Paralegal Specialist

You must meet the following requirements within 30 days of the closing date of this announcement. Specialized Experience: For the CN-52, you must have one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the CN-51 grade level in the Federal service. (For qualification purposes, the CN-51 is broadly equivalent to the GS-11). Specialized experience for this position includes: Experience working with cases in active litigation performing duties such as preparing briefs and other litigation papers for review or approval by attorneys, analyzing evidence relevant to litigation; AND Experience researching legislation and case law, reviewing and summarizing case files and legal documents, and developing recommendations; AND Researching legal issues involved in productions, corresponding with opposing counsel or expert witnesses, and preparing for depositions; AND Conducting and summarizing interviews of potential witnesses, and participating in meetings and providing a summary, either orally or in writing for senior management for use in investigations. For the CN-51, you must have one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the CN-40 grade level in the Federal service. (For qualification purposes, the CN-40 is broadly equivalent to the GS-9). Specialized experience for this position includes: Experience working with cases in active litigation performing duties such as preparing briefs and other litigation papers for review or approval by attorneys, analyzing evidence relevant to litigation; AND Researching legal issues involved in productions, corresponding with opposing counsel or expert witnesses, preparing for depositions, researching legislation and case law, developing recommendations; AND Summarizing legal documents either orally or in writing for senior management. OR Education: Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.M., if related. OR Combining Education and Experience: Combinations of successfully completed post-high school education and experience may be used to meet total qualification requirements. CFPB uses an experience-based process to set pay for employees. Experience is evaluated and credited using the employee’s résumé. To ensure that all of your prior work experience (e.g., internships, volunteer work, details, part-time, self-employment, secondary jobs, etc.) is considered and accounted for, please ensure that your résumé covers the following: your entire work history with specific start and end dates (MM-DD-YYYY) provided for each listed position hours worked per week for each position degrees and the dates conferred (MM-YYYY) Part-time experience will be credited pro-rata based on a 40-hour work week, while work of 32 hours or more will be rounded up to full-time experience. If you have multiple positions that have overlapping start and/or end dates, only 40 hours of experience will be credited for a given work week. Refer to Resume Tips for more information on how to submit a comprehensive résumé. See information on our base pay ranges and salary structure. The experience may have been gained in either the public, private sector or volunteer service. One year of experience refers to full-time work; part-time work is considered on a prorated basis. To ensure full credit for your work experience, please indicate dates of employment by month/day/year, and indicate number of hours worked per week on your résumé.
This position is located at Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Office of Enforcement. The incumbent serves as a senior paralegal in the Office of Enforcement.