ATTORNEY-ADVISOR job at Department of the Navy in Pearl Harbor

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ATTORNEY-ADVISOR

Location: Pearl Harbor Hawaii

Description: Department of the Navy is at present recruited ATTORNEY-ADVISOR right now, this job will be placed in Hawaii. More details about this job opportunity kindly read the description below. The Navy and Marine Corps team offers innovative, exciting and meaningful work linking military and civilian talents to achieve our mission and safeguard our freedoms. Department of the Navy provides competitive salaries, comprehensive benefits, and extensive professional development and training. From pipefitters to accountants, scientists to engineers, doctors to nurses-the careers and opportunities to make a difference are endless. Civilian careers-where purpose and patriotism unite!

This position is located at the Naval Legal Service Office Pacific, Detachment Pearl Harbor. The legal assistance program promotes increased readiness of active duty and reserve members of the Naval service and enhances morale and the quality of life for military personnel, family members and other eligible clients, through provision of in-office attorney advice, aid and referral services and vigorous preventative law activities. The incumbent will have primary responsibility for providing personal legal assistance and representation to eligible personnel, conducting the legal assistance and preventative law activities in the local area, and supervising the expanded legal assistance program within the NLSOÂ's area of responsibility. He or she will have secondary responsibility for training, mentoring and supervising legal assistance attorneys and support staff regarding local, state and federal laws including but not limited to rules of professional responsibility that govern or are applicable to the provision of Legal Assistance services in the department.

KEY REQUIREMENTS

You must be a US Citizen.

DUTIES:
The primary purpose of this position is to provide authoritative information and substantive advice to eligible personnel and continuously develop and conduct the legal assistance and preventative law activities in the local area.

Works with State Bar to obtain or convey information and to persuade or negotiate with decision-makers; to acquire a network of resources and to develop and maintain liaisons to promote and enhance the provision of legal assistance service and awareness of statutory protections of active duty and their dependents.

Incumbent will provide consultations, advice, assistance and representation to active duty members of the U.S. Armed Forces and their dependents; retired members of the U.S. Armed Forces and their dependents; and others entitled by statute or regulation.

The extent and nature of the assistance provided will encompass all authorized areas of legal advice and assistance and will include cases of a highly complex or sensitive nature.

Legal assistance will cover the entire spectrum of legal assistance issues: Wills and Estates including drafting complex testamentary trusts, Landlord-Tenant, Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA) and Uniformed Service Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA), Real Property, Civil Suits, Taxes, Nonsupport and Indebtedness, Consumer Affairs, Adoptions and Name Changes, Domestic Relations, Civilian Criminal Matters and Immigration and Naturalization.

QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED:
Must have a J.D. Degree from an American Bar Association (ABA) accredited law school and be a member in good standing of the bar of the highest court of a State within the United States or the District of Columbia.

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:
Upon Selection the following documents will be requested:
An official transcript of the applicant's law school record together with an official statement of his/her relative standing in his/her class. However, if the individual has been a member of the Bar for 5 years or more, the transcript requirement may be waived.

An official certificate showing that the applicant is a member of the Bar.

An official statement that his/her fitness to practice law or his/her conduct as an attorney have never been challenged. If either his/her fitness or conduct has been challenged, an official statement concerning the facts and circumstances together with any explanation that the applicant himself may wish to submit.

Position may require occasional travel.

Selectees may be required to successfully complete a probationary period, must have or be able to obtain a Secret security clearance, and meet all certification requirements (depending on the position to be filled) prior to appointment.

A tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if the selectee fails to report to any of the scheduled appointments and/or fails any applicable medical/agility/drug test, lacks the certification requirements, or is unable to obtain a security clearance.

HOW YOU WILL BE EVALUATED:
Eligible applicants will be evaluated based on a comparison of the position requirements against the quality and extent of the experience or related education as reflected in their resume. Candidates are encouraged to ensure work experiences clearly show possession of knowledge of the subject matter pertinent to the position, the technical skills to successfully perform the duties of the position, and the ability to communicate both orally and in writing.

BENEFITS:
The Department of the Navy offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes, in part, paid vacation, sick leave, holidays and a 401K-type retirement plan.

OTHER INFORMATION:
Male applicants born after Dec. 31, 1959 must certify at the time of appointment that they have registered with the Selective Service System, or are exempt from having to do so under the Selective Service law (see http://www.sss.gov/ ).

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

Relocation expenses are NOT authorized.

Veterans Preference: Non-Federal applicants will be provided Veterans Preference. Supporting documentation will be requested prior to any final job offer. Documentation includes DD-214 showing type of discharge, dates of service and campaign badges received. Applicants claiming 10-point preference will require a SF-15, Application for 10-point Veterans Preference, with applicable supporting documents, as noted on the form. Information on Veterans Preference is available in the VetGuide which can be accessed electronically at the United States Office of Personnel Management (OPM) website at http://www.opm.gov/staffingportal/vetguide.asp
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This job starts available on: Thu, 12 Jul 2012 04:31:17 GMT

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