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OPENING DATE: Monday, April 8, 2024CLOSING DATE: Monday, April 22, 2024, by 11:59 PM ET POSITION TITLE AND LEGAL DIVISION:Attorney Advisor for FEMA Region 2, within FEMA's Office of Chief Counsel's (OCC) Regional & Field Operations Legal Division (RFOLD)SERIES, PAY PLAN, GRADE, SECURITY CLEARANCE, AND TRAVEL: 0905-Attorney-Advisor, IC-1314. Salary is equivalent to that of a GS-1314. This means that OCC may fill the position at either the IC-13 or IC-14 level. An individual hired at the IC-13 level may later be promoted to the IC-14 level. The position has a full performance level of IC-14. This is a public trust position and does not require a security clearance. Occasional travel may be required.DUTY STATION LOCATION AND REMOTE WORK ELIGIBILITY: This position has a duty station of New York, New York. This position is not eligible for remote work. This position is eligible for telework pursuant to FEMA policy. POSITION TYPE: This is a Cadre of On-Call ResponseRecovery Employee (CORE) position. This is a temporary appointment in the Excepted Service, not to exceed two (2) years, with the option to extend based on workload and funding availability. POSITION SUMMARY AND IDEAL CANDIDATE: RFOLD seeks qualified applicants for the position of Attorney Advisor for FEMA Region 2. FEMA Region 2 serves New Jersey, New York, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The successful candidate will serve under the immediate supervision of the Regional Counsel. Candidates must have strong research, writing, and communication skills; the ability to work independently; and the ability to represent the agency at a high level both internally and externally. The ideal candidate would have specialized legal experience in areas of emergency management to include the Stafford act, FEMA programs such as response and recovery, and the delivery of federal disaster assistance. In addition, an ideal candidate also would have experience in fiscal law; procurement; grants management; environmental law; floodplain management; and hazard mitigation. Experience advising on complex public assistance projects, individual assistance, and hazard mitigation issues is preferred but not required. DUTIES OF THE POSITION: Supporting the Regional Counsel in advising the Regional Administrator, regional management, and other members of the regional offices on all of FEMA's Stafford Act program responsibilities and a wide variety of mission support dependently analyzing and interpreting FEMA's statutory authorities, including the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, 42 USC § 5121-5207 and other relevant laws, regulations, policies, and Executive Orders.Providing solution oriented, articulate, legally sufficient, and timely written and oral legal advice on a wide range of matters involving difficult legal or factual forming the Region of new developments in the law, as well as the status of cases and matters relevant to regional operations.QUALIFICATIONS REQUIREDSPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Minimum Requirements include: U.S. Citizenship, Ability to successfully pass a background investigation (public trust), Ability to obtain and maintain a government travel card,Selective Service registration for males born after 123159, A graduate of a law school accredited by the American Bar Association, Membership in good standing of the Bar of a State, the District of Columbia, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. Agreement with Every Employee is an Emergency Manager requirement. Minimum Experience: You qualify for this position at the IC-13 level if you possess the following experience by the closing date of this announcement: Applicants must have at least two (2) years of full-time legal experience. Legal experience means experience in which the candidate's job duties required the provision of legal advice or representation, and which required the candidate to be an active member in good standing of the bar of any state or territory, or the District of Columbia. Applicants must have at least one (1) year of specialized experience that is directly related to the line of work of this position, which has equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position and must be at a level of difficulty and responsibility to that of an attorney at the IC-12 level. Attorneys at the IC-12 level are relatively junior attorneys that perform substantive work on basic to moderately complex assignments; have solid writing skills, conduct original research, and demonstrate strong legal analysis; have effective communication skills; contribute to decisions about legal strategy; and require supervision and review of written product by a supervisor or higher-grade attorney. You qualify for this position at the IC-14 level if you possess the following experience by the closing date of this announcement: Applicants must have at least three (3) years of full-time legal experience. Legal experience means experience in which the candidate's job duties required the provision of legal advice or representation, and which required the candidate to be an active member in good standing of the Bar of any state or territory, or the District of Columbia. Applicants must have at least two (2) years of specialized experience that is directly related to the line of work of this position, which has equipped the applicant with knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. At least one of the two years of specialized experience must be at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to that of an attorney at the IC-13 level. Attorneys at the IC-13 level are mid-level attorneys that perform substantive work on moderately complex, novel, or significant matters; have excellent writing skills, conduct demanding legal analysis, draft and review motions, subpoenas, complaints, memoranda, and comparable legal documents; possess strong communication skills; contribute to tactical and legal policy decisions; be able to assume some supervisory role over legal interns, and IC-1112 attorneys, or non-attorney staff on a project-specific basis; and require only moderate level of supervision or review of written work product.Specialized experience for this position includes: Independently analyzing and interpreting federal and state statutes, regulations, and policies; Executive Orders; and judicial and administrative decisions in the course of rendering advice. Working in one or more of the following areas: administrative law, personnel law; fiscal law; procurement; grants management; environmental law; floodplain management and hazard mitigation; disaster response and recovery; environmental and historic preservation laws, and emergency preparedness. experience providing legal advice andor representation on complex administrative law, personnel law; fiscal law; procurement; grants management; environmental law; floodplain management and hazard mitigation; disaster response and recovery; environmental and historic preservation laws, and emergency preparedness.REQUIRED DOCUMENTS: At time of application, the applicant must submit a: Resume, andCover letter explaining their interest in the position and how their experience will make them an outstanding Attorney Advisor for FEMA Region 2.Prior to tentative job offer, the applicant must also provide: Proof of bar admission Law school transcript from an accredited law school OCC LEGAL AFFAIRS CADRE AND EMERGENCY MANAGER ASSIGNMENT: The incumbent to this position will be required to train for and attain qualification as a disaster field attorney. In addition, every FEMA employee has regular and recurring emergency management responsibilities. All positions are subject to recall around the clock for emergency management operations, which may require irregular work hours, work at locations other than the official duty station, and may include duties other than those specified in the employee's official position description. Travel requirements in support of emergency operations may be extensive in nature (weeks to months), with little advance notice, and may require employees to relocate to emergency sites with physically austere and operationally challenging conditions. EQUAL OPPORTUNITY: OCC is a diverse workplace, promotes equal opportunity, and welcomes all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), parental status, national origin, age, disability, genetic information (including family medical history), political affiliation, military service, or other non-merit-based factors.REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION: Please contact the Hiring Manager listed below if you require a reasonable accommodation for the application process as soon as possible. HOW TO APPLY: Interested applicants should submit a resume and cover letter to Scott Dowling via email at by the closing date of this announcement. The subject line of the email should reference that you are applying for the Region 2 Attorney Advisor position. Please let us know in your email or cover letter where you saw this announcement.