You will serve as a Paralegal Specialist in the Office of Counsel (Code 130) of SUPSHIP GULF COAST.

Duties

You will perform legal research, draft legal memorandum, and prepare legal documents and correspondence on a myriad of legal questions pertaining to all aspects of civilian employment. You will produce legal work products prepared in all personnel law subject areas, including, but not limited to, equal employment opportunity, labor-management relations, adverse actions, pay policies and benefits, and hours of work. You will conduct legal research and develop agency case files to rebut allegations of agency discrimination in EEO cases. You will select, summarizes and compiles comparative data to examine and evaluate alleged agency discriminatory behavior. You will assist agency managers by drafting correspondence responding to union or employee grievances and unfair labor practice charges and appear in court or at third party proceedings to assist attorneys as an agency technical representative. You will determine the release ability of agency records and official information and prepare correspondence responding to FOIA and PA requests. You will prepare convening letters for command-directed investigations and Judge Advocate General (JAG) manual appointment letters, citing appropriate JAG Manual sections for the Commanding Officer's signature. You will serve as Office Manager for the Office of Counsel. You will assist Counsel in the management of the Ethics Program by conducting orientation and exit briefings, conducting ethics training, and reviewing financial disclosure statements for possible conflicts of interest. You will answer routine ethics questions within the Command. You will serve as the Records Liaison for the Office of Counsel and be responsible for maintaining office records in accordance with Department of Defense and Department of the Navy Records Management requirements.

Requirements

• Must be a US Citizen.
• Must be determined suitable for federal employment.
• Must participate in the direct deposit pay program.
• New employees to the Department of the Navy will be required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit e-verify.gov
• Generally, current federal employees applying for GS jobs must serve at least one year at the next lower grade level. This requirement is called time-in-grade. Time-in-grade requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement.
• Within the Department of Defense (DoD), the appointment of retired military members within 180 days immediately following retirement date to a civilian position is subject to the provisions of 5 United States Code 3326.
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
• You will be required to obtain and maintain an interim and/or final security clearance prior to entrance on duty. Failure to obtain and maintain the required level of clearance may result in the withdrawal of a job offer or removal.
• This position may require travel from normal duty station to CONUS and OCONUS and may include remote or isolated sites. You must be able to travel on military and commercial aircraft for extended periods of time.

Qualifications

Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the NH-02 (GS-11 equivalency) grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: Performing legal research, analysis or preparation of legal or patent documents in support of attorneys. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management web site: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (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.

Education

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

Contacts

• Address SUPSHIP GULF COAST P O Box 7003 Pascagoula, MS 39568 US
• Name: Department of Navy EIC
• Email: [email protected]