Paralegal Specialist, NB-0950-IV/V Department of the Treasury Office of the Comptroller of the Currency Summary As a Paralegal Specialist, you will assume responsibility for a wide range of assignments th support complex legal work performed by torneys to ensure creion of as thorough and professional a work product as possible. This position is loced in Chief Counsel's Office headquartered in Washington, DC. Learn more about this agency Summary As a Paralegal Specialist, you will assume responsibility for a wide range of assignments th support complex legal work performed by torneys to ensure creion of as thorough and professional a work product as possible. This position is loced in Chief Counsel's Office headquartered in Washington, DC. Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Washington, DC No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $75,433 - $195,345 per year Pay scale & grade

NB 4 - 5

Promotion potential 5 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 Competitive Service Represented by a union No Drug test No Security clearance Not Required Position sensitivity and risk Modere Risk (MR) Jobs require a background check and some require a security clearance . The type depends on the job. Background check type Suitability/Fitness Financial disclosure required No Some jobs require financial disclosure to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number

DEU-HR-26-5571B-13071885

Control number 886236800 This job is open to Help The public U.S. Citizens, Nionals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S. Clarificion from the agency U.S. Citizens and U.S. Nionals; No prior Federal experience is required. Duties Help The following are the duties of the Paralegal Specialist the full performance NB-V level. If you are selected the NB-IV level, you will have the opportunity to learn to perform all these duties and will receive training to help you grow in this position. As a Paralegal Specialist, you will: Perform various research to assist in the creion of legal work products and case stregies. Proofread legal writing for any errors, clarity of context and accuracy of case citions in accordance with the Uniform System of Cition. Receive, review, analyze and process all requests for OCC documents and testimony pursuant to 12 C. F.R. Part 4, Subpart C. Determine specific informion sought and decide which OCC records are likely sources of the informion. Assemble and organize administrive records in connection with litigion on branch, charter, relocion and other bank supervisory and regulory decisions of the OCC and prepare stement of facts summarizing record and referring to pertinent pages of it for use in legal briefs. Assemble, organize, and index administrive records in connection with

EEOC/MSPB

hearings. Cree document retrieval systems and dabases, of varying levels of complexity, with minimal supervision. Maintain knowledge of the litigion system to include: court and administrive rules, processes, and procedures. Take initiive to establish, maintain, and be an active and integral part of a team providing paralegal and technical support to torneys in professional manner. Requirements Help Conditions of employment This position requires th the successful candide undergo personnel vetting, which includes a background investigion and enrollment upon onboarding into "Continuous Vetting." Enrollment in Continuous Vetting will result in automed record checks being conducted throughout one's employment with Treasury. The successful candide will also be enrolled into FBI's Rap Back service, which will allow Treasury to receive notificion from the FBI of criminal mters (e.g., arrests, charges, convictions) involving enrolled individuals in near real-time. There are three key documents th contain important informion about your rights and obligions. Please read and retain these documents: Noncriminal Justice Applicant's Privacy Rights , for those who undergo an FBI fingerprint-based criminal history record check for personnel vetting, which includes Rap Back, FD-258 Privacy Act Stement - FBI (this is the same stement used when your fingerprints are submitted as part of your background investigion), and SEAD-3-Reporting-U.pdf (dni.gov) , (applicable to those who hold a sensitive position or have eligibility for access to classified informion). Complete a one-year probionary period (unless already completed). Complete a background investigion (unless already completed). Complete a Declarion for Federal Employment to determine your suitability for Federal employment. Have your salary sent to a financial institution of your choice by Direct Deposit/Electronic Funds Transfer. Go through a Personal Identity Verificion (PIV) process th requires two forms of identificion from the Form I-9 . Federal law requires verificion of the identity and employment eligibility of all new hires in the U.S. Travel occasionally to tend conferences and/or training. Obtain and use a Government-issued charge card for business-reled travel. Click here for important informion about OCC ethics standards, such as the requirement th new hires divest their bank securities. Successfully complete a background investigion th includes criminal history, financial history (including a credit check) and other informion. Qualificions You must meet the following requirements by closing de of the announcement.

NB-IV:

You must have one year of specialized experience a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the NB-III band level or GS-7 grade level in the Federal service. Examples of specialized experience for this position include: Experience assisting in conducting legal research using stutes, regulions, case law, agency guidance, and other legal authorities to support torneys in the preparion of legal analyses, memoranda, and/or case stregy. OR Master's or equivalent gradue degree; 2 full years of progressively higher level gradue educion leading to such a degree; or LL.B or JD., if reled; OR A combinion of specialized experience and gradue level educion.

