Legal Instructor

Qualifications

EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS: (OPM Operating Manual, Qualification Standards - Training Instruction Series 1712 Individual Occupational Requirements and Group Coverage Qualification Standard for Administrative and Management Positions)

Basic Education Requirements: Bachelor's degree or higher that included or was supplemented by major study in a subject-matter field appropriate to this position; OR

Combination of education and experience -- courses equivalent to in a subject-matter field appropriate to the position, plus appropriate experience or additional course work that provided knowledge comparable to that normally acquired through the successful completion of the 4-year course of study described above.

GS-12 Grade Level:: In addition to the basic education requirements mentioned above, the applicant must have one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-11 grade level that includes: (1) Providing instructions on law enforcement; criminal prosecution and/or criminal defense to law enforcement personnel; (2) preparing or developing course outlines and lesson plan materials; and (3) reviewing curriculum for revision due to course content or training requirements changes.

All qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement.

Additional selections may be made from this announcement if identical vacancies occur in the same location within 90 days from the closing date.

Education

If you are qualifying based on your education, you MUST provide transcripts or other documentation to support your educational claims. Unless otherwise stated: (1) official or unofficial transcripts are acceptable, or (2) you may submit a list with all of your courses, grades, semester, year, and credit for the course. All materials must be submitted by the closing date of the announcement.

If more than 10 percent of your undergraduate course work (credit hours) were taken on a pass/fail basis, your claim of superior academic achievement must be based upon class standing or membership in an honor society.

One academic year of graduate education is considered to be the number of credits hours your graduate school has determined to represent one academic year of full-time study. Such study may have been performed on a full-time or part-time basis. If you cannot obtain your graduate school's definition of one year of graduate study, 18 semester hours (or 27 quarter hours) should be considered as satisfying the requirement for one year of full-time graduate study.

If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education which shows the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit: https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html

As Instructor (Legal), GS-1701, your typical work assignments may include, but not limited to:

Identifying training program needs, development and revision of legal training materials related to law enforcement in Indian Country.

Instructing classes and conducts practical evaluations according to pre-established lesson plans/course outlines in such a manner that the students achieve the course objectives.

Monitoring and evaluating the performance of students participating in classroom, laboratory, practical exercises, and academic/remedial examinations.

Is assigned duties as class coordinator for on-site and field training programs. These duties include supervising students, class scheduling, class evaluation, and all areas of logistics involved in conducting a law enforcement training program.

Serving on all curriculum review committees, which will involve making oral and written presentation in a clear and concise manner. Make recommendations on subject matter issues and time allotments for each area of instruction.

$89,508 - $116,362 per year