Total 197 Others job vacancies in Berklee College of Music - Boston

As a Trial Attorney in the Office of the General Counsel (OGC), you will serve as the Litigation, Enforcement and Adjudication’s (Litigation) subject matter expert (SME) in labor and employment matters, including those that could pose a litigation risk to the agency. Responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

• Representing the agency before the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).
• Providing legal counsel to the agency on complex aspects of employment and labor law and represents the agency in employment and labor litigation matters.
• Conducting research into the law, analyzes and reviews or prepares briefs and pleadings for important cases in the United States District Courts, MSPB, EEOC, FLRA and its FSIP in which the Commission is a party.
• Representing the Commission as a trial attorney in complex and sensitive court proceedings, trials, hearings, arbitrations, and mediations concerning all facets of federal labor and employment laws before Administrative Judges of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB), Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA), and federal and district courts.
• Developing case strategy, tactics and presents arguments effectively from the initial complaint or charge through the conclusion of the administrative hearing, court and/or appeals processes.
• Analyzing litigation risk cases to determine the advisability of Commission participation as amicus curiae and, when appropriate, prepares necessary briefs and may argue cases.
• Consulting with management and the Division of Administration in matters arising under labor and employment law.
• Developing case strategy, briefing, and arguing cases in the federal district courts and courts of appeals in which the Commission is a party or amicus. Experience with litigation under the Administrative Procedure Act is preferred;
• Reviewing and providing legal analysis on proposed litigation under the CEA and Regulations;
• Researching and analyzing applicable statutes, regulations and case law involving complex and sometimes novel legal theories and advising the Commission of the same;
• Drafting memoranda and pleadings involving legal issues in CFTC cases in the federal courts and administrative forums.
• Analyzing outside litigation to determine impact on the CFTC and/or the advisability of the Commission’s participation as amicus curiae.
• Advising the Commission on appeals from its administrative adjudications program; includes reviewing the record and pertinent case law and recommending a course of action, drafting final orders and opinions at the direction of the Commission.
• Advising the Commission with regard to issues involving privilege, cost-benefit analyses, and subpoenas.
• Working with other divisions within the CFTC to ensure accuracy and coordinate substantive presentations during litigation.
• Responding to substantive and procedural novel and complex questions within the agency concerning the CEA and regulations promulgated thereunder and interpreting and analyzing laws and regulations, court rulings, precedents, and legislative changes that impact CFTC’s programs and operations.
• Filing proofs of claim and objecting to discharge in bankruptcy matters.
• Reviewing agency policies, regulations, and procedures to ensure they are legally and administratively sound and effective in operation.

• Serves as administrative law attorney advisor for the Joint Task Force – National Capital Region (JTF-NCR) and US Army Military District of Washington (MDW), Office of the Staff Judge Advocate.
• Prepares legal opinions on questions of law pertaining to the operation of the military installation.
• Issues regularly involve complex and difficult legal or factual questions because of the absence of clearly applicable precedents due to the newness of the program and require a high order of original and creative legal endeavor.
• Provides oral and written advice concerning General Administrative Law, Garrison Legal Advisor, Ethics, National Security Law, and Labor Law.
• Maintains contact with local, state, and federal law enforcement personnel, judicial officers, and civilian courts, lawyers, officials, and bar associations.
• Incumbent must ensure that the command satisfies applicable laws, including fiscal laws and regulations, when it engages in its support requirements for ceremonies and special events.
• Responsible for a variety of complex legal issues arising within the command, and other issues arising in support of executive agents for DA and DOD functions.
• Provides ethics counseling and legal advice on all standards of conduct issues to all personnel, directorates and organizations, and provides formal policy guidance to the Staff Judge Advocate.
• Advises on rules for military support and assistance to civil authorities, homeland defense, use of force and other legal issues related to domestic operations.
• Provides oral and written advice concerning civilian personnel law, employment discrimination law, and all labor relations matters.
• Represents DA as a trial attorney before arbitrators, investigators and administrative judges from various agencies.
• Conducts all aspects of pre-hearing preparation, including legal research, preparation of briefs, motions, and requests for discovery, examination of witnesses, and negotiation of settlements.

As a General Engineer/Physical Scientist you will:

• Provide technical oversight and direction, act as a principal contributor, or organize and accomplish program segments and/or team projects.
• Anticipate, investigate, evaluate, and resolve problems and conditions affecting quality, scheduling, budgeting, or progress.
• Analyze, evaluate, confer on, and coordinate engineering, design, and construction work performed by other engineers, architects, and contractors.
• Coordinate and oversee engineering and scientific aspects of operations related projects and/or program segments.
• Evaluate, oversee, direct, or advise contracted work to ensure quality and compliance with plans, designs, and specifications.
• Formulate, execute, advise on, explain recommendations or solutions that modify standard practices, equipment, devices, processes, and techniques and resolve complex scientific or engineering problems.

