Supervisory Paralegal Specialist
Company
Department of Justice - Offices, Boards and Divisions
Location
Washington, District of Columbia Washington, District of Columbia
Type
Full Time
Job Description
Summary
The mission of the Antitrust Division is to promote competition by enforcing the antitrust laws to protect economic freedom and opportunity on behalf of the American people.
The Antitrust Division has an opening for a Supervisory Paralegal Specialist to join its dedicated team and gain invaluable experience working in the public interest to protect the competitive process.
Are you ready to contribute to matters of national importance that promote a competitive and productive American economy?
Requirements
Conditions of Employment
- You must be a U.S. Citizen to be considered for this position.
- You must undergo a pre-employment security investigation.
- You may be required to take and successfully clear a drug test.
- You must submit a complete application package by the closing date of this announcement.
- SELECTIVE SERVICE: All male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must have registered for the selective service (see SSS.gov). If selected for this position, the applicant must sign a statement certifying his registration, or the applicant must demonstrate exempt status under the Selective Service Law.
- DIRECT DEPOSIT: All Federal employees are required to have Federal salary payments made by direct deposit to a financial institution of their choosing.
- This position is ineligible for inclusion in a bargaining unit.
- This position offers career mobility opportunities to qualified Legal Division/Office of Solicitor General employees, who are encouraged to apply.
- This is a full-time, supervisory, permanent appointment in the competitive service, subject to a one-year probationary period in accordance with 5 C.F.R. 315.801 and 5 C.F.R. 315.904.
- The Antitrust Division participates in the E-Verify program.
Qualifications
Examples of qualifying specialized experience at the GS-09 level include:
- Taking accurate and detailed notes during attorney proffers or witness interviews and drafting memoranda from those notes that are clear, thorough, logically organized, and accurate;
- ing attorneys prepare for grand jury proceedings, depositions, witness interviews, hearings, and trial, including reviewing and coding relevant documents, researching each witness' background, and assembling potential exhibits;
- Serving as a trial team leader, distributing and balancing workloads, and monitoring the status of work assigned to staff;
- Performing factual research for inclusion in memoranda, briefs, and similar legal documents;
- Tracking exhibits and other materials for grand jury proceedings, hearings, trials, and investigations;
- Preparing charts, graphs, PowerPoint presentations, and other materials to be used as exhibits in court, grand jury proceedings, hearings, trials, and investigations;
- Using enterprise document review software systems-such as Relativity, Concordance, or Summation-to search for, identify, collect, and organize documentary evidence; and
- Training paralegal specialists to conduct searches within databases comprised of large volumes of electronic documents (e.g., 100,000 records or more).
Education: For consideration at GS-11 grade level only, education may also be used to qualify for this position based on the below qualification requirements:
- A Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree; OR
- Three (3) full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree; OR
- A LL.M.; OR
- A combination of successfully completed graduate level education, in excess of 2 full years, and specialized experience may be used to meet total experience requirements.
To qualify for this position at the GS-12 level, your resume must reflect at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 level.
Examples of qualifying specialized experience at the GS-11 level include:
- Experience as a team leader, monitoring the status and progress of work assigned to staff;
- Demonstrated ability to identify, distribute, and balance workload and tasks among employees in accordance with established workflow, skill level, and/or occupational specialization;
- Resolving simple, informal complaints of employees and referring others, such as formal grievances and appeals, to an appropriate management official;
- Training and providing guidance to staff paralegals in office procedures, researching and writing, pre-trial and trial duties;
- Preparing for and conducting interviews with investigative sources and prospective witnesses;
- Drafting memorandum reflecting facts, sources, citations discovered during the course of legal research or witness interview; and
- Performing preliminary screening of substantive materials prior to review by attorneys.
Education may not be used to qualify at the GS-12 grade level.
Education
All academic degrees and course work must be completed at a college or university that has obtained accreditation or pre-accreditation status from an accrediting body recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. For a list of schools that meet this criteria, see U.S. Department of Education website.
Applicants MUST submit copies of college transcripts or a list of college courses taken that identify for each course the college or university, semester or quarter hours earned, grade and grade-point received. An unofficial transcript is acceptable to qualify, but it must include your full name and you may be asked to submit an official transcript prior to appointment, if you are selected.
Foreign Education*: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show that the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For more information about this requirement, please visit the U.S. Department of Education website for Foreign Education Evaluation
*All documentation must be in English or include an English translation.
Additional information
The Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) provides eligible surplus and displaced competitive service employees in the Department of Justice with selection priority over other candidates for competitive service vacancies. If your Department of Justice component has notified you in writing that you are a surplus or displaced employee eligible for CTAP consideration, you may receive selection priority if: 1) this vacancy is within your CTAP eligibility, 2) you apply under the instructions in this announcement, and 3) you are found well-qualified for this vacancy. To be well qualified, you must satisfy all qualification requirements for the vacant position and rate equivalent to the Highly Qualified or better category using established category rating criteria. You must provide a copy of your written notification of CTAP eligibility with your application. Additional information about CTAP eligibility is online.
The Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP) provides eligible displaced Federal competitive service employees with selection priority over candidates from other agencies for competitive service vacancies. If your agency has notified you in writing that you are a displaced employee eligible for ICTAP consideration, you may receive selection priority over other applicants who are not employees of the Department of Justice if: 1) this vacancy is within your ICTAP eligibility; 2) you apply under the instructions in this announcement; and 3) you are found well-qualified for this vacancy. To be well qualified, you must satisfy all qualification requirements for the vacant position and rate equivalent to the Highly Qualified or better category using established category rating criteria. You must provide proof of eligibility with your application to receive selection priority. Such proof may include a copy of your written notification of ICTAP eligibility or a copy of your separation personnel action form. Additional information about ICTAP eligibility is online.
Veterans' Preference: If you are entitled to or claim veterans' preference (VP), you should indicate the type of veterans' preference (5 or 10 points) you are claiming on your resume. In order to determine your eligibility, you can find additional information online.
NOTE: To verify your veterans' preference entitlement, please submit a copy of the Member Copy 4 of your DD-214 (Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty); official statement of service from your command if you are currently on active duty; or other official documentation (e.g., documentation of receipt of a campaign badge or expeditionary medal) that shows your military service was performed under honorable conditions. (1) If you are claiming 10-point preference, you must submit Member Copy 4 of your DD-214 in addition to the supporting documentation required and identified on the reserves side of the SF-15, Application for 10 Point Veterans' Preference. (2) If you are claiming 10-point DERIVED PREFERENCE as a relative you must submit Member Copy 4 of the veteran's DD-214, and an SF-15, Application for 10-point veterans' preference, in addition to the supporting documentation required and identified on the reverse side of this form. If you fail to do so, you will receive consideration as a non-veteran.
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Date Posted
07/04/2024
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