NB-V:

You must have one year of specialized experience a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the NB-IV band level or GS-11 grade level in the Federal service. Examples of specialized experience for this position include: Experience conducting legal research using stutes, regulions, case law, agency guidance, and other legal authorities to support torneys in the preparion of legal analyses, memoranda, and/or case stregy. OR Experience managing and maintaining legal case files and tracking deadlines, filings, discovery responses, and/or other case activities to support timely and effective case management. The experience may have been gained in the public sector, prive sector, or through volunteer service. One year of experience refers to full-time work; part-time work is considered on a prored basis. To receive any credit for your work experience, please indice des of employment by month/year, and indice the number of hours worked per week, on your resume. Educion Please see Qualificions section for educion. Additional informion This position is excluded from the bargaining unit. Salary range includes 25.72% geographical pay. If you are a current OCC employee who previously received a waiver determinion permitting you to retain bank securities due to extenuing circumstances, please note th this determinion may be rescinded if the nure of your duty's changes. We strongly suggest th you discuss the potential implicions of any change in duties on a prior securities determinion with your ethics official. We may select from this announcement or any other source to fill one or more positions. The candide selected for this position may be credited with directly reled non-Federal experience for annual leave purposes if eligible and considered approprie. Click all links in this vacancy announcement to view additional informion and instructions. Please refer to "Conditions of Employment." Click "Print" to review the entire announcement before applying. The Fair Chance to Compete for Jobs Act prohibits the Department of Treasury and its bureaus from requesting an applicant's criminal history record before th individual receives a conditional offer of employment. In accordance with 5 U.S. Code § 9202(c) and 5 C.F.R § 920.201 certain positions are exempt from the provisions of the Fair Chance to Compete Act. Applicants who believe they have been subjected to a violion of the Fair Chance to Compete for Jobs Act, may submit a written complaint to the Department of Treasury by email , FairChanceAct@treasury.gov . To learn more, please our page : Treasury.gov/fairchanceact.

Optional Essay Questions:

Applicants may choose to respond to four short essay questions (200 words max each) to help us better understand your alignment with the agency's mission. These responses are optional and will not affect the applicant's eligibility. All newly appointed employees to the competitive service are subject to a probionary period. During this time, your performance, conduct, and suitability for continued employment evalued. You will not automically convert to permanent stus the end of the probionary period. Your supervisor must affirmively determine th continued employment is in the best interest of the Federal service. If no certificion is made before the probionary period ends, your appointment termined. You are encouraged to actively engage with your supervisor, seek feedback, and understand role expections. Additional guidance and support provided during onboarding. 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 . 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. Your applicion package includes your resume, responses to the online questions, and required supporting documents. Please be sure th your resume includes detailed informion to support your qualificions for this position; failure to provide sufficient evidence in your resume may result in a "not qualified" determinion. Once the announcement closes, we will conduct a review of your applicion package to verify your eligibility and qualificions. If you are found qualified, your applicion will move forward to additional phases of the review process.

Minimum Qualificions:

Once the applicion process is complete, Human Resources or Subject Mter Expert (SME) will review the first two pages of your resume and supporting documention to determine whether you meet the minimum job qualificions.

Resume Evaluion Panel Review:

After it has been determined th you meet the minimum qualificions, Subject mter experts (SMEs) may review the first two pages of your resume to determine your technical qualificions for this position based on the required competencies. Additional documention (e.g., cover letter, links embedded in your resume) may not be Your applicion and resume should demonstre th you possess the following competencies. Do not provide a separe narrive written stement. Rher, you must describe in your resume how your past work experience demonstres th you possess the competencies identified below. Use specific examples of employment or experience contained in your resume and describe how this experience has prepared you to successfully perform the duties of this position.

Ring:

Your applicion package evalued in the following areas:

Legal Research and Analysis Informion Collection and Analysis Oral Communicion Written Communicion Planning/Organizing Teamwork Internal/External Awareness Partnering Rule of Many:

This announcement uses the Mechanism C method under 5 CFR § 332.402. All applicants tied the cut line referred. We will provide the selecting official a sufficient number of names, when available, to consider least three candides per vacancy. If fewer than three eligible and available candides per vacancy result, we will expand the group in accordance with our pre-announced supplement stregy and OPM policy.

