Paralegal Specialist

Pendleton Secret Polygraph Unspecified Career Level Not Specified Salary Not Specified

Duties

• You will ensure the proper documentation and assistance with any client/victim visits, to include intake screening, conflict checking, and scheduling appointments.
• You will assist with proper management and tracking of client/victim case information.
• You will prepare legal documents as assigned, including motions and responses to motions in accordance with applicable laws and rules of the court.
• You will perform legal research for individual cases, including: analyzing applicable statutes, regulations, rules and procedures, legal encyclopedias, periodicals, and case law, and drafting memoranda of law concerning such research, as assigned.
• You will plan, organize, and make presentations to groups concerning the services and maintain current legal knowledge through annual continuing legal education, such as seminars and online training.

Requirements Conditions of employment

• Must be a US Citizen.
• Must be determined suitable for federal employment.
• Must participate in the direct deposit pay program.
• New employees to the Department of the Navy will be required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit e-verify.gov
• Generally, current federal employees applying for GS jobs must serve at least one year at the next lower grade level. This requirement is called time-in-grade. Time-in-grade requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement.
• Within the Department of Defense (DoD), the appointment of retired military members within 180 days immediately following retirement date to a civilian position is subject to the provisions of 5 United States Code 3326.
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
• You will be required to obtain and maintain an interim and/or final security clearance prior to entrance on duty. Failure to obtain and maintain the required level of clearance may result in the withdrawal of a job offer or removal.
• This position may require travel from normal duty station to CONUS and OCONUS and may include remote or isolated sites. You must be able to travel on military and commercial aircraft for extended periods of time.
• You will be required to complete training, obtain, and maintain a government credit card for travel and travel-related purchases.

Qualifications Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-07 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following:
Resolve problems through legal research for individual cases relating to victims' counsel by analyzing applicable statutes, regulations, rules and procedures, and identifying legal issues; conducting research into applicable legal decisions and opinions; and making decisions and recommendations on specific situations. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management web site:
Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. Education In lieu of specialized experience, you may qualify with the following education or combination of both education and experience: 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., if related Or A combination of education and experience, Only graduate education in excess of the amount required for the next lower grade level may be used to qualify applicants for positions at grades GS-9A transcript must be submitted with your application if qualifying using education.

See Required Documents for additional information.