include rulemakings on Artificial Intelligence's impact on robocalls and robotexts, Broadband Consumer Labels, and robocall and robotext blocking. In addition, CPD is responsible for ongoing implementation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act and the Reassigned Numbers Database.

The incumbent manages projects, such as rulemakings, from start to finish and, where necessary, drafts portions of documents. The incumbent, with guidance from the Division Chief, implements the Commission's consumer protection agenda, ensuring the legal sufficiency and practicability of such initiatives, and considering their impact on American consumers and the communications industry. The incumbent represents the Commission before Congress and federal, state, and local government officials, and in meetings with consumer groups and industry, along with industry conferences and other gatherings. The incumbent assigns and evaluates work, oversees subordinates, and appraises performance.

The incumbent ensures that all work product the Division authors are legally and factually adequate, comprehensive, internally consistent, and in conformance with existing policies and precedent. The incumbent works with other Division management to ensure the timely delivery of quality documents on behalf of the Bureau. The incumbent also develops and maintains effective personal relationships with Commissioners' offices, other Bureaus and Offices, other government agencies, and industry. In addition, the incumbent helps develop responses to inquiries from Congress and the press and provide technical assistance on draft legislation.

Requirements

Conditions of Employment

FCC Employees Only US Citizenship. Suitable for employment as determined by a background investigation. SF-50 Documenting One Year of Time in Grade Required Bar Membership documentation required upon selection Transcripts required upon selection Financial Disclosure may be required Current FCC employees must provide SF-50 verifying grade & status.

To be considered for this position, applicants must:

Currently be employed in the Federal Communications Commission in positions serving under career, career conditional, or excepted service (Schedule A appointments under authority 213.3102(d)-Attorneys) appointments.

SF-50 Required: ALL FCC EMPLOYEES MUST provide a legible Personnel Action, SF-50, that verifies your status and highest permanently held grade. If an SF-50 is not submitted, the application will be rated as ineligible. To request a copy of your SF-50 please send an email to PersonnelRecordsRequest@fcc.gov

Qualifications

Applicants must meet eligibility and qualification requirements by the closing date of this announcement. Current Federal employees must meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement.

Professional law experience is experience that has equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position and is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled.

In order to be deemed as "BEST QUALIFIED" candidates must meet both the educational requirements and the specialized experience requirements outlined below.

A. Education

You must meet the minimum basic educational requirements for Attorney positions.

Education requirements include: a professional law degree JD, LL.B., and/or LL.M.

If transcripts are not submitted at the time of application, a copy of the transcript must be submitted at the time of selection.

AND

B. Specialized Experience

GS-15

Applicants must have a minimum of 4 years of professional law experience, including one year of specialized experience which must be equivalent to at least the GS-14 in the Federal service. For this position, specialized experience includes the following:

1. Experience drafting and editing rulemaking documents.
2. Experience managing projects from start to completion, including experience with moving documents through the APA rulemaking process.
3. Experience directing and overseeing subordinates; developing overall requirements and schedules to accomplish Division activities.
4. Experience keeping abreast of developments affecting the telecommunications industry and consumers by reviewing court and commission decisions.
5. Experience keeping abreast of legal documents affecting Bureau matters by reviewing court and commission decisions.

PART-TIME OR UNPAID EXPERIENCE: Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Education

Refer to information outlined under the "Qualifications" subheading.

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