Attorney Advisor

Department of Justice

Washington DC

Job Title

Senior Civil Rights Legal Counsel and Advisory Services

The duties and responsibilities for a GS-0905-13 generally include, but are not limited to, the following:

Responsible for highly complex and challenging legal issues that significantly expand or limit an agency's operations. Handles confidential and sensitive civil rights matters that span organizational boundaries and influence the agency's management and use of resources.
Offers legal guidance to grant recipients to help them understand and comply with federal civil rights requirements, including nondiscrimination obligations, accessibility standards, and equitable service delivery.
Manages civil rights compliance reviews, data analysis, document requests, and interviews to determine whether grantees adhere to federal nondiscrimination laws.
Manages legal review of civil rights complaints filed with OCR, determines whether OCR has jurisdiction, assigns matters for investigation, and makes preliminary legal determinations.

Civil Rights Legal Analysis, Decision Drafting, and Regulatory Development

Monitors emerging judicial decisions, regulatory updates, and DOJ policy shifts; prepares legal analyses advising OJP leadership on their civil rights implications. Creates written guidance, briefing papers, FAQs, and training modules on civil rights compliance requirements for federal employees, grantees, and external partners.
Handles highly complex and challenging civil rights issues involved in drafting, interpreting, or implementing laws, regulations, contracts, directives, rulings, opinions, and other legal documents. Reconciles competing interests by applying advanced, innovative, and independent legal reasoning.

Civil Rights Legal Oversight, High-Level Consultation, and Outreach

Handles cases and legal issues that can significantly expand or limit an agency's operations. Identifies when issues under consideration are so precedent-setting or sensitive that any recommendations must first be reviewed and approved by senior officials before being released.
Provides briefings and presentations on civil rights law at seminars and other agency outreach events. Leads meetings and facilitates post-meeting question-and-answer sessions on civil rights issues.

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