Paralegal Specialist Department of Justice Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys and the Office of the U.S. Attorneys District of North Dakota Summary For more informion on the Department of Justice and the United Stes Attorneys' Offices, http://www.justice.gov/usao/ . As needed, additional positions may be filled using this announcement. Learn more about this agency Summary For more informion on the Department of Justice and the United Stes Attorneys' Offices, http://www.justice.gov/usao/ . As needed, additional positions may be filled using this announcement. Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Fargo, ND No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible No Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $74,678

• $97,087 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 Competitive Service Represented by a union No Drug test Yes Security clearance Other Position sensitivity and risk Special-Sensitive (SS)/High Risk 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 26-ND-13068660-IMP Control number 886149000 This job is open to Help Internal to an agency Current federal employees of the hiring agency th posted the job announcement. Clarificion from the agency Current Federal employees in permanent competitive service positions (stus candides) of the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of North Dakota. Merit Promotion/Internal Employees Only Duties Help If selected for this position, you will serve as a Paralegal Specialist for the United Stes Attorney's Office, District of North Dakota.

Typical work assignments will include:

Conducting legal research using in-depth knowledge of the applicion of various laws, court and/or administrive decisions and interpretions reled to internional narcotics and money laundering crimes. Organizing and preparing research merial and determines informion th is pertinent to the case. Drafting legal documents th identify the legal or factual issues in the case, loce, precedents and develop legally supportable conclusions. Assisting Assistant United Stes Attorneys (AUSA) in court during hearings and trials. Participing in pre-trial witness conferences, noting any deficiencies in case merials (e.g., missing documents, conflicting stements) and additional issues or other mters requiring investigion prior to trial. Determining which stutes, regulions, cases, procedures and/or policies need to be researched and assembled, prepping initial summary and making recommendions as to approprieness of da Responsibilities will increase and assignments come more complex as your training and experience progress. Requirements Help Conditions of employment You must be a U.S. Citizen or Nional. Initial appointment is conditioned upon a sisfactory pre-employment adjudicion. This includes fingerprint, credit and tax checks, and drug testing. Continued employment is subject to a favorable adjudicion of a background investigion. You must be registered for Selective Service, if applicable. If selected, you may be required to complete a one year probionary period.

Time-in-Grade:

Federal employees must meet time-in-grade requirements within 30 days after the closing de of this announcement. You must meet all qualificion and eligibility requirements within 30 days after the closing de of this announcement and before placement in the position. Qualificions GS-11: To be eligible the GS-11 level, you must meet least ONE of the following conditions, as defined below: Specialized Experience, Educion, OR a combinion of Educion and Experience.

Specialized Experience:

One full year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-9 level. Specialized Experience is defined as experience performing a variety of analytical paralegal or legal work which demonstres a practical knowledge of law, the litigion and judicial process, and applicable rules, regulions, policies, and procedures. Examples of specialized experiences may include the following: independently analyzing and evaluing legal decisions and case files to identify relevant issues and potential evidence; independently conducting legal research concerning precedents and past court decisions; independently composing legal briefs, summaries of analyses and decisions, and pre-trial documents; interviewing witnesses and various individuals who can provide insight into cases under review; and preparing evidence and documents to support recommendions.

OR Educion:

One of the following types of educion in a reled field (e.g., Criminal Justice, Law): a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree;OR 3 full years of progressively higher-level gradue educion leading to such a degree; or LL.M. Educion the gradue level must be in an accredited college or university and must demonstre the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to perform the duties of the position.

OR Combining Educion and Experience:

Combinions of successfully completed gradue educion and experience may be used to meet total qualificion requirements. In order to qualify based on a combinion, gradue educion must be in excess of two full years. 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 http://www.ed.gov OR 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 http://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. Additional informion Payment of relocion expenses will not be authorized. A relocion incentive may be considered as approprie based on qualificions. The Department of Justice 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.

Selective Service:

If you are a male applicant born after December 31, 1959, you must certify th you have registered with the Selective Service System, or are exempt from having to do so under the Selective Service Law.

See http:

//www.sss.gov/ .

Reasonable Accommodion Stement:

Federal Agencies must provide reasonable accommodion to applicants with disabilities, where approprie. Applicants requiring reasonable accommodion for any part of the applicion and hiring process should contact the hiring agency directly. Determinions on requests for reasonable accommodion made on a case-by-case basis.

