Duties

Summary

This position is located in the Pricing Policy Division of the Wireline Competition Bureau.

Relocation expenses will not be paid.

THIS VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT MAY BE USED TO FILL ADDITIONAL POSITIONS WITHIN 90 DAYS.

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Responsibilities

• Conducts in-depth legal research, analyzes findings, and applies pertinent statutes, judicial decisions, administrative regulations and decisions, and agreements, as well as original legal reasoning, to the solution of very complex pricing issues.
• Assesses the legal and policy implications on highly complex and controversial issues (i.e., which often are subject to strict statutory time constraints and challenges in court) and, determines Commission objectives, and confers with, and provides assistance to the Division Chief in devising strategies to best implement those objectives.
• Formulates telecommunications policy statements, proposed Commission decisions, proposals for modification of regulations or enactment of new regulations, and position papers which involves comprehensive legal and factual analysis and draftsmanship including the skill to relate economic, accounting and technical considerations to legal issues, to evaluate divergent points of view and proposals and to present views, findings and recommendations clearly and concisely.
• Provides oral and written legal advice and guidance to senior officials on telecommunications pricing policy legal assistance issues and their possible effects on FCC programs. Provides advice and prepares thoroughly researched legal opinions and other written products on legal issues or factual questions, some of which lack clearly applicable precedents clearly, concisely and persuasively, with emphasis on skillfully explaining complex issues to attorneys and non-attorneys in complex factual scenarios.
• Works closely with senior professionals from the Pricing Policy Division, other Bureaus and Commissioners' staff, other federal agencies who have a substantial interest in the outcome of Commission telecommunications pricing policy initiatives, objectives, legal issues, and implementation as well as sharing regulatory responsibilities.
• Provides pricing policy guidance, counsel and support to senior WCB Officials and Bureaus on complex pricing issues.
• Provides authoritative advice, oral and written, to ensure that all WCB pricing policies, procedures, regulations, and plans are consistent with the intent of the law.

Travel Required

Not required

Supervisory status
No

Promotion Potential
15

Requirements

Conditions of Employment

• Education and Bar Membership Required.
• Suitable for employment as determined by a background investigation.
• Must submit a financial disclosure statement upon assuming the position.
• Males born after 12/31/59 must be registered with Selective Service..
• Serve a probationary period or trial of one year, if applicable.

Please note your resume must thoroughly support your responses to the vacancy questions. Your resume is an integral part of the process for determining if you meet the basic qualifications of the position and determining if you are to be among the best qualified.

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.

General Experience: None

Selective Factor: None

Professional Law Experience: 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.

Specialized Experience: Specialized experience is experience which is in or directly related to the line of work of the position to be filled and which has equipped the applicant with the knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. Applicants must have a minimum of one year of specialized experience in or equivalent to the next lower grade level in the Federal service.

For GS-15: Applicants must possess at least four years of professional law experience and at least one year of that experience must be specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-14 level in the Federal Service. For this position, specialized experience includes the following:

1) overseeing and/or leading others in analyzing complex issues affecting federal regulatory matters and questions of law and fact and rendering opinions on such issues; 2) directing and conducting in-depth, complex legal research on authorities and precedents on points of law; 3) reviewing and analyzing pleadings and other position papers on controversial and complex issues; 4) writing and directing others in writing detailed and complex documents including briefs, issue papers, reports, policy statements, and summaries with recommendations or conclusions; and/or 5) providing legal guidance to attorneys and other professionals.

PART-TIME OR UNPAID EXPERIENCE: Credit will be given for appropriate unpaid and or part-time work. You must clearly identify the duties and responsibilities in each position held and the total number of hours per week.

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.

Additional information

EEO Policy Statement

Reasonable Accommodation Policy Statement

Veterans Information

Legal and Regulatory Guidance

How You Will Be Evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

All candidates will be considered without regard to political or religious affiliation, marital status, race, color, sex, national origin, nondisqualifying physical or mental handicap, age, or any other nonmerit factor. THE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER.

All applicants will be rated on the extent and quality of experience and education relevant to the duties of the position. Applicants who do not respond to the application questions and/or do not submit a supporting resume will be rated ineligible. Please note your resume must thoroughly support your responses to the vacancy questions.

There are several parts to the application process that affect the overall evaluation of your application including:
1. the core questions
2. the vacancy questions
3. supplemental documentation (e.g., DD-214, SF-50, SF-15, transcripts); and
4. your resume.

Applicants will be rated ineligible if they do not respond to job specific questions, provide supplemental documents and submit a resume. For more information, please click on Rating Process

You will be evaluated for this position on the following evaluation criteria:

- Knowledge of policies, rules, and regulations governing telecommunications policy issues.

- Skill in oral communication to interact with individuals at all levels of authority inside and outside of the organization.

- Skill in written communication to prepare a variety of complex legal and policy documents (e.g., notices of inquiry, notices of proposed rulemakings, orders, etc.).

- Experience advising on legal and policy issues.

- Ability to provide leadership to other attorneys and professionals in meetings or discussions of telecommunications policy proceedings.

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Background checks and security clearance

Security clearance
Not Required

Drug test required
No

Required Documents

***ALL SUPPLEMENTAL DOCUMENTS MUST BE RECEIVED IN THE FCC'S HUMAN RESOURCES OFFICE BY THE CLOSING DATE OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. ONCE YOU APPLY TO THIS VACANCY YOU WILL BE PROMPTED BY THE SYSTEM TO EITHER UPLOAD DOCUMENTS OR PRINT FAX COVER-SHEETS. THE FAX NUMBER WILL BE LISTED ON THIS SHEET. IF FAXING, ALL DOCUMENTS REQUIRED SHOULD BE FAXED SEPARATELY ON THE FAX COVER-SHEET PROVIDED. ONCE FAXED, YOU SHOULD RECEIVE AN EMAIL CONFIRMATION WITHIN AN HOUR. IF YOU DO NOT RECEIVE AN EMAIL CONFIRMATION, YOUR FAX HAS NOT BEEN SUCCESSFULLY RECEIVED AND YOU SHOULD FAX AGAIN.

IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO FAX THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTATION, CONTACT THE HUMAN RESOURCES OFFICE AT 202-418-0130 PRIOR TO THE CLOSING DATE OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT.***

Supplemental Documents Required:

Current Federal employees should submit a legible copy of their Personnel Action, SF-50, that verifies your status and highest permanently held grade along with your most recent annual performance appraisal.

If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements:

Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education .

Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.