Director, Employment Litigation Section
- Civil Rights Division
- Washington, District of Columbia
- Full Time
Director, Employment Litigion Section
Department of Justice
Offices, Boards and Divisions
Employment Litigion Section, Civil Rights Division
Summary
The Civil Rights Division (CRT or Division) is seeking an experienced torney to serve as the Director, Employment Litigion Section.
Learn more about this agency
Summary
The Civil Rights Division (CRT or Division) is seeking an experienced torney to serve as the Director, Employment Litigion Section.
Learn more about this agency
Overview
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Accepting applicions
Open & closing des
04/29/2026 to 05/14/2026
Salary
$151,661 - $228,000 per year
Pay scale & grade
ES 00
Locion
1 vacancy in the following locion:
Washington, DC
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
Senior Executive
Promotion potential
None
Job family (Series)
0905 Attorney
Supervisory stus
Yes
Security clearance
Not Required
Drug test
Yes
Position sensitivity and risk
High Risk (HR)
Trust determinion process
Credentialing
Suitability/Fitness
Financial disclosure
Yes
Bargaining unit stus
No
Announcement number
26-CRT-SES-004
Control number
867144700
This job is open to
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The public
U.S. Citizens, Nionals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S.
Federal employees - Excepted service
Current federal employees whose agencies have their own hiring rules, pay scales and evaluion criteria.
Senior executives
Individuals looking for an executive-level job and who meet the five Executive Core Qualificions (ECQs).
Clarificion from the agency
All U.S. Citizens, Senior Executive Service (SES), and Federal Employees in the Excepted or Competitive Service.
Duties
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As the Director the Employment Litigion Section, the successful candide:
Leads the DOJ's efforts to enforce federal laws th protect against employment discriminion.
Sets priorities and direction for how employment discriminion cases are handled across the Department.
Oversees major litigion and ensures a consistent approach to enforcing civil rights laws nionwide.
Works closely with U.S. Attorneys' Offices and other federal agencies to coordine enforcement efforts and resolve complex legal or policy issues.
Directs programs reled to employment discriminion, including cases involving workplace rights, military service protections, and federal contracting programs.
Manages a large, nionwide team of torneys and staff, providing guidance on legal stregy and program goals.
Alloces resources, manages budgets, and ensures programs are opering effectively and in line with Department priorities.
Engages with stakeholders and represents the Department in high-impact cases th may shape nional policy.
Requirements
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Conditions of employment
You must be a U.S. Citizen to qualify for this position.
The Executive Core Qualificions (ECQs) and Mandory Technical Qualificion must be demonstred in your resume.
You must complete a background investigion, to include pre-employment drug testing. Continued employment is contingent upon successful completion and adjudicion of your background investigion and award of a Top-Secret security clearance.
You must have a Juris Doctore degree from a law school accredited by the American Bar Associion and be an active member in good standing of the bar of a ste or territory of the US, the District of Columbia or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
Applicants must meet all qualificions and eligibility requirements by the closing de of the announcement.
Applicants seeking initial career appointment to the Senior Executive Service are subject to a one-year probionary period.
Veterans' preference is not applicable to the Senior Executive Service.
Selective Service - If you are a male applicant born after December 31, 1959, you must certify th you have registered with the Selective Service System, or are exempt from having to do so under the Selective Service Law.
This position requires you to submit a Public Financial Disclosure Report (OGE 278) upon entry, and annually thereafter in accordance with DOJ and Federal ethics guidelines.
Resume cannot exceed two (2) pages.
Qualificions
*** READ THIS JOB OPPORTUNITY ANNOUNCEMENT CAREFULLY AND IN ITS ENTIRETY. It contains detailed informion required to ensure you are appropriely considered for the position.***
The applicion process for Senior Executive Service (SES) is RESUME-ONLY. Resumes exceeding two pages removed from considerion.
