Attorney Advisor (Harassment Prevention)

Clarification from the agency

All U.S. Citizens

As an Attorney Advisor (Harassment Prevention), you will:

• Manage and support the agency's anti-harassment program, including prevention efforts, reporting processes, corrective actions, and compliance with governing laws and policies.
• Advise agency leadership and management, including senior officials and Board Members, on legal interpretations, policy decisions, and recommended actions related to harassment and ethics issues.
• Conduct legal research and analysis, identifying applicable laws and regulations, determining required facts, and preparing comprehensive memoranda and policy documents.
• Develop and deliver anti-harassment training and outreach, and prepare communication materials for the Chief Ethics Counsel and the NCUA Board.
• Coordinate with executives, senior managers, and other agency offices to design remedies for violations, support investigations, and advance related anti-harassment and equal employment initiatives.
• Represent the agency at meetings and conferences, and serve as liaison with external federal-sector harassment prevention professionals.

Conditions of employment

• You must be a U.S. Citizen.
• Suitable adjudication of background/security investigation is required.
• A trial period may be required.
• A financial disclosure is required.
• Current member in good standing of the bar of a state, territory of the United States, District of Columbia, or Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

Qualifications

Specialized Experience Requirement:
To qualify at the CU-15 grade level: You must have five full years of post law school legal experience that demonstrates the ability to perform the work at the CU-15 grade level. At least two years (24 months) of the legal experience must have been equivalent to the CU/GS-14 grade level in federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors) performing the following work:

1. Serving as an attorney responsible for developing agency harassment prevention policies and/or procedures;
2. Providing legal advice to senior leaders/executives and federal employees on harassment prevention policies and regulations; and
3. Experience training employees on topics related to agency harassment prevention.

Ideal Candidate Statement:
In addition to meeting the specialized experience requirements, top candidates will present a resume demonstrating recent, substantive experience in several of the following areas and will be able to provide clear, detailed examples if interviewed:

• Deep expertise in federal anti-harassment law and policy, including interpreting and applying Title VII, the ADA, the ADEA, and related regulations, as well as advising leadership on appropriate and legally compliant agency responses.
• Demonstrated experience managing or supporting an anti-harassment, EEO, ethics, or similar compliance program, including assessing reports of alleged misconduct, recommending corrective actions, and collaborating with leadership to implement timely remedies.
• Exceptional legal research, analysis, and writing ability, including developing comprehensive policies, legal memoranda, guidance documents, and agency-wide communication materials related to harassment prevention and ethics issues.
• Strong advisory experience with senior officials, including providing authoritative legal interpretation, identifying risks, and shaping policy decisions and organizational practices.
• Skill in delivering training and outreach, particularly in designing and conducting agency-wide anti-harassment or ethics training, and promoting a culture where employees feel safe raising concerns.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate across organizational lines, coordinating with executives, program offices, HR, EEO, and other stakeholders to build and sustain effective prevention, reporting, and response systems.

In addition to meeting specialized experience requirements, applicants much also meet basic requirements.
- You must have a professional law degree (LL.B. or J.D) of an accredited law school.
- You must currently be a member in good standing of the bar of a state, territory of the United States, District of Columbia, or Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

Unofficial transcripts are required at the time of application. You do not need to provide official documentation at the time of application; however, official transcripts and proof of current and active bar membership will be required if selected.

You must meet the qualifications for this position by the closing date of this announcement.
Please note, all experience statements (i.e., duties, specialized experience, or occupational assessment questionnaire) copied from this announcement and pasted into your resume will not be considered as a demonstration of your qualifications for this position.

YOUR RESUME MUST provide specific details as to how your experience meets the specialized experience and support your responses to the online questionnaire as described in the vacancy announcement. When describing your experience in your resume, please be specific. We will not make assumptions regarding your experience. Please ensure that your resume includes the grade (if you are a current or previous federal employee), month, and year that you began and ended for each position held or that position may not be credited toward meeting the specialized experience requirement. Full-time employment will be assumed unless otherwise stated on your resume. Part-time employment will be prorated in crediting experience. Failure to provide details will result in an ineligible rating.

Your resume must also support your responses to the online questionnaire. Failure to provide support may result in a lower rating and/or you may be excluded from consideration. Your latest resume submitted for this vacancy announcement will be used to determine qualifications and supersedes previous submissions.

How you will be evaluated

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

Once the application process is complete, a review of your resume and supporting documentation will be made to determine if the required specialized experience has been met. You must provide specific details in your resume as to how your experience meets the specialized experience.

If you are found to meet the minimal qualifications, the NCUA's Office of Human Resources will contact you by email within two weeks after the vacancy closes. At that time, you will be asked to submit narrative responses to a set of accomplishment record questions that demonstrate your proficiency in the competencies below. You will have at least 48 hours from the time the email is sent to submit your responses. Narrative responses are not required when submitting your initial application. You will be assessed based on the following competencies:

1. Harassment Prevention Technical Knowledge
2. Harassment Allegation Response Management
3. Problem Solving

IMPORTANT - When describing your experience in the narratives, please be clear and specific. We will not make assumptions or inferences regarding your experience.

A panel of subject matter experts will evaluate your responses to the accomplishment record questions. These responses may be used throughout the assessment process, including during interviews and final selection. The hiring office may contact candidates directly to schedule interviews, and interviews may be conducted with some, all, or none of the applicants referred. Once a selection is made, all applicants will receive an email notification regarding their application status.

Reference Checks: Reference checks must be conducted for the top candidate(s) before a tentative offer may be extended. The reference checks will need to be conducted with current and former supervisors, if applicable, as a part of NCUA's selection assessment process.

Veterans Information: There is no formal rating system for applying veteran's preference to attorney appointments in the excepted service; however, the National Credit Union Administration considers veterans' preference eligibility a positive factor for attorney hiring. Applicants eligible for veterans' preference must include that information in their cover letter or resume and attach supporting documentation (e.g., DD Form 214, Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty) to their submissions.

Excepted Service Position: This job is being filled by an alternative hiring process and is not in the competitive civil service.

To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Application Package which includes:
1. Your resume listing work schedule, hours worked per week, pay plan and grade level (for Federal positions), dates of employment and duties performed.
2. Other supporting documents:

• Cover Letter, optional;
• Unofficial transcripts are required at the time of application. If selected, an official copy of college transcript(s), including a professional law degree (LL.B. or J.D) of an accredited law school will be required;
• If selected, proof of current and active bar membership will be required.

YOUR RESUME MUST provide specific details as to how your experience meets the specialized experience as described in the vacancy announcement. When describing your experience in your resume, please be specific. We will not make assumptions regarding your experience. Please ensure that your resume includes the grade (if you are a current or previous federal employee), month and year that you began and ended for each position held or that position may not be credited toward meeting the specialized experience requirement. Full-time employment will be assumed unless otherwise stated on your resume. Part-time employment will be prorated in crediting experience. Failure to provide details will result in an ineligible rating.

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