General Counsel (Deputy Inspector General) Job in Washington, DC

Vacancy No. 25-OIG-IMP-12779822-MB Department Development Finance Corporation
Salary $150,160.00 to $225,700.00 Grade 00 to 00
Perm/Temp Permanent FT/PT Full-time
Open Date 8/8/2025 Close Date 8/21/2025
Job Link Apply Online Who may apply Status Candidates
Locations:
Washington, DC


Summary

The Office of the Inspector General 's mission is to protect the integrity of DFC's programs and operations. The OIG provides independent oversight that promotes the efficiency, effectiveness, and integrity of foreign assistance programs and operations under DFC OIG's jurisdiction while striving to prevent and detect fraud, waste, and abuse. The incumbent of this position will serve as the General Counsel, Deputy Inspector General.

This job is open to

Clarification from the agency

Applications will be accepted only from current permanent DFC employees in the competitive or excepted service

Duties

The Incumbent of this position will:

  • Serves as a member of the senior leadership of the Office of the Inspector General, participating in the planning, development, and management of the office.
  • Provides expert direction to aid in the management of the OIG's worldwide audit and investigation activities.
  • Exercises the full range of supervisory and personnel management responsibilities pertinent to work performed by subordinate staff.
  • Assures the fulfillment of requirements for a quality legal product and the continued development of subordinates to meet changing legal requirements and contingencies.
  • Provides direction and expert legal advice for the IG, OIG Senior Leadership and staff conducting audits, and providing legal oversight, reviews and edits to OIG reports and correspondence, including OIG audits, inspections, investigations, special reviews, semiannual reports, Top Management Challenges, Congressional reports, and other reports
  • Provides direction and expert legal advice for the staff conducting investigations through all steps of the investigative process, conducts legal research, and prepares very complex and extensive written and oral advice, opinions, recommendations and legal memoranda.
  • Performs supervisory oversight requiring extraordinary delicacy and discretion given the visibility, sensitivity, and high-level program and individuals who may be under investigation.
  • Ensures the legal sufficiency of OIG investigations. Serves as an expert for legal advice on OIG investigations and providing direction and advice for the Assistant Inspector General for Investigations and staff to ensure legal sufficiency of investigation finding and recommendations in the interpretation and application of laws and regulations.
  • Coordinates and leads the OIG's Whistleblower program and provides reports to the IG on whistleblower topics and issues.
  • Represents the OIG in high level meetings, conferences, and presentations involving a wide range of participants such as regulatory or law enforcement agencies, state, local, national or international government offices, the media, private industry, and other stakeholders.
Please Note: This is not a Bargaining unit position.

Requirements

Conditions of Employment

  • Must be a U.S. Citizen or National
  • Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service
  • Must submit resume and supporting documents (See How To Apply)
  • Suitability for Federal employment, as determined by a background investigation
  • May be required to successfully complete a two year trial period
  • Selection may require completion of a one-year supervisory or managerial probationary period unless met during prior Federal service
  • Must be able to obtain and maintain a top secret security/SCI clearance
  • All applicants tentatively selected for this position will be required to submit to screening for illicit and illegal drug use prior to appointment and will be subject to random testing thereafter
  • Within 30 days of your start date, you will be required to file an Executive Branch Personnel Public Financial Disclosure Report (OGE-278)

Qualifications

Applicants must meet all eligibility and qualification requirements upon the closing date of this announcement.

You may qualify at the SL-00 level, if you fulfill the following qualification requirements:

BASIC EDUCATION REQUIREMENT: You must submit documentation (college transcripts, bar membership, etc.) to support the education requirement. NOTE: Failure to submit these documents will automatically disqualify you. If selected, you will be required to submit an official college transcript.
1. Education Requirement: All attorney positions have a minimum requirement of completing a Juris Doctorate (J.D.) or Bachelor of Laws (LLB) from an accredited school;
AND
2. Bar Membership: All attorney positions require admission to the bar of any state, territory, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, District of Columbia, or Federal Court, and the member must be in good standing;

AND

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE:
Candidates must have at least one year of specialized experience related to this position. This experience must be at or above the GS-15 grade level or equivalent. Your resume must reflect experience: providing legal opinions or memoranda on complex and difficult issues of law relevant to general OIG operations, or to particular OIG audits, investigations, inspections or reviews, which encompass criminal, financial, national security, ethics, and other issues.

AND

MANDATORY QUALIFICATIONS:
Applicants must address the following mandatory qualifications separate from their resumes. Statements must provide specific examples that address relevant experience, accomplishments and evidence that you possess demonstrated superior technical qualifications. You will not be considered for this position if you fail to submit qualification statements specifically addressing each mandatory technical qualification requirement.

MANDATORY TECHNICAL QUALIFICATIONS (MTQs): Maximum of two pages per MTQ.
  1. Demonstrated experience analyzing complex legal issues, making statutory interpretations, and developing sound legal decisions and recommendations.
  2. Thorough knowledge of legal principles and federal law, including familiarity with the Inspector General Act, Freedom of Information Act, the Privacy Act, employment law, contract law, and federal ethics regulations.
  3. Demonstrated ability to coordinate program efforts with other internal and external offices, represent the Office of the Inspector General to key individuals and groups outside the immediate work unit, as well as serve as representative of the Office of Inspector General.
Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

This announcement may be used to fill similar positions, if additional vacancies occur.