Your resume file must be 5 MB or smaller. For best results, save and upload your resume as a PDF to preserve its formting and page count. You may also upload files in GIF, JPG, JPEG, PNG, RTF, TXT, ODT, or Word (DOC or DOCX) forms. Do not upload PDF portfolios , as the system will not accept them.
It is recommended th applicants use a clean, common font such as Lo, Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, Open Sans, Source Sans Pro, Roboto, or Noto Sans. Set margins to 0.5 inches . Consider using 14-point font for section titles and 10-point font for the main text .
The Resume Builder can also support these recommendions and uses informion from your USAJOBS profile to help you get started.
**Note: If you are a current SES career appointee, a former SES member having reinstement eligibility, or an OPM-certified gradue of an approved SES Candide Development Program and have had their ECQs certified by OPM, you must provide a copy of your certifice. Possessing an SES certificion does not remove the requirement to address the position's MTQs.
you must submit the approprie SF50 (showing SES stus) or an OPM Qualificions Review Board certifice.
We recommend th your resume emphasize your level of responsibilities, the scope and complexity of the programs managed, and your program accomplishments, including the results of your actions. You evalued to determine if you meet the minimum qualificions required of the position and on the extent your applicion demonstres th you possess the knowledge, skills, and abilities required of theDirector, Employment Litigion Section. Be sure to give concrete examples of your experience and demonstre the complexity of the knowledge you possess. Applicants must clearly demonstre their leadership abilities by addressing the Executive Core Qualificions (ECQs) and Mandory Technical Qualificions (MTQs) in their resume. Make sure your accomplishments clearly show how you meet each qualificion.
ECQS
1. COMMITMENT TO THE RULE OF LAW AND THE PRINCIPLES OF THE AMERICAN FOUNDING. Demonstred knowledge of the American system of government, commitment to uphold the Constitution and the Rule of Law, and commitment to serve the American people.
2. DRIVING EFFICIENCY. Demonstred ability to stregically and sufficiently manage resources, budget effectively, cut wasteful spending, and pursue efficiency through process and technological upgrades.
3. MERIT AND COMPETENCE . Demonstred knowledge, ability and technical competence to effectively and reliably produce work th is of exceptional quality.
4. LEADING PEOPLE. Demonstred ability to lead and inspire a group toward meeting the organizion's vision, mission, and goals; To drive a high-performance, high-accountability culture.
5. ACHIEVING RESULTS. Demonstred ability to achieve both individual and organizional results, and to align results to ste goals from superiors.
MTQs
1. Demonstred experience engaging internal and external stakeholders to inform employment litigion stregies, case priorities, and operional decisions; coordining across offices to ensure alignment on case handling and Section initiives; communicing legal positions, policies, and litigion priorities in a clear and persuasive manner; negotiing complex or sensitive mters with Division leadership, and building and sustaining stregic relionships while naviging the Section's mission.
2. Demonstred experience managing a complex organizion, a diverse workforce and challenging organizional issues while enforcing policies and law.
3. Demonstred experience communicing effectively on complex technical issues through oral and written communicion, including the ability to advoce successfully with diverse stakeholders, external partners and individuals or groups having differed and often conflicting interests, on mters reled to the successful execution of a large-scale organizion's mission, programs and projects.
Educion
Applicants must possess a J.D. degree from a law school accredited by the American Bar Associion and be a member in good standing of a ste, territory of the United Stes, District of Columbia, or Commonwealth of Puerto Rico bar. (Include in your resume the month and year in which you obtained your degree and the name of the College or University from which it was conferred/awarded.)
Additional informion
Only experience obtained by the closing de of this announcement
EEO Policy Stement: : The United Stes Government does not discrimine in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, nional origin, political affiliion, sexual oriention, marital stus, disability, age, membership in an employee organizion, or other non-merit factor. The complete DOJ EEO Stement/Policy is found : .
