Lead Paralegal Specialist
4 days ago
We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Paralegal Team Lead to join our team at Offices, Boards and Divisions. As a Paralegal Team Lead, you will be responsible for overseeing the assignment and distribution of litigation support assignments for your team, ensuring that attorneys receive the necessary support on their assigned cases.
Key Responsibilities- Conducting legal research of substantial variety and complexity, including performing legal research in conjunction with ongoing cases or as discrete assignments.
- Participating in all aspects of discovery and assisting attorneys with case development and preparation for evidentiary hearings and trials.
- Conducting or assisting attorneys in conducting interviews with investigative sources and prospective witnesses.
- Working with others to make recommendations for improving the available electronic resources in the office's transformation into an automated litigation environment.
- Coordinating with the Supervisory Paralegal Specialist to ensure that work is assigned to the appropriate position/staff member.
- Performing limited human resource management functions, such as participating in and providing recommendations for staffing and hiring decisions for paralegals, legal assistants, and student interns.
- Coordinating the training of new and incumbent paralegals, legal assistants, and student interns.
- Must be a United States Citizen or National.
- Must successfully pass a security/background investigation check, which includes a drug screening.
- Must be a current Federal employee within the Department of Justice Civil Division on a Competitive Service appointment.
- Must meet all applicable time-in-grade requirements.
To qualify for the position of Paralegal Team Lead, you must meet the basic qualification requirements listed below and possess the required specialized experience specific to this series and grade.
If you are a current Department of Justice Civil Division employee on a permanent appointment in the competitive service, you will need to demonstrate 1-year (52-weeks) at the next lower grade level, to meet the time-in-grade requirements for this occupational series and grade.
To qualify for the GS-12 Paralegal Team Lead Position, you must demonstrate that you have one year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 performing duties such as conducting legal research, drafting legal pleadings, briefs, motions; assisting attorneys with case development and preparation for evidentiary hearings and trials; performing case management duties encompassing diverse technical issues.
You MUST meet all qualification requirements, including Time-in-Grade, by the closing date of this announcement.
Your resume must support your responses to the online questionnaire and the qualification requirements. Failure to do so may result in an ineligible rating.
EducationThere is no educational requirement for this position.
Other InformationThis vacancy is open to current DOJ Civil Division employees and CTAP eligibles.
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