Paralegal Specialist (Recent Graduate)

Paralegal Specialist (Recent Gradue) Department of Justice Offices, Boards and Divisions Environment and Nural Resources Division - Nural Resources Section Summary This position is loced in the Nural Resources Section (NRS), Environment and Nural Resources Division. NRS handles litigion arising under more than 80 nural resource, environmental, and cultural resource stutes, various treies and internional agreements, interste compacts, and congressional referrals. This is an excepted service appointment under the DOJ Phways Recent Gradues Program. The incumbent will provide paralegal support to the Section's torneys. Learn more about this agency Summary This position is loced in the Nural Resources Section (NRS), Environment and Nural Resources Division. NRS handles litigion arising under more than 80 nural resource, environmental, and cultural resource stutes, various treies and internional agreements, interste compacts, and congressional referrals. This is an excepted service appointment under the DOJ Phways Recent Gradues Program. The incumbent will provide paralegal support to the Section's torneys. Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Open & closing des 04/29/2026 to 05/13/2026 Salary $70,623 - $91,815 per year Pay scale & grade GS 9 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Washington, DC Remote job No Telework eligible No Travel Required Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position. Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Recent gradues Work schedule Full-time Service Excepted Promotion potential 11 Job family (Series) 0950 Paralegal Specialist Supervisory stus No Security clearance Other Drug test Yes Position sensitivity and risk Modere Risk (MR) Trust determinion process Credentialing Financial disclosure No Bargaining unit stus No Announcement number

ENRD-26-021-EXC

Control number 866873300 This job is open to Help Recent gradues Individuals who have gradued from an accredited educional institute or certifice program within the last 2 years or 6 years for Veterans. Duties Help As a Paralegal Specialist (Recent Gradue) your responsibilities may include: Performing research in various dabases including Westlaw, PACER and Lexis; performing cite checks pursuant to The Bluebook, compiling legislive histories; proofreading and editing legal briefs and memoranda prior to filing in court; and ensuring conformance of documents to applicable court rules. Performing document management, including creing and maintaining litigion dabases. Organizing and writing synopses of factual merials; summarizing depositions; preparing, organizing, and indexing administrive records; and preparing non-legal memoranda. Providing assistance hearings and/or trials, for example, preparing exhibits, coordining travel and trial logistics, and running presention software during trial. Position MAY be converted to a term or permanent appointment if the following are met: Successful completion of least 1 year of continuous service, Completion of least 40 hours of formal interactive training, and Demonstrion of successful job performance. A recent gradue converted to a term appointment may be subsequently converted non-competitively into a permanent position. Recent Gradues are on a trial period for the durion of the program. An Individual Development Plan (IDP) must be completed and approved by the supervisor within 45 days of appointment and a mentor must be assigned within 60 days of appointment Requirements Help Conditions of employment You must be a U.S. citizen or nional. You must complete a background investigion to include pre-employment drug testing. Selective Service Registrion is required, as applicable. You required to serve a one year trial period. You must maintain a bank account for direct deposit of salary. If you do not submit school transcripts, you red ineligible. If this is your first appointment in the Federal service, your salary set Step 1 of the grade. Qualificions To be eligible for this Recent Gradue program, one of the following requirements must be met : Recent gradues must have completed , within the previous two years, a qualifying associe, bachelor, master, professional, doctore, vocional, or technical degree or certifice from a qualifying educional institution; or must have completed a qualifying career or technical educion program with or without a formal degree in a Registered Apprentice Program, Job Corps, AmeriCorps, or Peace Corps. You must have completed your degree, certifice, or program on or before the end of the current semester . If you gradued or completed an educion program prior to

MAY 2024

, you will not be eligible for this position. Veterans unable to apply within two years of receiving their degree, due to military service obligion, have as much as six years after degree completion to apply.

