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Paralegal Specialist
Customs and Border Protection · Posted 4 days ago
About the Role
Organizational Location: This position is with the Department of Homeland Security, within U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Chief Counsel in Long Beach, CA. Additional selections may be made for other organizational divisions and/or units within the duty location(s) listed above.
What You'll Do
- →This position starts at a salary of $104,349.00 (GS-12, Step 1) to $135,657.00 (GS-12, Step 10).
- →GS Salary: Visit this link to view the locality pay tables by geographic area.
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- →Some positions fall under a special pay rate depending on the series, grade level and location of the position.
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- →This position is with the Office of Assistant Chief Counsel in Long Beach, CA.
- →The Office of Chief Counsel is one of the Government's largest and oldest legal offices.
- →OCC attorneys work on cutting-edge legal issues and provide critical advice across the CBP portfolio, including trade enforcement, search and seizure, immigration, and government ethics.
- →They also represent the agency in labor and employment matters and provide litigation support to the Department of Justice.
- →In this Paralegal Specialist position, you will join a team of legal professionals within The Office of the Chief Counsel.
- →Typical duties for this position could include: Receiving, investigating, examining and evaluating subpoenas, and other requests for Agency and personnel information from federal and state law enforcement agencies for possible disclosure in judicial proceedings.
- →Compiling, organizing and analyzing documentary evidence of regulatory violations to be utilized by attorneys in administrative and judicial collection proceedings.
- →Providing information and making recommendations in justifying the CBP's legal position in regard to legal challenges to Agency actions.
- →Obtaining, organizing, analyzing and recommending agency action with respect to matters relating to the Federal Tort Claims Act, Freedom of Information Act and the Privacy Act.
Requirements
- ✓You must be a U.S.
- ✓Your conduct will be subject to the ethics rules applicable to all Executive Branch employees, and to CBP employees specifically, as well as the criminal conflict of interest statutes.
- ✓Once you enter on duty, these rules include obtaining approval for outside employment or business activity, to ensure such employment or business activity is not prohibited and does not interfere or conflict with performance of your official duties.
- ✓Please review further details via the following link.
- ✓DHS uses E-Verify, an internet-based system, to confirm the eligibility of all newly hired employees to work in the United States.
- ✓Learn more about E-Verify including your rights and responsibilities.
- ✓Financial Disclosure is required.
- ✓Bargaining Unit: This position is not covered under the bargaining unit.
- ✓Please see the Qualifications and Required Documents sections for more information if education is applicable to this position.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 2748c2c6-4acd-432d-b250-6102dc6f7171
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