Attorney Advisor (General)
- NM Command Administrative Office
- Santa Fe, New Mexico
- Full Time
ATTORNEY ADVISOR (GENERAL)
Department of the Army
Army Nional Guard Units
Summary
THIS IS A NATIONAL GUARD TITLE 5 EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITION.
NEW MEXICO ARMY NATIONAL GUARD
**You may be eligible for a Recruitment OR Relocion incentive per agency's policy.
This Nional Guard position is for a ATTORNEY ADVISOR (GENERAL), Position Description Number T0097000 and is part of the NM Command Administrive Office, Nional Guard.
Learn more about this agency
Summary
THIS IS A NATIONAL GUARD TITLE 5 EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITION.
NEW MEXICO ARMY NATIONAL GUARD
**You may be eligible for a Recruitment OR Relocion incentive per agency's policy.
This Nional Guard position is for a ATTORNEY ADVISOR (GENERAL), Position Description Number T0097000 and is part of the NM Command Administrive Office, Nional Guard.
Learn more about this agency
Overview
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Accepting applicions
Open & closing des
05/06/2026 to 05/21/2026
Salary
$107,592 - $139,871 per year
Pay scale & grade
GS 13
Locion
1 vacancy in the following locion:
Santa Fe, NM
Remote job
No
Telework eligible
No
Travel Required
Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position.
Relocion expenses reimbursed
No
Appointment type
Permanent
Work schedule
Full-time
Service
Excepted
Promotion potential
None
Job family (Series)
0905 Attorney
Supervisory stus
No
Security clearance
Other
Drug test
No
Financial disclosure
No
Bargaining unit stus
No
Announcement number
NM-12955859-AR-T5-026-008
Control number
868208700
This job is open to
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The public
U.S. Citizens, Nionals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S.
Veterans
Veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces or a spouse, widow, widower or parent of a veteran, who may be eligible for derived preference
Nional Guard and reserves
Current members, those who want to join or transitioning military members.
Duties
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The position is loced in the Joint Force Headquarters - Ste (JFHQ-ST), Office of the Staff Judge Advoce (SJA) or the wing staff Office of the Judge Advoce (SJA ). The primary purpose of the position is to serve as the full-time professional legal adviser and support to the Adjutant General, the Commander of federally recognized Army and Air Nional Guards, and ste/territory unique public defense or safety structures or wing commander . In this primary purpose, this position also serves as the full-time professional legal advisor and support to Sexual Assault Response Coordinor and Ste Equal Employment Opportunity advisors, and subordine commanders to support the ste prevention efforts reling to sexual assault, sexual harassment, and domestic abuse . This position also serves as a professional legal adviser to the United Stes Property and Fiscal Officer (USPFO), ste/territory Nional Guard senior leadership, ste/territory Nional Guard directores, and subordine Nional Guard commanded units or ste/territory level divisions.
Acts as a legal adviser and torney for the ste/territory Nional Guard, responsible for the formulion of ste/territory legal policy and its execution legal represention; legal initiives; interpretion and litigion of U.S. and ste/territory(s) constitutional, civil, criminal, labor law; internional law and trey agreements; and a full spectrum of expert legal advice. Acts as a legal adviser and torney for the ste/territory Nional Guard, responsible for assisting in the formulion of ste/territory legal policy pertaining to prevention of sexual assault, sexual harassment, and domestic abuse, while serving as the special legal advisor to the Adjutant General, the Office of Staff Judge Advoce (OSJA), Commands SHARP and SEEM programs.
Responsible to advise on the legal, factual, and other impacting aspects of drafting, interpretion and applicion of legislion, regulion, tasking orders, decision, opinions or other guiding, or lack thereof, instruments associed with emerging or highly conflicted, sensitive and emotionally charged issues reling to sexual crimes, harassment, domestic violence/abuse, and to the prevention and response of sexual crimes, harassment, and domestic violence/abuse. Serves as legal counsel to Adjutant General and Commanders on legislion, regulion, or guidance as to creing protective environments and promoting healthy social norms specific to military communities, which can include advising on any collaborions with local, ste, and federal partners such as county health departments, Ste health departments, schools, the CDC, Department of Educion, other government agencies, academia, and/or other industry th can ensure th the military can evalue and assess the impact of their community-level prevention stregies both in the short and long-term .