Education

Education is not substitutable for experience/mandatory technical qualifications identified above.

Additional information

Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service (see https://www.sss.gov/verify/).


Telework Suitability: The duties of this position is suitable for telework. The selectee may be allowed episodic or emergency telework with supervisor approval and if they meet the eligibility criterion in the 2010 Telework Act.

Stipulations of Employment: Selection may require completion of a 2-year trial period.
Selection may require completion of a 1-year supervisory probationary period.

Work Schedule: This position allows for a flexible work schedule.

Miscellaneous: DFC uses E-Verify to confirm the employment eligibility of all newly hired employees. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, please visit https://www.e-verify.gov/.

Employees in SL positions are entitled to accrue annual leave at the rate of 8 hours per biweekly pay period regardless of the length of their Federal service, and can accumulate a total of up to 90 days (720 hours) of annual leave. All Federal employees including SL members earn 13 days of sick leave each year.

Under the Fair Chance to Compete Act, the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation prohibits requesting an applicant's criminal history prior to accepting a tentative job offer (TJO). Please visit https://www.dfc.gov/who-we-are/careers/fairchanceact for more information.

Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.

Benefits

A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new windowLearn more about federal benefits.

Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.

How You Will Be Evaluated

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

Applicants will be evaluated against the resume and mandatory qualification requirements. The candidate's experience will be reviewed in determining the degree to which he/she possesses each of the qualification requirements. You will not be considered for this position if you fail to submit qualification statements specifically addressing each mandatory technical qualification requirement. Failure to meet any of the Mandatory Qualifications standards will eliminate you from further consideration. A preliminary review will be made by Human Resources. Candidates may then be evaluated by a screening panel composed of a diverse mix of senior executives and/or general officers selected for organizational and/or functional backgrounds relevant to this position. The panel will rate minimally qualified applicants in order to determine which candidates are considered Highly Qualified. Generally, only the individuals in the highest category and/or those that are non-competitive eligibles will be referred to the hiring official for review.

Required Documents

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

  1. Your Resume listing work schedule, hours worked per week, dates of employment (mm/yy) and duties performed.
  2. Education transcripts
  3. Bar certificate to identify your good standing
  4. Most recent SF-50
  5. Required Mandatory Technical Qualifications (MTQs): Maximum 2 pages per MTQ.
  6. Cover letter, optional

It is your responsibility to ensure all required documents have been submitted prior to the closing date of the announcement.

How to Apply

To apply for this position, you must complete the online application and submit the documentation specified in the Required Documents section of this vacancy. The complete application package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on the closing date to receive consideration.

If you have questions about this job, please contact the HR Office representative listed in the "Agency Contact Info" section of this vacancy announcement. If you need assistance in applying on-line, please refer to the How to Apply section above and explore the Federal Application Process information on the USAJobs website.
  • To begin, click Apply Online to access an online application. 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.
  • You will be taken to an online application. Complete the online application, verify the required documentation, and submit the application.
  • Read the Eligibility questions carefully. The questions address if you are eligible to apply to this JOA. Your responses will affect your consideration for the position. You may qualify for more than one eligibility, so please choose carefully. You will only be considered under the options you have selected. If you respond that you do not meet any of the eligibility questions, you will not be considered for this position.
  • You will receive an email notification when your application has been received for the announcement.
If experiencing a significant hardship which hinders your ability to apply on-line, please contact the Agency Contact listed on this announcement at least two business days before the closing date, to discuss your situation. Failure to contact us within sufficient time may result in your hardship request being denied.

To verify the status of your application, log into your USAJOBS account, https://my.usajobs.gov/Account/Login, select the Application Status link and then select the More Information link for this position. The Application Status page will display the status of your application, the documentation received and processed, and your responses submitted to the online application. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process.

Do not submit photographs with your application package. Documents with photographs may not be seen by hiring officials - you must remove your image from any badges, licenses, etc. If your resume includes a photograph or other inappropriate material or content (e.g. SSN or DOB), your resume will not be used to make eligibility and qualification determinations and you will not be considered for this vacancy.

Documents submitted as part of the application package, to include supplemental documents, may be shared beyond the Human Resources Office. Some supplemental documents such as military orders and marriage certificates may contain personal information for someone other than you. You may sanitize these documents to remove another person's personal information before you submit your application. You may be asked to provide an un-sanitized version of the documents if you are selected to confirm your eligibility.

Do not upload Adobe portfolio documents. Adobe portfolio documents are not viewable by our agency's staffing offices.

It is your responsibility to ensure all required documents have been submitted prior to the closing date of the announcement.

Agency contact information

Megan Beck
Address
Office of the Inspector General
1100 New York Ave. NW
Washington, DC 20527
US

Next steps

For status updates on your application, please follow the directions listed above in the How to Apply section. Once your online application is submitted you will receive a confirmation notification by email. If you are selected for an interview for this position, you will be contacted directly. A final job offer for this position is typically made within several weeks after the closing date of the vacancy announcement. After confirming a job offer, all other applicants will be notified of their non-selection.


Note: We cannot accept applications on behalf of Federal Agencies. Application instructions are listed within the Job Description.


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