Reasonable Accommodion: Applicants requiring reasonable accommodion for any part of the applicion and hiring process should contact the hiring agency directly. Determinions on requests for reasonable accommodion made on a case-by-case basis. DOJ offers a comprehensive benefits package. Please see the "Benefits" area below for details.
Legal and Regulory Guidance
Social Security Number - Your Social Security Number is requested under the authority of Executive Order 9397 to uniquely identify your records from those of other applicants who may have the same name. As allowed by law or Presidential directive, your Social Security Number is used to seek informion about you from employers, schools, banks, and others who may know you. Failure to provide your Social Security Number on your applicion merials will result in your applicion not being processed.
Privacy Act - Privacy Act Notice (PL 93-579): The informion requested here is used to determine qualificions for employment and is authorized under Title 5 U.S.C. 3302 and 3361.
Signure - Before you are hired, you required to sign and certify the accuracy of the informion in your applicion.
False Stements - If you make a false stement in any part of your applicion, you may not be hired; you may be fired after you begin work; or you may be subject to fine, imprisonment, or other disciplinary action.
Selective Service - If you are a male applicant born after December 31, 1959, you must certify th you have registered with the Selective Service System or are exempt from having to do so under the Selective Service Law.
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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
Help
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.
How you evalued
You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above.
Only experience obtained by the 11:59pm EST on the closing de 05/14/2026 of this announcement
After this announcement closes:
An HR Specialist will review your resume and supporting (required) documention.
Applicants found minimally qualified referred to an Executive Resources Board (ERB).
The ERB will evalue applicions to determine the best qualified applicants for referral to the hiring official.
The hiring official may contact applicants to participe in an interview. Interviews may be in a virtual setting or in person DOJ offices.
The hiring official will make a selection, which must be approved by CRT's Assistant Attorney General.
The selectee will receive a tentive offer from the agency; however, before an agency can appoint a new SES member, the selected individual subject further evaluion through a structured interview by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualificions Review Board (QRB) as required by law. OPM must review the executive qualificions of each new career appointee to the SES prior to appointment.
NOTE: You MUST address all MTQs as required above, but do not need to address the ECQs if you:
Are currently serving under a career SES appointment;
Are eligible for reinstement into the SES; or
Have successfully completed a SES Candide Development Program and been certified by Office of Personnel Management (OPM).
Proof of Qualificions Review Board (QRB) certificion must be provided in your applicion.
Benefits
Help
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.
Required documents
Required Documents
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To be considered for this position, you must provide a complete applicion package in the form outlined in this job announcement. Applicions th do not include all of the required documents or exceed the 2 page resume requirement will not be
- A comprehensive 2 page resume th includes the name of the college or university, and month and year, from which you obtained your J.D.
Your resume must clearly demonstre your leadership abilities by addressing the ECQs and MTQs.
- Recent SF-50 th shows Official Title, Grade Level, Stus
- Certificion of OPM QRB approval (for gradues of SES Candide Development Programs)
- Other supporting documention as required.
- Transcripts
- Proof of active bar
Applicants who fail to submit all informion as described in this job announcement WILL NOT receive considerion for this position.
It is highly encouraged th applicants submit their most recent performance appraisal.
DO NOT SUBMIT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION : Extraneous merials not requested in this job announcement will not be
How to Apply
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To begin the process, click the Apply Online button to cree an account or log in to your existing USAJOBS account.
Failure to submit a complete applicion (resume and all supporting documents) by 11:59 pm Eastern Standard Time (EST) on 05/14/2026 may result in an ineligible ring and loss of considerion. Please follow all instructions carefully as missing applicion informion will not be requested. It is your responsibility to ensure your responses and approprie documention is submitted prior to the closing de.
If more than one resume is received, only the last resume submitted reviewed.
Note: To check the stus of your applicion or return to a previous or incomplete applicion, log into your USAJOBS account: select Applicion Stus and click on the more informion link under the applicion stus for this position.
