Paralegal I

Privacy Compliance Paralegal

Duties/Responsibilities

• Compile, prepare, and summarize relevant materials for use by privacy staff and privacy attorney in preparing privacy compliance documentation.
• Summarize privacy compliance reviews.
• Perform simple legal research.
• Index, track and control privacy compliance documentation.
• Review documents for relevance according to established guidelines and criteria.
• Compile documents for privacy incident management, internal and external audits, and privacy-related inquiries, etc.
• Conduct legal research, analysis and writing related to new and existing federal privacy laws, statues, and guidance, including full reference and research services on legal, legislative, and regulatory privacy laws, issues and precedents.
• Communicate with offices as necessary to coordinate the updating of current system notices and creation of new system notices as required.
• Draft, review and track privacy compliance documentation and reports required pursuant to privacy-related laws and guidance.

Qualifications Requires Paralegal Certificate and 2 years of experience as a paralegal and working knowledge of the Privacy Act, E-government Act, FISMA, and other privacy-related regulations, guidance, and standards. An equivalent level of legal training may be substituted for the Paralegal Certificate and experience. Must have and use excellent oral and written communications skills. Requires thorough knowledge of legal research tools such as LEXIS/NEXIS, CLEAR, and Westlaw. Ability to consistently deliver highest quality work under extreme pressure will be very important. Must be proficient in all Microsoft Office 2010 or newer programs, and Adobe Professional, or newer program, to include redacting and redlining expertise. In addition, must have hands-on familiarity with a variety of computer applications, including databases and spreadsheets.