Paralegal Specialist
Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys and the Office of the U.S. Attorneys See More Job Openings by This Employer
For more information on the Department of Justice and the United States Attorneys' Offices, visit http://www.justice.gov/usao/.
As needed, additional positions may be filled using this announcement.
If selected for this position, you will join a well-respected team that is responsible for the enforcement and collection of criminal and civil debts for the United States Attorney's Office (USAO), Southern District of Illinois's Financial Litigation Program.
Typical work assignments will include:
- Researching case law, regulations, and policy; analyzing facts, evaluating approaches, and advising attorneys of findings and recommending courses of action.
- Using independent judgment in the application of laws, regulations, and precedents unique to the federal debt collection and other affirmative litigation cases assigned to the district.
- Processing criminal and civil cases involving the collection of federal debt, interviewing debtors, determining the ability to pay, and developing and approving repayment plans.
- Preparing and reviewing quality control reports from the financial litigation databases and automated tracking systems to evaluate the progress and effectiveness of the office's overall debt collection operation.
- Fielding calls and questions from other government employees, bank officials, title companies/real estate personnel, investigators, debtors, lawyers, spouses, business partners, and occasionally victims of crime.
- You must be a U.S. Citizen or National.
- Initial appointment is conditioned upon a satisfactory pre-employment adjudication. This includes fingerprint, credit and tax checks, and drug testing. Continued employment is subject to a favorable adjudication of a background investigation.
- You must be registered for Selective Service, if applicable.
- If selected, you may be required to complete a one year probationary period.
- Time-in-Grade: Federal employees must meet time-in-grade requirements within 30 days after the closing date of this announcement.
- You must meet all qualification and eligibility requirements within 30 days after the closing date of this announcement and before placement in the position.
GS-11: To be found qualified at the GS-11 level, you must meet at least one of the following conditions, as defined below: specialized experience, education, or a combination of education and experience.
Specialized Experience: is defined as one full year of experience equivalent to at least the GS-09 level in the Federal service performing the following type of work and/or tasks:
- Managing financial litigation cases;
- Processing a variety of legal and financial documents;
- Conducting research, analysis, and evaluation of data;
- Drafting financial litigation documents and correspondence and communicating with debtors to present options for debt payments;
- Determining the appropriate pleadings and orders needed to initiate post-judgment remedies.
Education: One of the following types of education in a related field: a Ph.D. or equivalent doctorate degree in a related field (e.g. Criminal Justice, Law); OR 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree; or LL.M. Education at the graduate level must be in an accredited college or university and must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to perform the duties of the position.
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Combining Education and Experience: Combinations of successfully completed graduate education and experience may be used to meet total qualification requirements. In order to qualify based on a combination, graduate education must be in excess of two full years.
Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP)-The CTAP provides eligible surplus and displaced competitive service employees in the Department of Justice with selection priority over other candidates for competitive service vacancies. If your Department of Justice component has notified you in writing that you are a surplus or displaced employee eligible for CTAP consideration, you may receive selection priority if: 1) this vacancy is within your CTAP eligibility, 2) you apply under the instructions in this announcement, and 3) you are found well-qualified for this vacancy. To be well qualified, you must satisfy all qualification requirements for the vacant position and receive a score of 85 or better on established ranking criteria. You must provide a copy of your written notification of CTAP eligibility with your application. Additional information about CTAP eligibility is at http://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/workforce-restructuring/employee-guide-to-career-transition/.
All academic degrees and coursework must be completed at a college or university that has obtained accreditation or pre-accreditation status from an accrediting body recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. For a list of schools that meet this criteria, see http://www.ed.gov
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Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the above education requirements if you can show that the foreign education is comparable to that received in an accredited educational institution in the United States. It is your responsibility to timely provide such evidence by submitting proof of creditability of education as evaluated by a credentialing agency with your application materials. More information may be found at http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html. All documentation must be in English or include an English translation.
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.
A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new windowLearn more about federal benefits.
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- $76,573/year
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