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Paralegal Specialist
National Nuclear Security Administration · Posted 70 days ago
About the Role
The Senior Paralegal Specialist performs substantive legal duties in support of NNSA/NA-LA. Duties include: Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and Privacy Act review/coordination; Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program (EEOICP) liaison; NA-LA liaison for external auditing groups such as OIG, GAO, or U.S. Department of Labor; NNSA ethics reviews/file management; LANL litigation coordination, invoice reviews, and use of the Litigation Management Tracking System (LMTS).
What You'll Do
- →As a Paralegal Specialist, you will: Perform legal analysis of Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and Privacy Act (PA) requests under the provisions of applicable statutes and determines if documents or segregable portions can be released.
- →Reviews proposed FOIA responses submitted by the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) contractor for accuracy, coordinates final responses with the NNSA FOIA Officer/team, and performs related support.
- →Serve as NA-LA's liaison for the DOE Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program (EEOICP).
- →Coordinates and integrates EEOICP activities resulting from claims filed by current or former employees of LANL, follows up on DOE/NNSA or Department of Labor data requests as needed, and performs related support.
- →Serve as NA-LA's liaison with external auditing groups and agencies such as the Office of Inspector General (OIG), U.S.
- →Government Accountability Office (GAO), and other entities as needed.
- →Handles management referral process for NA-LA and coordinates with LANL.
- →Receives requests for management to investigate or review anonymous hotline reports or written allegations of potential waste, fraud, or abuse by LANL employees, brings substantive issues to the attention of management, coordinates referrals to management or LANL as appropriate, consolidates and develops responses, and closes out actions.
- →Provide oversight support for LANL contractor litigation, reviews litigation reports, tracks contractor outside attorney costs, conducts reviews of contractor legal invoices to assess accuracy/compliance, prepares correspondence for the contracting officer/counsel as needed, and coordinates with NNSA General Counsel and NA-LA staff attorneys on issues as appropriate.
- →Compiles, maintains, and prepares litigation reports using the agency's Litigation Management Tracking System (LMTS).
- →Supports other litigation related functions as needed.
- →Support NNSA/NA-LA ethics program officials, identifies and provides appropriate DOE/NNSA ethics guidelines/federal regulations, assists ethics counselors in addressing staff questions, and serves as a local system administrator for the Department's Confidential Financial Disclosure Report (OGE 450) system.
- →Helps NNSA attorneys prepare ethics documents (e.g., recusals, 5 C.F.R. 2635.502 authorizations, post-employment restrictions, etc.), conducts research as needed to support legal opinions on various matters of agency interest, and performs related duties as required.
Requirements
- ✓Subject to Random Drug Testing Must pass a pre-employment drug test.
- ✓Favorable suitability determination required.
- ✓Must be able to obtain/maintain a Q level Security Clearance.
- ✓You must be a United States Citizen.
- ✓This employer participates in the e-Verify program.
- ✓Males must abide by Selective Service registration requirements.
- ✓Compliance with Homeland Security Presidential Directive (HSPD-12) governing personal identity which will require that you provide two forms of identification.
- ✓May be required to successfully complete a one (1) year probationary period.
- ✓Employees serving on a probationary or trial period may be terminated at any time during the probationary or trial period for performance, conduct, or business-related reasons in the interest of Federal service.
- ✓Please limit your resume to no more than two (2) pages.
- ✓If more than two pages are submitted, you will be disqualified.
- ✓Probationary periods are required for new employees appointed to competitive service positions for the first time; or reinstated employees who return to Federal service after a break in service of 30-days or more and who have not completed a probationary period will need to complete the requirement.
- ✓Trial periods are required for all excepted service employees.
- ✓Trial periods served in the same position and agency with no break in service will satisfy the requirement.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 21eb5e02-e8ae-4492-a412-df6e5e3106c1
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