Supervisory Paralegal Specialist

Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys and the Office of the U.S. Attorneys•Baltimore, MD

About The Position

This position is for a Supervisory Paralegal Specialist within the Department of Justice, United States Attorneys' Offices. The role involves supervising team leaders and coordinating workload and activities for clerical, technical, administrative, and analytical employees. The specialist will provide advice to management, assist in policy and procedural manual development, and maintain guidelines and systems for staff. Responsibilities will increase in complexity as training and experience progress. The role requires performing detailed legal research, collecting and analyzing information to support cases, and evaluating candidates for support positions in the Civil Division.

Requirements

Must be a U.S. Citizen or National.
Must be registered for Selective Service, if applicable.
Must meet all applicable time-in-grade requirements by the closing of this announcement.
If selected, you will be subject to the satisfactory completion of a one year supervisory or managerial probationary period unless this requirement has been met previously.
Must be a current permanent Department of Justice employee with competitive status or a CTAP/RPL eligible candidate.
Must meet all qualification and eligibility requirements within 30 days after the closing date of this announcement and before placement in the position.
One full year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 level.
Specialized experience is defined as experience performing a variety of analytical paralegal or legal work which demonstrates a practical knowledge of law, the litigation and judicial process, and applicable rules, regulations, policies, and procedures.
Examples of specialized experiences may include the following: research legal and factual issues and cases as directed by attorneys to include: researching and summarizing factual aspects of cases, analyzing reports, testimony, interviews, files; and research for pleadings, memoranda of law, trial briefs, appellate briefs, complaints, and responses to defense motions: understanding and analyzing facts and legal issues, and interpret and apply applicable law, regulations and policies, exercising independent judgment.
Must meet all qualification requirements, including time-in-grade, by 10/14/2026 of this announcement.
Resume must support your responses to the application questionnaire and the qualification requirements.
If you are a male applicant born after December 31, 1959, you must certify that you have registered with the Selective Service System, or are exempt from having to do so under the Selective Service Law.

Nice To Haves

Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.

Responsibilities

Supervising team leaders with responsibility for coordinating and facilitating workload and activities performed by clerical, technical, administrative, and analytical employees.
Providing advice to management officials and participating in the development and promulgation of policy and procedural manuals, including development and maintenance of guidelines and systems for staff.
Plans and assigns work to be accomplished by subordinates; sets and adjusts priorities and sequence of operations to meet deadlines for regular and peak workloads.
Reviews work in progress upon completion, as required, or spot-checks work, as appropriate, to assess and improve the quality and quantity of work produced by each employee.
Provides new employees with on-the-job experience and training required to perform the work.
Prepares performance work plans, performance appraisals and advises employees of the performance requirements of their positions.
Conducts and evaluates interviews candidates for support positions in the Civil Division.
Performs detailed legal research of laws, legal opinions, trial transcripts, policies and regulations, Procedure and Evidence, court rules, and legal texts in selecting pertinent facts and applying case laws to those facts.
Collects, analyzes and evaluates information to support cases.