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Position Title
General Attorney (Labor & Employment)
Agency
National Labor Relations Board
Announcement Number
NL25IX12662392DE Opens in new window
Open Period
Monday, January 13, 2025 to Tuesday, January 21, 2025
For preview purposes only. To apply, please return to the USAJOBS announcement and click the Apply button.
Eligibilities
1. Are you currently a NLRB employee in the Excepted Service?

If you indicate that you are eligible by selecting "yes" for this question, you MUST submit documentation such as a Notification of Personnel Action (SF-50) that verifies your eligibility.  (The SF-50 block 24 must be a "1" or "2" AND block 34 must be a "2")
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Preferences
1. Are you registered with the Selective Service? (limit characters)
2. This is a posting for current NLRB Excepted Service employees.

Your most recent Notification of Personnel Action, SF-50 must reflect 1 or 2 in item 24; and must reflect 2 in item 34.

This document is required as part of your application package.

Do you acknowledge that this position is only open to current NLRB Excepted Service employees?
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3. How did you hear about National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) and/or this Notice of Vacancy? (Note: Responses only serve to provide data to improve NLRB's recruiting activities.) (limit characters)
4. If your response to this question was College or University Career Services, NLRB Employee, or Other, please specify.

If your response to this question, was Recruiting Event, please specify event or Bar Code Number - if applicable.
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Assessment 1
Thank you for your interest in the General Attorney (Labor & Employment) position with the National Labor Relations Board. Your resume and the responses you provide to this assessment questionnaire will be used to determine if you are among the best qualified for this position. Your responses are subject to verification. Please review your responses for accuracy before you submit your application. (limit characters)
1. From the description below, select the response which most closely and accurately describes your experience and demonstrates your ability to perform as a General Attorney (Labor & Employment) at the GS-15 grade level.

Specialized experience includes:
  • Experience performing federal sector labor and employment litigation to include participation in EEOC, MSPB, and FLRA proceedings and handling discovery associated with these administrative proceedings; and
  • Experience conducting federal sector collective bargaining to include term and mid-term negotiations with federal agency unions; and
  • Experience providing authoritative guidance, interpretation and recommendations based on federal labor and employment statutes, rules, and regulations including Title V and OPM regulations; and
  • Experience providing federal employment law advice and training in areas of employee performance and conduct.
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2. From the descriptions below, select the one which best describes your education requirements for General Attorney (Labor & Employment), GS-0905-15. (Submission of Transcripts are requirements for this position.) (limit characters)
3. To be considered for this position, you must certify your Bar Membership is in good standing. (Your active BAR license must reference BAR number and indicate the status of good standing.) (limit characters)
4. Select the response that best describes your experience conducting legal research on labor, employment, and employee relations matters. (limit characters)
5. Select the response that best describes your experience prioritizing multiple assignments; exercising sound legal judgment; and efficiently producing quality legal analyses of complex legal issues. (limit characters)
6. Select the response that best describes your experience conducting complex negotiations and settlements. (limit characters)
7. Select the response that best describes your experience representing a company or agency during settlement negotiations; grievance arbitration hearings and/ or Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) proceedings. (limit characters)
8. Select the laws, regulations, and codes you have interpreted and applied on a regular and recurring basis. Please select all that apply. (limit characters)
9. Select the response that best describes your experience analyzing complex legal problems, interpreting statutory provisions, and developing litigation strategies in a wide variety of cases. (limit characters)
10. Select the response that best describes your experience providing analysis and answering questions or findings regarding employment and/or labor law to staff, managers, or executives in the federal government or private sector. (limit characters)
11. Select the response that best describes your experience analyzing factual and legal questions and advises a presiding judge or comparable decision-maker on options for resolving the issues presented. (limit characters)
12. From the list below, please select all the legal correspondence you have drafted and prepared. (limit characters)
13. Select the response that best describes your experience drafting, reviewing, and editing legal documents and other correspondence to ensure they are accurate, clear, and concise. (limit characters)
14. As noted in the vacancy announcement, your ratings in this Occupational Questionnaire are subject to evaluation and verification based on the documents and references you submit. Deliberate attempts to falsify information may be grounds for not selecting you or for dismissing you from the position/agency during the probation period. Please take this opportunity to review your ratings to ensure their accuracy. By agreeing to the statement below, you are confirming that you:

  • Understand this warning;
  • Have reviewed your responses to this questionnaire for accuracy; and
  • Verify that your responses accurately describe your current level of experience and capability.

Failure to agree to the statement below will disqualify you from further consideration for this position.
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