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If you are a current student seeking a degree or certifice from an educional institution, you may apply if you are in the final semester of the degree/certifice. You must include your expected de of graduion on your resume. You must receive your degree prior to appointment . If you are currently a student but cannot provide proof th you expect to gradue by the end of the current semester, you will not meet the program eligibility requirements for the Recent Gradue. To qualify for the Paralegal Specialist (Recent Gradue) GS-9, applicants must have one of the following : A. One year of specialized experience , or equivalent to, the GS-7 Federal grade level or above conducting research online, interpreting relevant informion, and producing written products based on th research. This experience must also include using computer software applicions to organize and manage informion; OR B. Master's or equivalent gradue degree; OR two (2) full academic years of progressively higher level gradue educion leading to such a degree; OR LL.B. or J.D. Qualifying educion must demonstre the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of this position; OR C. A combinion of gradue educion and experience th meets 100% of the qualificion requirements for this position. (Only gradue educion in excess of the first full year may be used in this calculion.) Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through Nional Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizions (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skill and can provide valuable training and experience th transles directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experiences, including volunteer experience. To preview questions, please click here: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12947344 .

YOUR RESUME MUST

support your responses to the online questionnaire and provide specific details as to how your experience meets the specialized experience as described in the vacancy announcement if you are using experience to meet all or part of the qualificion requirements. Please ensure th your resume includes the month and year th you began and ended each position held or th position will not be credited toward meeting the specialized experience requirement. Part-time employment prored in crediting experience. Failure to provide details will result in an ineligible ring. Your lest resume submitted for this vacancy announcement used to determine qualificions and supersedes previous submissions. Only experience and educion obtained by the closing de of this announcement considered . Educion All academic degrees and coursework must be completed a college or university th has obtained accredition or pre-accredition stus from an accrediting body recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion. For a list of schools th meet this criteria, see www.ed.gov Educion completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the above educion requirements if you can show th the foreign educion is comparable to th received in an accredited educional institution in the United Stes. It is your responsibility to timely provide such evidence by submitting proof of creditability of educion as evalued by a credentialing agency with your applicion merials. More informion may be found https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/internional/usnei/us/edlite-us-forrecog.html All documention must be in English or include an English translion.

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Veterans Preference :

If you are entitled to or claim veteran preference (VP), you should indice the type of veteran preference (5 or 10 points) you are claiming on your resume. In order to determine your eligibility, you can find additional informion : http://www.opm.gov/policy-da-oversight/veterans-services/vet-guide/ To verify your veteran preference entitlement, submit a copy of the Member Copy 4 of your DD-214; official stement of service from your command if you are currently on active duty; or other official documention (e.g., documention of receipt of a campaign badge or expeditionary medal) th shows your military service was performed under honorable conditions. If you are claiming 10-point preference, you must submit Member Copy 4 of your DD-214 in addition to the supporting documention required and identified on the reserve side of the SF-15, Applicion for 10 Point Veteran Preference . If you are claiming 10-point

DERIVED PREFERENCE

as a relive you must submit Member Copy 4 of the veteran's DD-214 and an SF-15 in addition to the supporting documention required and identified on the reverse side of the SF-15. If you fail to do so, you will receive considerion as a non-veteran.

Benefits :

DOJ offers a comprehensive benefits package th includes, in part, paid vacion; sick leave; holidays; telework; life insurance; health benefits; and participion in the Federal Employees Retirement System.

General Employment Informion :

DOJ EEO STATEMENT

Find our EEO stement online : https://www.justice.gov/jmd/page/file/1394116/dl?inline

SELECTIVE SERVICE

Additional informion is found : www.sss.gov . 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. Your qualificions reviewed based on your applicion merials (e.g., resume, supporting documents) and the responses you provide on the applicion questionnaire. When addressing the educion and/or specialized experience qualificion stement, you must present evidence of th educion and/or experience in your resume.

