Hiring Organization Criminal Division (CRM) Hiring Office Office of Overseas Prosecutorial Development, Assistance and Training Job ID 25-CRM-DET-027 **Location**: Bogota - Colombia **Application Deadline**: Thursday, July 3, 2025 About the Office While this vacancy announcement expires on Thursday, July 3, 2025, the announcement may be closed at any time if a selection is made. This assignment is for a period of at least 14 months, beginning on or about August 2025, with the possibility of extension, contingent on the availability of funding. Appointment to this position will be through a reimbursable detail. The Criminal Division’s Office of Overseas Prosecutorial Development, Assistance and Training (OPDAT) builds strong foreign partners who can work with the United States to enhance cooperation in transnational cases and to fight crime before it reaches our shores. OPDAT has experienced prosecutors posted around the world providing expert assistance and strategic guidance to foreign counterparts in order to combat transnational crime and terrorism in furtherance of U.S. national security. OPDAT works closely with components throughout the Department of Justice and partners globally with federal law enforcement agencies to advance the Administration’s foreign policy. OPDAT’s programs are a critical component of Operation Take Back America. OPDAT keeps Americans safe from violent crime by increasing partner nation skills to disrupt and dismantle transnational criminal organizations at the source. At the same time, OPDAT advisors develop relationships of trust with foreign counterparts so that they can investigate and prosecute illegal migration, cartels, gangs, cybercrime, trafficking, terrorism, and other transnational crimes that are harmful to U.S. interests at home and abroad. **Job Description**: The Resident Legal Advisor (RLA) will work under the auspices of the United States Embassy in Bogota, Colombia, representing the Department of Justice and OPDAT to strengthen Colombia’s efforts to combat cartels, narcotics trafficking, human smuggling, and money laundering, and to enhance the bilateral relationship between the United States and Colombia on criminal justice matters. The RLA will promote America First priorities by developing the ability of Colombia’s prosecutors, investigators, and judges to combat transnational crimes with a focus on countering drug trafficking and human smuggling, ensuring that illegal aliens are detained before they reach the United States, and drugs are seized in Colombia, and improving the capacity to recover criminal assets concealed in the United States. The RLA will also provide strategic guidance to key justice sector partners in Colombia to hold criminals fully accountable, particularly on those crimes with a U.S. nexus. The RLA will work closely with OPDAT headquarters staff and U.S. interagency partners to ensure lines of effort meet Departmental and U.S. Government objectives. **Qualifications**: **Required Qualifications**: We are seeking a current Department of Justice attorney. To qualify for this position, applicants must possess ALL of the requirements below: A Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree, be duly licensed and authorized to practice as an attorney under the laws of any State, territory of the United States, or the District of Columbia, and be an active member of the bar in good standing. **Specific grade level requirements**: **GS-15**: At least four (4) years of post J.D. legal experience, to include four (4) years of prosecutorial experience in Article III courts or comparable state level courts. **GS-14**: At least four (3) years of post J.D. legal experience, to include three (3) years of prosecutorial experience in Article III courts or comparable state level courts. Applicants must have or be able to obtain through their Component/Agency and maintain a Top-Secret security clearance. **Preferred Qualifications**: Preferred applicants have a thorough understanding and practical knowledge of Department of Justice and other United States Government approaches and policies involving major criminal cases - particularly drug trafficking, human smuggling, and money laundering - and security and justice sector development issues. Proficiency in written and spoken Spanish. **The successful applicant should also have**: Ability to work in international and multicultural environments. Strong interpersonal and management skills. Excellent written and oral communication skills. Involvement in bar activities, teaching, designing curricula, is also a plus. Application Process While this vacancy announcement expires on Thursday, July 3, 2025, the announcement may be closed at any time if a selection is made. The Application Package must be received by 11:59 PM, Eastern Time, on the closing date of this announcement. Salary Under detail assignment, there is no change to the selectee’s base pay, exclusive of locality pay, supervisory pay, or other such salary add-ons. If