Applicion of Veterans' Preference:

If you are a preference eligible candide, you listed ahead of non-preference eligibles with the same score. Preference eligibles with a compensable service-connected disability of 10 percent or more are listed the top of the certifice in the order of their rings.

Referral :

If you are among the top qualified candides, your applicion may be referred to a selecting official for considerion. You may be required to participe in a selection interview. If you are a displaced or surplus federal employee eligible for the Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP)/Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP) , you must be red as well-qualified to receive special selection priority. "Well-qualified" means th in addition to meeting the minimum qualificion requirements and selective placement factor(s), if applicable, you must be assigned to the Outstanding or Excellent cegory. 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 . 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 A complete applicion package includes: 1) A resume, 2) vacancy question responses, and 3) submission of any required documents. Please note th if you do not provide all required informion, as specified in this announcement, you may not be considered for this position (or may not receive the special considerion for which you may be eligible).

Note:

Please ensure th all bank, financial, and other confidential or sensitive informion is removed/redacted from each document .

RESUME :

All applicants are required to submit a resume by either creing one in USAJOBS or uploading one of their own choosing. Please limit your resume to two-pages. Applicants with resumes exceeding two-pages removed from considerion. To receive any credit for relevant experience, please list the month/year and number of hours worked for experience listed on your resume. We suggest you preview the online questions, as you may need to customize your resume to ensure th it supports your responses to these questions. Please review Resume Tips .

VETERANS DOCUMENTATION

If you are claiming veteran's preference, you must submit a copy of your DD-214 showing type of separion and character of service (e.g. DD-214 Member 4 Copy) and if applicable, VA letter. Ten-point preference eligibles must also submit an Applicion for 10-point Veteran Preference, SF-15 , along with required documention listed on the back of the SF-15 form. Current Active Duty members must submit a certificion of expected discharge or release from active duty under honorable conditions ded within 120 days after the certificion is submitted by the applicant. The certificion letter should be on letterhead of the approprie military branch of the service and contain (1) the military service des including the expected discharge or release de; and (2) the character of service. You can find additional informion about Veterans' Preference http://www.fedshirevets.gov/ .

CAREER TRANSITION ASSISTANCE PLAN

(CTAP) or

INTERAGENCY CAREER TRANSITION ASSISTANCE PLAN

(ICTAP)

DOCUMENTATION

: If you are a displaced or surplus Federal employee, click

CTAP/ICTAP

for eligibility and a detailed list of required documents.

EDUCATION DOCUMENTATION

If you are qualifying for this position by substituting educion or training for experience, you must submit an official or unofficial copy of your transcripts, or equivalent, with your applicion. An official transcript required if you are selected. If you are qualifying based on foreign educion, you must submit proof of creditability of educion as evalued by a credentialing agency. Refer to the OPM instructions .

OPTIONAL DOCUMENTS

: In addition, you may submit the following: Cover letter Recent performance evaluion (be sure to redact/remove all sensitive informion prior to submitting) 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 The following instructions outline our applicion process. You must complete the online applicion process and submit any required documents by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST) on the closing de of this announcement. We are available to assist you during business hours (8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time, Monday - Friday). If applying online poses a hardship, you must contact us by noon Eastern Standard Time on the announcement's closing de. If you are unable to apply online, you must request an alternive applicion which is available from the Human Capital Office. Please contact Sam Reddy Harnet.

Reddy@occ.treas.gov or 202-649-5264 to obtain an alternive applicion. If you require a reasonable accommodion for disability during any part of the applicion and hiring process, please contact LaToya Wilson by phone 202-649-6322 or by email LaToya.

Wilson@occ.treas.gov . Treasury provides reasonable accommodion to applicants with disabilities on a case-by-case basis. You must contact us by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the announcement's closing de to request accommodion. If you are deaf, hard of hearing, or have a speech disability, please dial 7-1-1 to access telecommunicions relay services. Ms. Wilson is not the point of contact for questions about the vacancy announcement. To preview the Applicion Questionnaire, please click here: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/13071885 . 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. 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. Once your online applicion is submitted you will receive a confirmion notificion by email. Your applicion evalued by the Human Capital Office to determine your eligibility for the position. After the evaluion is complete, you will receive another notificion regarding the stus of your applicion. Agency contact informion Sam Reddy Phone 202-649-5264 Harnet.