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The Head of Reference Services in the Hispanic Reading Room is responsible for the day-to-day operation of the Section, supervising the staff, and serving as a lead reference in matters dealing with the countries, languages, and regions within the Section's geographic areas of responsibility. Under the guidance of the Division Chief, the incumbent assures the provision of timely and accurate reference service to the Congress and other Library patrons, directs the development and maintenance of the Library's collections pertaining to the region, facilitates access to these collections for scholars, researchers, and others worldwide, and manages the development of digital technology to advance the Section's goals. 

The incumbent plans and produces educational programs, exhibits, seminars, and colloquia to bring attention to research developments and collections of interest to scholars and the general public. The incumbent may be responsible for cultivating relations with potential donors, securing funds for new initiatives, acquiring new collections, and establishing new services. In addition, the incumbent may also be assigned to perform general administrative duties for the division and to serve in lieu of the chief as required. 

Supervises the work of the Section's staff. Plans the work of the Section, including formulating goals and objectives and identifying opportunities for improvements in methods and procedures. Supervises and participates in the preparation of reports, translations, bibliographies, exhibits, web pages and other information products of the Section.  Performs the administrative and human resource management functions relative to the staff supervised. Establishes guidelines and performance expectations for staff members, which are clearly communicated through the formal employee performance management system.

Plans, establishes, and directs a library reference program to provide information about the region. Oversees all reference service provided by the section's staff. On assignment, supervises staffing of the division's reading room and administers the policies and regulations concerning security and access to the collections.  Collaborates with other Library staff and outside partners in the U.S. and abroad in developing and providing access to library resources through the web and by other means.

Makes significant recommendations to change, interpret, or develop important or innovative policies affecting the process and funding of acquisitions from and relating to the area of the section's responsibility.  Oversees staff making authoritative recommendations for the acquisition of material in all languages, formats, and subjects of relevance to the study of the region, including legal, audiovisual, and electronic items.

Plans and produces public programs, exhibits, seminars, and colloquia on the region, bringing attention to research developments and collections of interest to both scholars and the general public. Under the guidance of the Division Chief, may be responsible for cultivating relations with potential donors and securing funds for acquisitions, public programs, exhibits, and other activities related to the section's geographic area.

Reviews and analyzes major issues in information research and dissemination as they apply to providing information about the region. Provides highly specialized research for the use of Congressional clients, the courts, national security agencies and other researchers inside and outside the Library.

Performs various other duties as assigned.

Directs the work of subordinate employees at the organizational unit level. Provides leadership, direction and guidance in the management and execution of organized objectives. Work includes routine project/program tasks based on established policies, procedures and guidelines. Managerial routine duties affect employees in one organizational unit and include setting priorities, assigning tasks, monitoring and evaluating performance, coaching and developing employee capabilities, approving leave and taking or recommending corrective/disciplinary action as appropriate.

Uses assigned budget, staff and other resources to accomplish project/program objectives. Manages budget and requests additional resources as needed. Contributes to the budget planning process and projects short-term future needs. Applies comprehensive knowledge of the technical aspects of the work directed and detailed understanding of the objectives of the organizational unit.

Performs professional engineering and/or project management work that could be local, limited to one Service Area or be national focused. Applies both engineering and management principles and practices while maintaining schedules of review and formulating policy and operation procedures.

Established guidelines, policies, and procedures typically govern work. Resolves routine problems independently, but consults with higher-level management when existing guidelines are not available or applicable to complex problems.

Individual and organization performance is typically reviewed periodically by higher level management, often through status reports and organizational performance measures to ensure timeliness, policy compliance and alignment with project/program objectives.

Work activities typically impact directly on the objectives of the organizational unit.

• You will provide utilities infrastructure management and serve as the technical authority for utilities water commodity at NAVFAC HQ.
• You will work with Operations representatives from the Public Works Business Line's four major Product lines: Facility Sustainment, FSC Management and Facilities Services, Utilities and Energy Management and Transportation.
• You will develop policy and guidance for effective utility commodity (water and infrastructure) management and for leading the resolution of enterprise-wide utility operational issues.
• You will serve as the technical subject matter expert for utilities issues and will be expected to respond to inquiries from Congress, OSD, OASN, HWMC, and CNIC.
• You will conduct program assessments, develop strategies, reviews business case studies, and evaluate process improvements to reduce cost and improve business processes.

• You will perform duties as a surface Ship Design Manager to execute and enforce technical authority for mission packages during design, construction, testing, and operations.
• You will act as the lead Systems Engineer for the ship project providing systems engineering and design support to the points of contact through design, production/construction, and support.
• You will assess, identify risks for material, concepts and systems, provide timely solutions or options that are coordinated with others internal and external to the organization.
• You will support senior leadership with subject area functions and briefs as required.
• You will develop, integrate, and evaluate surface ship designs and related warfare mission subsystems, as well as their incorporation into ship construction processes.
• You will advise others based on your experience working with acquisition processes, programmatic authorities, conducting engineering studies, developing technically acceptable options, identifying risks and risk mitigation plans.

