Legal Administrative Specialist; Probate

Summary

This position is located with the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Eastern Oklahoma Region in Muskogee, Oklahoma;
Pawhuska, Oklahoma. This is a Bargaining Unit position, for more information see USA Jobs What are bargaining units?

This is a Legal Administrative Specialist (Probate) position, GS-0901. Typical work assignments may include the following:

• Conducts extensive research on all types of probate cases, including complex estates, through interviews, genealogy review, and examination of agency and tribal records.
• Performs agency-level review of probate cases by verifying ownership of trust and restricted property, ensuring accuracy of legal descriptions, and conducting detailed land title research.
• Develops complex facts and evidence and assembles comprehensive probate case packages, ensuring technical accuracy and legal sufficiency.
• Maintains and updates administrative records tracking probate proceedings from initiation through final case completion.
• Reviews and analyzes proposed leases, rights-of-way, and encumbrances affecting trust assets and conducts advanced legal research to support OHA decision makers.
• Serves as a federal representative at probate hearings, presenting factual evidence when required.
• Interprets and implements OHA decisions, updating ownership records, coordinating payment of trust/restricted funds, and issuing notifications to appropriate federal, tribal, and state stakeholders.

• U.S. Citizenship Required
• As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period OR 2-year trial period during which your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest will be evaluated
• A background security investigation will be required for all new hires. Appointment will be subject to the applicant's successful completion of a background security investigation and favorable adjudication.
• If you are a male applicant born after 12/31/1959 and are required to register under the Military Selective Service Act, the Defense Authorization Act of 1986 requires that you be registered or you are not eligible for appointment in this agency.
• Selectee is required to operate a government motor vehicle, must possess a valid driver's license, and have a safe driving record within the 4 year period immediately preceding submittal of GSA Form 3607.

EXPERIENCE AND

EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS:

(OPM Operating Manual, Qualification Standards for Administrative and Management Positions, GS-0901). GS-05:
To qualify at the GS-05 level you must have 3 years of general experience, 1 year of which was equivalent to at least GS-4 grade level in the Federal service that demonstrates the ability to: analyze problems to identify significant factors, gather pertinent data, and recognize solutions; plan and organize work; and communicate effectively orally and in writing. OR Successfully completed 4 year course of study leading to a bachelor's degree.

(One year of full-time undergraduate study is defined as 30 semester hours or 45 quarter hours). (

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Applicants who select this response must provide transcripts as verification of their education). OR Have a combination of education and experience described above, which meets 100% of the qualification requirements. GS-07:
To qualify at the GS-07 level you must have 1 year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-5 grade level in the Federal service. Examples of specialized experience include performing a variety of assignments to assist on probate cases, issues, and problems utilizing basic legal principles, research methods, and data analysis; maintaining administrative records that track probate proceedings, utilizing the basic knowledge of real and personal property legal principles and legal documents, and reviewing the accuracy and completeness of a probate case file.

OR Have Superior Academic Achievement which included one of the following:
1) Class standing-applicants must be in the upper third of the graduating class, based on completed courses; or (2) Grade-Point Average-applicants must have a grade point average of 3.0 or higher out of a possible 4.0 based on 4 years of education, or as computed based on courses completed during the final 2 years of the curriculum; or 3.5 or higher out of a possible 4.0 based on the average of the required courses completed in the major field completed during the final 2 years of the curriculum;

or (3) Election to membership in a National Scholastic Honor Society
-membership in a freshman honor society cannot be used to meet the requirements of this provision. In order to be creditable under this provision, superior academic achievement must have been gained in a curriculum that is qualifying for the position to be filled. (

Note:

Applicants who select this response must provide transcripts as verification of their education). OR Successfully completed one full year of appropriate graduate level education (18 semester hours,…