Job opening: PARALEGAL SPECIALIST
Salary: $40 142 - 95 665 per year
Relocation: YES
Published at: Nov 14 2024
Employment Type: Full-time
Please limit your resume to 5 pages. If more than 5 pages are submitted, only the first 5 pages will be reviewed to determine your eligibility/qualifications.
About the Position: Serves as the Paralegal Specialist for the HQ Mission and Installation Contracting Command (MICC), Command Headquarters Office of the Command Counsel
Duties
Manages/monitors the electronic Executive Branch Confidential Financial Disclosure reports and electronic Executive Personnel Public Financial
Disclosure Report using the Financial Disclosure Management website.
Tracks compliance with ethics training requirements to include updating and maintaining paralegal desk book.
Performs legal research, to include searching for and summarizing relevant case materials, law reviews, published studies and similar materials.
Prepares litigation reports for attorneys for Federal civil litigations, such as preparation of opinions, briefs and other legal documents.
Executes awards, budgets, supporting travel requirements, and similar office management responsibilities.
Logs in, tasks, tracks, analyzes, as appropriate, and respond to Freedom of Information Act requests; track and report delinquent responses to the Chief Counsel.
Prepares opinions and correspondence for the Chief Counsel's signature.
Requirements
- Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
- Overnight Business Travel up to 15% of the time
- Must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret security clearance and access.
Qualifications
Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities.
Current Department of Army Civilian EmployeesDomestic Defense Industrial Base/Major Range and Test Facilities Base Civilian Personnel WorkforceInteragency Career Transition Assistance PlanLand Management Workforce Flexibility ActMilitary Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician EligiblePriority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) EligiblePriority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability RetirementPriority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference EligibleVeterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998
In order to qualify, you must meet the specialized 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.
Specialized Experience: one year of specialized experience equivalent to the NH-01 grade level in the Federal service which includes conducting extensive and thorough legal research using Federal Law and regulation, and administrative publications; maintain records for all financial disclosure filers and maintain accurate database to ensure timely filing of mandatory ethics reports to include maintaining automated suspense files; provide paralegal support to attorneys and investigating officers for various administrative investigations; and administer the legal office's support mission related to administrative investigations including commander's inquiries and support the Chief Counsel for Freedom of Information Act requests.
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. (Note: You must attach a copy of your transcripts.)
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. (Note: You must attach a copy of your transcripts.)
You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas:
Administrative LawAttention to DetailManages and Organizes Information
This is a DoD Civilian Acquisition Workforce Personnel Demonstration Project (AcqDemo) position in the NH-02 broadband with an advertised pay range from the lowest equivalent GS-05 grade Step 1 to the highest equivalent GS-11 grade step 10 in the broadband. This position is covered by control points to account for variances in position responsibilities within the broadband. The Control Point for this position NH-02 Logistics Management Specialist is $40,142 to $95,665 including locality at the rate of 18.49%. Management will set the selectee's pay for this position within the control point salary range consistent with the qualifications and education of the selectee and the expected contribution for the position
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 AD-W6QMAA US ARMY MSN AND INSTALL CONTRACT CMD
DO NOT MAIL
Fort Sam Houston, TX 78234
US
- Name: Army Applicant Help Desk
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