Paralegal Specialist

Duties

If selected at the GS-09 level, duties will be performed in a developmental capacity:

• Provide assistance to any practice area or program team within the office, as assigned, to include contracts, fraud, litigation, employment, administrative, and installation law actions
• Assist in employment, labor, ethics, suspension or debarment, acquisition matters, and court and administrative hearings regarding complaints, appeals, protests, investigations, and mediation's.
• Prepare narratives, collect exhibits, compile evidentiary files and correct file deficiencies in support of the agency position and assist attorneys at administrative hearings as necessary.
• Analyze and evaluate claims and other matters arising from various legislative acts (e.g., Federal Tort Claims Act, Civilian Employees' Claim Act, Freedom of Information Act and Privacy Act) and programs.
• Select, review, assemble, summarize, and/or compile substantive, procedural, and office administrative information through utilization of Agency files, databases, statutes, regulations, and legal materials as necessary to process assignment.
• Interview potential witnesses and perform discovery in case preparation as requested by the attorney.
• Interact and network with persons both inside and outside Government, including attorneys, investigators, auditors, contracting officials, corporate officers, and others.
• Research and write legal memoranda on a wide variety of issues, i.e. personnel, installation, procurement fraud, debarment/suspension, contracts, Ethics for Executive Branch Employees, jurisdictional, environmental, and non-appropriated funds.