Job opening: Paralegal Specialist
Salary: $38 181 - 90 992 per year
Published at: Aug 29 2023
Employment Type: Full-time
About the Position: This position is to provide paralegal and office automation support to the Chief Counsel, Mission and Installation Contracting Command (MICC), who is responsible for the legal support to the Command's headquarters, seven MICC Contracting Centers, and 29 Installation Directorates of Contracting geographically dispersed throughout the Continental United States.
Duties
Manages/monitors the electronic Executive Branch Confidential Financial Disclosure reports and electronic Executive Personnel Public Financial Disclosure Report using the Financial Disclosure Management website.
Track compliance with ethics training requirements to include updating and maintaining paralegal desk book.
Perform legal research, to include searching for and summarizing relevant case materials, law reviews, published studies and similar materials.
Prepare litigation reports for attorneys for Federal civil litigations, such as preparation of opinions, briefs and other legal documents.
Execute awards, budgets, supporting travel requirements, and similar office management responsibilities.
Log in, task, track, analyze, as appropriate, and respond to Freedom of Information Act requests; track and report delinquent responses to the Chief Counsel.
Prepare opinions and correspondence or the Chief Counsel's signature.
Requirements
- Must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret security clearence.
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.
30 Percent or More Disabled VeteransCurrent Department of Army Civilian EmployeesCurrent Department of Defense (DOD) Civilian Employee (non-Army)Interagency Career Transition Assistance PlanLand Management Workforce Flexibility ActMilitary Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473Non-Appropriated Fund Instrumentality (NAFI)Non-Department of Defense (DoD) TransferOffice of Personnel Management (OPM) Interchange Agreement EligiblePeople with Disabilities, Schedule APriority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) EligibleReinstatementVeterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998
In order to qualify, you must meet the 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 is defined as: conducting extensive and thorough legal research using Federal Law and regulation, and administrative publications; maintain records for all financial disclosure filers and maintain accurate database to ensure timely filing of mandatory ethics reports to include maintaining automated suspense files; provide paralegal support to attorneys and investigating officers for various administrative investigations; and administer the legal office's support mission related to administrative investigations including commander's inquiries and support the Chief Counsel for Freedom of Information Act requests.
You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas:
Administrative LawAttention to DetailDatabase AdministrationManages and Organizes Information
There is no time in grade restrictions for pay band positions.
Education
Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted.
Contacts
- Address FR-APF-W6QMAA MICC
DO NOT MAIL
Fort Sam Houston, TX 78234
US
- Name: Army Applicant Help Desk
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