Serves as the ste/territory Nional Guard litigion point of contact. Represents the ste/territory Nional Guard in all legal mters in ste/territory of original or appelle jurisdictions, to include mters pertaining to sexual crimes, sexual harassment, and domestic violence/abuse. Acts as agency counsel for the ste/territory Nional Guard with the Nional Guard Bureau Office of Litigion and Employment Law Division, Department of Army and Department of Air Force Litigion Divisions, and the Department of Justice, for Federal courts of original or appelle jurisdictions .
Serves as an torney/adviser providing acquisition and fiscal legal advice to the ste/territory's assigned United Stes Property & Fiscal Officer, particularly in the area of emerging requirements in victim support and legal resourcing (the Chief of the Nional Guard Bureau's agent in the ste/territory) and active-duty military advisers. Advises Army Nional Guard (ARNG) and Air Nional Guard (ANG) contracting officers, reviews contracts, procurement actions and real property mters involving Federal and ste/territory funds (some involving substantial amounts of money) for legal sufficiency, approprie titling and claim initiion or resolution actions.
Acts as the Adjutant General's representive in third-party proceedings under Federal labor-management and equal employment opportunity stutes and regulory provisions. Represents the ste/territory Nional Guard as a trial torney on all sexual assault, sexual harassment and domestic violence cases, administrive judges and arbitrors from various appelle bodies including, but limited to, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Federal Labor Relions Authority, the NG Office of Complex Investigions, the Federal Services Impasses Panel and Federal and Ste Courts.
Serves as the ste/territory Ethics Adviser. Reviews sensitive financial disclosure stements for General Officers and other key personnel.
Performs other duties as required.
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Conditions of employment
Federal employment suitability as determined by a background investigion.
May be required to successfully complete a trial period.
Participion in direct deposit is mandory.
Must be able to obtain and maintain the approprie security clearance of the position, valided by the Office of Personnel Management's Position Designion Tool.
Must either be currently in good standing (certified) with a Ste Bar or able to obtain certificion.
Must be a gradue of an ABA-accredited law school.
Work may require frequent travel away from the normal duty stion on military and commercial aircraft. The work may require the employee to drive a motor vehicle. An approprie, valid drivers license may be required for the position.
This position is covered by the Domestic Violence Misdemeanor Amendment of the Gun Control Act (Lautenberg Amendment) of 1968. An individual convicted of a qualifying crime of domestic violence may not perform the duties of this position.
Please see "Additional Informion" section regarding NGB's Probionary/ Trial Period.
Qualificions
GENERAL EXPERIENCE : All series personnel must be competent the next higher level before being eligible for th level. An applicant must have a valided understanding of the basic principles and concepts of the occupional series and grade.
SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE : Must have work experiences as a professional Attorney Advisor. Knowledgeable of the Army Nional Guard mission requirements and Air Nional Guard mission requirements. Competent in providing legal interpretion and guidance to managers and senior leaders on Title 32 709, United Stes Code, Nional Guard Program. Able to recognize and identify complex constitutional, ste-federal, and military-civilian jurisidictional issues frequently associed with the organizion and administrion of the Title 32 Nional Guard, and articule them in the approprie forum or context. Competent in providing legal interpretion and guidance to managers and senior leaders on 10 United Stes Code, and the ste equivalent to the federal Uniform Code of Military Justice. Experienced in addressing legal questions referred by administrive officials of the employing agency, such as questions concerning the interpretion and applicion of stutes, rules, and regulions as they pertain to contracts, claims, or other legal instruments involving prive business, ste, local, nional, or foreign governments.
Educion
Must have Bachelor of Laws or Juris Doctor degree in law issued by an ABA-accredited law school; and, must be admitted to practice law in the highest court of any U.S. ste, commonwealth, territory or the District of Columbia.
You must provide transcripts or other documention to support your Educional claims. To receive credit for Educion, you must provide documention of proof th you meet the Educion requirements for this position.
Additional informion
If you are a male applicant who was born after 12/31/1959 and are required to register under the Military Selective Service Act, the Defense Authorizion Act of 1986 requires th you be registered or you are not eligible for appointment in this agency ( Register | Selective Service System : Selective Service System (sss.gov) ).
