You will serve as a PARALEGAL SPECIALIST in the OFFICE OF THE STAFF JUDGE ADVOCATE of USMC RECRUITING COMMAND.

Duties

You will select, assemble, summarize, and compile substantive and comprehensive legal and administrative information in order to prepare legal, advisory briefings, information papers, and memoranda. You will implement and administer the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)/Privacy Act (PA) program for the Command, serving as the principal point of contact on FOIA/PA matters. You will provide guidance on how to process Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)/Privacy Act (PA)requests and the scope of FOIA/PA exemptions. You will maintain all required physical and electronic files in accordance with relevant orders, regulations, and statutes.

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 complete training, obtain, and maintain a government credit card for travel and travel-related purchases.
• 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.
• 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

Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-11 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: 1) Working knowledge of the Uniform Code of Military Justice, the Manual for Courts-Martial, the Manual for the Judge Advocate General of the Navy, and the Marine Corps Separation and Retirement Manual; 2) Applying legal skills and knowledge necessary to draft and prepare sound briefing and information papers, opinions, conclusions, and recommendations; 3) Familiarity with Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)/Privacy Act (PA) applicable regulations, statutes, or guidelines, including all FOIA exceptions, procedural issues, legal interpretations, decisions, and precedents surrounding FOIA and PA processing; and 4) Applying knowledge of research methods to include the use of statutes, directives, instructions, regulations, orders, digests, documentaries, commentaries, legal instruments, case law and other legal and administrative reference material to respond to issues presented. 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.

Contacts

• Address USMC RECRUITING COMMAND Marine Corps Recruiting Command Quantico, VA 22134 US
• Name: Department of Navy EIC
• Email: [email protected]