The Details page will display the stus of your applicion, the documention received and processed, and any correspondence the agency has sent reled to this applicion. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process.
To return to an incomplete applicion, log into your USAJOBS account and click Upde Applicion in the vacancy announcement. You must re-select your resume and/or other documents from your USAJOBS account or your applicion incomplete.
Do not email or send hard copy resumes/applicions to the Contact Informion or Agency Informion listed in this vacancy announcement. All resumes/applicions received the addresses listed in the Contact Informion or Agency Informion destroyed and will not be considered for this vacancy announcement.
You are encouraged to apply online. Applying online will allow you to review and track the stus of your applicion. If you are unable to apply online, you must request an alternive method to apply from the Human Resources Office. Please contact Civil Rights Division ....
Agency contact informion
Diane Turner
...
Address
Civil Rights Division
950 Pennsylvania Ave. NW
Washington, DC 20530
US
Next steps
An Executive Resources Board (ERB) will conduct a review of your qualificions and determine your ranking. The best qualified candides referred to a hiring committee for further considerion and possible interview.
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 be considered for this position, you must provide a complete applicion package in the form outlined in this job announcement. Applicions th do not include all of the required documents or exceed the 2 page resume requirement will not be
- A comprehensive 2 page resume th includes the name of the college or university, and month and year, from which you obtained your J.D.
Your resume must clearly demonstre your leadership abilities by addressing the ECQs and MTQs.
- Recent SF-50 th shows Official Title, Grade Level, Stus
- Certificion of OPM QRB approval (for gradues of SES Candide Development Programs)
- Other supporting documention as required.
- Transcripts
- Proof of active bar
Applicants who fail to submit all informion as described in this job announcement WILL NOT receive considerion for this position.
It is highly encouraged th applicants submit their most recent performance appraisal.
DO NOT SUBMIT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION : Extraneous merials not requested in this job announcement will not be
How to Apply
Help
To begin the process, click the Apply Online button to cree an account or log in to your existing USAJOBS account.
Failure to submit a complete applicion (resume and all supporting documents) by 11:59 pm Eastern Standard Time (EST) on 05/14/2026 may result in an ineligible ring and loss of considerion. Please follow all instructions carefully as missing applicion informion will not be requested. It is your responsibility to ensure your responses and approprie documention is submitted prior to the closing de.
If more than one resume is received, only the last resume submitted reviewed.
Note: To check the stus of your applicion or return to a previous or incomplete applicion, log into your USAJOBS account: select Applicion Stus and click on the more informion link under the applicion stus for this position.
The Details page will display the stus of your applicion, the documention received and processed, and any correspondence the agency has sent reled to this applicion. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process.
To return to an incomplete applicion, log into your USAJOBS account and click Upde Applicion in the vacancy announcement. You must re-select your resume and/or other documents from your USAJOBS account or your applicion incomplete.
Do not email or send hard copy resumes/applicions to the Contact Informion or Agency Informion listed in this vacancy announcement. All resumes/applicions received the addresses listed in the Contact Informion or Agency Informion destroyed and will not be considered for this vacancy announcement.
You are encouraged to apply online. Applying online will allow you to review and track the stus of your applicion. If you are unable to apply online, you must request an alternive method to apply from the Human Resources Office. Please contact Civil Rights Division ....
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Agency contact informion
Diane Turner
...
Address
Civil Rights Division
950 Pennsylvania Ave. NW
Washington, DC 20530
US
Next steps
An Executive Resources Board (ERB) will conduct a review of your qualificions and determine your ranking. The best qualified candides referred to a hiring committee for further considerion and possible interview.
