Paralegal Specialist.

About the Position

This position is a DOD Cyber Excepted Service (CES) personnel system position in the Excepted Service under 10 USC 1599f. Employees occupying CES positions are in the Excepted Service and must adhere to U.S. Code, Title 10, as well as Department of Defense Instruction 1400.25. This position is located at Fort Meade, MD.

Serve as a Paralegal Specialist

• Conduct independent legal research for the preparation of litigation reports, legal documents, or legal memoranda.
• Prepare/draft litigation reports, legal memoranda, and/or legal documents.
• Maintain complex case files.
• Interpret laws and precedents making clear determinations of legal sufficiency and recommendations.
• Serve as the assistant to the Ethics Counselor; Research and write draft Ethics opinions on a wide variety of Administrative Law issues.
• Determine the necessary legal, policy and administrative issues involved and the nature of the analysis and legal research required to come to a successful conclusion, and support recommendations in unusually complicated legal matters.

Qualifications

CYBER EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITIONS ARE NOT SUBJECT TO THE TWO-PAGE RESUME LIMIT. YOUR FULL RESUME WILL NEED TO BE UPLOADED TO YOUR USAJOBS PROFILE USING THE DOCUMENT TYPE "OTHER DOCUMENTS".

This Position is in the Professional Work Category at the Full Performance Work Level within the CES Occupational Structure.

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.

Education

Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted.

Additional Information

• To qualify based on your experience, your resume must describe one year of specialized experience that demonstrates the possession of knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies necessary for immediate success in the position. Such experience is typically in or directly related to the work of the position to be filled.
• Specialized experience would be demonstrated by:
  • conducting independent legal research for the preparation of litigation reports, legal documents, or legal memoranda;
  • preparing/drafting litigation reports, legal memoranda, and/or legal documents;
  • maintaining complex case files;
  • interpreting laws and precedents making clear determinations of legal sufficiency and recommendations.

How you will be evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.