PROBATIONARY PERIOD: As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you required to serve a 2-year probionary period during which we will evalue your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest. In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider:- your performance and conduct;- the needs and interests of the agency;- whether your continued employment would advance organizional goals of the agency or the Government; and- whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service. Upon completion of your probionary period your employment termined unless you receive certificion, in writing, th your continued employment advances the public interest.
Recruitment Incentive: Recruitment Incentives are only authorized to those considered by federal government standards as newly appointed. To be newly appointed it must be the (1) first appointment as an employee of the Federal Government; (2) An appointment of a former employee of the Federal Government following a break in Federal Government service of least 90 days; or (3) An appointment of an individual in the Federal Government when his or her service in the Federal Government during the 90-day period immediely preceding the appointment was not in a position excluded by 575.104 and was limited to one or more of the following: (i) A time-limited appointment in the competitive or excepted service; (ii) A non-permanent appointment in the competitive or excepted service; (iii) Employment with the government of the District of Columbia (DC) when the candide was first appointed by the DC government on or after October 1, 1987; (iv) An appointment as an expert or consultant under 5 U.S.C. 3109 and 5 CFR part 304; (v) Employment under a provisional appointment designed under 5 CFR 316.403; (vi) Employment under an Internship Program appointment under 213.3402(a) of this chapter; or (vii) Employment as a Senior Executive Service limited term appointee or limited emergency appointee (as defined in 5 U.S.C. 3132(a)(5) and (a)(6), respectively).
Relocion Incentive : An authorized management official approves a relocion incentives paid in accordance with this volume to a current federal employee who must reloce, without a break in service, to accept a position in a different geographic area (as defined in Section 575.205(b) of Title 5, CFR) th is likely to be difficult to fill. Employee must establish a new residence in the new geographical area and maintain residency for the durion of service agreement. Employee must have a current and "Fully Successful" performance appraisal immediely prior to the move.
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Candides should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passione about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United Stes Constitution.
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A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits .
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How you evalued
You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above.
Once the announcement has closed, your resume and supporting documention used to determine if you meet the qualificions listed on this announcement. If you are minimally qualified, your resume and supporting documention compared to your responses on the assessment questionnaire to determine your level of experience. If you re yourself higher than is supported by your applicion package, your responses may be adjusted and/or you may be excluded from considerion for this position. If you are found to be among the top qualified candides, you referred to the selecting official for employment considerion.
Benefits
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A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits .
Review our benefits
Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered.
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Required Documents
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To apply for this position, you must submit a complete Applicion Package which includes:
1. Your resume showing:
Contact Informion-your name and the best way to contact you.
Relevant work experience-include the employer's name, job title, start and end des (month/year), the number of hours worked per week and describe how you meet the required qualificions of the job. Federal jobs should include series and grade.
Educion, certificions or licensures.
2. Other supporting documents : Transcripts
If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements:
Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from
schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion .
Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring.
How to Apply
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To apply for this position, you must complete the online applicion/Occupional Questionnaire and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section below. To view the Occupional Questionnaire, click the following link:
A complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on the closing de of the announcement to receive considerion.
To begin, click Apply to access the online applicion. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account to apply. If you do not have a USAJOBS account, you will need to cree one before beginning the applicion.
Follow the prompts to select your resume and/or other supporting documents to be included with your applicion package. You will have the opportunity to upload additional documents to include in your applicion before it is submitted. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process.
After acknowledging you have reviewed your applicion package, complete the Include Personal Informion section as you deem approprie and click to continue with the applicion process .
You taken to the online applicion which you must complete in order to apply for the position. Complete the online applicion, verify the required documention is included with your applicion package, and submit the applicion.
To verify the stus of your applicion, log into your USAJOBS account ( ), all of your applicions will appear on the Welcome screen. The Applicion Stus will appear along with the de your applicion was last upded. For informion on wh each Applicion Stus means, : .
Agency contact informion
Jonelle Suina
Phone
...
...
Address
NM Command Administrive Office
47 Baan Boulevard
Santa Fe, NM 87508-4695
US
Next steps
Once your online applicion is submitted you will receive a confirmion notificion by email. Your applicion evalued by the Human Resources Office to determine your eligibility for the position. After the evaluion is complete, you will receive another notificion regarding the stus of your applicion.
Fair and transparent
The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.
