Supervisory Paralegal Specialist

About the role

The position is located in the United States Attorney's Office, District of New Mexico, serving as a Supervisory Paralegal Specialist in the Criminal Division. Typical work assignments include providing administrative and technical supervision to support staff who provides paralegal or legal assistant services to Assistant U.S. Attorneys, coordinating and performing duties encompassing all electronic discovery issues within the Criminal Division for the entire district, independently performing the most complex paralegal research and support assignments as needed, reviewing all routine pleadings prepared by those reporting to incumbent as needed to ensure compliance with Department of Justice and USAO policies and practices, providing leadership to USAO legal and paralegal staff by monitoring activities and making or recommending case improvements generally and as needed for electronically stored information, and performing a variety of tasks associated with trials, hearings and other legal presentations.

Responsibilities

• Provide administrative and technical legal expertise
• Work closely with attorneys responsible for investigating and litigating cases
• Perform legal research in support of litigation
• Examine and process a variety of legal documents
• Analyze and evaluate data in response to complex or sensitive requests
• Draft briefs, pleadings or other legal documentation and correspondence
• Document findings and prepare recommendations
• Plan and/or oversee work assignments of legal staff

Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship or Nationality
• Pre-employment adjudication including fingerprint, credit and tax checks, and drug testing
• Background investigation
• Registration for Selective Service, if applicable
• One year specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 grade level in the Federal service
• Supervising or working as a paralegal in a legal office environment
• Working closely with attorneys responsible for investigating and litigating cases
• Performing legal research in support of litigation
• Examining and processing a variety of legal documents
• Analyzing and evaluating data in response to complex or sensitive requests
• Drafting briefs, pleadings or other legal documentation and correspondence
• Documenting findings and preparing recommendations
• Planning and/or overseeing work assignments of legal staff

Qualifications

• GS-12: One (1) year specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 grade level in the Federal service

Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP)

• Eligible displaced Federal competitive service employees with selection priority over other candidates for competitive service vacancies

Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP)

• Eligible surplus or displaced competitive service employees in the Department of Justice with selection priority over other candidates for competitive service vacancies

Reasonable Accommodation Statement

Applicants requiring reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process should contact the hiring agency directly. Determinations on requests for reasonable accommodation will be made on a case-by-case basis.

EEO Statement/Policy

The United States government does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, retaliation, parental status, military service or other non-merit factor. More information can be found here: https://www.justice.gov/jmd/media/1425556/dl?inline.

Political Appointees (Current or Former)

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