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PARALEGAL SPECIALIST
Department of the Air Force Air Nional Guard Units Summary
THIS IS A NATIONAL GUARD TITLE 32 EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITION.
This Nional Guard position is for a
PARALEGAL
SPECIALIST, Position Description Number D2416000 and is part of the CO 140 Wing, Nional Guard. The primary purpose of this position is for Paralegal support within the ste/territory Staff Judge Advoce's Office providing ancillary legal research and analysis. Learn more about this agency Summary
THIS IS A NATIONAL GUARD TITLE 32 EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITION.
This Nional Guard position is for a
PARALEGAL
SPECIALIST, Position Description Number D2416000 and is part of the CO 140 Wing, Nional Guard. The primary purpose of this position is for Paralegal support within the ste/territory Staff Judge Advoce's Office providing ancillary legal research and analysis. Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Posted this month • Apply by 07/09/26 Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on July 9, 2026 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Buckley
AFB, CO 1
vacancy No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible No Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed Yes—You may qualify for reimbursement of relocion expenses in accordance with agency policy. Relocion Incentive only available for current Federal Employees. Salary $83,265 - $108,251 per year Pay scale & grade GS 11 Promotion potential None Learn more about pay scale and grade Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position. Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series 0950 Paralegal Specialist Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Excepted Service Represented by a union No Drug test No Security clearance Secret Financial disclosure required No Some jobs require financial disclosure to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number
CO-12978634-AR-26-130
Control number 872328000 This job is open to Help Nional Guard and reserves Current members, those who want to join or transitioning military members. Clarificion from the agency Open to members of the Colorado Air Nional Guard and those eligible to transfer into the COANG.
•May be eligible for a 25% recruitment or relocion incentive with biweekly payments. Subject to availability of funds and must be approved by TAG. Duties Help Advises the Staff Judge Advoce on all command issues on behalf of command staff, researching interpretion of federal/ste stutes and regulions, and ensuring th legal guidance and support is furnished in a timely manner. Provides legal assistance on a non-interference basis to members of the ANG and their dependents as authorized by AFI 51-504, CNGBI, NGR, and other AF/JA guidance. Conducts legal research of federal and ste/territory code, regulions, policies, procedures, case law, legal and administrive decisions and opinions, and summarizes findings to aid the SJA in case or project resolution. Provides research, analysis, guidance, and support to administer courts-martial, non-judicial punishment, administrive boards and other legal actions and administrive processes. Serves as the primary point of contact for ethical determinions. Screens requests for ethics opinions and ghers the applicable facts. Reviews changes in regulions on the Freedom of Informion Act and updes and advises other legal personnel and field staff of changes. Performs other duties as assigned. Requirements Help Conditions of employment Selectee required to wear the military uniform. May be required to successfully complete a probionary period. Participion in direct deposit is mandory. Membership in the Colorado Air Nional Guard or eligible to transfer. Must hold the grade of E-5 thru E-7. Submit all required documention. Must be able to obtain and maintain the approprie security clearance of the position. Irregular and/or overtime (compensory) hours may be required to support operional requirements or contingencies or may be required to work hours outside of the normal duty day. Eligible for a relocion incentive, the employee must have an appraisal from the prior with th's a 3 or higher. Relocion Incentive is available for only current federal employees. Will need a current appraisal in good standing. Recruitment Incentive is for employees newly appointed to a position or following a break in service of least 90 days.
Compible Military Assignment:
5J0X1 AFSC, minimum 5-level.
Qualificions Military Grades :
E-5 thru E-7
Compible Military Assignment:
5J0X1 AFSC, minimum 5-level 1. Specialized experience used to determine qualificions for the announced position. 2. An applicant's RESUME must provide, in detail, how they meet each specialized experience listed below. Resume must be two pages or less. Federal Resume Help 3. It must be documented with "from (mm/yy)" and "to (mm/yy)" des and description of the specialized experience. DO NOT copy each bullet listed below word for word and place into your resume; you must describe your personal experience as it pertains to each bullet. You immediely disqualified if you fail to include specialized experience in your resume. Must have least 24 months of Specialized Experience in each of the following : 1. Experience in the formal and informal rules of evidence and skill necessary to evalue the adequacy and/or admissibility of evidence, to request additional da or further investigion, when needed, or to develop narrive or graphic exhibits to support specified legal arguments and coordine actions with other federal agencies or ste and local jurisdictions th have closely reled responsibilities.
