The following are currently available job opportunities within the Civil Rights Division. Individuals interested in applying for these positions should comply with the application procedures and closing dates in the vacancy announcement. The Division does not accept unsolicited resumes or applications (i.e., those not submitted in response to a particular vacancy announcement). If you need more information about a specific Civil Rights Division vacancy, please call the Human Resources Office, Team 1 on (202) 514-3934

Position	Salary	Closing Date
Economist (HCE)	$89,033.00 - $155,500.00 (GS-0110-13/15)	10/19/2012
Economist (HCE)	$89,033.00 - $155,500.00 (GS-0110-13/15)	10/19/2012
Student Volunteers (Division-wide)	n/a (volunteer)	see description

The Civil Rights Division has a new collaborative detail program designed to allow Federal agency civil rights employees (from both civil rights offices and offices of general counsel) to work alongside Civil Rights Division (Division) staff on one or more cross-cutting Title VI coordination projects.

The Civil Rights Division offers competitive student volunteer internship positions in Washington, D.C. each academic semester, including the summer, for both law and undergraduate students. Interns gain a unique and exciting view of the work and mission of the Division.

Honors and Summer Law Intern Programs -- This highly competitive program is the only way that the Department of Justice authorizes Department components, including the Civil Rights Division (Division), to hire entry-level attorneys. Eligibility is generally limited to graduating law students and recent law school graduates who entered judicial clerkships, graduate law programs, or qualifying fellowships within nine months of law school graduation.

The Division will hire three individuals through this year's Attorney General's Honors Program. Candidates will be considered for placement in one of the following sections: Appellate, Disability Rights, Educational Opportunities, Employment Litigation, Federal Coordination and Compliance, Housing and Civil Enforcement, Office of Special Counsel for Immigration Related Unfair Employment Counsel, Special Litigation, and Voting. The Criminal and Policy and Strategy Sections will not consider Honors Program candidates this year. The Division will not participate in the 2012-2013 Attorney General's Summer Law Intern Program.

You may access other vacancy announcements as follows:

• Department of Justice attorneys
• Department of Justice non-attorneys
• Federal Government job postings

CIVIL RIGHTS DIVISION HIRING POLICIES:

Attorney Manager Hiring Process
Experienced Attorney Hiring Process

Additional information about eligibility and application procedures for the Honors and Summer Law Intern Programs is available from the Office of Attorney Recruitment and Management (OARM) at http://www.justice.gov/careers/legal/entry.html and http://www.justice.gov/careers/legal/summer-intern.html.

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY:

The Civil Rights Division is an equal opportunity/reasonable accommodation employer. Consistent with applicable law, Department and Division, discrimination based on race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), sexual orientation, disability (physical or mental), marital status, status as a parent, genetic information, political affiliation, membership or non-membership in an employee organization, military service, personal favoritism or other non-merit factors is strictly prohibited.

The Civil Rights Division encourages qualified applicants with disabilities, including individuals with targeted disabilities, to apply. Targeted disabilities are deafness, blindness, missing extremities, partial or complete paralysis, convulsive disorder, mental retardation, mental illness, severe distortion of limbs and/or spine. Applicants who meet the qualification requirements and are able to perform the essential functions of the position with or without reasonable accommodation are encouraged to identify disabilities, including targeted disabilities, in response to the questions in the Avue application system seeking that information. Qualified applicants with targeted disabilities who wish to be considered for competitive service positions under special hiring authority, including Schedule A, 5 C.F.R. § 213.3102(u), should identify targeted disabilities in response to the questions in the Avue application system seeking that information. For additional information about hiring authorities for applicants with targeted disabilities, please contact Diane Petrie, the Division’s Disability Program Manager at (202) 514-3934; see also http://www.jan.wvu.edu/LEAD/index.htm and http://www.opm.gov/disability/PeopleWithDisabilities.asp.

Applicants with disabilities who need reasonable accommodations - such as application materials in an alternate format, a sign language interpreter or assistance attending an interview – should contact the Division's Reasonable Accommodation Coordinator: Susan Crawford at (202) 307-1378; see also Civil Rights Division Process for Requests for Reasonable Accommodations by Individuals with Disabilities, May 28, 2010.

Complaints about discrimination and/or prohibited personnel practices may be raised within the Division by contacting Linda Johnson, the Division’s Human Resources Officer, at 202-514-4224, or Diana Embrey, the Division’s employment counsel, at 202-353-2510, or outside the Division by contacting the Department’s Equal Employment Opportunity Staff at 202-616-4800, or the Office of Special Counsel at www.osc.gov or 800-872-9885. . See also: the Division's Equal Employment Opportunity and Anti-Harassment Policy and No Fear Act Notice.

There is no formal rating system for applying veterans' preference to attorney appointments in the excepted service; however, DOJ considers veterans' preference eligibility as a positive factor in attorney hiring. In attorney vacancy announcements, applicants eligible for veterans' preference are encouraged to include that information in their cover letter or resume and attach supporting documentation (e.g., the DD 214 or other substantiating documents) to their submissions. For additional information about the Division's merit system principles and/or equal employment hiring policies, see 5 U.S.C. §§ 2301(b), 2302(b).

RECRUITMENT:

Vacancy announcements for all experienced attorney vacancies will be posted on the Division’s intranet, the Department of Justice’s intranet and internet (http://www.justice.gov/careers/legal/attvacancies.html), and the Office of Personnel Management’s website (http://www.usajobs.com/).

Announcements are also distributed by the Office of Attorney Recruitment and Management and/or by the Division's Human Resources Office to a broad and diverse array of organizations, including but not limited to bar associations, law schools and professional organizations. Sections may also distribute announcements to additional organizations who may know of qualified candidates for a particular vacancy announcement. To expand our recruitment efforts, the Civil Rights Division is developing an outreach list of organizations to receive Civil Rights Division-specific attorney job announcements. If you are, or know of, an organization that might be interested in receiving these announcements, please e-mail CRT.SpecProgVacancies@usdoj.gov.

INFORMATION FOR NEW HIRES:

Pre-Employment Orientation Information -- For Employees with Offer Letters (New Hires)