Spring 2021 Legal Support Analyst Internship at the Washington Headquarters Services (WHS)

“The Department of Defense provides the military forces needed to deter war and to protect the security of our country.”

This opportunity is hosted by the Washington Headquarters Services (WHS), Human Resources Directorate, Diversity, Disability, and Recruitment Division. The incumbent will be supporting the Office of the General Counsel to the Secretary of Defense (https://ogc.osd.mil/).

The purpose of the position is to serve as a Post-Secondary Student or Recent Graduate in the Washington Headquarters Services (WHS), Special Employment Programs. The WHS Special Employment Programs are planned, progressive educational programs that provide for the integration of a student's academic studies and federal work experience with the potential of noncompetitive conversion into the federal career service. Work assignments are designed to permit the knowledge acquired through education/ training to be applied to particular work situations as set forth in the Participant Agreement and/or Individual Development Plan (IDP). The incumbent completes on-the-job training and/or self-development.

Full-time and part-time opportunities exist. Most positions begin as temporary / seasonal with the intent of growing top performing participants into permanent employees. Opportunities exist from unpaid to GS-7 pay, depending upon the specific opportunity and candidate.

The incumbent is responsible for performing and assisting in management analysis assignments involving problems and issues of a procedural and factual nature. Additional responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

·      Preparing interpretive and administrative orders, rules, or regulations to give effect to the provisions of governing status or other requirements of law;

·      Drafting, negotiating, or examining contracts or other legal documents required by the agency's activities;

·      Drafting, preparing formal comments, or otherwise making substantive recommendations with respect to proposed legislation; editing and preparing for publication statutes enacted by Congress and opinions or decisions of a court, commission, or board;

·      Drafting and reviewing decisions for consideration and adoption by agency officials.; and

·      Applying new theories, principles, practical concepts, processes, and systems related to special programs.

Work consists of performing specific tasks designed to orient the employee in the practical application of theory and basic principles of legal analysis. Work requires actions based on factual differences. Factual differences may involve such matters as the type and kind of information needed, the consistency of various data with original documents, and the portrayal of data in chart, table, or graph format. The employee shall apply basic theories and principles to carry out well-defined jurisprudence.

Successful completion of, or current enrollment in, a full 4-year course of study in any field leading to a bachelor's degree, in an accredited college or university.

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Combining Education and Experience: Combinations of successfully completed post-high school education and experience may be used to meet total qualification requirements

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General Experience: For positions for which individual occupational requirements do not specify otherwise, general experience is 3 years of progressively responsible experience, 1 year of which was equivalent to at least GS-4, that demonstrates the ability to:

- Analyze problems to identify significant factors, gather pertinent data, and recognize solutions;

- Plan and organize work; and

- Communicate effectively orally and in writing.

Such experience may have been gained in administrative, professional, technical, investigative, or other responsible work. Experience in substantive and relevant secretarial, clerical, or other responsible work may be qualifying as long as it provided evidence of the knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSA's) necessary to perform the duties of the position to be filled.