About the Position: Come to beautiful Alaska to experience great adventures while also earning some of the highest locality pay to count towards your "high three" for retirement! There are many benefits of working for the Army in Alaska to include being a part of a close-knit team of caring professionals and statutory return rights for current DoD Employees in many circumstances. This position will be filled on a permanent basis.

Duties

Serves as a Paralegal Specialist providing technical paralegal functions to include legal research and processing civil and administrative matters, managing legal services administrative activities and claims. Provides guidance and documentation for assisting clients in a variety of Civilian Administrative law matters. Offers legal administration to perform the full range of administrative functions for the Legal Assistance office. Performs as the Legal Assistance Office point of contact with on-line client database system (CIS), to coordinate the implementation and introduction of new and revised software applications for the Legal Assistance office. Organizes legal reference materials, including responsibility for preventive law program consisting of articles/client handouts and briefings for numerous soldiers.

Requirements

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret security clearance.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a notary license with the State of Alaska.

Qualifications

Who May Apply: US Citizens 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. To Qualify at the GS-09 - Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes performing paralegal duties which includes gathering and organizing of facts and relevant evidence; and preparing reports on pertinent statutes, court decisions, legal opinions, and/or other legal documents for attorney use. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the second lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-07). OR Education: Master's or equivalent graduate degree or 2 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.B. or J.D. in a field which demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position, such as: Paralegal Studies, Criminal Justice Administration, or Law. 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 first year (total graduate semester hours minus 18) by 18. Add the two percentages.

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: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/

Contacts

• Address EV-APF-W0AKAA US ARMY ALASKA, HQ DO NOT MAIL Fort Wainwright, AK 99703 US
• Name: Army Applicant Help Desk