Criminal history inquiries
Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy
Financial suitability
New employee probionary period
Privacy Act
Reasonable accommodion policy
Selective Service
Signure and false stements
Social security number request
Required Documents
Help
To apply for this position, you must submit a complete Applicion Package which includes:
1. Your resume showing:
Contact Informion-your name and the best way to contact you.
Relevant work experience-include the employer's name, job title, start and end des (month/year), the number of hours worked per week and describe how you meet the required qualificions of the job. Federal jobs should include series and grade.
Educion, certificions or licensures.
2. Other supporting documents : Transcripts
If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements:
Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from
schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion .
Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring.
How to Apply
Help
To apply for this position, you must complete the online applicion/Occupional Questionnaire and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section below. To view the Occupional Questionnaire, click the following link:
A complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on the closing de of the announcement to receive considerion.
To begin, click Apply to access the online applicion. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account to apply. If you do not have a USAJOBS account, you will need to cree one before beginning the applicion.
Follow the prompts to select your resume and/or other supporting documents to be included with your applicion package. You will have the opportunity to upload additional documents to include in your applicion before it is submitted. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process.
After acknowledging you have reviewed your applicion package, complete the Include Personal Informion section as you deem approprie and click to continue with the applicion process .
You taken to the online applicion which you must complete in order to apply for the position. Complete the online applicion, verify the required documention is included with your applicion package, and submit the applicion.
To verify the stus of your applicion, log into your USAJOBS account ( ), all of your applicions will appear on the Welcome screen. The Applicion Stus will appear along with the de your applicion was last upded. For informion on wh each Applicion Stus means, : .
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Agency contact informion
Jonelle Suina
Phone
...
...
Address
NM Command Administrive Office
47 Baan Boulevard
Santa Fe, NM 87508-4695
US
Next steps
Once your online applicion is submitted you will receive a confirmion notificion by email. Your applicion evalued by the Human Resources Office to determine your eligibility for the position. After the evaluion is complete, you will receive another notificion regarding the stus of your applicion.
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Fair and transparent
The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.
Criminal history inquiries
Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy
Financial suitability
New employee probionary period
Privacy Act
Reasonable accommodion policy
Selective Service
Signure and false stements
Social security number request
Overview Help Accepting applicions Open & closing des 05/06/2026 to 05/21/2026 Salary $107,592 - $139,871 per year Pay scale & grade GS 13 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Santa Fe, NM Remote job No Telework eligible No Travel Required Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position. Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Excepted Promotion potential None Job family (Series) Supervisory stus No Security clearance Drug test No Financial disclosure Bargaining unit stus Announcement number NM-12955859-AR-T5-026-008 Control number 868208700
Department of the Army
Army Nional Guard Units
Summary
THIS IS A NATIONAL GUARD TITLE 5 EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITION.
NEW MEXICO ARMY NATIONAL GUARD
**You may be eligible for a Recruitment OR Relocion incentive per agency's policy.
This Nional Guard position is for a ATTORNEY ADVISOR (GENERAL), Position Description Number T0097000 and is part of the NM Command Administrive Office, Nional Guard.
Learn more about this agency
Summary
THIS IS A NATIONAL GUARD TITLE 5 EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITION.
NEW MEXICO ARMY NATIONAL GUARD
**You may be eligible for a Recruitment OR Relocion incentive per agency's policy.
This Nional Guard position is for a ATTORNEY ADVISOR (GENERAL), Position Description Number T0097000 and is part of the NM Command Administrive Office, Nional Guard.
Learn more about this agency
Overview
Help
Accepting applicions
Open & closing des
05/06/2026 to 05/21/2026
Salary
$107,592 - $139,871 per year
Pay scale & grade
GS 13
Locion
1 vacancy in the following locion:
Santa Fe, NM
Remote job
No
Telework eligible
No
Travel Required
Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position.
Relocion expenses reimbursed
No
Appointment type
Permanent
Work schedule
Full-time
Service
Excepted
Promotion potential
None
Job family (Series)
0905 Attorney
Supervisory stus
No
Security clearance
Other
Drug test
No
Financial disclosure
No
Bargaining unit stus
No
Announcement number
NM-12955859-AR-T5-026-008
Control number
868208700
This job is open to
Help
The public
U.S. Citizens, Nionals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S.
Veterans
Veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces or a spouse, widow, widower or parent of a veteran, who may be eligible for derived preference
Nional Guard and reserves
Current members, those who want to join or transitioning military members.