EEO Stement/Policy:

The United Stes government does not discrimine in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, nional origin, political affiliion, sexual oriention, marital stus, disability, genetic informion, age, membership in an employee organizion, retaliion, parental stus, military service or other non-merit factor. More informion can be found here: https://www.justice.gov/jmd/media/1425556/dl?inline. Political Appointees (Current or Former ): The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) must authorize employment offers made to current or former political appointees. If you are currently, or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule C or Non-Career SES employee in the Executive Branch, you must disclose this informion to the HR Office. Failure to disclose this informion could result in disciplinary action including removal from Federal Service. 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 complete applicion package (resume/supporting documention, online questionnaire, and USA Hire Competency Based Assessment) used to determine whether you meet the job qualificions listed on this announcement. If you are basically qualified for this job, your resume and supporting documention compared to your responses on the online questionnaire. If you 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. If you are found to be among the top candides, you referred to the selecting official for employment considerion. You red on the following Competencies (see The OPM Website for definitions): Attention to Detail, Customer Service, Decision Making, Flexibility, Integrity/Honesty, Interpersonal Skills, Learning, Reading Comprehension, Reasoning, Self-Management, Stress Tolerance, and Teamwork To be considered for this position, you must complete all required steps in the process. In addition to the applicion and applicion questionnaire, this position requires an online assessment. The online assessment measures critical general competencies required to perform the job. The assessment includes a cut score based on the minimum level of required proficiency in these critical general competencies. You must meet or exceed the cut score to be You will not be considered for the position if you score below the cut score or fail to complete the assessment. Oversting your qualificions and/or experience in your applicion merials or applicion questionnaire may result in your removal from considerion. Cheing on the online assessment may also result in your removal from 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 To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Applicion Package, which includes:

• Required:

  Your responses to the Online Occupional Questionnaire (This is completed automically during the apply online process).

• Required:

  Your resume cannot exceed two pages
• you deemed ineligible and receive no further considerion if your resume exceeds two pages
• see USAJOBS for formting requirements .

Include relevant employment history as outlined below for each job: Official position title (if Federal, include series/grade), Employer name and contact informion, Start and end des (for full considerion you must include month, day, and year), Indice full-time or number of hours worked per week if part-time, and A list of duties performed and accomplishments. 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 skills and can provide valuable training and experience th transles directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

• Required if you meet qualificions based on educion: An unofficial college transcript (

Note:

If you are selected for this position, an official transcript required prior to your first day.) and foreign educion evaluion documention, if applicable, as described under the "Qualificions" section of this vacancy announcement.

• Required if you are a current or former Federal employee: a recent copy of an SF-50, Notificion of Personnel Action, showing title, series, grade, and full performance level (FPL); AND a copy of your most recent performance appraisal.

Please note your SF-50 must include your FPL in the remark section (e.g., appointment, reassignment, promotion actions), pay adjustments and awards do not include this informion so they are not acceptable.

• If you are requesting a reasonable accommodion to the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments, you must submit documention to support your request, including the Reasonable Accommodion Request Form found : https://help.usastaffing.gov/Apply/index.php?title=Reasonable_Accommodions_for_USA_Hire

•

Current or Former Political Appointees :

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) must authorize employment offers made to current or former political appointees. If you are currently, or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule C, Non-career SES or Presidential Appointee employee in the Executive Branch, you must disclose this informion to the Human Resources Office by providing a copy of your applicable SF-50, along with a stement th provides the following informion regarding your most recent political appointment: Position title; Type of appointment (Schedule A, Schedule C, Non-career SES, or Presidential Appointee); Agency; and Beginning and ending des of appointment. 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 Please read the entire announcement and all the instructions before you begin an applicion. To apply for this position, you must complete the initial online applicion, to include the initial online assessment and submission of the required documention specified in the Required Documents section below. The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on 10/07/2026 the closing de of the announcement to receive considerion. The applicion process is as follows: 1. To begin the applicion process, click the Apply Online button. 2. Answer the questions presented in the applicion and tach all necessary supporting documention. 3. Click the Submit Applicion button prior to 11:59PM (ET) on 10/07/2026. 4. After submitting an online applicion, you notified whether or not you are required to take additional online assessments through the USA Hire Competency Based Assessment system. This message delivered to you both on screen and via email notificion. 5. If you are asked to take the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments, you presented with a unique URL to access the USA Hire system. Access to USA Hire is granted through your USAJOBS login credentials. Be sure to review all instructions prior to beginning your USA Hire Assessments. Click here for Computer System Requirements ( https://help.usastaffing.gov/Apply/index.php?title=USA_Hire_System_Requirements ) 6. Note, set aside least 3 hours to take these assessments; however, most applicants complete the assessments in less time. If you need to stop the assessments and continue a ler time, you can re-use the URL sent to you via email and also found on the Additional Applicion Informion page th can be loced in the applicion record in your USAJOBS account. To preview the Assessment Questionnaire, please click the following link: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/13068660 To upde your applicion, including supporting documention, any time during the announcement open period, return to your USAJOBS account ( https://usajobs.gov ) . There you will find a record of your applicion, the applicion stus, and an option to Edit my applicion . This option will no longer be available once the announcement has closed. To verify the stus of your applicion both during and after the announcement open period, log into your USAJOBS account: https://my.usajobs.gov/Account/Login . All of your applicions will appear on the Welcome page. The applicion record in your USAJOBS account provides an Additional Applicion Informion page th provides informion regarding the documention you submitted and any correspondence we have sent reled to this applicion. 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/ Reasonable Accommodion 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 reasonable accommodion in your online applicion. Requests for Reasonable Accommodions for the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments and approprie supporting documention for Reasonable Accommodion must be received prior to starting the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments. Decisions on requests for Reasonable Accommodions 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. 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 Reasonable Accommodion, 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 Agency contact informion Ray Bakke Phone 701-297-7400 Raymond.