Expand Hide next steps
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 04/29/2026 to 05/14/2026 Salary $151,661 - $228,000 per year Pay scale & grade ES 00 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Washington, DC 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 Senior Executive Promotion potential None Job family (Series) Supervisory stus Yes Security clearance Drug test Yes Position sensitivity and risk Trust determinion process Financial disclosure Bargaining unit stus Announcement number 26-CRT-SES-004 Control number 867144700
Department of Justice
Offices, Boards and Divisions
Employment Litigion Section, Civil Rights Division
Summary
The Civil Rights Division (CRT or Division) is seeking an experienced torney to serve as the Director, Employment Litigion Section.
Learn more about this agency
Summary
The Civil Rights Division (CRT or Division) is seeking an experienced torney to serve as the Director, Employment Litigion Section.
Learn more about this agency
Overview
Help
Accepting applicions
Open & closing des
04/29/2026 to 05/14/2026
Salary
$151,661 - $228,000 per year
Pay scale & grade
ES 00
Locion
1 vacancy in the following locion:
Washington, DC
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
Senior Executive
Promotion potential
None
Job family (Series)
0905 Attorney
Supervisory stus
Yes
Security clearance
Not Required
Drug test
Yes
Position sensitivity and risk
High Risk (HR)
Trust determinion process
Credentialing
Suitability/Fitness
Financial disclosure
Yes
Bargaining unit stus
No
Announcement number
26-CRT-SES-004
Control number
867144700
This job is open to
Help
The public
U.S. Citizens, Nionals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S.
Federal employees - Excepted service
Current federal employees whose agencies have their own hiring rules, pay scales and evaluion criteria.
Senior executives
Individuals looking for an executive-level job and who meet the five Executive Core Qualificions (ECQs).
Clarificion from the agency
All U.S. Citizens, Senior Executive Service (SES), and Federal Employees in the Excepted or Competitive Service.
Duties
Help
As the Director the Employment Litigion Section, the successful candide:
Leads the DOJ's efforts to enforce federal laws th protect against employment discriminion.
Sets priorities and direction for how employment discriminion cases are handled across the Department.
Oversees major litigion and ensures a consistent approach to enforcing civil rights laws nionwide.
Works closely with U.S. Attorneys' Offices and other federal agencies to coordine enforcement efforts and resolve complex legal or policy issues.
Directs programs reled to employment discriminion, including cases involving workplace rights, military service protections, and federal contracting programs.
Manages a large, nionwide team of torneys and staff, providing guidance on legal stregy and program goals.
Alloces resources, manages budgets, and ensures programs are opering effectively and in line with Department priorities.
Engages with stakeholders and represents the Department in high-impact cases th may shape nional policy.
Requirements
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Conditions of employment
You must be a U.S. Citizen to qualify for this position.
The Executive Core Qualificions (ECQs) and Mandory Technical Qualificion must be demonstred in your resume.
You must complete a background investigion, to include pre-employment drug testing. Continued employment is contingent upon successful completion and adjudicion of your background investigion and award of a Top-Secret security clearance.
You must have a Juris Doctore degree from a law school accredited by the American Bar Associion and be an active member in good standing of the bar of a ste or territory of the US, the District of Columbia or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
Applicants must meet all qualificions and eligibility requirements by the closing de of the announcement.
Applicants seeking initial career appointment to the Senior Executive Service are subject to a one-year probionary period.
Veterans' preference is not applicable to the Senior Executive Service.
Selective Service - If you are a male applicant born after December 31, 1959, you must certify th you have registered with the Selective Service System, or are exempt from having to do so under the Selective Service Law.
This position requires you to submit a Public Financial Disclosure Report (OGE 278) upon entry, and annually thereafter in accordance with DOJ and Federal ethics guidelines.
Resume cannot exceed two (2) pages.
Qualificions
*** READ THIS JOB OPPORTUNITY ANNOUNCEMENT CAREFULLY AND IN ITS ENTIRETY. It contains detailed informion required to ensure you are appropriely considered for the position.***
The applicion process for Senior Executive Service (SES) is RESUME-ONLY. Resumes exceeding two pages removed from considerion.
