The Office of the General Counsel (OGC) is the legal team for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), providing quality representation and legal advice on a wide range of highly visible national issues. OGC supports the development and implementation of the Department's programs by providing the highest quality legal services to the Secretary of HHS and the organization's various agencies and divisions.
Open to all groups of qualified individuals from the public. Current employees within the Federal Excepted Service. Current Career SES and SES reinstatement eligibles. SESCDP graduates may also apply for noncompetitive consideration. As a basic requirement, applicants must demonstrate progressively responsible leadership experience that is indicative of senior executive level managerial capability and directly related to the skills and abilities outlined under the Professional/Technical Qualifications and Executive Core Qualifications listed below. Typically, experience of this nature will have been gained at or above the equivalent of the GS-15 grade level in the Federal service or its equivalent with state and local government, the private sector, or non-governmental organizations. Failure to meet this basic qualification requirement and all executive and technical qualification factors will automatically exclude you from further consideration. All candidates for SES positions with the Federal Government must demonstrate leadership experience indicative of senior executive level management capability. To meet the minimum qualification requirements for this position, you must show in your resume that you possess the Fundamental Competencies, five Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs), and the Professional Technical Qualifications (PTQs) listed below. It is recommended that your resume emphasize levels of responsibility, scope and complexity of programs managed, and program accomplishments and results. Fundamental Competencies: Interpersonal Skills, Oral Communication, Integrity/Honesty, Written Communication, Continual Learning, and Public Service Motivation. Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs): 1. Leading Change: The ability to bring about strategic change, both within and outside the organization, to meet organizational goals. Inherent to this ECQ is the ability to establish an organizational vision and to implement it in a continuously changing environment. 2. Leading People: The ability to lead people toward meeting the organization's vision, mission, and goals. Inherent to this ECQ is the ability to provide an inclusive workplace that fosters the development of others, facilitates cooperation and teamwork, and supports constructive resolution of conflicts. 3. Results Driven: The ability to meet organizational goals and customer expectations. Inherent to this ECQ is the ability to make decisions that produce high-quality results by applying technical knowledge, analyzing problems, and calculating risks. 4. Business Acumen: The ability to manage human, financial, and information resources strategically. 5. Building Coalitions: The ability to build coalitions internally and with other Federal agencies, State and local governments, nonprofit and private sector organizations, foreign governments, or international organizations to achieve common goals. Professional Technical Qualifications (PTQs): This position also requires that you possess PTQ's that represent knowledge, skills, and abilities essential for success in this role. The following PTQ's must be evident in your resume. It is STRONGLY recommended that you visit the following Office of Personnel Management (OPM) webpage for more information regarding the Fundamental Competencies and ECQs. Candidate should have a high level of litigation experience and expertise; trial experience, including experience serving as first chair in complex civil trials; familiarity and experience in working in or with DOJ; executive judgment, initiative, and decision making. Candidate should have significant experience dealing with all stages of litigation, including investigation, negotiation, discovery, expert-witness discovery, and trial. The candidate should also have significant experience in developing litigation strategy. Candidate should have sound knowledge of the policies, regulations, and legislation that govern the DHHS legal program. The candidate should have experience dealing with litigation including, by way of example, Administrative Procedure Act, First Amendment issues, civil rights and freedom of conscience issues and health care finance issues. https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/senior-executive-service/executive-core-qualifications/#url=Overview IF SELECTED, the agency will determine if ECQ narratives or a Structured Interview is used to certify the candidate by an OPM Qualifications Review Board (QRB) prior to October 1, 2025. If you are currently serving in a career SES appointment, are eligible for reinstatement into the SES, or have successfully completed an SES Candidate Development Program approved by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), you WILL NOT need to draft the ECQs or Structured Interview.
Supervises and coordinates the activities in the Regional Offices, participating in and/or directing the resolution of important Regional legal problems. Serves as representative and agent of the General Counsel with respect to legal matters arising in, or related to, the Regions. Serves as major contact between Chief Counsels and the General Counsel. Advises Regional Attorneys on all questions, which raise legal issues of first impression within the Office of the General Counsel, determining when it is necessary to bring to the personal attention of the General Counsel Regional matters of special concern. Resolves differences between the Chief Counsels and the Associate General Counsels on the substance of legal advice. Positions on legal issues taken by both the divisions and the Regions are precedent setting and have nationwide impact. Serve as focal point to bring together the conflicting points of view and attempt to reconcile the differences. Participates in the review of the merits of cases and the preparation of cases for trial. Reviews cases of national importance or those cases of first impression being handled by the Regions. This review includes not only the merits of such cases, but also the methods, timing, and quality of preparation of cases for trial, in coordination with the Department of Justice (DOJ).