Job Description: Principal Deputy Chief Employment Litigation Section


Company: The Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division (CRT or Division)
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Job Category: Government
Job Type: Full-Time
Salary: Not Specified

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Principal Deputy Chief Employment Litigation Section

The Principal Deputy Chief of the Civil Rights Division's (CRT's) Employment Litigation Section (ELS) assists with managing the activities and personnel of ELS. ELS enforces Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 2000e (Title VII), and the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994, as amended, 38 U.S.C. 4301 (USERRA).

Responsibilities

As Principal Deputy Chief, the successful candidate:

  • Acts as the Section's senior management advisor and assists the ELS Chief as a consultant in planning and directing a nationwide program to enforce the federal civil rights laws prohibiting employment discrimination.
  • Advises the Section Chief on personnel, overall management planning, litigative program development, budget, and other matters; and participates in the decisional process relating to these subjects. S/he supervises - directly and through subordinate managers and supervisors - attorneys, professional staff, civil rights analysts, and legal support personnel.
  • Supervises various administrative tasks, including evaluating attorneys. The Principal Deputy Chief monitors the work of less experienced attorneys to ensure that they are provided appropriate guidance, review, and constructive feedback regarding performance.
  • Oversees the preparation, review, and editing of complaints, other pleadings, discovery requests and responses, motions, briefs, proposed consent decrees, and other legal documents. Oversees all aspects of pretrial discovery and motion practices to ensure the development of testimonial and documentary evidence for trial. Personally handles the most sensitive and difficult cases, including those with facts that are complex and voluminous.
  • Meets, coordinates, and fosters good working relationships with the United States Attorneys' Offices, other Department of Justice (DOJ or Department) components, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the United States Department of Labor, and other partner agencies.
  • Coordinates with counsel for private litigants in cases in which the Government intervenes; confers with the United States Attorneys' Offices at all important stages of litigation; and meets with the public (and their delegations), law enforcement entities, and others.
  • Consults with and advises on an emergency basis the Attorney General, the Deputy Attorney General, and the Associate Attorney General, reporting on the immediate status of civil rights matters that fall under the Section's areas of oversight.
  • Consults with and advises the Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights and the Deputy Assistant Attorneys General. Coordinates with the Division's other litigation Section Chiefs and Deputy Chiefs as appropriate.
  • Speaks at meetings and conferences to educate other governmental agencies, industry, and/or the public about the work of the Section. Meets and conducts outreach to community organizations and other interested parties.
  • Collaborates with the Chief and Deputy Chiefs to identify, develop and implement strategies to ensure effective and consistent enforcement of federal employment laws that prohibit discrimination.
  • Performs other duties as assigned by the Section Chief.

 

Travel Required

Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position.

Requirements

Conditions of Employment

  • You must be a U.S. Citizen to qualify for this position.
  • You must provide the Mandatory Technical Qualifications (MTQs) and Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs).
  • You must complete a background investigation to include pre-employment drug testing. Continued employment is contingent upon successful completion and adjudication of your background investigation.
  • You must have a Juris Doctorate degree from a law school accredited by the American Bar Association and be an active member in good standing of the bar of a state or territory of the US, the District of Columbia or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
  • Applicants must meet all qualifications and eligibility requirements by the closing date of the announcement.
  • Applicants seeking initial career appointments to the Senior Executive Service are subject to a one-year probationary period.
  • Veterans' preference is not applicable to the Senior Executive Service.
  • Selective Service - If you are a male applicant born after December 31, 1959, you must certify that you have registered with the Selective Service System, or are exempt from having to do so under the Selective Service Law.
  • A public Financial Disclosure report will be required annually.

Qualifications

Only experience obtained by the closing date of this announcement will be considered.

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is required by law to review the executive qualifications of each new career appointee to the Senior Executive Service (SES) prior to appointment. To be considered for this position, you must submit a written statement addressing the five (5) Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs) listed below at section 3. Failure to address both the Mandatory Technical Qualifications (MTQs) and the ECQs as set forth below will adversely affect your chances for selection.

Current members of the career SES, former career SES members with reinstatement eligibility, and OPM/QRB certified candidates need not address the ECQs.

You must submit a separate narrative statement that addresses each of the Mandatory Technical Qualifications (MTQs) related to this position; limit your responses to no more than one page for each MTQ. Unless you are a current Senior Executive Service (SES) career appointee, a former SES member having reinstatement eligibility, or an OPM-certified graduate of an approved SES Candidate Development Program, you must also submit a separate narrative statement addressing each of the Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs) related to all positions in the SES. The ECQ narrative is limited to no more than two pages per ECQ (must not exceed 10 pages total).

You must address how you have demonstrated progressively responsible leadership experience that is indicative of senior executive level managerial capability and directly related to the skills and abilities outlined in this job announcement. Qualified candidates typically gain experience of this nature at or above the GS-15 grade level in the Federal service or its equivalent with state or local government, the private sector, or non-governmental organizations. For examples and guidance on writing effective ECQ narrative statements, you are strongly encouraged to review the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Guide to Senior Executive Service Qualifications. You must use the Challenge - Context - Action - Result (CCAR) model when describing your accomplishments.

Mandatory Technical Qualifications:

MTQ 1 - Extensive experience working with one or more of the applicable statutory provisions (the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act, 38 U.S.C. §43; the Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974, 38 U.S.C. § 4212; Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e; Executive Order 11246-Nondiscrimination in government employment; Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, 29 U.S.C. § 793).

MTQ 2 - Demonstrated experience managing a complex organization, a diverse workforce (including lawyers, non-lawyer professionals, and support staff), and challenging organizational issues while enforcing the law.