Your resume file must be 5 MB or smaller. For best results, save and upload your resume as a PDF to preserve its formting and page count. You may also upload files in GIF, JPG, JPEG, PNG, RTF, TXT, ODT, or Word (DOC or DOCX) forms. Do not upload PDF portfolios , as the system will not accept them.
It is recommended th applicants use a clean, common font such as Lo, Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, Open Sans, Source Sans Pro, Roboto, or Noto Sans. Set margins to 0.5 inches . Consider using 14-point font for section titles and 10-point font for the main text .
The Resume Builder can also support these recommendions and uses informion from your USAJOBS profile to help you get started.
**Note: If you are a current SES career appointee, a former SES member having reinstement eligibility, or an OPM-certified gradue of an approved SES Candide Development Program and have had their ECQs certified by OPM, you must provide a copy of your certifice. Possessing an SES certificion does not remove the requirement to address the position's MTQs.
you must submit the approprie SF50 (showing SES stus) or an OPM Qualificions Review Board certifice.
We recommend th your resume emphasize your level of responsibilities, the scope and complexity of the programs managed, and your program accomplishments, including the results of your actions. You evalued to determine if you meet the minimum qualificions required of the position and on the extent your applicion demonstres th you possess the knowledge, skills, and abilities required of theDirector, Employment Litigion Section. Be sure to give concrete examples of your experience and demonstre the complexity of the knowledge you possess. Applicants must clearly demonstre their leadership abilities by addressing the Executive Core Qualificions (ECQs) and Mandory Technical Qualificions (MTQs) in their resume. Make sure your accomplishments clearly show how you meet each qualificion.
ECQS
1. COMMITMENT TO THE RULE OF LAW AND THE PRINCIPLES OF THE AMERICAN FOUNDING. Demonstred knowledge of the American system of government, commitment to uphold the Constitution and the Rule of Law, and commitment to serve the American people.
2. DRIVING EFFICIENCY. Demonstred ability to stregically and sufficiently manage resources, budget effectively, cut wasteful spending, and pursue efficiency through process and technological upgrades.
3. MERIT AND COMPETENCE . Demonstred knowledge, ability and technical competence to effectively and reliably produce work th is of exceptional quality.
4. LEADING PEOPLE. Demonstred ability to lead and inspire a group toward meeting the organizion's vision, mission, and goals; To drive a high-performance, high-accountability culture.
5. ACHIEVING RESULTS. Demonstred ability to achieve both individual and organizional results, and to align results to ste goals from superiors.
MTQs
1. Demonstred experience engaging internal and external stakeholders to inform employment litigion stregies, case priorities, and operional decisions; coordining across offices to ensure alignment on case handling and Section initiives; communicing legal positions, policies, and litigion priorities in a clear and persuasive manner; negotiing complex or sensitive mters with Division leadership, and building and sustaining stregic relionships while naviging the Section's mission.
2. Demonstred experience managing a complex organizion, a diverse workforce and challenging organizional issues while enforcing policies and law.
3. Demonstred experience communicing effectively on complex technical issues through oral and written communicion, including the ability to advoce successfully with diverse stakeholders, external partners and individuals or groups having differed and often conflicting interests, on mters reled to the successful execution of a large-scale organizion's mission, programs and projects.
Educion
Applicants must possess a J.D. degree from a law school accredited by the American Bar Associion and be a member in good standing of a ste, territory of the United Stes, District of Columbia, or Commonwealth of Puerto Rico bar. (Include in your resume the month and year in which you obtained your degree and the name of the College or University from which it was conferred/awarded.)
Additional informion
Only experience obtained by the closing de of this announcement
EEO Policy Stement: : The United Stes Government does not discrimine in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, nional origin, political affiliion, sexual oriention, marital stus, disability, age, membership in an employee organizion, or other non-merit factor. The complete DOJ EEO Stement/Policy is found : .