Duties
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The position is loced in the Joint Force Headquarters - Ste (JFHQ-ST), Office of the Staff Judge Advoce (SJA) or the wing staff Office of the Judge Advoce (SJA ). The primary purpose of the position is to serve as the full-time professional legal adviser and support to the Adjutant General, the Commander of federally recognized Army and Air Nional Guards, and ste/territory unique public defense or safety structures or wing commander . In this primary purpose, this position also serves as the full-time professional legal advisor and support to Sexual Assault Response Coordinor and Ste Equal Employment Opportunity advisors, and subordine commanders to support the ste prevention efforts reling to sexual assault, sexual harassment, and domestic abuse . This position also serves as a professional legal adviser to the United Stes Property and Fiscal Officer (USPFO), ste/territory Nional Guard senior leadership, ste/territory Nional Guard directores, and subordine Nional Guard commanded units or ste/territory level divisions.
Acts as a legal adviser and torney for the ste/territory Nional Guard, responsible for the formulion of ste/territory legal policy and its execution legal represention; legal initiives; interpretion and litigion of U.S. and ste/territory(s) constitutional, civil, criminal, labor law; internional law and trey agreements; and a full spectrum of expert legal advice. Acts as a legal adviser and torney for the ste/territory Nional Guard, responsible for assisting in the formulion of ste/territory legal policy pertaining to prevention of sexual assault, sexual harassment, and domestic abuse, while serving as the special legal advisor to the Adjutant General, the Office of Staff Judge Advoce (OSJA), Commands SHARP and SEEM programs.
Responsible to advise on the legal, factual, and other impacting aspects of drafting, interpretion and applicion of legislion, regulion, tasking orders, decision, opinions or other guiding, or lack thereof, instruments associed with emerging or highly conflicted, sensitive and emotionally charged issues reling to sexual crimes, harassment, domestic violence/abuse, and to the prevention and response of sexual crimes, harassment, and domestic violence/abuse. Serves as legal counsel to Adjutant General and Commanders on legislion, regulion, or guidance as to creing protective environments and promoting healthy social norms specific to military communities, which can include advising on any collaborions with local, ste, and federal partners such as county health departments, Ste health departments, schools, the CDC, Department of Educion, other government agencies, academia, and/or other industry th can ensure th the military can evalue and assess the impact of their community-level prevention stregies both in the short and long-term .
Serves as the ste/territory Nional Guard litigion point of contact. Represents the ste/territory Nional Guard in all legal mters in ste/territory of original or appelle jurisdictions, to include mters pertaining to sexual crimes, sexual harassment, and domestic violence/abuse. Acts as agency counsel for the ste/territory Nional Guard with the Nional Guard Bureau Office of Litigion and Employment Law Division, Department of Army and Department of Air Force Litigion Divisions, and the Department of Justice, for Federal courts of original or appelle jurisdictions .
Serves as an torney/adviser providing acquisition and fiscal legal advice to the ste/territory's assigned United Stes Property & Fiscal Officer, particularly in the area of emerging requirements in victim support and legal resourcing (the Chief of the Nional Guard Bureau's agent in the ste/territory) and active-duty military advisers. Advises Army Nional Guard (ARNG) and Air Nional Guard (ANG) contracting officers, reviews contracts, procurement actions and real property mters involving Federal and ste/territory funds (some involving substantial amounts of money) for legal sufficiency, approprie titling and claim initiion or resolution actions.
Acts as the Adjutant General's representive in third-party proceedings under Federal labor-management and equal employment opportunity stutes and regulory provisions. Represents the ste/territory Nional Guard as a trial torney on all sexual assault, sexual harassment and domestic violence cases, administrive judges and arbitrors from various appelle bodies including, but limited to, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Federal Labor Relions Authority, the NG Office of Complex Investigions, the Federal Services Impasses Panel and Federal and Ste Courts.
Serves as the ste/territory Ethics Adviser. Reviews sensitive financial disclosure stements for General Officers and other key personnel.
Performs other duties as required.
Requirements
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Conditions of employment
Federal employment suitability as determined by a background investigion.
May be required to successfully complete a trial period.
Participion in direct deposit is mandory.
Must be able to obtain and maintain the approprie security clearance of the position, valided by the Office of Personnel Management's Position Designion Tool.
