Job Listing: Attorney Advisor, GS-905-11 / 12 / 13 AT

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 1 vacancy - Washington, DC

Take a journey to challenge your mind and develop your career. The
quality of our lives, shape of our communities, and productivity of
our Nation's economy depends on our transportation systems. We
recognize and value the importance of our workforce and the
diversity of backgrounds and ideas that each employee brings. So we
invite you to join us in shaping the future of our organization and
meeting the challenges of the 21st Century, while advancing the best
transportation system in the world.

This position is located in the Office of Hearings of the Office of
the Secretary, Department of Transportation. Under the direction and
supervision of the Chief Administrative Law Judge and other
Administrative Law Judges of the Office, you will be responsible for
providing legal assistance with respect to the proceedings conducted
by the Office of Hearings. Within the general range of areas for
which you will be responsible, the matters handled will be of a
difficult nature and often complex, requiring a high level of
sensitivity and understanding of the interrelationship of one area to
another.

Major Duties

As an Attorney Advisor, specific duties and responsibilities
include,
Serves as Attorney Advisor to the Chief Administrative Law
Judge and other Administrative Law Judges in the Office of Hearings,
U.S. Department of Transportation, who hold hearings under the
Administrative Procedure Act (5 U.S.C. sec 551 et seq.) (APA) for the
Department's Office of the Secretary and the Department's modal
administrations.
Drafts orders, decisions, and memoranda, performs legal analysis
and research, and provides oral and written legal advice and
assistance on administrative law and other issues of concern to the
Office of Hearings in proceedings involving, among other things,
hazardous material shipments, passenger misconduct on airlines,
airlines' and motor carriers' failure to comply with regulations
concerning inspection and maintenance, air carrier citizenship
determinations, and fairness of airport landing rates and charges.

Communicates with parties in the proceedings regarding the status
of cases.

How to Apply

Please complete all the steps in the online application process:
Register with USAJOBS, which includes creating a
resume
Once you have completed the initial registration process with
USAJOBS and created a resume, you will not need to perform this step
again. The system will store your information and resume. You may
update them any time needed though, to reflect your most recent
information.
Select the vacancy announcement to which you wish to
apply
Locate the vacancy announcement on USAJobs. Review the
announcement thoroughly, including the Who May Apply, Qualifications
and Required Documents sections. These sections describe what type
of applicant is eligible to apply, what education and experience
required to be qualified for the position and which documents you
will need to submit to support your application. Click the Apply
Online link at the bottom of the page and then select one of your
stored resumes to submit with your application. Click on "Apply for
this position now!" to start the submission of your application.
You will be redirected to the Department of Transportation Careers
in Motion website.

Complete the online DOT Careers in Motion core questions

You will be prompted to answer the core questions, which ask
about your Federal status, veteran's preference, etc. These
questions determine what types of consideration you shall receive.
You need only respond to these questions once. The system will save
your responses and include them with all future applications. You
may update them any time needed though to reflect your most recent
information.

Generate Fax Cover Sheets for Supporting documentation

After completing the core questions, you will be prompted to
generate fax cover sheets required to submit your supporting
documentation. Based on the Required Documents section, select the
documents you should submit. Print out a fax cover sheet specific to
each of the appropriate documents. Once submitted, the system will
store these documents and include them with all future applications.
It is your responsibility though to ensure that they are current.

Complete the online vacancy questions

Once you have completed the core questions and generated your fax
cover sheets, you will be taken directly to the vacancy application
questions. Answer all of the questions honestly and thoroughly.

Click on the submit button once you have completed your
application. To verify that your application is complete, click on
the "Applications" link.

Fax in your supporting documentation

Please remember, that without certain documents, your application
may not be given full consideration.

Fax the cover sheet and document to the fax number indicated on
the fax cover sheet. You MUST ensure that each required document,
and its corresponding cover sheet, is faxed in INDIVIDUAL fax
transmissions in order for the document to be properly filed.

To submit a fax:

Generate the fax cover sheet for the documentation type.
This should be done during the initial registration process. If
you have already registered with DOT, submitted your application,
but failed to generate fax cover sheets, follow these steps:
Log back in to USAJobs and select to track your online job
applications.
Locate the application you submitted to DOT and select "View
more information" under Application status.
Select "View/Generate Fax Cover Sheets".
For each requested document, please print a fax cover sheet by
selecting the checkbox in the "Select Cover Sheet" column and
clicking on the "Print Cover Sheet" button. Please keep in mind, you
must be connected to a printer to print.
Load the fax cover sheet and supporting documentation in the
fax machine.
Dial the fax number listed on the cover sheet, which is (301)562-
8968.
Send the documentation.
Note: This constitutes ONE fax transmission. You will have
to repeat this process for each of the supporting documents you wish
to submit.

If you do not receive confirmation of your fax transmissions
within 12 hours, email them (in PDF, MS Word, rtf or txt format)
to
href="mailto:TRANSJOBS@fhwa.dot.gov">TRANSJOBS@fhwa.dot.gov
or fax your documents to (202) 366-7995.

If you are having difficulty applying online, the Automated
Staffing Office for DOT can assist you. Please contact us during
regular business hours (8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Eastern Standard
Time) at (202) 366-1298 prior to the closing date to speak to a
representative. You may also email us at
href="mailto:Transjobs@fhwa.dot.gov">Transjobs@fhwa.dot.gov.

Required Documents:

Contact Information:
A. Terrell

Phone: 202-366-1298

Fax: 301-562-8968

Email: TRANSJOBS@fhwa.dot.gov


Or write:
the U.S. Department of Transportation
Submit Application and Documents Online
Department of Transportation
Washington, DC 20590

Fax: 301-562-8968


What To Expect Next:
You should receive immediate confirmation of submission of your
application and resume by email. Within two weeks of the vacancy
closing date, a Human Resources Specialist will issue certificate
(s), or list(s) of applications, which will then be forwarded to the
selecting official for further consideration. At this point, you may
check online to see if your application was referred by logging in
at MYUSAJOBS and clicking on "Applications."

From this point on the selecting official determines all aspects
of the hiring process. If they wish to contact you for an interview
or for hire, they will do so directly. Otherwise, when a selection
is made, we will update your application status online and the Human
Resources Specialist for the vacancy will notify you by email.