PARALEGAL SPECIALIST

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 Employees Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System (DCIPS) Interchange Agreement Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act Military Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473 People with Disabilities, Schedule A Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability Retirement Priority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference Eligible Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998 In order to qualify, you must meet the 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 which includes: 1) Reviewing and analyzing requests for documents; coordinating with requestors; identifying potential custodians and other sources for requested documents; collecting, independently reviewing, and making release decisions on large and complex volumes of documents consistent with the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), Privacy Act of 1974, Federal Rules of Evidence, Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and other laws and regulations concerning the release of records. 2) Preparing legal documents including pleadings, discovery requests, motions and briefs to include fact gathering, researching and analyzing issues related to various areas of law such as FOIA, torts, contracts, environmental or labor and employment. 3) Experience with using standard office software applications (word processing, spreadsheets, email), legal research resources such as Westlaw and Lexis, electronic litigation software, matter tracking databases, or similar programs utilized by legal offices. 4) Assisting in the management of an office of legal or other professionals such as providing training on software applications used by the office, determining IT support and providing information in support of budget requests based on anticipated levels of and changes to workload and staffing levels. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-11). You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas: Administration and Management Administrative Law Attention to Detail Customer Service Decision Making Flexibility Integrity/Honesty Interpersonal Skills Learning Reading Comprehension Reasoning Self-Management Stress Tolerance Teamwork Technical Competence Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-11).
About the Position: Incumbent will serve as the office coordinator for the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), electronic discovery and other legal matters with special emphasis on training office personnel on establishing and managing share point and similar collaborative filing systems.