Reddy@occ.treas.gov Address

CHIEF COUNSEL'S OFFICE 400

7th Street SW Washington, DC 20219 US Next steps 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/ . Please notify us if your contact informion changes after the closing de of the announcement. Also, note th if you provide an email address th is inaccure or if your mailbox is full or blocked (e.g., spam-blocker), you may not receive important communicion th could affect your considerion for this position. 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 A complete applicion package includes: 1) A resume, 2) vacancy question responses, and 3) submission of any required documents. Please note th if you do not provide all required informion, as specified in this announcement, you may not be considered for this position (or may not receive the special considerion for which you may be eligible).

Note:

Please ensure th all bank, financial, and other confidential or sensitive informion is removed/redacted from each document .

RESUME :

All applicants are required to submit a resume by either creing one in USAJOBS or uploading one of their own choosing. Please limit your resume to two-pages. Applicants with resumes exceeding two-pages removed from considerion. To receive any credit for relevant experience, please list the month/year and number of hours worked for experience listed on your resume. We suggest you preview the online questions, as you may need to customize your resume to ensure th it supports your responses to these questions. Please review Resume Tips .

VETERANS DOCUMENTATION

If you are claiming veteran's preference, you must submit a copy of your DD-214 showing type of separion and character of service (e.g. DD-214 Member 4 Copy) and if applicable, VA letter. Ten-point preference eligibles must also submit an Applicion for 10-point Veteran Preference, SF-15 , along with required documention listed on the back of the SF-15 form. Current Active Duty members must submit a certificion of expected discharge or release from active duty under honorable conditions ded within 120 days after the certificion is submitted by the applicant. The certificion letter should be on letterhead of the approprie military branch of the service and contain (1) the military service des including the expected discharge or release de; and (2) the character of service. You can find additional informion about Veterans' Preference http://www.fedshirevets.gov/ .

CAREER TRANSITION ASSISTANCE PLAN

(CTAP) or

INTERAGENCY CAREER TRANSITION ASSISTANCE PLAN

(ICTAP)

DOCUMENTATION

: If you are a displaced or surplus Federal employee, click

CTAP/ICTAP

for eligibility and a detailed list of required documents.

EDUCATION DOCUMENTATION

If you are qualifying for this position by substituting educion or training for experience, you must submit an official or unofficial copy of your transcripts, or equivalent, with your applicion. An official transcript required if you are selected. If you are qualifying based on foreign educion, you must submit proof of creditability of educion as evalued by a credentialing agency. Refer to the OPM instructions .

OPTIONAL DOCUMENTS

: In addition, you may submit the following: Cover letter Recent performance evaluion (be sure to redact/remove all sensitive informion prior to submitting) 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 The following instructions outline our applicion process. You must complete the online applicion process and submit any required documents by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST) on the closing de of this announcement. We are available to assist you during business hours (8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time, Monday - Friday). If applying online poses a hardship, you must contact us by noon Eastern Standard Time on the announcement's closing de. If you are unable to apply online, you must request an alternive applicion which is available from the Human Capital Office. Please contact Sam Reddy Harnet.

Reddy@occ.treas.gov or 202-649-5264 to obtain an alternive applicion. If you require a reasonable accommodion for disability during any part of the applicion and hiring process, please contact LaToya Wilson by phone 202-649-6322 or by email LaToya.

Wilson@occ.treas.gov . Treasury provides reasonable accommodion to applicants with disabilities on a case-by-case basis. You must contact us by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the announcement's closing de to request accommodion. If you are deaf, hard of hearing, or have a speech disability, please dial 7-1-1 to access telecommunicions relay services. Ms. Wilson is not the point of contact for questions about the vacancy announcement. To preview the Applicion Questionnaire, please click here: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/13071885 . 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. 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. Once your online applicion is submitted you will receive a confirmion notificion by email. Your applicion evalued by the Human Capital 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 how to apply Agency contact informion Sam Reddy Phone 202-649-5264 Harnet.

Reddy@occ.treas.gov Address

CHIEF COUNSEL'S OFFICE 400

7th Street SW Washington, DC 20219 US Next steps 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/ . Please notify us if your contact informion changes after the closing de of the announcement. Also, note th if you provide an email address th is inaccure or if your mailbox is full or blocked (e.g., spam-blocker), you may not receive important communicion th could affect your considerion for this position. 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 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Washington, DC No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $75,433 - $195,345 per year Pay scale & grade

NB 4 - 5

Promotion potential 5 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 Competitive Service Represented by a union No Drug test No Security clearance Not Required Position sensitivity and risk Jobs require a and some require a . The type depends on the job. Background check type Financial disclosure required No Some jobs require to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number

DEU-HR-26-5571B-13071885

Control number 886236800