# **Counsel, Law & Policy**
Division/Office:
Legal - Law & Policy
Closing date:
Nov. 2, 2022
Location:
Washington, DC
Grades:
60, 71
Salary:
$117,876–240,000
Who may apply:
Open to All US Citizens (Excepted service – Term Only)
#### **Summary**
This is a Term position in the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB),
Legal Division. The incumbent serves as an Attorney-Advisor and performs
duties in the Legal Division's Office of Law & Policy. The incumbent will
advise the Director and Bureau components on the Bureau's authorities and
jurisdiction, the interpretation of Federal consumer financial statutes and
regulations, and matters of administrative law.
#### **Responsibilities**
The following are the duties of this position at the CN-71, broadly equivalent
to the GS-15. If you are selected at a lower grade level, you will have the
opportunity to learn to perform all these duties and will receive training to
help you grow in this position.
* As a senior attorney in the Legal Division, the incumbent provides expert legal interpretations on extremely complex issues and the most difficult legal matters. Assignments often involve the review and interpretation of legal issues that have exceptional breadth and intensity of effort, are ambiguous or involve conflicting or incompatible goals and objectives requiring extensive interpretation.
* Leads and manages complex, cross-cutting matters and projects, working independently or with minimal guidance. Leads and coordinates teams of attorneys and support staff to research and analyze the legal questions described relevant to the assigned work.
* In the most complex matters under the guidance of management, researches and provides written and/or oral analyses to answer legal questions and address issues relating to constitutional and administrative law, consumer finance law, the Dodd-Frank Act, and other laws and regulations arising out of the CFPB's exercise of its rulemaking, supervisory, enforcement, and other authorities.
* In the most complex matters under the guidance of management, reviews rulemaking and other documents, researches and provides written and/or oral analyses to answer questions regarding the effects of provisions of proposed legislation, or proposed changes in agency policies or regulations.
* Demonstrates good judgment and appears independently on behalf of the Legal Division in meetings with high-level Bureau officials and interactions with internal and external parties, including meetings where the Director and stakeholders are not in alignment on novel, most complex, cross-cutting issues.
**Travel Required**
* Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel 1-5 nights per month for this position.
**Promotion Potential**
* 71
**Supervisory Status**
* No