You will serve as a Paralegal Specialist at the Region Legal Service Office NW, Detachment Hawaii.

Duties

You will assist Legal Assistance Attorneys in conducting formal execution of all legal instruments, including but not limited to separation agreements, wills, affidavits, powers of attorney, sales and transfer of documents. You will ensure timely, accurate preparation and submission of legal correspondence and reports, and proper maintenance of case files. You will provide initial, refresher, and ongoing on-the-job training on Legal Assistance laws and procedures, database input and management, correspondence, and customer service. You will give in house pre-deployment briefs, and coordinate in-house and site visit presentations. You will coordinate handling of all cases involving adoption, name changes, and wills. You will work directly with attorneys to review immigration and naturalization paperwork and help clients navigate immigration issues. You will apply relevant regulations, instructions and rules of professional responsibility to screen potential clients for eligibility of service and conflicts of interest, as well as to maintain client confidentiality. You will ensure timely, accurate preparation and submission of correspondence and reports, and proper maintenance of files. You will provide notarial service essential to administer oaths for affidavits and other legal documents. You will maintain electronic and hard copy office files and ensures appropriate retention and destruction of files. You will maintain case management systems for Legal Assistance Services provided and prepare monthly reports to the Legal Assistance Director. You will ensure front door greeting, phone greeting, and email response duties are properly staffed and performed correctly. You will ensure office equipment is operating efficiently and effectively and maintain and order supplies for such equipment.

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 a current valid United States driver’s license.
• 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.

Qualifications

GS-09 Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade level (GS-07) or pay band in the federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector performing most or all of the following: 1.) Preparing cases involving adoption, immigration/naturalization, name changes, and wills in accordance with applicable laws, rules, and regulations; 2) Delivering initial, refresher, and ongoing on-the-job training on Legal Assistance laws and procedures, database input and management, correspondence, and customer service; 3) Drafting client-specific correspondence, case summaries, briefs, memoranda of law, pleadings, motions or other legal materials requiring independent legal research and analysis; 4) Maintaining case management systems for legal services and data entry and preparing reports GS-07 Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade level (GS-05) or pay band in the federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector performing most or all of the following: 1) Providing administrative office assistance to include scheduling calendars for attorneys, maintaining and ordering supplies, and receiving and routing incoming contacts; 2) Verifying data-entry in case management systems; 3) Preparing standard legal documents and routine correspondence; and 4) Developing written products such as command brochures, handouts, Web-Page contents, news briefs, and presentation briefings. 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

GS-09
Completion a master's or equivalent graduate degree
-OR-
Completion two full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a master's degree.
-OR-
Completion of an LL.B. or J.D. that is related to the position being filled. https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/working-in-government/unique-hiring-paths/students/federal-occupations-by-college-major/
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A combination of experience and graduate education as described above that equates to one year of experience. The percentage of the required education plus the percentage of the required experience equal one hundred percent.

AND/OR

GS-07
Completion of one year of graduate education
-OR-
Completed a bachelor's degree with superior academic achievement
-OR-
A combination of experience and education as described above that equates to one year of experience. The percentage of the required education plus the percentage of the required experience equal one hundred percent.

A transcript must be submitted with your application if qualifying using education. See Required Documents for additional information.

Contacts

• Address RLSO NW BREMERTON 2000 Navy Pentagon Washington, DC 20350 US
• Name: Department of Navy EIC
• Email: [email protected]