Paralegal Specialist

Summary

About the Position: This is a Paralegal Specialist, GS-0950-9/11 position with USACE, Ft. Worth District, Office of Counsel located in Fort Worth, TX.

This is an Open-Continuous Announcement.

This announcement is NOT intended for current, permanent Army employees. Current, permanent Army employees who would like to be consider for this time-limited assignment should instead apply to Announcement # CE-DD--MP

Please see "Additional Information" section below for further details.

Duties

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• Assist Attorneys with selected assignments and/or selected phases/parts of legal issues.
• Administrative/Paralegal support not limited to travel, timekeeping, procurement of supplies and receiving reports.
• Serve as alternate in providing legal assistance and general support to staff attorneys with the preparation, research, development and maintenance of files.
• Prepare and organize charts, graphs, and other demonstrative materials.
• Review Record and Non-Record Title Evidence for compliance.

Requirements

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Conditions of employment

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• This is a Mission Essential position.

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 Defense (DOD) Civilian Employee (non-Army)
• Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan
• Military Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473
• Non-Department of Defense (DoD) Transfer
• People with Disabilities, Schedule A
• Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) Eligible
• Reinstatement

In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or experience requirements described below. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, Ameri Corps) 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.

For GS-09: Specialized

Experience:

One year of specialized experience which includes
1) Utilizing automated systems and/or databases to retrieve, update and/or store legal information; AND
2) Performing legal research and assembling the information for use by attorneys. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the second lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-07).

OR

Education:

Master's or equivalent graduate degree or 2 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree in a field which demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position, such as: legal studies.

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.

For GS-11: Specialized

Experience:

One year of specialized experience which includes
1) Drafting legal briefs, pleadings, litigation recommendations, and/or other legal documents or correspondence; AND
2) Conducting legal research and/or analysis to assist attorneys with investigations and responses; AND
3) Compiling legal references, case files, and/or other sources for information required by attorneys or court personnel. This definition of…