The Department of Energy (DOE) Office of the General Counsel is seeking attorneys to provide legal advice and counsel to DOE offices overseeing a wide range of energy infrastructure security, grid modernization, and carbon management programs. These programs include cybersecurity, transmission development, electric and natural gas policy, and related research and development at the National Laboratories. Each successful applicant will have the opportunity to focus on specific programs.

Attorney-Advisers in the Office of the Assistant General Counsel for Energy Delivery and Resilience will provide analyses of issues that range from relatively straightforward to extremely complex and involve the issuance of DOE legal and policy documents. Such analyses may substantially affect the scope of DOE activities or have a significant impact on major energy industries and the public. Other responsibilities may include the following:

1. Provide legal counsel to officials within DOE's Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response; Office of Electricity; Grid Deployment Office; Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management; Office of Policy; Arctic Energy Office; and other program offices concerning resilience and resource sustainability issues. Provide legal assistance and guidance to DOE officials concerning studies, reports, analyses, and agreements prepared by or for DOE program offices.

2. Advise DOE officials on pending and proposed legislation that significantly impacts the energy sector and related sectors, the general public, and DOE's responsibilities and authority. Advise on rulemakings, correspondence, comments, policy statements, speeches, and testimony of DOE officials for presentation before congressional committees and other entities.

3. Represent DOE in meetings with federal, state, local, and foreign government officials and energy sector representatives to deliberate the legal and policy aspects of proposed legislation, regulations, and activities as they affect DOE, other governmental organizations, the energy sector, or the general public.

4. Represent DOE and other federal executive agencies before federal and state regulatory bodies involving the consumer interests of DOE or energy policy matters. Provide counsel on relevant Federal Energy Regulatory Commission opinions, rules, policies, and electric reliability standards. Assist in legal matters involving the federal power marketing administrations including review of rate filings.

GS-11: Must have a professional law degree (LL.B. or J.D.) and active membership in a state or District of Columbia bar and advanced educational attainments that clearly indicate the ability to independently perform legal work. The educational background should include course work beyond the first professional degree in a field directly related to the work for which he/she is being considered.

GS-12: Must have a professional law degree (LL.B. or J.D.) and active membership in a state or District of Columbia bar and one year of professional (attorney) legal experience and advanced educational attainments that clearly indicate the ability to independently perform complex legal work. The educational background should include course work beyond the first professional degree in a field directly related to the work for which he/she is being considered.

GS-13: Must have a professional law degree (LL.B. or J.D.) and active membership in a state or District of Columbia bar and one year of professional (attorney) legal experience and advanced educational attainments that clearly indicate the ability to independently perform complex legal work and one additional year of professional (attorney) experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to that of an attorney at the grade immediately below the one being filled.

GS-14: Must have a professional law degree (LL.B. or J.D.) and active membership in a state or District of Columbia bar and three years of professional (attorney) legal experience and advanced educational attainments that clearly indicate the ability to independently perform complex legal work, plus one additional year of professional (attorney) experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to that of an attorney at the grade immediately below the one being filled.

GS-15: Must have a professional law degree (LL.B. or J.D.) and active membership in a state or District of Columbia bar and four years of professional (attorney) legal experience and advanced educational attainments that clearly indicate the ability to independently perform complex legal work, plus one additional year of professional (attorney) experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to that of an attorney at the grade immediately below the one being filled.