Total 282 Legal / Public / Security job vacancies in united states of america

As a Personnel Security Specialist you will provide a wide range of security support services across the entire Domestic and International security division in the areas of information, personnel, physical, and communications security. The Personnel Security Specialist:

• Reviewing and processing documents for background investigations.
• Reviewing security packages and identifying if all required background investigation documents have been submitted.
• Reviewing the status of investigations and updating into a personnel security database; Accessing and Initiating background investigations within an electronic system.
• Sponsoring individuals for fingerprinting through the use of an electronic system.
• Maintaining current background investigation records and security clearance files.
• Maintaining office files to verify personnel security clearances, investigations and security documents in accordance with agency policies and regulation; experience with adjudications to determine the fitness and suitability of candidates.
• Processing Personal Identity Verification (PIV) cards in compliance with HSPD-12 standards.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

This Case Management Assistant position is located Direct Reports, Civil Rights and Liberties, Ombudsman and Traveler Engagement, Transportation Security Administration, Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Duties include but are not limited to:

• Using detailed knowledge and experience, accesses the redress case management database to process and track redress applications from the traveling public, and reviews incoming applications for completeness ensuring that they are referred to the correct partner organization for analysis.
• Assists supervisor in researching and obtaining information to prepare findings, review plans and special studies.
• Prepares a wide variety of recurring and nonrecurring reports and other documents and reviews/finalizes documents prepared by others.
• Carries out administrative support functions including organizational inbox management and file maintenance. Incumbent plans and coordinates the work of the office.
• Composes and reviews outgoing correspondence and action papers submitted to ensure that the materiel is properly prepared, coordination is completed, procedural requirements have been met, grammar is correct, and security markings are correctly applied.

APPLICATION LIMIT: This vacancy announcement is limited to the first 50 applications received and will close at 11:59PM Eastern Time on the day that we receive the 50th application, or at 11:59PM Eastern Time on the listed closing date, whichever occurs first.  

We encourage you to read this entire vacancy announcement prior to submitting your application.

As a Supervisory Equal Opportunity Specialist, GS-0360-14, you will be responsible for:
• Provides team and program leadership in the planning and conduct of complaint investigations, compliance reviews, proactive enforcement activities, and the provision of technical assistance.
• Supervises and participates in the activities of the case resolution team, coordinates with other OCR teams, plans and assigns work, assures that quality and quantity requirements are met, evaluates performance, deals with officials of other units in the organization, advises management officials at higher levels on group complaints, effects disciplinary actions, recommends personnel actions, and promotes team building.
• Provides professional leadership and guidance to team members, state and institutional officials in conducting, extending and improving civil rights complaint investigation, compliance review, proactive enforcement and technical assistance activities. Provides leadership in establishing and maintaining positive relationships with customers including state officials, recipients, civil rights organizations, and education groups.
• Conducts extremely complex complaint investigations that are likely to result in major precedent-setting decisions and is responsible for each phase of the case through resolution. If enforcement is necessary, the Team Leader provides expert testimony in an administrative hearing or subsequent court actions.
• Reviews the allegations, identifies, analyzes and interprets considerable pertinent data, interviews witnesses, develops legal theories and investigative plans.

APPLICATION LIMIT: This vacancy announcement is limited to the first 50 applications received and will close at 11:59PM Eastern Time on the day that we receive the 50th application, or at 11:59PM Eastern Time on the listed closing date, whichever occurs first.  

We encourage you to read this entire vacancy announcement prior to submitting your application.

As a Supervisory General Attorney, GS-0905-14, you will be responsible for:
•    Ensuring that the team's complaint investigations, compliance reviews, and proactive enforcement activities are factually accurate and legally sound.
•    Providing professional leadership and guidance to team members in conducting, and improving civil rights complaint investigations, compliance review, proactive enforcement, and technical assistance activities.  
•    Providing legal guidance to the team on the analysis of evidence, investigative reports, resolution letters, and negotiated settlements.  
•    Planning and conducting complete on-site investigations.  
•    Conducting compliance reviews of selected recipient institutions with respect to the requirements of appropriate statues and regulations.

This Instructional Systems Specialist position is located Enterprise Support, Training & Development (T&D), Training Operation Division and Training Centers Division, Transportation Security Administration, Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Duties include but are not limited to:

• Serves as a principal technical expert providing professional advice and guidance on a variety of complex and time critical training-related issues. Ensures course learning objectives, organizational training requirements, and agency mission and goals are validated and incorporated into curriculum design process.
• Monitors the overall effectiveness of the instructional design programs for instructor led and web-based training programs that are based on the Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, and Evaluation (ADDIE) model. Applies professional skills and knowledge to develop innovative and effective solutions for evaluation issues and established T&D curriculum development standards and policy.
• Establishes, adjusts, or redefines curriculum development standards, develops quality control assessment tools and methodologies.
• Briefs and provides authoritative advice to the course sponsors, subject matter experts, headquarters, field managers, senior leadership, and represents the Division at meetings, conferences, and workshops relating to curriculum development and management; to include, related policy development, program responsibilities and operations.
• Implements a proactive planning strategy to ensure timely introduction of new or revised procedures, techniques, or operational concepts to achieve the mission requirements. Assesses and validates agency training needs through activities such as analyzing organizational performance data, consulting with program offices and subject matter experts, as well as conducting surveys, interviews, and focus groups with employees and instructors. Provides program offices and subject matter experts with continual feedback (utilizing all communication methods) regarding all aspects of the training program; and recommends cost-effective and learner-centric applications for the conduct of training.
• Collaborates with course sponsors, subject matter experts, headquarters and field managers, and senior leadership to determine the appropriate strategy and approach for deploying training to the target audience.
• Produces well defined and educationally sound, training products, interventions and supporting documentation as described in TSA Management Directives and established local policy and procedures.

This Instructional Systems Specialist position is located Enterprise Support, Training & Development (T&D), Training Operation Division and Training Centers Division, Transportation Security Administration, Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Duties include but are not limited to:

• Serves as a principal technical expert providing professional advice and guidance on a variety of complex and time critical training-related issues. Ensures course learning objectives, organizational training requirements, and agency mission and goals are validated and incorporated into curriculum design process.
• Monitors the overall effectiveness of the instructional design programs for instructor led and web-based training programs that are based on the Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, and Evaluation (ADDIE) model. Applies professional skills and knowledge to develop innovative and effective solutions for evaluation issues and established T&D curriculum development standards and policy.
• Establishes, adjusts, or redefines curriculum development standards, develops quality control assessment tools and methodologies.
• Briefs and provides authoritative advice to the course sponsors, subject matter experts, headquarters, field managers, senior leadership, and represents the Division at meetings, conferences, and workshops relating to curriculum development and management; to include, related policy development, program responsibilities and operations.
• Implements a proactive planning strategy to ensure timely introduction of new or revised procedures, techniques, or operational concepts to achieve the mission requirements. Assesses and validates agency training needs through activities such as analyzing organizational performance data, consulting with program offices and subject matter experts, as well as conducting surveys, interviews, and focus groups with employees and instructors. Provides program offices and subject matter experts with continual feedback (utilizing all communication methods) regarding all aspects of the training program; and recommends cost-effective and learner-centric applications for the conduct of training.
• Collaborates with course sponsors, subject matter experts, headquarters and field managers, and senior leadership to determine the appropriate strategy and approach for deploying training to the target audience.
• Produces well defined and educationally sound, training products, interventions and supporting documentation as described in TSA Management Directives and established local policy and procedures.

This position is located in the Intelligence Analysis Division, Intelligence Services Bureau, Protective and Intelligence Operations, United States Capitol Police. Provides assistance and/or performs work to facilitate actions for major segments of complex intelligence, investigative and analytical activities for a broad geographical area. Gathers sensitive evidence and intelligence information that aids and enhances the effectiveness and efficiency of the United States Capitol Police (USCP) protective security programs and services.

Plans, collects, and analyzes intelligence information from unclassified and classified sources while staying attentive to emerging intelligence sources and trends. Manages the collection of publicly available information in a given geographic region or a specific subject area to meet mission needs using Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) including mass media, the internet specialized journals, studies, conference proceedings, geospatial information and more. Provides support and assistance and/or evaluates and interprets incoming intelligence reports and other information vital to the success of the USCP protective and security programs.
Develops and maintains specialized databases, files, and records according to assignment.

Provides administrative support and/or performs comprehensive reviews, evaluations and manages complex intelligence information databases. Provides assistance and/or prepares special security reports and documents on a routine, continual basis.

The Personnel Security Specialist is responsible for the day-to-day activities of the Personnel Security Program. The position is very confidential, complex, and highly sensitive nature. The incumbent has responsibility of the Personal Identity Verification Program (PIV) which is a Government-wide identification standard for secure and reliable identity credentials issued by the Federal Government to its employees, contractors, affiliates, and volunteers. The PIV Program is required by Homeland Security Presidential Directive (HSPD) 12 and outlined in Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 201-2.