Reasonable Accommodion: Applicants requiring reasonable accommodion for any part of the applicion and hiring process should contact the hiring agency directly. Determinions on requests for reasonable accommodion made on a case-by-case basis. DOJ offers a comprehensive benefits package. Please see the "Benefits" area below for details.
Legal and Regulory Guidance
Social Security Number - Your Social Security Number is requested under the authority of Executive Order 9397 to uniquely identify your records from those of other applicants who may have the same name. As allowed by law or Presidential directive, your Social Security Number is used to seek informion about you from employers, schools, banks, and others who may know you. Failure to provide your Social Security Number on your applicion merials will result in your applicion not being processed.
Privacy Act - Privacy Act Notice (PL 93-579): The informion requested here is used to determine qualificions for employment and is authorized under Title 5 U.S.C. 3302 and 3361.
Signure - Before you are hired, you required to sign and certify the accuracy of the informion in your applicion.
False Stements - If you make a false stement in any part of your applicion, you may not be hired; you may be fired after you begin work; or you may be subject to fine, imprisonment, or other disciplinary action.
Selective Service - If you are a male applicant born after December 31, 1959, you must certify th you have registered with the Selective Service System or are exempt from having to do so under the Selective Service Law.
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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
Help
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.
How you evalued
You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above.
Only experience obtained by the 11:59pm EST on the closing de 05/14/2026 of this announcement
After this announcement closes:
An HR Specialist will review your resume and supporting (required) documention.
Applicants found minimally qualified referred to an Executive Resources Board (ERB).
The ERB will evalue applicions to determine the best qualified applicants for referral to the hiring official.
The hiring official may contact applicants to participe in an interview. Interviews may be in a virtual setting or in person DOJ offices.
The hiring official will make a selection, which must be approved by CRT's Assistant Attorney General.
The selectee will receive a tentive offer from the agency; however, before an agency can appoint a new SES member, the selected individual subject further evaluion through a structured interview by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualificions Review Board (QRB) as required by law. OPM must review the executive qualificions of each new career appointee to the SES prior to appointment.
NOTE: You MUST address all MTQs as required above, but do not need to address the ECQs if you:
Are currently serving under a career SES appointment;
Are eligible for reinstement into the SES; or
Have successfully completed a SES Candide Development Program and been certified by Office of Personnel Management (OPM).
Proof of Qualificions Review Board (QRB) certificion must be provided in your applicion.
Benefits
Help
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To be considered for this position, you must provide a complete applicion package in the form outlined in this job announcement. Applicions th do not include all of the required documents or exceed the 2 page resume requirement will not be
- A comprehensive 2 page resume th includes the name of the college or university, and month and year, from which you obtained your J.D.
Your resume must clearly demonstre your leadership abilities by addressing the ECQs and MTQs.
- Recent SF-50 th shows Official Title, Grade Level, Stus
- Certificion of OPM QRB approval (for gradues of SES Candide Development Programs)
- Other supporting documention as required.
- Transcripts
- Proof of active bar
Applicants who fail to submit all informion as described in this job announcement WILL NOT receive considerion for this position.
It is highly encouraged th applicants submit their most recent performance appraisal.
DO NOT SUBMIT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION : Extraneous merials not requested in this job announcement will not be
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Failure to submit a complete applicion (resume and all supporting documents) by 11:59 pm Eastern Standard Time (EST) on 05/14/2026 may result in an ineligible ring and loss of considerion. Please follow all instructions carefully as missing applicion informion will not be requested. It is your responsibility to ensure your responses and approprie documention is submitted prior to the closing de.
If more than one resume is received, only the last resume submitted reviewed.
Note: To check the stus of your applicion or return to a previous or incomplete applicion, log into your USAJOBS account: select Applicion Stus and click on the more informion link under the applicion stus for this position.
The Details page will display the stus of your applicion, the documention received and processed, and any correspondence the agency has sent reled to this applicion. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process.
