Senior Counsel for Legal Advice

4 weeks ago


San Francisco, California, United States Office Of General Counsel Full time

This position is located in the Office of General Counsel (OGC), Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) and reports to the Deputy General Counsel for Operations.

OGC provides legal opinions, advice, and services with respect to all departmental programs and activities.

OGC has primary responsibility for the development of HUD program regulations and assists in the development of HUD programs and policies.


The Senior Counsel is responsible for providing legal advice to the immediate Office of the General Counsel, OCHCO and Departmental Leadership on labor and personnel matters that are of a sensitive nature, involve national import or otherwise assigned by the Deputy General Counsel of Operations, the Principal Deputy General Counsel or General Counsel.

As a result, the Senior Counsel must maintain a working knowledge of the law in the areas of labor law, personnel law, including all applicable civil rights laws and federal human resource policies of the Department and the Office of Personnel Management (OPM).

The Senior Counsel must maintain a working knowledge of, including but not limited to decisions of the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB), the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA), and the Office of Special Counsel, as well as decisions by the Federal Courts.


The Senior Counsel will furnish legal advice and guidance with respect to various phases of Department administrative procedures involving human resources and equal employment opportunity, including assistance in drafting, and reviewing Departmental policies and regulations.

The Senior Counsel will review and provide input for the Department, when requested, by OPM, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Congress, the White House, or other federal agencies on personnel, equal employment opportunity and human resource policies.

The Senior Counsel will advise on Special Projects as assigned by OGC Leadership.

The Senior Counsel has considerable latitude and authority to advise the Secretary and the Immediate Office of General Counsel independent of other members of the Office of General Counsel.

In addition, the Senior Counsel serves as an independent counsel to the Immediate Office of the General Counsel for cross cutting matters and other policy and research questions identified by the General Counsel.


The Senior Counsel will provide legal advice to the General Counsel and his immediate staff on matters determined to require cross cutting review and advice on questions with serious Departmental implication and implementation challenges.

Perform other duties as assigned.
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