MTQ 3 - Demonstrated experience communicating effectively on complex legal and technical issues through oral and written communication, including the ability to advocate successfully with diverse stakeholders, external partners, and individuals or groups having differing and often conflicting interests, on matters related to the successful execution of a large-scale organization's mission, programs, and projects.

Executive Core Qualifications:

  • Leading Change: This core qualification involves the ability to bring about strategic change, both within and outside the organization, to meet organizational goals. Inherent to this ECQ is the ability to establish an organizational vision and to implement it in a continuously changing environment. Leadership Competencies for ECQ-1: creativity and innovation, external awareness, flexibility, resilience, strategic thinking, vision.
  • Leading People: This core qualification involves the ability to lead people toward meeting the organization's vision, mission, and goals. Inherent to this ECQ is the ability to provide an inclusive workplace that fosters the development of others, facilitates cooperation and teamwork, and supports constructive resolution of conflicts. Leadership Competencies for ECQ-2: conflict management, leveraging diversity, developing others, team building.
  • Results Driven: This core qualification involves the ability to meet organizational goals and customer expectations. Inherent to this ECQ is the ability to make decisions that produce high-quality results by applying technical knowledge, analyzing problems, and calculating risks. Leadership Competencies for ECQ-3: accountability, customer service, decisiveness, entrepreneurship, problem-solving, technical credibility.
  • Business Acumen: This core qualification involves the ability to manage human, financial, and information resources strategically. Leadership Competencies for ECQ-4: financial management, human capital management, technology management.
  • Building Coalitions: This core qualification involves the ability to build coalitions internally and with other federal agencies, state and local governments, nonprofit and private sector organizations, foreign governments, or international organizations to achieve common goals. Leadership Competencies for ECQ-5: partnering, political savvy, influencing/negotiating.

Required Documents

Applicants who fail to submit all required information and documents (i.e., resume, ECQs, MTQs, proof of JD, and other documents as applicable -- see also "conditions of employment") WILL NOT receive consideration for this position.

If you are a current career member of the SES, or are eligible for reinstatement into the SES, or have completed an SES Candidate Development Program and obtained Office of Personnel Management Qualifications Review Board certification, you can apply to be considered non-competitively.

SES NON-COMPETITIVE APPLICANTS: Proof of SES non-competitive eligibility is required. Proof consists of:

(1) an SF-50 showing your status as a:

  • current Career SES appointee,
  • former Career SES appointee with career SES reinstatement eligibility, or
  • current or reinstatement eligible Career SES-equivalent executive who is/was employed in a Federal government agency that has an interchange agreement with the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) allowing for movement between the agency's SES-equivalent personnel system and the SES. NOTE: This applies only to current or reinstatement eligible Career SES-equivalent executives of the Government Accountability Office, the Transportation Security Administration, or the Office of the Inspector General of the United States Postal Service.
OR

(2) a certificate of completion from an OPM-approved SES Candidate Development Program (SES CDP). NOTE: This applies only if your ECQ's have been approved by an OPM Qualifications Review Board (QRB) through the SES CDP.

To be considered non-competitively, you must submit your resume only, and other documents, as applicable. You must submit your application so that it will be received by 11:59 p.m. (EDT) on the closing date of the announcement. YOU WILL NOT RECEIVE NON-COMPETITIVE CONSIDERATION IF YOU FAIL TO SUBMIT PROOF OF NON-COMPETITIVE ELIGIBILITY.

CURRENT CIVIL SERVICE EMPLOYEE APPLICANTS: You must submit an SF-50 that shows your current position title, series, grade, and rate of basic pay as well as Tenure Group. This document may be used to determine your eligibility to be considered under this announcement.

**Note for Current and/or Former Political Appointees: Effective January 1, 2010, OPM must authorize any employment offers we make to current or former (within the last 5 years) political Schedule A, Schedule C, or Non-Career SES employees in the executive branch. If you are currently, or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule C, or Non-Career SES employee in the Executive Branch, you must disclose that to the Human Resources Office within your application package.

 

How to Apply

To begin the process, click the Apply Online button to create an account or log in to your existing USAJOBS account. Follow the prompts to select your USAJOBS resume and/or other supporting documents. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account or you may need to create a new account. Please ensure you click the Submit My Answers button at the end of the process.

To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Application Package which includes:

  • Complete Resume: Your resume must show relevant experience (cover letter optional) where you worked, job title, duties and accomplishments, employer's name and address, supervisor's name and phone number, starting and end dates (Mo/Yr), hours per week & salary. If you are a current Federal employee or previous Federal employee, please ensure you provide the pay plan, series, and grade level i.e. GS-0201-09.
  • Other supporting documentation as required. Please see the "REQUIRED DOCUMENTS" section to determine if there are other documents you are required to submit.

Failure to submit a complete application (resume and all supporting documents) by 11:59 pm Eastern Standard Time (EST) 09/03/2021 on may result in an ineligible rating and loss of consideration. Please follow all instructions carefully as missing application information will not be requested. It is your responsibility to ensure your responses and appropriate documentation is submitted prior to the closing date.

If more than one resume is received, only the last resume submitted will be reviewed.

Note: To check the status of your application or return to a previous or incomplete application, log into your USAJOBS account: https://my.usajobs.gov/Account/Login select Application Status, and click on the more information link under the application status for this position.

The Details page will display the status of your application, the documentation received and processed, and any correspondence the agency has sent related to this application. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process.

To return to an incomplete application, log into your USAJOBS account and click Update Application in the vacancy announcement. You must re-select your resume and/or other documents from your USAJOBS account or your application will be incomplete.

Do not email or send hard copy resumes/applications to the Contact Information or Agency Information listed in this vacancy announcement. All resumes/applications received at the addresses listed in the Contact Information or Agency Information will be destroyed and will not be considered for this vacancy announcement.

 

Open & closing dates 08/13/2021 to 09/03/2021

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