Director of Legal Operations and Strategic Advisor to the General Counsel

Duties

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The Director of Legal Operations and Strategic Advisor to the General Counsel:

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• Develops and provides executive advice and oversight of the Office of the General Counsel's (OGC) organizational strategic plans, integrated management, and daily operations for a geographically dispersed legal team in a federal enclave.  
• Oversees, analyzes, and addresses knowledge management and risk management issues, ensuring goals and objectives are met for the organization.  
• Provides strategic insight into the delivery of legal programs or services, ensuring the effective and efficient application of expertise to achieve agency missions, goals, and objectives.
• Identifies and addresses operational challenges specific to litigation, providing recommendations and implementation of process and systems improvements (e.g. complex legal case management, electronic discovery, etc.)
• Develops, evaluates, modernizes, maintains, and implements improvements to the quality and efficiency of legal services through information technology solutions, organizational policies and operational procedures. Manages both immediate and long-term planning activities, including multi-year work plans developed to carry out the goals and objectives of the organization.  
• Recommends and implements consistent agency wide approaches for the delivery of legal services by monitoring and optimizing the integration and utilization of the OGC workforce.
• Fosters constructive culture change and continuous improvement within the enterprise OGC organization; identifies and assesses areas of risks and recommendation to ensure operational approaches at different locations can be optimized.
• Engages with stakeholders to facilitate program changes and ensures clear and transparent communications across the organization.
• Fosters and continually drives a culture of engagement, diversity, inclusiveness, excellence, and innovation within and outside of the organization and NASA. Champions the Agency's commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA) and creates an environment and culture that promotes and enables the Agency's commitment to safety, inclusion, integrity, teamwork, and excellence.

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Requirements

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Conditions of Employment

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• The individual selected will be required to file an 'Executive Branch Personnel Financial Disclosure Report' (OGE-278) in accordance with the Ethics in Government Act of 1978.
• Successful completion of a background investigation commensurate with the risk and sensitivity level of the position.
• Successful completion of random drug screening may be required.
• Must meet qualifications requirements by the closing date of this announcement.

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Qualifications

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Candidates must be a recognized subject matter expert with at least 1 year of directly related experience equivalent to the GS-15 level in leading enterprise strategic initiatives including demonstrated success in the development, evaluation, implementation, modernization, and oversight of operations for a legal organization.

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Your resume must include a clear and detailed narrative description, in your own words, of how you meet the required specialized experience. Experience statements copied from a position description, vacancy announcement, or other reference material constitutes plagiarism and may result in disqualification and losing consideration for the job. NASA prohibits the use of artificial intelligence (AI) or AI-assisted tool in drafting application and assessment responses. Please visit NASA AI Guidance to review NASA's guidance on the use of AI tools during the application process.

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To meet the minimum qualification requirements for this position, you MUST address each Senior Level (SL) Evaluation Criteria separately not to exceed a total of ten (10) pages.  If you fail to do so, your application will be rated ineligible. Please cite experience directly related to the specialized experience requirements (outlined above) when addressing the SL evaluation criteria #2 (Technical Excellence and Contributions) and SL evaluation criteria #5 (Corporate Cooperation and Technical Leadership Skills). For the full definition of the SL Evaluation Criteria and Process please click here. Please include your full name on all documents submitted.

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SL Evaluation Criteria

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•  Education Level and Training
•  Technical Excellence and Contributions
•  Experience/Accomplishments
•  Technical and Strategic Problem Solving
•  Information Transfer
•  Awards and Recognition
•  Outside Professional Activities
•  Corporate Cooperation and Technical Leadership Skills

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Education

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No Educational Requirement

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Additional Information

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This position is concurrently advertised on USAJOBS and open to the public via announcement HQ-24-SL-12500168, and only one selection will be made. Only current federal employees on career, career conditional; NASA term appointments with conversion eligibility; current permanent federal employees of an excepted service agency with an OPM interchange agreement; and Veterans eligible under Veterans Employment Opportunity Act are eligible to apply to this vacancy announcement. All other interested applicants should apply to announcement HQ-24-SL-12500168.

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Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA): To be eligible for a VEOA appointment under Merit Promotion procedures, the veteran must be a preference eligible or a veteran separated after 3 years or more of continuous active service performed under honorable conditions.

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Must be able to obtain and maintain a Top Secret security clearance.