Attorney-Adviser (General)

About the Position: This position is located at HQ U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM), Office of the Commander-J0, Legal Counsel-J05, Stuttgart, Germany. If you are currently serving in a permanent, competitive service appointment in the Federal service, and are selected for this position, the appointment will remove you from the competitive service while you occupy this position.

Serves as the subject matter expert for government information law, including FOIA and Privacy Act.

Prepares written opinions and renders legal advice on a variety of administrative law matters, including but not limited to: Military personnel law, reports of survey, line-of-duty determinations, commander's inquiries, Congressional Inquiries, etc.

Conducts classes and training for commanders, staff and other personnel on a variety of administrative and operational areas.

Provides legal advice on a wide-variety of administrative-law matters, including but not limited to: Military personnel law, government information law, investigations, and public relations.

Drafts, negotiates, and reviews international environmental agreements and other documents relating to international agreements.

Prepares opinions and furnishes advice on a wide variety of ethical law issues, including post-employment restrictions, contact with prohibited sources, proper use of government resources including motor vehicles and military air assets.

Maintains visibility on all USAFRICOM labor cases, while ensuring that transactional matters associated with these cases are processed by the administrative agent (US Army) for USAFRICOM.

Conducts research in connection with cases to analyze factual and legal issues, and to determine what additional facts are needed and legal sources are applicable.

Prepares opinions, and drafts and negotiates agreements on legal issues involving US and host nation law (e.g., host nation taxes on official activities of the U.S. Forces, technical experts, private tax relief, and base-stationing agreements).

Provides advice and guidance to all levels of the command on fiscal law issues as they relate to contracting and other matters, e.g., travel, personnel.

Interprets US and host nation (HN) laws and regulations, international agreements and treaties relating to contracting.

Provides advice to military and host nation authorities and other command personnel on procurement fraud investigations and appropriate remedies as required.

Provides unusual and precedent-setting deployment contract and fiscal law advice, due to frequent USAFRICOM deployments and contingency operations to hostile and hazardous locations.