• The duties described are for the full-performance level. At developmental grade levels, assignments will be of more limited scope, performed with less independence and limited complexity.
• The duties may include, but are not limited to:
• Attends board meetings for assigned programs; and often times these meetings cover controversial and precedent-setting issues.
• Reviews board marketing communications, and research and education studies/projects submitted for the Secretary’s approval to ensure compliance with statutory, regulatory and Department policy requirement.
• Receives and processes board member nominations and related information, and prepares a list of nominees for submission to the Secretary for appointment to a commodity promotion board.
• Prepares notice and comment rulemaking for proposed commodity promotion programs and amendments to current programs.
• Monitors board enforcement activities to ensure that they are effective and impartial and the proprietary information is not disclosed.

• Acting as in-house counsel in litigation of cases and appeals in Federal Civil and Bankruptcy Courts, including drafting litigation strategy memos and pleadings, interviewing witnesses, conducting depositions, and negotiating with opposing parties.
• Provides written and oral legal advice to USDA officials in connection with the day-to-day operations of their programs.
• Conducts legal research to ensure that advice provided is based upon a sound understanding of the law and facts, anticipates foreseeable consequences of advice provided, and recommends actions that are legally sound and defensible.
• Advising on commercial transaction matters involving secured property interests and other real estate issues for USDA agencies including reviewing and preparing various legal documents and advising on account servicing.
• Recommends actions to ensure that decisions made, and actions taken are practical, effective, and legally sound and defensible.
• Reviews and prepares various kinds of legal documents for general and specific use, including documents related to contracts, real property transactions, and other commercial transactions.

• Lead a team of attorneys in trade law and foreign agricultural affairs to provide legal services to Department agencies, including the Foreign Agricultural Service
• Represent the USDA in international disputes under various authorities, including the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement and World Trade Organization agreements.
• Represent the client Agency in administrative proceedings, judicial litigation, and international negotiations, disputes, arbitrations, and represent the client Agency and USDA in interactions with other Federal agencies.
• Provide expert advice and assistance and leadership for representation of the Department with the United States Trade Representative, Department of State, Office of Management and Budget, Department of Justice, and Congressional committees.
• Independently draft legal documents including briefs, memorandums, and reports that describe and analyze complex trade and foreign agricultural affairs issues.
• Partner with USDA agencies to assess their goals and objectives and provide counsel on legal sufficiency of potential solutions.
• Lead legal teams on integrating best practices; enabling legal counsel on legal matters; providing litigation support to a variety of clients; and rendering actionable advice to senior USDA legal and non-legal leaders.
• Mentor junior attorneys in subject matter areas of practice.
• Provide training to OGC and agency client personnel in areas of practice.

The candidate selected for this position will:

• Support OGC’s mission by providing representation, legal advice and counsel for the Director, the Corporation, and its constituents on employment law issues such as employment and personnel, labor management relations (including collective bargaining), and equal employment opportunity matters.
• Oversee internal investigations of alleged violations of laws, regulations, or policies in anticipation of litigation.
• Investigate facts, research issues, review pertinent laws, legal opinions and precedents, and draft memoranda on sensitive matters, outlining cases and explaining and justifying the application of legal principles, recommendations, and conclusions.
• Prepare cases for litigation including drafting all motions, memoranda, briefs and other pleadings stating the facts, analyzing the legal issues, identifying policy concerns, and justifying the legal action.

A General Attorney is expected to complete assignments in accordance with deadlines and expectations provided by the General Counsel and Senior Counsel in the area of General law. The attorney is expected to handle routine assignments independently and, when necessary, seek guidance and advice from a more senior attorney. This position will provide advice on a variety of administrative legal matters typically experienced by a federal agency, which may include: contracts and procurement, employment law, Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), the Privacy Act of 1974, the E-Government Act of 2002, the Federal Records Act of 1950, and the Sunshine Act, as well as the applicability of Executive Orders or other laws or compliance documents to the Commission.

A General Attorney, PRC-4:

• In coordination with and at the direction of the General Counsel or the Senior Counsel provides legal advice to the Commission (including Chairman, Commissioners, Secretary, other Office Heads and employees) relevant to the Commission's statutory responsibilities and other federal laws, guidance and policy.
• Reviews draft documents developed by staff, including rules and regulations, resolutions, policies and other legal or quasi-legal papers; approves legality and form of such writings, in areas of assigned responsibilities
• Reviews proposed legislation, as well as draft Commission responses to inquiries from Congress, members of the public and other interested parties
• Coordinates and/or prepares written and oral reports (e.g., Annual Report) based on legal research and technical analyses as may be required to fulfill the Commission's responsibilities within areas assigned
• Works collaboratively with all Commission offices within areas assigned
• Works with Commission offices to ensure the legal sufficiency of responses to the inquiries from Congress and members of the public
• Works collaboratively with all Commission offices to develop, review and make recommendations on policies with respect to legal sufficiency and consistency.