Student Cooperative for Office of General Counsel (PAID)

Full Job Description

The Office of General Counsel (OGC) for the U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General (OIG) has a great opportunity for students.

Join our team as a paid Student Cooperative on the OGC Operations team.

We are looking for an enthusiastic team player that is willing to learn and work in our Arlington, VA office to help support the teams within OGC. Bring your skills and voice to our team!

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS You must meet ALL of the minimum requirements.

Students must be currently enrolled full or half-time in an accredited college or university program, classified or academically ranked by semester hours as a Sophomore, Junior, Senior or Graduate student.

(MUST SUBMIT TRANSCRIPT STATING CURRENT ENROLLMENT STATUS, GPA AND IN GOOD STANDING - an unofficial transcript from the university is acceptable.

May be required to produce an official transcript prior to receipt of a formal offer.) AND Must be in academic good standing as defined by the accredited college or university, earning at least a 2.75 GPA on a 4.0 GPA scale.

AND Must be able to report to work in the Arlington, VA USPS OIG office during core business hours, 9:30am - 2:30pm, EST.

EVALUATION FACTORS Include your major accomplishments relevant to the evaluation factors in your resume. Your resume must explain how you meet these evaluation factors.

Failure to demonstrate that you meet all of the evaluation factor requirements as listed below will result in a score of zero (0); an ineligible status, and you will not be referred for further consideration.

Include your major accomplishments relevant to the evaluation factors in your resume.

SharePoint site building and maintenance experience, or ability to quickly learn intranet site building and maintenance with SharePoint. Ability to plan and run an event.

Ability to learn and complete a detail-oriented review process with zero mistakes. Ability to research and analyze complex issues.

Comfortable communicating both orally and in writing with higher level supervisors and people you have never met. Major Duties:

OGC consists of many teams, including Communications, Government Relations, FOIA, and Legal Services.

The successful candidate may work with multiple teams in OGC, but primarily Operations, supporting the rest of OGC.

The candidate will work on a variety of projects ranging from reviewing subpoena submissions (no legal experience required), SharePoint site building and maintenance, research, data analysis, general office duties, small event planning and coordination, maintaining strategic calendars, and assisting with other projects as needed.

The successful Student Cooperative is eligible for continuous employment throughout the year, while enrolled in school.

Candidates will be evaluated on the skills that they possess that are directly related to the duties of the position and the experience, education and training that indicate the applicant's ability to acquire the particular knowledge and skills needed to perform the duties of the position.

Only those candidates who meet all qualification and eligibility requirements and who submit the required information by 11:59 PM EST on 03/02/2026 will be considered.

The USPS OIG uses a Pay Banding system, which is equivalent to the Federal GS scale. Grade and salary determinations will be made based upon a candidate's education and professional experience.

This position is being advertised at the Administrative Band level. The base salary range for this position is $16.73 - $20.15/hour. Locality Pay is authorized.

Sophomore $22.41 per hour includes locality pay Junior/Senior $23.81 per hour includes locality pay Graduate or Law Student $26.99 per hour includes locality pay Student Cooperatives are not eligible for USPS OIG Employee Benefits.

The following description of major duties and responsibilities is only intended to give applicants a general overview of the possible expectations.

Student Cooperatives are expected to perform a wide variety of duties that may include review and creation of documents, creation and maintenance of strategic calendars, creation and maintenance of SharePoint sites, event planning, research, data analysis, assisting other teams as needed.

Examples of duties for this position include: Review of Subpoena submissions SharePoint to build and maintain Intranet sites Strategic calendar maintenance Quarterly agency wide newsletters Event planning and coordination Data analysis with Excel and Power BI Research Meeting and coordination with supervisors and staff across the OIG