Must either be currently in good standing (certified) with a Ste Bar or able to obtain certificion.
Must be a gradue of an ABA-accredited law school.
Work may require frequent travel away from the normal duty stion on military and commercial aircraft. The work may require the employee to drive a motor vehicle. An approprie, valid drivers license may be required for the position.
This position is covered by the Domestic Violence Misdemeanor Amendment of the Gun Control Act (Lautenberg Amendment) of 1968. An individual convicted of a qualifying crime of domestic violence may not perform the duties of this position.
Please see "Additional Informion" section regarding NGB's Probionary/ Trial Period.
Qualificions
GENERAL EXPERIENCE : All series personnel must be competent the next higher level before being eligible for th level. An applicant must have a valided understanding of the basic principles and concepts of the occupional series and grade.
SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE : Must have work experiences as a professional Attorney Advisor. Knowledgeable of the Army Nional Guard mission requirements and Air Nional Guard mission requirements. Competent in providing legal interpretion and guidance to managers and senior leaders on Title 32 709, United Stes Code, Nional Guard Program. Able to recognize and identify complex constitutional, ste-federal, and military-civilian jurisidictional issues frequently associed with the organizion and administrion of the Title 32 Nional Guard, and articule them in the approprie forum or context. Competent in providing legal interpretion and guidance to managers and senior leaders on 10 United Stes Code, and the ste equivalent to the federal Uniform Code of Military Justice. Experienced in addressing legal questions referred by administrive officials of the employing agency, such as questions concerning the interpretion and applicion of stutes, rules, and regulions as they pertain to contracts, claims, or other legal instruments involving prive business, ste, local, nional, or foreign governments.
Educion
Must have Bachelor of Laws or Juris Doctor degree in law issued by an ABA-accredited law school; and, must be admitted to practice law in the highest court of any U.S. ste, commonwealth, territory or the District of Columbia.
You must provide transcripts or other documention to support your Educional claims. To receive credit for Educion, you must provide documention of proof th you meet the Educion requirements for this position.
Additional informion
If you are a male applicant who was born after 12/31/1959 and are required to register under the Military Selective Service Act, the Defense Authorizion Act of 1986 requires th you be registered or you are not eligible for appointment in this agency ( Register | Selective Service System : Selective Service System (sss.gov) ).
PROBATIONARY PERIOD: As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you required to serve a 2-year probionary period during which we will evalue your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest. In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider:- your performance and conduct;- the needs and interests of the agency;- whether your continued employment would advance organizional goals of the agency or the Government; and- whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service. Upon completion of your probionary period your employment termined unless you receive certificion, in writing, th your continued employment advances the public interest.
Recruitment Incentive: Recruitment Incentives are only authorized to those considered by federal government standards as newly appointed. To be newly appointed it must be the (1) first appointment as an employee of the Federal Government; (2) An appointment of a former employee of the Federal Government following a break in Federal Government service of least 90 days; or (3) An appointment of an individual in the Federal Government when his or her service in the Federal Government during the 90-day period immediely preceding the appointment was not in a position excluded by 575.104 and was limited to one or more of the following: (i) A time-limited appointment in the competitive or excepted service; (ii) A non-permanent appointment in the competitive or excepted service; (iii) Employment with the government of the District of Columbia (DC) when the candide was first appointed by the DC government on or after October 1, 1987; (iv) An appointment as an expert or consultant under 5 U.S.C. 3109 and 5 CFR part 304; (v) Employment under a provisional appointment designed under 5 CFR 316.403; (vi) Employment under an Internship Program appointment under 213.3402(a) of this chapter; or (vii) Employment as a Senior Executive Service limited term appointee or limited emergency appointee (as defined in 5 U.S.C. 3132(a)(5) and (a)(6), respectively).
Relocion Incentive : An authorized management official approves a relocion incentives paid in accordance with this volume to a current federal employee who must reloce, without a break in service, to accept a position in a different geographic area (as defined in Section 575.205(b) of Title 5, CFR) th is likely to be difficult to fill. Employee must establish a new residence in the new geographical area and maintain residency for the durion of service agreement. Employee must have a current and "Fully Successful" performance appraisal immediely prior to the move.
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Candides should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passione about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United Stes Constitution.
Benefits
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A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits .
Review our benefits
Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered.
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You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above.