Duties include but are not limited to:

• Conducts security and suitability adjudications related to background investigations
• Reviews completed suitability investigations with the purpose of providing recommendations on pre-employment and continued employment considerations
• Determines the impact of potential adverse or derogatory information; exercises personal judgement and discretion to evaluate the nature of information received and recommends or takes appropriate action
• Maintains liaison with local agencies (police, criminal investigators, etc.,) to ensure timely record checks are conducted on personnel
• Notifies employees in a timely manner of requirements for initiation of periodic reinvestigations
• Ensures the personnel security program and the PIV program are in compliance with regulations
• Recommends or takes action on cases where the facts are not completely ascertained, or where there is contradictory evidence or incomplete, inconclusive or controversial material
• Reviews results and makes decisions concerning the adjudication of all Special Agreement Checks (SACs) and Tiered investigations received from OPM
• Drafts and issues Proposed Action Letters (PALs) and Final Action Letters (FALs) to applicants and appointees whose investigative results contain actionable suitability information
• Notifies proper management officials when pertinent suitability information appears in investigative reports
• Follows up on personnel security cases with issues. Analyzes information and provides a variety of reports for review at all levels
• Monitors, documents and evaluates security processes to ascertain trends and makes recommendations for appropriate corrective action
• Implements policies and procedures for the Personnel Security Program
• Ensures that the program meets all legal and mandatory requirements and that all agency regulatory requirements are followed
• Provides technical guidance and advice on matters pertaining to personnel security
• Maintains all appropriate VA Handbooks, Manuals, Directives, Circulars, and Bulletins regarding the security and suitability program
• Processes andoversees the submission of higher-level investigations to the VA-Adjudication Center (VA-AC)
• Monitors the oversight of the Electronic Questionnaires for Investigations Processing (e-QIP) system
• Tracks the date released and follows up with the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to ensure timely closure for all cases (SACs, NACls, MBls, and BIs)
• Performs audits and spot checks the Employee's Official Personnel Folders (e-OPF's) to review for compliance with personnel security related documents
• Works with the Consolidated Classification Unit (CCU) to ensure that all position descriptions have appropriate risk level as determined by Position Designation Tool (PDT)
• Works with Staffing and Processing and Records Section to ensure each position has the appropriate risk and sensitivity level designated in HR SMART
• Ensures that security activities are in accordance with ADP security policies

Job Responsibilities:

• Manage and oversee all secretarial functions of OCIM SDN BHD, ensuring compliance with regulatory and corporate governance requirements.
• Coordinate the preparation and filing of statutory documents and returns to the relevant authorities.
• Prepare accurate and detailed minutes of Board meetings, annual general meetings, and other corporate meetings.
• Maintain corporate records, including registers of shareholders, directors, and other statutory documents, ensuring they are up to date and compliant with applicable regulations.
• Assist senior management and the Board in implementing corporate governance policies and best practices.
• Provide administrative support for corporate meetings, including scheduling, agenda preparation, and follow-up actions.
• Stay informed about changes in corporate laws and regulations impacting the organization, providing guidance to the company as needed.
• Collaborate with internal departments to ensure alignment with corporate governance practices and compliance standards.
• Develop training materials and provide guidance to staff on corporate governance and secretarial practices.

Job Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Law, Business Administration, or a related field; a professional qualification in company secretarial practice is advantageous.
• Minimum of 5-7 years of experience in a company secretarial role or corporate governance function.
• Strong understanding of corporate governance principles, company law, and regulations.
• Excellent organizational and time management skills with meticulous attention to detail.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to convey complex information succinctly.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and projects efficiently in a dynamic environment.
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams.
• Fluency in English and Bahasa Malaysia; proficiency in other languages is a plus.
• Demonstrated integrity and discretion in handling confidential information.

Job Responsibilities:

• Lead the legal and secretarial functions for OCIM SDN BHD, providing strategic direction and oversight in all legal matters.
• Ensure the company complies with all regulatory requirements and maintains the highest standards of corporate governance.
• Advise senior management and the Board of Directors on legal risks, corporate governance issues, and related matters.
• Draft, negotiate, and review a wide range of contracts and legal documents to protect the company's interests.
• Manage the company's corporate records, filings, and compliance with statutory obligations.
• Oversee the preparation of minutes for Board meetings, annual general meetings, and other corporate meetings.
• Monitor regulatory changes and ensure the company adapts its processes accordingly to mitigate risk.
• Develop training programs on legal compliance and corporate governance for staff and management.
• Coordinate with external legal advisors and manage relationships to ensure effective legal representation.
• Lead and manage the legal department's team, fostering a culture of excellence and continuous improvement.

Job Requirements:

• Law degree (LLB) and a valid license to practice law.
• Minimum of 10 years of legal experience, with at least 5 years in a managerial role, preferably in corporate law or with a focus on governance and compliance.
• Extensive knowledge of legal principles, corporate regulations, and best practices for corporate governance.
• Exceptional drafting and negotiation skills, with the ability to handle complex legal documents.
• Strong strategic thinking and problem-solving skills, with a high level of integrity and professionalism.
• Excellent communication and leadership skills, capable of influencing and advising senior stakeholders.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and projects effectively in a fast-paced environment.
• Fluency in English and Bahasa Malaysia; proficiency in other languages is an advantage.
• Demonstrated ability to manage confidential information discreetly and effectively.

