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Job opening: Paralegal Specialist, GS-0950-09

Salary: $60 905 - 79 176 per year
City: Topeka
Published at: Jun 03 2024
Employment Type: Full-time
This position is located with the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Coast Guard, Pay and Personnel Center, Legal Services Branch in Topeka, KS.

Duties

You will serve with two other Paralegal Specialists and one Legal Assistant under the supervision of the Legal Office Supervisory Attorney-Advisor.  

Requirements

  • U.S. Citizenship is required.
  • Males born after 12/31/1959 must be registered for Selective Service.
  • This position requires a National Agency Check with Inquiries (NACI).

Qualifications

You qualify for the GS-09 grade level if you possess one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-07 grade level in the federal service.   Specialized experience is experience that has equipped you with the particular ability, skill, and knowledge to successfully perform the duties of this position and is typically in or related to this line of work.  Some examples of specialized experience are: -Researching laws, regulations, and case-law in child support or garnishment applications. -Receiving orders and/or applications involving pay and helping to determine if the order and/or application conforms with laws. -Assisting with responding to customer questions regarding legal issues. -Assisting with reviewing applicable laws, case precedence, and preparing draft responses for an attorney. OR  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., if related OR A combination of specialized experience and education. National Service Experience (i.e., volunteer experience): 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). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.The Office of Personnel management (OPM) must authorize employment offers made to current or former political appointees.  If you are currently, or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule, C, Non-career SES or Presidential Appointee employee in the Executive Branch, you must disclose this information to the Human Resources Office.

Education

This position does not have a positive education requirement. If you are including education on your resume, report only attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. See Required Documents section for detail.

FOREIGN EDUCATION: Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet Federal qualification requirements if you can show that your foreign education is comparable to education received in accredited educational institutions in the United States. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence with your application. See Recognition of Foreign Qualifications click here

Contacts

  • Address United States Coast Guard 2401 Hawkins Point Rd Bldg #1, Stop #4 Baltimore, Maryland 21226 United States
  • Name: USCG Applicant Support
  • Phone: 866-656-6830
  • Email: [email protected]

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