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Paralegal Specialist
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration · Posted 1 days ago
About the Role
This position is located in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Office of General Counsel (OGC), with one vacancy in Silver Spring, MD.
What You'll Do
- →As a Paralegal Specialist, you will perform the following duties: Serve as a Paralegal Specialist in developing legal research strategies for the Office of General Counsel (OGC) on implementing acts, to include the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, Merchant Marine Act, Endangered Species Act, Administrative Procedures Act, Marine Mammal Protection Act.
- →Assist attorneys with Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), requests.
- →Act as administrator of the OGC Litigation Database, supervising the data that is entered, and responding to queries regarding litigation affecting NOAA from the White House, the Secretary of Commerce, members of the Legislative Branch, and internal NOAA search requests.
- →Locate, interpret, and summarize statutes, regulations, treaties, legislative histories, and other legal documents at requests of attorneys or other National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) officials.
- →Perform legal and factual research and conduct analyses of precedents, statutes, and regulations to draft legal correspondence, memoranda, briefs and similar documents.
- →Review and edit controlled correspondence and provide clearance for correspondence relating to general issues.
- →Respond to general requests from NOAA legal offices nationwide, and prepare response memos or letters and records requests.
Requirements
- ✓Key Requirements: Applicants must be U.S.
- ✓Suitable for Federal employment, as determined by background investigation.
- ✓More requirements are listed under Qualifications and Additional Information.
- ✓Must be registered for Selective Service, if applicable (www.sss.gov) Qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of the announcement.
- ✓If you are a Federal employee applying for a promotion (under merit promotion procedures) you must meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of the announcement.
- ✓Additional Considerations: One year probationary period may be required.
- ✓This position requires Moderate Risk Security Clearance.
- ✓Background investigation will be required.
- ✓Continued employment is subject to applicant's successful completion of security investigation and favorable adjudication.
- ✓Failure to successfully meet these requirements will be grounds for termination.
- ✓As a condition of employment for accepting this position, for those required to serve a 1-year probationary period, we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest.
- ✓In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider: Your performance and conduct; Needs and interests of the agency; Whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and Whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of then Federal service.
- ✓Upon completion of your probationary period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.
- ✓Throughout the recruitment and hiring process we will be communicating with you via email; therefore, it is imperative that the email address you provide when applying for this vacancy remains active.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 69a01494-e5de-4f12-9d56-cfed2375ee47
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