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To apply for this position, you must submit a complete Applicion Package which includes:
1. Your resume showing:
Contact Informion-your name and the best way to contact you.
Relevant work experience-include the employer's name, job title, start and end des (month/year), the number of hours worked per week and describe how you meet the required qualificions of the job. Federal jobs should include series and grade.
Educion, certificions or licensures.
2. Other supporting documents : Transcripts
If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements:
Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from
schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion .
Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring.
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To apply for this position, you must complete the online applicion/Occupional Questionnaire and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section below. To view the Occupional Questionnaire, click the following link:
A complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on the closing de of the announcement to receive considerion.
To begin, click Apply to access the online applicion. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account to apply. If you do not have a USAJOBS account, you will need to cree one before beginning the applicion.
Follow the prompts to select your resume and/or other supporting documents to be included with your applicion package. You will have the opportunity to upload additional documents to include in your applicion before it is submitted. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process.
After acknowledging you have reviewed your applicion package, complete the Include Personal Informion section as you deem approprie and click to continue with the applicion process .
You taken to the online applicion which you must complete in order to apply for the position. Complete the online applicion, verify the required documention is included with your applicion package, and submit the applicion.
To verify the stus of your applicion, log into your USAJOBS account ( ), all of your applicions will appear on the Welcome screen. The Applicion Stus will appear along with the de your applicion was last upded. For informion on wh each Applicion Stus means, : .
Agency contact informion
Jonelle Suina
Phone
...
...
Address
NM Command Administrive Office
47 Baan Boulevard
Santa Fe, NM 87508-4695
US
Next steps
Once your online applicion is submitted you will receive a confirmion notificion by email. Your applicion evalued by the Human Resources Office to determine your eligibility for the position. After the evaluion is complete, you will receive another notificion regarding the stus of your applicion.
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Required Documents
Help
To apply for this position, you must submit a complete Applicion Package which includes:
1. Your resume showing:
Contact Informion-your name and the best way to contact you.
Relevant work experience-include the employer's name, job title, start and end des (month/year), the number of hours worked per week and describe how you meet the required qualificions of the job. Federal jobs should include series and grade.
Educion, certificions or licensures.
2. Other supporting documents : Transcripts
If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements:
Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from
schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion .
Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring.
How to Apply
Help
To apply for this position, you must complete the online applicion/Occupional Questionnaire and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section below. To view the Occupional Questionnaire, click the following link:
A complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on the closing de of the announcement to receive considerion.
To begin, click Apply to access the online applicion. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account to apply. If you do not have a USAJOBS account, you will need to cree one before beginning the applicion.
Follow the prompts to select your resume and/or other supporting documents to be included with your applicion package. You will have the opportunity to upload additional documents to include in your applicion before it is submitted. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process.
After acknowledging you have reviewed your applicion package, complete the Include Personal Informion section as you deem approprie and click to continue with the applicion process .
You taken to the online applicion which you must complete in order to apply for the position. Complete the online applicion, verify the required documention is included with your applicion package, and submit the applicion.
To verify the stus of your applicion, log into your USAJOBS account ( ), all of your applicions will appear on the Welcome screen. The Applicion Stus will appear along with the de your applicion was last upded. For informion on wh each Applicion Stus means, : .
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Agency contact informion
Jonelle Suina
Phone
...
...
Address
NM Command Administrive Office
47 Baan Boulevard
Santa Fe, NM 87508-4695
US
Next steps
Once your online applicion is submitted you will receive a confirmion notificion by email. Your applicion evalued by the Human Resources Office to determine your eligibility for the position. After the evaluion is complete, you will receive another notificion regarding the stus of your applicion.
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Fair and transparent
The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.
Criminal history inquiries
Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy
Financial suitability
New employee probionary period
Privacy Act
Reasonable accommodion policy
Selective Service
Signure and false stements
Social security number request
Overview Help Accepting applicions Open & closing des 05/06/2026 to 05/21/2026 Salary $107,592 - $139,871 per year Pay scale & grade GS 13 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Santa Fe, NM Remote job No Telework eligible No Travel Required Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position. Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Excepted Promotion potential None Job family (Series) Supervisory stus No Security clearance Drug test No Financial disclosure Bargaining unit stus Announcement number NM-12955859-AR-T5-026-008 Control number 868208700
Job ID: 520451862
Originally Posted on: 5/8/2026
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