This vacancy is for a Paralegal Specialist in the Office of the Secretary, Office of the General Counsel, Office of the Assistant General Counsel for Legislation and Regulation within the Department of Commerce.

Duties

As a Paralegal Specialist, you will perform the following duties: Gather all incoming actions, assign them to appropriate attorney, track actions to conclusion, and ensure workflow statuses of all actions are consistently timely updated. Support approximately seven attorneys in the Office's Regulatory Division and assist in the administration of the Department's regulatory program. Develop, maintain, and update systems for filing and tracking information pertaining to the rulemaking process. Serve as a coordinator for regulatory contacts of the Department. Obtain information on rulemaking documents, review descriptions of rulemaking actions, and summarize information in prescribed format for submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Conduct legal research using LEXIS, Westlaw, and other tools. Coordinate and assist in the preparation of the Semi-Annual Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions. These duties are described at the GS-12 full performance level; the GS-11 is a developmental level leading to such performance. This Job Opportunity Announcement may be used to fill other Paralegal Specialist, GS-0950-11/12, Full Performance Level (FPL) GS-12 positions within the Department of Commerce in the same geographical location with the same qualifications and specialized experience.

Requirements

Qualifications

Qualification requirements in the vacancy announcements are based on the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards Handbook, which contains federal qualification standards. This handbook is available on the Office of Personnel Management's website located at: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/ Applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and responsibility to the next lower grade level in the Federal Service. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped the applicant with the particular competencies/knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. This experience need not have been in the federal government. 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. To qualify at the GS-11 level: SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: You must possess one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-9 in the Federal service. Specialized experience is defined as experience in at least one of the following: Reviewing and evaluating legal documents; Utilizing Excel and customized databases, or other appropriate software, for data entry, tracking, maintenance, and recordkeeping. OR SUBSTITUTION OF EDUCATION: a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or three (3) full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree, or LL.M, if related; OR COMBINATION OF EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE: a combination of the required experience and education for this grade level. To qualify at the GS-12 level: SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: You must possess one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 in the Federal service. Specialized experience is defined as experience in at least two of the following: Providing analytic and/or legal research support to legal staff or other professionals; Utilizing Excel and customized databases, or other appropriate software, for data entry, tracking, maintenance, and recordkeeping; Presenting and conveying information gathered from a variety of sources.

Education

See Qualifications Above.

Contacts

• Address Office of the Secretary 1401 Constitution Ave NW Washington, DC 20230 US
• Name: Maria Finn
• Email: [email protected]