Job Responsibilities:

• Provide legal support and counsel to the company on a wide range of legal issues, including contracts, regulatory compliance, and corporate governance.
• Draft, review, and negotiate various legal documents, including contracts, agreements, and policies to safeguard the company’s interests.
• Advise management on legal risks and implications associated with business decisions and transactions.
• Ensure compliance with relevant laws and regulations across all business operations and advise on regulatory changes impacting the company.
• Assist in managing legal disputes and litigation, coordinating with external legal counsel as necessary.
• Conduct legal research and analysis to support the company's strategic objectives and decision-making process.
• Participate in the development and training of staff on legal compliance and company policies.
• Collaborate with various departments to facilitate legal strategies and initiatives that align with business goals.
• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of legal best practices, industry trends, and regulatory developments.

Job Requirements:

• Law degree (LLB) with a valid license to practice law.
• Minimum of 5-7 years of relevant legal experience, preferably in a corporate legal environment.
• Strong understanding of contract law, corporate governance, and compliance regulations.
• Exceptional legal drafting and negotiation skills.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities, with a keen eye for detail.
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to convey complex legal concepts clearly to non-legal stakeholders.
• Ability to work effectively under pressure and manage multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Strong interpersonal skills with a collaborative approach to working with teams across the organization.
• Fluency in English and Bahasa Malaysia; proficiency in additional languages is a plus.

• Manages the planning, coordinating, conducting, and reporting of a full range of criminal investigations.
• Serves as the technical and programmatic OIG liaison with Federal Prosecutive and investigative offices for special investigations of an extremely complex and sensitive nature.
• Oversee and coordinate special multi-jurisdictional investigations with high programmatic and/or national impact.
• Oversee and coordinate cases which may involve key executive officials of this Agency, other agencies or departments, and State, county, or local governments.
• Directs and coordinates in-depth reviews and evaluations of criminal investigations and program operations.
• Manages a continuing program for the training and professional development of the criminal investigators and analysts.

As a Senior Advisor for Business Operations, your typical work assignments may include:

• Providing expert advice, consultation, and assistance to the Administrator on high priority agency-wide policy matters relating to business operations in the areas of budget, contracts, facilities, resource management/appropriations, human resources, congress, public affairs, and information technology.
• Assessing the effectiveness of program and policy oversight, taking corrective action ensuring consistency with the DEA's goals, objectives and policies.
• Evaluating current policies and programs, recommending appropriate actions, and providing continuous review, updates, and analysis of policies, and standard operating procedures related to the business operations of DEA.
• Synthesize a large amount of data and information to effectively present this information to the Administrator for review.
• Representing the DEA and the Administrator in internal and interagency meetings related to business operations.

Organizational Location: This position is located in the Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Office of Assets and Facilities Management, in Anywhere in the U.S. (remote job).


As a Program Manager-Deputy Unit Chief, at the full performance level you will perform the following duties:

• Directs an organization responsible for a variety of diverse programs and/or services;
• Plans, directs, coordinates, controls and evaluates the activities of subordinate organizations;
• Determines goals and objectives that need additional emphasis;
• Makes recommendations for program improvement.

Press Content Development

• Writes, publishes, reviews, and measures the success of press releases on AmeriCorps.gov (Drupal), advisories, social media, and other relevant materials, aligning plans with agency goals and objectives as directed by the Press Secretary.
• Writes briefing memos for senior leaders for upcoming interviews. Contributes to the strategic development and production of media materials.
• Provides CEO and senior leadership with regular updates on press activity, press production, crisis response, and CEO social media.
• Organizes the press editorial calendar.
• Consults with managers and specialists in the Office of Communications and Marketing to provide media expertise, strategic direction and approaches, and assistance with other mission-related tasks.
• Stays abreast of the latest trends for effective media relations and communication to targeted audiences, focusing on strategies to increase visibility for the work supported by AmeriCorps.

• Manages day-to-day press and media outreach to cultivate and sustain partnerships, including managing the press inbox, responding to inquiries, and scheduling and staffing leaders for interviews.
• Coordinates media and public affairs requests, including interviews and filming inquiries.
• Monitors and reviews all media coverage and public engagement events which includes occasional weekend and evening support for senior leadership when there are interviews, media events or press conferences.
• Cultivates relationships with media representatives, bookers, and outlets, proactively seeking out new media partnership opportunities.
• Strategically pitches agency or program-specific stories to TV, radio, print news outlets and journalists that result in media coverage. Implements policies and procedures outlined by the Press Secretary for media relations activities, including maintaining current media contact lists in agency CRM and media monitoring tool (Meltwater).
• Supports the Press Secretary in managing the public face of AmeriCorps, ensuring that the agency brand is represented consistently and correctly across all media outlets.
• Serves as on-the-record spokesperson for the agency in the absence of the Press Secretary. Performs other duties as assigned.