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If the specialized experience stement is merely repeed in your resume, you may be deemed ineligible. If you meet the minimum qualificions, your applicion will then be compared to your responses to the online assessment questionnaire(s) th measure important competencies required to perform the job. If you self-re yourself higher than is supported by your applicion merials, your responses may be adjusted and/or you may be excluded from considerion for this job. You assessed on the following competencies (knowledge, skills, abilities, and other characteristics): Attention to Detail Customer Service Decision Making Flexibility Integrity/Honesty Interpersonal Skills Learning Reading Comprehension Reasoning Self-Management Stress Tolerance Teamwork Based on your assessment responses, your applicion will then be placed in one of three cegories: Best Qualified, Highly Qualified, or Qualified. Within each cegory, Veteran Preference eligibles listed the top of th cegory and will receive selection priority over non-veterans. Applicants in the Best Qualified cegory are referred to the hiring official for employment considerion. •

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Additional candides may be selected if more positions become available within 90 days after the HR office issues the selection certifice. Reasonable Accommodion (RA)

Requests:

If you believe you have a disability (i.e., physical or mental), covered by the Rehabilition Act of 1973 as amended th would interfere with completing the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments, you granted the opportunity to request a RA in your online applicion. Requests for RA for the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments and approprie supporting documention for RA must be received prior to starting the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments. Decisions on requests for RA are made on a case-by-case basis. If you meet the minimum qualificions of the position, after notificion of the adjudicion of your request, you will receive an email invition to complete the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments, based on your adjudicion decision. You must complete all assessments within 48 hours of receiving the URL to access the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments, if you received the link after the close of the announcement. To determine if you need a RA, please review the Procedures for Requesting a Reasonable Accommodion for Online Assessments here: https://help.usastaffing.gov/Apply/index.php?title=Reasonable_Accommodions_for_USA_Hire 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 You must submit a detailed resume containing the following informion for each job entry listed in your employment history: Official position title; Employer name and contact informion; Start and end des (month and year); A detailed list of duties & accomplishments, Your highest salary (or Federal grade/step) achieved; and Indice full-time or number of hours worked per week if part-time. Additional required documents must be submitted by the closing de of the job announcement. Documention requirements may vary from applicant to applicant based on your eligibility claims. It is your responsibility to carefully review the list below to determine which documents are required for your applicion. To apply for this position, you must submit a complete Applicion Package which includes: Resume (not to exceed two pages) Cover letter (optional) Unofficial school transcripts displaying th a degree was conferred Documention to support your claim for veteran preference and, if applicable Your online responses to the

Occupional Questionnaire School Transcripts:

You must submit a transcript, which may be unofficial, as long as it contains a full listing of courses, credit earned, grade and grade-point-average, subject area, degree(s) earned, and des of award. Your transcript must come from a nionally-accredited educional institution recognized by the Department of Educion. Please do not submit electronic transcripts with documention security protection. These may prevent our applicion system from accepting and processing the document. If submitting a foreign transcript, you must have the transcript reviewed by an approved foreign educion review organizion recognized by the Department of Educion. Your transcript must also be in English or have an English translion included. If you are a Veteran or a qualifying parent or spouse: Submit all DD-214 (Certifice of Release or Discharge from Active Duty, Member-4 Copy) forms. If you are a Veteran with a service-connected disability ring you will need to submit the SF-15 (Applicion for 10-point Veterans Preference) and a copy of your VA Letter sting your disability ring. If you are the qualifying parent or spouse of a disabled, deceased, or deployed Veteran, and are seeking a derived preference eligibility, you must submit approprie supporting documention such as the Veterans

