Paralegal specialist

For more information on the Department of Justice and the United States Attorneys' Offices, visit http : / / www.justice.

gov / usao / . As needed, additional positions may be filled using this announcement. This position is also being announced to All U.

S. Citizens and Nationals under 24-DC-12479385-DE.

A high number of candidates may make applications for this position, so make sure to send your CV and application through as soon as possible.

Duties

If selected for this position, you will join a well-respected team that is responsible for providing a variety of complex paralegal support assignments relating to the prosecutions and grand jury investigations for Federal cases in Federal Major Crimes in the Criminal Division.

Typical work assignments will include :

• Performs legal research and assists with conducting interviews of agents and potential witnesses.
• Drafts, organizes, indexes, and maintains relevant court filings and exhibits for completeness and accuracy for preparation during trial.
• Provides a variety of complex paralegal support assignments relating to prosecutions and grand jury.
• Communicates updates and informs staff members of case status and serves as the contact person.
• Performs searches, retrieves, and redacts a large volume of electronic case information based on rules, policies, procedures, and court filings.
• Ensures documents are organized and processed for efficient auto storage, search, and retrieval.

Responsibilities will increase and assignments will become more complex as your training and experience progress.

Salary

$82,764 - $107,590 / year

Conditions of Employment

• You must be a U.S. Citizen or National.
• Initial appointment is conditioned upon a satisfactory pre-employment adjudication. This includes fingerprint, credit and tax checks, and drug testing.

Continued employment is subject to a favorable adjudication of a background investigation.

• You must be registered for Selective Service, if applicable.
• If selected, you may be required to complete a one year probationary period.
• Time-in-Grade : Federal employees must meet time-in-grade requirements within 30 days after the closing date of this announcement.
• You must meet all qualification requirements within 30 days after the closing date of this announcement and before placement in the position.

Qualifications

To qualify as a GS-11 you must have 1 year of specialized experience at the GS-09 Federal level, a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.

M., if related, or a combination.

To be qualified for the GS-11 Paralegal Specialist, you must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-09 level in the Federal Service;

or a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.

M., if related; or a combination of specialized experience and education.

Specialized Experience : Specialized experience is experience that equips the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled.

• Specialized experience is defined as scanning, indexing, and organizing documents for efficient automated storage, search and retrieval by utilizing parameters and criteria in a database;
• assists attorneys with conducting interviews of agents and potential witnesses to prepare for grand jury and trial; prepares, processes and maintains a variety of substantive legal documents, exhibits and other relevant discovery material in case file development for court presentation during trial, including reviewing the production for completeness and accuracy;
• performing any appropriate redactions to safeguard privacy based on a thorough understanding of relevant court ruling; collaborating and communicating with management, attorneys, witnesses, law enforcement to collect and relay case details, status updates and deadlines;

and utilizing automated resources and technology for the development and processing documents, legal research, preparing computerized presentation programs, and data retrieval from various database, i.

e., word processing, court room presentation, spreadsheet or database management in developing reports, statistical data, text and graphics.

Education : a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.

M., if related. Education at the graduate level must be in an accredited college or university and must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to perform the duties of the position.

Combining Education and Experience : a combination of specialized experience and education which when combined equal 100% of the requirements.

Combinations of successfully completed graduate education and experience may be used to meet total qualification requirements.

In order to qualify based on a combination, graduate education must be in excess of 2 full years.

Required Documents

To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Application Package, which includes :

• Your responses to the Online Occupational Questionnaire (This is completed automatically during the apply online process).
• Your resume showing relevant experience and dates (month / day / year) of employment and work schedule for each (e.g., part-time XX hours per week or full-time).

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.

g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.

You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. (cover letter optional)

Required if you meet qualifications based on education : An unofficial college transcript (Note : If you are selected for this position, an official transcript will be required prior to your first day.

and foreign education evaluation documentation, if applicable, as described under the "Qualifications" section of this vacancy announcement.

Required if you are a current or former Federal employee : a recent copy of an SF-50, Notification of Personnel Action, showing title, series, grade, and full performance level (FPL);

AND a copy of your most recent performance appraisal. Please note your SF-50 must include your FPL in the remark section (e.

g., appointment, reassignment, promotion actions), pay adjustments and awards do not include this information so they are not acceptable.

• Required, if applicable : CTAP / ICTAP documentation (a copy of a separation notice or other proof of eligibility for priority selection;
• a copy of an SF-50, Notification of Personnel Action, showing current position, grade, promotion potential, and duty location;

AND a copy of your most recent performance appraisal.

• Required, if applicable : VEOA documentation (your DD-214, Member Copy 4).
• If you are requesting a reasonable accommodation to the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments, you must submit documentation to support your request, including the Reasonable Accommodation Request Form found at : Reasonable Accommodations for USA Hire.

How to Apply

Please read the entire announcement and all the instructions before you begin an application. To apply for this position, you must complete the initial online application, to include the initial online assessment and submission of the required documentation specified in the Required Documents section below.

The complete application package must be submitted by 11 : 59 PM (ET) on 07 / 26 / 2024 the closing date of the announcement to receive consideration.

The application process is as follows :

• To begin the application process, click the Apply Online button.
• Answer the questions presented in the application and attach all necessary supporting documentation.
• Click the Submit Application button prior to 11 : 59PM (ET) on 07 / 26 / 2024.
• After submitting an online application, you will be notified whether or not you are required to take additional online assessments through the USA Hire Competency Based Assessment system.

This message will be delivered to you both on screen and via email notification.

If you are asked to take the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments, you will be presented with a unique URL to access the USA Hire system.

Access to USA Hire is granted through your USAJOBS login credentials. Be sure to review all instructions prior to beginning your USA Hire Assessments.

Note, set aside at least 3 hours to take these assessments; however, most applicants complete the assessments in less time.

If you need to stop the assessments and continue at a later time, you can re-use the URL sent to you via email and also found on the Additional Application Information page that can be located in the application record in your USAJOBS account.

To verify the status of your application both during and after the announcement open period, log into your USAJOBS account : https : / / my.

usajobs.gov / Account / Login. All of your applications will appear on the Welcome page. The application record in your USAJOBS account provides an Additional Application Information page that provides information regarding the documentation you submitted and any correspondence we have sent related to this application.

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Last updated : 2024-08-02

Salary : $82,764 - $107,590