To return to an incomplete applicion, log into your USAJOBS account and click Upde Applicion in the vacancy announcement. You must re-select your resume and/or other documents from your USAJOBS account or your applicion incomplete.
Do not email or send hard copy resumes/applicions to the Contact Informion or Agency Informion listed in this vacancy announcement. All resumes/applicions received the addresses listed in the Contact Informion or Agency Informion destroyed and will not be considered for this vacancy announcement.
You are encouraged to apply online. Applying online will allow you to review and track the stus of your applicion. If you are unable to apply online, you must request an alternive method to apply from the Human Resources Office. Please contact Civil Rights Division ....
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Diane Turner
...
Address
Civil Rights Division
950 Pennsylvania Ave. NW
Washington, DC 20530
US
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An Executive Resources Board (ERB) will conduct a review of your qualificions and determine your ranking. The best qualified candides referred to a hiring committee for further considerion and possible interview.
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Required Documents
Help
To be considered for this position, you must provide a complete applicion package in the form outlined in this job announcement. Applicions th do not include all of the required documents or exceed the 2 page resume requirement will not be
- A comprehensive 2 page resume th includes the name of the college or university, and month and year, from which you obtained your J.D.
Your resume must clearly demonstre your leadership abilities by addressing the ECQs and MTQs.
- Recent SF-50 th shows Official Title, Grade Level, Stus
- Certificion of OPM QRB approval (for gradues of SES Candide Development Programs)
- Other supporting documention as required.
- Transcripts
- Proof of active bar
Applicants who fail to submit all informion as described in this job announcement WILL NOT receive considerion for this position.
It is highly encouraged th applicants submit their most recent performance appraisal.
DO NOT SUBMIT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION : Extraneous merials not requested in this job announcement will not be
How to Apply
Help
To begin the process, click the Apply Online button to cree an account or log in to your existing USAJOBS account.
Failure to submit a complete applicion (resume and all supporting documents) by 11:59 pm Eastern Standard Time (EST) on 05/14/2026 may result in an ineligible ring and loss of considerion. Please follow all instructions carefully as missing applicion informion will not be requested. It is your responsibility to ensure your responses and approprie documention is submitted prior to the closing de.
If more than one resume is received, only the last resume submitted reviewed.
Note: To check the stus of your applicion or return to a previous or incomplete applicion, log into your USAJOBS account: select Applicion Stus and click on the more informion link under the applicion stus for this position.
The Details page will display the stus of your applicion, the documention received and processed, and any correspondence the agency has sent reled to this applicion. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process.
To return to an incomplete applicion, log into your USAJOBS account and click Upde Applicion in the vacancy announcement. You must re-select your resume and/or other documents from your USAJOBS account or your applicion incomplete.
Do not email or send hard copy resumes/applicions to the Contact Informion or Agency Informion listed in this vacancy announcement. All resumes/applicions received the addresses listed in the Contact Informion or Agency Informion destroyed and will not be considered for this vacancy announcement.
You are encouraged to apply online. Applying online will allow you to review and track the stus of your applicion. If you are unable to apply online, you must request an alternive method to apply from the Human Resources Office. Please contact Civil Rights Division ....
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Agency contact informion
Diane Turner
...
Address
Civil Rights Division
950 Pennsylvania Ave. NW
Washington, DC 20530
US
Next steps
An Executive Resources Board (ERB) will conduct a review of your qualificions and determine your ranking. The best qualified candides referred to a hiring committee for further considerion and possible interview.
Expand Hide next steps
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 04/29/2026 to 05/14/2026 Salary $151,661 - $228,000 per year Pay scale & grade ES 00 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Washington, DC 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 Senior Executive Promotion potential None Job family (Series) Supervisory stus Yes Security clearance Drug test Yes Position sensitivity and risk Trust determinion process Financial disclosure Bargaining unit stus Announcement number 26-CRT-SES-004 Control number 867144700
Job ID: 519779145
Originally Posted on: 5/3/2026
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