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PARALEGAL SPECIALIST
Defense Finance and Accounting Service · Posted 119 days ago
About the Role
This job announcement uses the USA Hire Assessment to evaluate applicants. For more information, visit USA Hire Assessment. This announcement will be used to fill positions with an entry grade of GS-07, or GS-09 with a target grade of GS-09. The minimum salary for a GS-7 is $52,688 and the maximum is $68,496. The minimum salary for a GS-9 is $64,448 and the maximum is $83,787. Location: DFAS Office of General Counsel, Garnishment Law, Cleveland, OH
What You'll Do
- →Receive and review various court orders to determine the sufficiency of the legal documentation submitted for consideration.
- →Analyze facts of individual case and research the laws to determine whether statutory requirements (i.e. service to process, exemption of pay, or other support provisions) have been met.
- →Provide advice/assistance to customers; make determinations of legal validity regarding all forms of garnishments, involuntary allotments, and bankruptcies and applications under Uniformed Services Former Spouses' Protection Act.
- →Conduct legal research regarding pay, garnishments, involuntary allotments, bankruptcies, or collections.
- →Duties will be developmental in nature when the position is filled below the full performance level.
Requirements
- ✓GS-07 Substitution of Education for Experience: One full year of graduate level education or Superior Academic Achievement (http://www.opm.gov/qualifications/policy/ApplicationOfStds-04.asp) may be substituted to meet the specialized experience requirement.
- ✓GS-9 Substitution of Education for Experience: Two full years of progressively higher level graduate education, Master's or equivalent graduate degree, may be substituted to meet the specialized experience requirement.
- ✓Equivalent combinations of successfully completed graduate level education and experience may be used to meet total experience requirements.
- ✓If you are using education to substitute for the specialized experience and/or a basic requirement, you must submit transcripts at the time you apply.
- ✓To be creditable, education must have been obtained in an accredited college or university.
- ✓You must report only attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions that are recognized by the U.S.
- ✓Department of Education (http://www2.ed.gov/admins/finaid/accred/index.html).
Personality Fit
Job ID: f244d90e-80e3-4046-abd1-4d6cb536a0f4
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