About the Position: This is a Permanent position with 165th Infantry Brigade located at Fort Jackson, S.C. Telework information: Situational Telework Only, Including emergency and OPM prescribed unscheduled telework.

Duties

Serves as the Senior Paralegal Specialist in the Legal Branch within a Basic Combat Training Brigade at the U.S. Army Training Center (USATC), Fort Jackson, South Carolina. Researches and analyzes facts surrounding administrative actions to ensure discharge or adverse personnel actions meet regulatory requirements and the rights of the Soldier are upheld. Gathers and Interprets data from government agencies, civilians, attorneys, courts, and private organizations for use in courts-martial, Article 32 hearings, chapter elimination boards, and civilian employee misconduct actions. Evaluates court-martial case files for accuracy of charges and specifications in accordance with the Manual for Courts-Martial, factual deficiencies, potential witnesses. Performs supervisory and administrative duties relating to the Legal personnel. Plan and carry out assignments and coordinates activities with professional legal staff of the agency, Commanders, and with staff of other Federal activities.

Requirements

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• Must be able to pass background investigation.
• Temporary Duty (TDY) or business travel 15% of the time is required.

Qualifications

Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities. Current Civilian Employees of the OrganizationCurrent Department of Army Civilian EmployeesCurrent Department of Defense (DOD) Civilian Employee (non-Army)Domestic Defense Industrial Base/Major Range and Test Facilities Base Civilian Personnel WorkforceInteragency Career Transition Assistance PlanLand Management Workforce Flexibility ActMilitary Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473People with Disabilities, Schedule AVeterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998 In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or experience requirements described below. 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). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document. Specialized Experience: One year of specialized which may include researching legal issues pertaining to military justices, administrative law or reports of investigation, analyzing and evaluating various files such as court-martial cases, administrative board cases, commander's inquiries, and reports of investigation and civil misconduct actions, preparing and collecting evidence and exhibits, preparing various legal document and reports, instructing employees on work and administrative matter, setting employee standards for performance. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the second lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-09). OR Education: Ph.D or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree in a field which demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position, such as:Paralegal Studies, Law, etc. OR Combination of Education and Experience: A combination of education and experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is at least 100%. To compute the percentage of the requirements, divide your total months of experience by 12. Then divide the total number of completed graduate semester hours (or equivalent) beyond the second year (total graduate semester hours minus 36) by 18. Add the two percentages. You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas: Organizational AwarenessPlanning and EvaluatingTechnical Competence Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-09).

Education

FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html.

Contacts

• Address DU-APF-W0G4AA 165TH INFANTRY BRIGADE DO NOT MAIL Fort Jackson, SC 29207 US
• Name: Army Applicant Help Desk