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Paralegal Specialist
Office of the Secretary of Labor · Posted 57 days ago
About the Role
This position is with the U. S. Department of Labor, Office of Administrative Law Judges (OALJ) located in multiple locations. The selectee serves as a Paralegal Specialist responsible for conducting adjudicatory hearings and issuing decisions for the Department of Labor under more than 80 different laws and executive orders.
What You'll Do
- →Location Selection Limitation: Applicants may select up to two (2) duty locations when applying to this announcement.
- →Please carefully consider and choose only the locations you can reliably and easily commute to or otherwise access, if selected.
- →Locality Salary Ranges: Advertised salary reflects the minimum and maximum pay for the listed locations.
- →Upon selection, the salary will be set in accordance with the selectee's assigned duty location.
- →Below are the specific minimum and maximum salary for each location.
- →Applicants should apply to the location(s) they are able to regularly report to.
- →Location will be determined once selection(s) is made.
- →Salary posted reflects pay range for all locations.
- →Once the selection has been made, the salary will be set in accordance with the selectee's location.
- →The positions can be filled in any of the following locations: Covington, LA: 74,678 - 97,087 Philadelphia, PA: 82,289 - 106,982 Pittsburgh, PA: 77,211 - 100,380 Major Duties: Provides research, legal support, and case development services to assigned ALJs.
- →Researches and determines the legal actions necessary to prepare cases for hearing, such as developing and issuing various orders to obtain the required information.
- →Analyzes and prepares responses and actions resulting from orders and motions, ensuring that claimants, representatives, and attorneys meet legal requirements.
- →Prepares necessary legal documents for hearings, anticipates issues that may arise, and researches information, laws, and precedent cases for the ALJs.
- →The incumbent provides information to attorneys and judges on the status of cases, actions required to bring cases to hearing, and an eventual decision being issued by the ALJ.
Requirements
- ✓Any applicant falsely claiming an academic degree from an accredited school will be subject to actions ranging from disqualification from federal employment to removal from federal service.
- ✓If your education was completed at a foreign college or university, you must show comparability to education received in accredited educational institutions in the United States and comparability to applicable minimum coursework requirements for this position.
- ✓Click Evaluation of Foreign Education for more information.
Personality Fit
Job ID: e0ac1f19-2bcd-4343-b9e1-d8ddd92b5d2e
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