DD-214, SF-15, VA

Letter. For more informion on each type of Veterans Preference, and the documention required for each, see FedsHireVets. Do not include the following types of informion in your profile or resume: Classified or government sensitive informion Social Security Number (SSN) Photos of yourself Personal informion, such as age, religious affiliion, etc. Encrypted and digitally signed documents If your resume includes a photograph or other inapproprie content, you may not be considered for this vacancy. How to Apply Help Please read the entire announcement and all the instructions before you begin an applicion. To apply and be considered for this position, you must complete all required questionnaires, assessments, and required documention as specified in the How to Apply and Required Documents section. The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on the closing de of the announcement to receive considerion. The applicion process is as follows: Click the Apply Online button. Answer the questions presented in the applicion and tach all necessary supporting documention. Click the Submit Applicion button prior to 11:59 PM (ET) on the announcement closing de. If you are required to complete any USA Hire Assessments, you notified after submitting your applicion. The notificion provided in your applicion submission screen and via email. The notificion will include your unique assessment access link to the USA Hire system and the completion deadline. Additionally, in USAJOBS you can click "Track this applicion" to return to your assessment completion notice. Access USA Hire using your unique assessment link. Access is granted through your USAJOBS login credentials. Review all instructions prior to beginning your assessments. You will have the opportunity to request a testing accommodion before beginning the assessments should you have a disability covered under the Rehabilition Act of 1973 as amended. Set aside least 3 hours to take the USA Hire assessments; however, most applicants complete the assessments in less time. If you need to stop the assessments and continue ler, you can re-use your unique assessment link. Your responses to the USA Hire Assessments reused for one year (in most cases) from the de you complete an assessment. If future applicions you submit require completion of the same assessments, your responses automically reused. For more general informion, system requirements, reasonable accommodion informion, and to request assistance regarding the USA Hire Assessments, review the following resources: https://help.usastaffing.gov/Apply/index.php?title=USA_Hire_Assessments . To upde your applicion, including supporting documention: During the announcement open period, return to your USAJOBS account, find your applicion record, and click Edit my applicion . This option will no longer be available once the announcement has closed. To view the announcement stus or your applicion stus : Click on this: https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/how-to/applicion/stus/ . Your applicion stus page is where you can view your applicion stus, USA Hire assessment completion stus, and review your notificions sent by the hiring agency regarding your applicion. Agency contact informion Carmen Browne Phone (202) 616-3127 carmen.browne@usdoj.gov Address Nural Resources Section 150 M Street NE Washington, DC 20002 US Next steps Based on your applicion and your responses to the applicion questionnaire, you may be presented with instructions on how to access the USA Hire system to complete the online assessments. The online assessments must be completed within 48 hours following the close of this announcement. You will have the opportunity to request a testing accommodion for the assessment should you have a disability covered under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Your assessment results kept on record for one year and used toward future positions for which you might apply th require the same assessments. To be considered for the position, you must meet all qualificion requirements. Based on your qualificions and assessment scores, you notified of your ring and/or referral to the hiring official. We will notify you of the outcome after each step of the recruitment process has been completed. After making a tentive job offer, we will conduct a suitability/security background investigion. We expect to make a final job offer within 80 days after the closing de of the announcement. 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 You must submit a detailed resume containing the following informion for each job entry listed in your employment history: Official position title; Employer name and contact informion; Start and end des (month and year); A detailed list of duties & accomplishments, Your highest salary (or Federal grade/step) achieved; and Indice full-time or number of hours worked per week if part-time. Additional required documents must be submitted by the closing de of the job announcement. Documention requirements may vary from applicant to applicant based on your eligibility claims. It is your responsibility to carefully review the list below to determine which documents are required for your applicion. To apply for this position, you must submit a complete Applicion Package which includes: Resume (not to exceed two pages) Cover letter (optional) Unofficial school transcripts displaying th a degree was conferred Documention to support your claim for veteran preference and, if applicable Your online responses to the

Occupional Questionnaire School Transcripts:

You must submit a transcript, which may be unofficial, as long as it contains a full listing of courses, credit earned, grade and grade-point-average, subject area, degree(s) earned, and des of award. Your transcript must come from a nionally-accredited educional institution recognized by the Department of Educion. Please do not submit electronic transcripts with documention security protection. These may prevent our applicion system from accepting and processing the document. If submitting a foreign transcript, you must have the transcript reviewed by an approved foreign educion review organizion recognized by the Department of Educion. Your transcript must also be in English or have an English translion included. If you are a Veteran or a qualifying parent or spouse: Submit all DD-214 (Certifice of Release or Discharge from Active Duty, Member-4 Copy) forms. If you are a Veteran with a service-connected disability ring you will need to submit the SF-15 (Applicion for 10-point Veterans Preference) and a copy of your VA Letter sting your disability ring. If you are the qualifying parent or spouse of a disabled, deceased, or deployed Veteran, and are seeking a derived preference eligibility, you must submit approprie supporting documention such as the Veterans