Relocion and Recruitment Incentives Eligibility:
Recruitment-Employee newly appointedto a position or following a break in service of least 90 days. Relocion-Current employee who reloces to accept a position in a new geographic area. If you are eligible for a relocion incentive, the employee must have an appraisal from the prior with th's a 3 or higher. Subject to availability of funds and must be approved by TAG. Educion Educion cannot be substituted for Specialized Experience for this position. Additional informion If you are a male applicant who was born after 12/31/1959 and are required to register under the Military Selective Service Act, the Defense Authorizion Act of 1986 requires th you be registered or you are not eligible for appointment in this agency ( Register |
Selective Service System :
Selective Service System (sss.gov) ). 1. If you would like to inquire about joining the Colorado Army Nional Guard, please contact (720) 250-1351. 2. If you would like to inquire about joining the Colorado Air Nional Guard, please contact Recruiting Office Supervisor 720-847-9423. 3. PCS funds are not available (unless otherwise sted). 4. Be advised th if selected for a military technician position where membership in a reserve component is a condition of employment, your bonus may be termined and may or may not be subject to recoupment. Questions pertaining to recoupment may be directed to the Ste Incentives manager (720) 250-1337. 5. AGR positions are not announced/applied for on USA Jobs. Contact your respective AGR offices for instructions on how to apply for AGR positions. 6. A security clearance may be required for this position. Please contact the selecting supervisor or ste security manager with questions regarding clearances. (Failure to obtain/maintain a security clearance may be grounds for terminion from the Technician program.) 7.
Unless sted otherwise:
Must be fully qualified or able to obtain
MOS/AFSC
within one year hire if this position is listed as immerial against NGB compibility requirements. If there is a compible, required, or restricted
MOS/AFSC
listed in this announcement - you will need th
MOS/AFSC
to qualify for the position. If this position requires specific ASVAB scores, please contact the selecting supervisor with any questions. 8. This position may be contingent on the vacancy of the incumbent even if not otherwise sted in this announcement. Please contact the HRO with any questions regarding hiring des. 9.
Unless sted otherwise:
If this position is posted as an Indefinite Technician, it may be converted to Permanent without further competition. Please contact the HRO with any questions regarding employment stus. 10. Per
ARNG-HRH
Policy Memorandum #10-39, mandory Full Time Staff (FTS) training is required within a year of hire as a condition of employment in vacancy announcements for both Technician and Active Guard Reserve positions. Failure of new FTS personnel to complete NGB prescribed courses PEC within the first year of employment may be cause for reassignment to other full-time positions or terminion of their employment. 11. Current COANG Technicians and AGRs hired for a position in which an MCR is required will remain in their current stus unless/until the MCR is approved. In the event the MCR is not approved, they are accepting the position in their current stus. 12. We use E-Verify to verify the identity and employment eligibility of all persons hired. Expand Hide additional informion Candides should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passione about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United Stes Constitution. Benefits Help 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 th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. How you evalued You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above. Once the announcement has closed, your resume and supporting documention used to determine if you meet the qualificions listed on this announcement. If you are minimally qualified, your resume and supporting documention compared to your responses on the assessment questionnaire to determine your level of experience. If you are found to be a minimally qualified candide, you referred to the selecting official for employment considerion. Benefits Help 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 th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. Required documents Required Documents Help Failure to submit the required documents grounds for disqualificion without further review
REQUIRED
A current Resume th is two pages or less, providing name, military rank, and email
REQUIRED
Specialized experience documented in your resume with mm/yy to mm/yy form
REQUIRED
Your DD214 (if available) or Service School Certifice awarding your
AFSC REQUIRED
