Lead Paralegal Specialist

Full Job Description

About the Position: This is a Lead Paralegal Specialist, GS-0950-12 position with USACE, Ft. Worth District, Office of Counsel located in Fort Worth, TX.

This announcement is for current, permanent Army employees that would like to be considered for a time-limited promotion, reassignment or change to lower grade.

External status candidates should apply to Announcement #CEDD-26-12863374-MP. Please see "Additional Information" section below for further details.

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.

Current Department of Army Civilian Employees 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.

Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes: 1) Preparing discovery responses, administrative records, opinions, legal pleadings and/or briefs on matters such as real estate, contracts, procurement laws; AND 2) Coordinating with legal element chiefs to obtain information to recommend disposition of Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request; AND 3) Leading teams in distributing and balancing workload and tasks and monitoring progress of work.

This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-11).

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-12).

Major Duties:

• Review Record and Non-record Title Evidence for compliance with applicable standards of the Corps of Engineers and the Department of Justice.
• Assist attorneys with selected assignments and/or selected phases/parts of legal issues presented during the review of title, preparation of Pre-acquisition Title Opinions, curative title work, acquisitions, closings, etc.
• Administrative/Paralegal Support for travel, timekeeping, procurement of supplies, services ad equipment, etc.
• Serve as alternate in providing legal assistance and general support to staff attorneys with the preparation, research, development, and maintenance of files for cases.
• Plan, organize, and direct the activities of subordinate paralegals in OFC's strategic plan, mission, vision and values are integrated into the team's strategies, goals, objectives, work plans and work products and services etc.