DD-214, SF-15, VA

Letter. For more informion on each type of Veterans Preference, and the documention required for each, see FedsHireVets. Do not include the following types of informion in your profile or resume: Classified or government sensitive informion Social Security Number (SSN) Photos of yourself Personal informion, such as age, religious affiliion, etc. Encrypted and digitally signed documents If your resume includes a photograph or other inapproprie content, you may not be considered for this vacancy. How to Apply Help Please read the entire announcement and all the instructions before you begin an applicion. To apply and be considered for this position, you must complete all required questionnaires, assessments, and required documention as specified in the How to Apply and Required Documents section. The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on the closing de of the announcement to receive considerion. The applicion process is as follows: Click the Apply Online button. Answer the questions presented in the applicion and tach all necessary supporting documention. Click the Submit Applicion button prior to 11:59 PM (ET) on the announcement closing de. If you are required to complete any USA Hire Assessments, you notified after submitting your applicion. The notificion provided in your applicion submission screen and via email. The notificion will include your unique assessment access link to the USA Hire system and the completion deadline. Additionally, in USAJOBS you can click "Track this applicion" to return to your assessment completion notice. Access USA Hire using your unique assessment link. Access is granted through your USAJOBS login credentials. Review all instructions prior to beginning your assessments. You will have the opportunity to request a testing accommodion before beginning the assessments should you have a disability covered under the Rehabilition Act of 1973 as amended. Set aside least 3 hours to take the USA Hire assessments; however, most applicants complete the assessments in less time. If you need to stop the assessments and continue ler, you can re-use your unique assessment link. Your responses to the USA Hire Assessments reused for one year (in most cases) from the de you complete an assessment. If future applicions you submit require completion of the same assessments, your responses automically reused. For more general informion, system requirements, reasonable accommodion informion, and to request assistance regarding the USA Hire Assessments, review the following resources: https://help.usastaffing.gov/Apply/index.php?title=USA_Hire_Assessments . To upde your applicion, including supporting documention: During the announcement open period, return to your USAJOBS account, find your applicion record, and click Edit my applicion . This option will no longer be available once the announcement has closed. To view the announcement stus or your applicion stus : Click on this: https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/how-to/applicion/stus/ . Your applicion stus page is where you can view your applicion stus, USA Hire assessment completion stus, and review your notificions sent by the hiring agency regarding your applicion. Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion Carmen Browne Phone (202) 616-3127 carmen.browne@usdoj.gov Address Nural Resources Section 150 M Street NE Washington, DC 20002 US Next steps Based on your applicion and your responses to the applicion questionnaire, you may be presented with instructions on how to access the USA Hire system to complete the online assessments. The online assessments must be completed within 48 hours following the close of this announcement. You will have the opportunity to request a testing accommodion for the assessment should you have a disability covered under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Your assessment results kept on record for one year and used toward future positions for which you might apply th require the same assessments. To be considered for the position, you must meet all qualificion requirements. Based on your qualificions and assessment scores, you notified of your ring and/or referral to the hiring official. We will notify you of the outcome after each step of the recruitment process has been completed. After making a tentive job offer, we will conduct a suitability/security background investigion. We expect to make a final job offer within 80 days after the closing de of the announcement. 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 Open & closing des 04/29/2026 to 05/13/2026 Salary $70,623 - $91,815 per year Pay scale & grade GS 9 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Washington, DC Remote job No Telework eligible No Travel Required Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position. Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Recent gradues Work schedule Full-time Service Excepted Promotion potential 11 Job family (Series) Supervisory stus No Security clearance Drug test Yes Position sensitivity and risk Trust determinion process Financial disclosure Bargaining unit stus Announcement number

ENRD-26-021-EXC

Control number 866873300