If eligible for relocion incentive, last appraisal with a 3 or higher. If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply Help To apply for this position, you must complete the online applicion/Occupional Questionnaire and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section below. To view the Occupional Questionnaire, click the following link: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12978634 A complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on the closing de of the announcement to receive considerion. To begin, click Apply to access the online applicion. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account to apply. If you do not have a USAJOBS account, you will need to cree one before beginning the applicion. Follow the prompts to select your resume and/or other supporting documents to be included with your applicion package. Resumes must be two pages or less as required by the Merit Hiring Plan. You will have the opportunity to upload additional documents to include in your applicion before it is submitted. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process. After acknowledging you have reviewed your applicion package, complete the Include Personal Informion section as you deem approprie and click to continue with the applicion process . You taken to the online applicion which you must complete in order to apply for the position. Complete the online applicion, verify the required documention is included with your applicion package, and submit the applicion. To verify the stus of your applicion, log into your USAJOBS account ( https://my.usajobs.gov/Account/Login ), all of your applicions will appear on the Welcome screen. The Applicion Stus will appear along with the de your applicion was last upded. For informion on wh each Applicion Stus means, : https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/how-to/applicion/stus/ . Agency contact informion Lt Col Sabrina Jensen Phone (720) 250-1508 sabrina.jensen.2@us.af.mil Address CO 140 Wing 140 South Aspen Street Buckley SFB Aurora, CO 80011 US Next steps Once your online applicion is submitted you will receive a confirmion notificion by email. Your applicion evalued by the Human Resources Office to determine your eligibility for the position. After the evaluion is complete, you will receive another notificion regarding the stus of your applicion. Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Required Documents Help Failure to submit the required documents grounds for disqualificion without further review
REQUIRED
A current Resume th is two pages or less, providing name, military rank, and email
REQUIRED
Specialized experience documented in your resume with mm/yy to mm/yy form
REQUIRED
Your DD214 (if available) or Service School Certifice awarding your
AFSC REQUIRED
If eligible for relocion incentive, last appraisal with a 3 or higher. If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply Help To apply for this position, you must complete the online applicion/Occupional Questionnaire and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section below. To view the Occupional Questionnaire, click the following link: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12978634 A complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on the closing de of the announcement to receive considerion. To begin, click Apply to access the online applicion. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account to apply. If you do not have a USAJOBS account, you will need to cree one before beginning the applicion. Follow the prompts to select your resume and/or other supporting documents to be included with your applicion package. Resumes must be two pages or less as required by the Merit Hiring Plan. You will have the opportunity to upload additional documents to include in your applicion before it is submitted. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process. After acknowledging you have reviewed your applicion package, complete the Include Personal Informion section as you deem approprie and click to continue with the applicion process . You taken to the online applicion which you must complete in order to apply for the position. Complete the online applicion, verify the required documention is included with your applicion package, and submit the applicion. To verify the stus of your applicion, log into your USAJOBS account ( https://my.usajobs.gov/Account/Login ), all of your applicions will appear on the Welcome screen. The Applicion Stus will appear along with the de your applicion was last upded. For informion on wh each Applicion Stus means, : https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/how-to/applicion/stus/ . Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion Lt Col Sabrina Jensen Phone (720) 250-1508 sabrina.jensen.2@us.af.mil Address CO 140 Wing 140 South Aspen Street Buckley SFB Aurora, CO 80011 US Next steps Once your online applicion is submitted you will receive a confirmion notificion by email. Your applicion evalued by the Human Resources Office to determine your eligibility for the position. After the evaluion is complete, you will receive another notificion regarding the stus of your applicion. Expand Hide next steps Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Overview Help Accepting applicions Posted this month • Apply by 07/09/26 Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on July 9, 2026 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Buckley
AFB, CO 1
vacancy No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible No Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed Yes—You may qualify for reimbursement of relocion expenses in accordance with agency policy. Relocion Incentive only available for current Federal Employees. Salary $83,265 - $108,251 per year Pay scale & grade GS 11 Promotion potential None Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position. Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Excepted Service Represented by a union No Drug test No Security clearance Secret Financial disclosure required No Some jobs require to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number
