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Job opening: Senior Paralegal Specialist

Salary: $99 200 - 128 956 per year
Published at: Sep 23 2024
Employment Type: Full-time
As a Senior Paralegal Specialist at the GS-0950-12, you will be part of Retirement Services, Office of Personnel Management. The incumbent will serve as the Senior Paralegal Specialist distributing and monitoring workloads for teams, overseeing the application of law and regulations of the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) and Federal Employees Retirement Systems (FERS) and the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHB).

Duties

Examining and evaluating court orders to determine compliance requirements. Reviewing and approving recommendations and decisions. Reviewing claims and making post-adjudicative determinations. Responding to external inquiries from Congressional sources, attorneys, state agencies, survivors and others. Serving as a liaison for internal and external customers.

Requirements

Qualifications

For the GS 12: You must have at least one year of specialized experience comparable in scope and responsibility to the GS-11 grade level in the Federal service (obtained in either the private or public sector) performing all of the following: 1) Performing work on cases associated with retirement, insurance, or other Federal benefits and entitlements; AND 2) Responding to inquiries from individuals or groups requesting privileged information or records; AND 3) Participating in collaborative work teams to apply the laws and regulations that govern federal benefits; AND 4) Performing assessments and evaluations of systems and processes to propose enhancements and optimizations. Do not copy and paste the duties, specialized experience, or occupational assessment questionnaire from this announcement into your resume as that will not be considered a demonstration of your qualifications for this position. Merit promotion applicants must meet the time-in-grade requirement as defined in 5 CFR 300, Subpart F. One year at the GS-11 level is required to meet the time-in-grade requirements for the GS12 level. You must meet all qualification and eligibility requirements within 30 days of the closing date of this announcement. 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.

Education

Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this position, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone. No substitution of education for experience is permitted.

Contacts

  • Address Retirement Services 1900 E St., NW Washington, DC 20415 US
  • Name: OPM Human Resources
  • Phone: 202-606-9321
  • Email: [email protected]

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