Chief, Healthcare and Consumer Products Section

The mission of the Antitrust Division is to promote competition by enforcing the antitrust laws to protect economic freedom and opportunity on behalf of the American people.

One of the important ways in which the Division accomplishes these goals is through litigation.

The Division’s work includes unparalleled collaboration and coordination with federal enforcers, regulators, law enforcement agencies, state attorneys general, and foreign antitrust enforcement agencies. To qualify, you must meet the basic educational requirements.

A. Law degree (J.D. or LL. B) from a law school accredited by the American Bar Association.
AND
B. Bar Membership: Be active member in good standing of a State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or territory of the United States.

IMPORTANT: Applicants are responsible for citing J.D. and bar membership information (institution name, state(s) for bar, and dates) on their respective resumes. Applicants who possess an equivalent degree rather than J.D., may be subject to additional review. This position is in the Civil Program of the Antitrust Division (ATR) of the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C. The incumbent serves as Chief, Healthcare and Consumer Products Section (HCP) reporting directly to the Director of Civil Enforcement. The HCP is responsible for civil antitrust enforcement (both merger and conduct) in healthcare, health insurance, insurance, and, among other additional industries, appliances, beer, bread, cosmetics, hair care, dairy, food products, and pulp, paper, and timber. The incumbent provides executive leadership and supports ATR’s Civil Enforcement Program responsible for all phases of the civil enforcement process – pre-complaint investigation, litigation, trial and settlement.

Major duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Serves as an expert consultant supervising assistant chiefs, attorneys, staffs and management officials on investigation, preparation, and trial of cases under the federal antitrust laws pertinent to applicable section matters. This includes advising senior management officials as to the position to be taken by ATR and the Department in antitrust matters and related policy matters within incumbent’s jurisdictions.
• Oversees all essential planning associated with managing the cases and matters assigned to the office. Reviews all memoranda, reports, and correspondence prepared by staff members for technical accuracy, completeness, and soundness.
• Assumes full responsibility for personally overseeing one or more major antitrust cases of nationwide importance with a full staff of trial attorneys and other assistants.
• Plans the work to be accomplished by subordinates, setting broad goals and milestones, and approving short- and long-range schedules for completion of work.
• Represents ATR in meetings and conferences with senior government, private, and public officials. Establishes and maintains contacts with counterparts in other federal, state, local, and non-U.S. agencies to build positive relationships and share information to further ATR interests. Effectively advocates and communicates ATR’s point of view with stakeholders at all levels within the Department. Collaboratively provides rationale, support, negotiation, or resolution for sensitive or contentious matters across all phases of the enforcement process under HCP’s jurisdiction.
• Provides executive leadership, management, and strategic direction to a staff of 42employees, assuring execution of critical organizational processes, accomplishment of identified objectives, and proper delegation of authority and responsibility.

The applicant must address the Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs) within their resume. Your responses to the ECQs should be addressed/embedded within your resume not to exceed seven (7) pages. Your resume must describe your ECQs and experience, technical qualifications and give a synopsis of your accomplishments. Additionally, your demonstrated leadership ability must be clearly shown in your resume. Do not include a separate ECQ narrative. Lastly, Mandatory Technical Qualifications (MTQs) listed later in this section below must be addressed in a separate document.

If you are a current career member of the SES, are eligible for reinstatement into the SES, or have completed an SES Candidate Development Program and have been certified by the Office of Personnel Management’s (OPM) Qualifications Review Board (QRB), you can apply for competitive and/or noncompetitive consideration. For competitive consideration, you must submit a resume and written statements addressing the Mandatory Technical Qualifications, ECQs, and other applicable qualifications. For noncompetitive consideration, you must submit your resume, written statements addressing the Mandatory Technical Qualifications, and other applicable qualifications. Written statements addressing the ECQs are not necessary for noncompetitive consideration. You must also provide documentation of QRB certification (i.e., SF-50 showing career SES status or OPM-issued SES qualification certificate).

MANDATORY TECHNICAL QUALIFICATIONS:

The MTQ narrative must not exceed two (2) pages for each MTQ typed in Times New Roman, 12-point font.

MTQ 1. Extensive legal experience dealing with highly complex issues, including antitrust civil enforcement laws at the national or international level. This includes developing and implementing policies on complex antitrust civil enforcement issues.
MTQ 2. Demonstrated experience and expertise in interacting with international competition agencies or federal, state, or local regulatory, investigative, or law enforcement agencies, and with private counsel representing companies who are the subjects or targets of an investigation.
MTQ 3. Demonstrated ability to effectively manage and lead a team and provide strategic and technical guidance to staff to develop their skills and produce high-quality and timely work responsive to organizational needs.

EXECUTIVE CORE QUALIFICATIONS: The five ECQs described below were designed to assess executive-level experiences and potential not technical expertise. They measure whether you have the broad executive skills needed to succeed in a variety of SES positions.
ECQ 1 – Leading Change: Ability to bring about strategic change, both within and outside the organization, to meet organizational goals and establish an organizational vision and to implement it in a continuously changing environment.
ECQ 2.- Leading People: Ability to lead people toward meeting the organization’s vision, mission, and goals and provide an inclusive workplace that fosters the development of others, facilitates cooperation and teamwork, and supports constructive resolution of conflicts.
ECQ 3 – Results Driven: Ability to meet organizational goals and customer expectations and make decisions that produce high-quality results by applying technical knowledge, analyzing problems, and calculating risks.
ECQ 4 – Business Acumen: Ability to manage human, financial, and information resources strategically.
ECQ 5 – Building Coalitions: Ability to build coalitions internally and with other federal agencies, state and local governments, nonprofit and private sector organizations, foreign governments, or international organizations to achieve common goals.

Additional information on the Executive Core Qualifications can be found at http://www.opm.gov/ses/recruitment/ecq.asp. Please refer to OPM’s Guide to the Senior Executive Service Qualifications for more detailed information.