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Paralegal Specialist.

US Army Corps of Engineers · Portland, OR · 1 mo ago
LegalFull-time
We need to output HTML fragment with sections: Duties (maybe heading "Responsibilities"? The instruction: use

for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). We have duties, requirements, qualifications. Also maybe "Additional information" but not needed. We need to include sections only when posting has real specific content. Duties: we have bullet list of duties. Requirements: we have "Conditions of employment" etc. Qualifications: we have "Who May Apply", "Specialized Experience", "Education", etc. Also maybe "Benefits": there is mention of benefits package but no specifics; it's generic. Should we include Benefits? The instruction: never create Benefits section unless posting actually states them. It says "A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package." That's generic, not specific. Likely we should not include Benefits because no specific benefits listed. Pay: mention "Salary includes applicable locality pay or Local Market Supplement." That's specific enough? It says salary includes locality pay. That is a statement about pay. Could include Pay section with that sentence. Schedule: not mentioned. So we can include Pay. We must not repeat job title as heading. No Job ID. Use

for each section heading. We need to preserve all substantive information. Use
  • for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. Use

    for prose. We need to extract duties list: The duties paragraph includes multiple sentences separated by periods. We can turn each sentence into a list item? The instruction: Use

    • for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. The duties are a list of tasks; we can make each sentence a
    • . Ensure we preserve all info. Duties sentences: 1. Process, analyze, and evaluate FOIA/Privacy Act requests, determines releasability, applies statutory exemptions, coordinates with counsel, and tracks appeals. 2. Perform in-depth legal research and factual investigations using automated legal databases and legal references to evaluate precedents, statutory authorities, and complex legal issues. 3. Draft legal documents, pleadings, briefs, discovery requests, motions, and litigation reports requiring detailed analysis of laws, regulations, and procedure to assist staff attorneys. 4. Coordinate litigation support, discovery, witness/expert interviews, and deposition/trial logistics across contractual, tort, environmental, labor, and civil litigation matters. 5. Manage automated legal systems and e-discovery tools, overseeing matter tracking, case management databases, litigation data capture, and training legal personnel on IT platforms. We need to keep the exact wording. Now Requirements: The section "Conditions of employment Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation." Also there is other requirements like "Time in Grade Requirement", "Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must complete a Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Registration.", "You will be required to provide proof of U.S. Citizenship.", "This position requires a 1 year probationary period during which the agency evaluates your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest....", "Direct Deposit of Pay is required.", "Selection is subject to restrictions resulting from Department of Defense referral system for displaced employees.", "If you have retired from federal service and you are interested in employment as a reemployed annuitant, see the information in the This is a(n) Professional Services Career Field position." That's a bit messy. Also "Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement." That's more about announcement. We need to keep all substantive info. We'll create a list of requirements items. Let's extract each distinct requirement sentence: - Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation. - Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-11). - Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must complete a Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Registration. - You will be required to provide proof of U.S. Citizenship. - This position requires a 1 year probationary period during which the agency evaluates your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest. In making this determination, the agency may consider your performance and conduct; agency needs and interests; whether your continued employment supports organizational or Government goals; and whether it promotes the efficiency of the Federal service. Continued employment requires written certification that it advances the public interest. - Direct Deposit of Pay is required. - Selection is subject to restrictions resulting from Department of Defense referral system for displaced employees. - If you have retired from federal service and you are interested in employment as a reemployed annuitant, see the information in the This is a(n) Professional Services Career Field position. (This sentence is awkward; maybe we keep as is.) - Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement. - Salary includes applicable locality pay or Local Market Supplement. (Actually that's pay, but we might put in Pay section.) We also have "Education This job does not have an education qualification requirement." That's more qualifications. Now Qualifications: includes "Who May Apply: US Citizens", "In order to qualify, you must meet the experience requirements described below.", "Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) 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 Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes 1.) Analyzing, processing, and determining the releasability of complex Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and Privacy Act requests, including applying legal exemptions and preparing initial denial determinations; 2) Conducting comprehensive legal and factual research using automated databases and legal resources to analyze precedents, statutes, and agency regulations; 3.) Drafting legal documents, including pleadings, briefs, discovery requests/responses, litigation reports, and legal memoranda in support of ongoing litigation; 4.) Assisting attorneys with trial preparation, witness interviews, discovery coordination, e-discovery processes, and pretrial proceedings; and 5.) Utilizing and maintaining automated legal case management, matter tracking, and e-discovery databases. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-11).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. Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-11). Education This job does not have an education qualification requirement." We see some duplication with requirements (Time in Grade Requirement appears again). We'll keep but maybe combine. We need to avoid duplication? The instruction: "Preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. Remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions." Duplicated lines should be removed. So we should deduplicate repeated sentences. The Time in Grade Requirement appears both in Requirements and Qualifications; we should keep only one instance. Probably keep it under Requirements (or Qualifications) but not both. Let's decide to keep it under Requirements (since it's a requirement). Then in Qualifications we can omit that duplicate. Also "Education This job does not have an education qualification requirement." appears in Qualifications; we keep that. Also "Who May Apply: US Citizens" is a qualification. Also "In order to qualify, you must meet the experience requirements described below." is generic; we can keep. Also "Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience..." etc. Also "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" seems incomplete; maybe it's a fragment; we keep as is. Now Specialized Experience list: we need to make a list. We'll create Qualifications section with sub-items maybe as
      • for each bullet. We need to preserve the numbering (1.) etc. Could keep as
          but instruction says use
          • for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. It didn't forbid
              but says use
              • for any list. Safer to use
                • and keep the content as is (including the numbering). We'll just put each specialized experience item as
                • . Now Benefits: we have generic statement about benefits package; not specific; we should not include Benefits section. Pay: we have "Salary includes applicable locality pay or Local Market Supplement." Also maybe "Direct Deposit of Pay is required." That's more requirement. Pay section: we can include the salary statement. Schedule: none. Now we need to output HTML fragment only. Structure:

                  Responsibilities

                  • ...
                  • ...

                  Requirements

                  • ...
                  • ...

                  Qualifications

                  • Who May Apply: US Citizens
                  • In order to qualify, you must meet the experience requirements described below.
                  • Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) 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
                  • Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes:
                    • ... nested? Might be messy. Better to keep as a single
                    • containing the whole description with sublist? But instruction: use
                      • for any list. Could treat the specialized experience items as a list inside the qualifications section. We'll have a
                          for specialized experience items. Simplify: Under Qualifications, we can have a paragraph describing who may apply, experience, etc., then a

                          ? Not allowed; only headings

                          . We can just use

                          for prose and

                          • for lists. Thus:

                            Qualifications

                            Who May Apply: US Citizens

                            In order to qualify, you must meet the experience requirements described below.

                            Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) 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

                            Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes:

                            • Analyzing, processing, and determining the releasability of complex Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and Privacy Act requests, including applying legal exemptions and preparing initial denial determinations;
                            • Conducting comprehensive legal and factual research using automated databases and legal resources to analyze precedents, statutes, and agency regulations;
                            • Drafting legal documents, including pleadings, briefs, discovery requests/responses, litigation reports, and legal memoranda in support of ongoing litigation;
                            • Assisting attorneys

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