Bakke@usdoj.gov Address District of North Dakota 655 First Avenue North Fargo, ND 58102 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 Rehabilition Act of 1973 as amended. 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 qualificions, including meeting or exceeding the cut score on the required assessments. 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 To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Applicion Package, which includes:

• Required:

  Your responses to the Online Occupional Questionnaire (This is completed automically during the apply online process).

• Required:

  Your resume cannot exceed two pages
• you deemed ineligible and receive no further considerion if your resume exceeds two pages
• see USAJOBS for formting requirements .

Include relevant employment history as outlined below for each job: Official position title (if Federal, include series/grade), Employer name and contact informion, Start and end des (for full considerion you must include month, day, and year), Indice full-time or number of hours worked per week if part-time, and A list of duties performed and accomplishments. 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 skills and can provide valuable training and experience th transles directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

• Required if you meet qualificions based on educion: An unofficial college transcript (

Note:

If you are selected for this position, an official transcript required prior to your first day.) and foreign educion evaluion documention, if applicable, as described under the "Qualificions" section of this vacancy announcement.

• Required if you are a current or former Federal employee: a recent copy of an SF-50, Notificion of Personnel Action, showing title, series, grade, and full performance level (FPL); AND a copy of your most recent performance appraisal.

Please note your SF-50 must include your FPL in the remark section (e.g., appointment, reassignment, promotion actions), pay adjustments and awards do not include this informion so they are not acceptable.

• If you are requesting a reasonable accommodion to the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments, you must submit documention to support your request, including the Reasonable Accommodion Request Form found : https://help.usastaffing.gov/Apply/index.php?title=Reasonable_Accommodions_for_USA_Hire

•

Current or Former Political Appointees :

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) must authorize employment offers made to current or former political appointees. If you are currently, or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule C, Non-career SES or Presidential Appointee employee in the Executive Branch, you must disclose this informion to the Human Resources Office by providing a copy of your applicable SF-50, along with a stement th provides the following informion regarding your most recent political appointment: Position title; Type of appointment (Schedule A, Schedule C, Non-career SES, or Presidential Appointee); Agency; and Beginning and ending des of appointment. 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 Please read the entire announcement and all the instructions before you begin an applicion. To apply for this position, you must complete the initial online applicion, to include the initial online assessment and submission of the required documention specified in the Required Documents section below. The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on 10/07/2026 the closing de of the announcement to receive considerion. The applicion process is as follows: 1. To begin the applicion process, click the Apply Online button. 2. Answer the questions presented in the applicion and tach all necessary supporting documention. 3. Click the Submit Applicion button prior to 11:59PM (ET) on 10/07/2026. 4. After submitting an online applicion, you notified whether or not you are required to take additional online assessments through the USA Hire Competency Based Assessment system. This message delivered to you both on screen and via email notificion. 5. If you are asked to take the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments, you presented with a unique URL to access the USA Hire system. Access to USA Hire is granted through your USAJOBS login credentials. Be sure to review all instructions prior to beginning your USA Hire Assessments. Click here for Computer System Requirements ( https://help.usastaffing.gov/Apply/index.php?title=USA_Hire_System_Requirements ) 6. Note, set aside least 3 hours to take these assessments; however, most applicants complete the assessments in less time. If you need to stop the assessments and continue a ler time, you can re-use the URL sent to you via email and also found on the Additional Applicion Informion page th can be loced in the applicion record in your USAJOBS account. To preview the Assessment Questionnaire, please click the following link: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/13068660 To upde your applicion, including supporting documention, any time during the announcement open period, return to your USAJOBS account ( https://usajobs.gov ) . There you will find a record of your applicion, the applicion stus, and an option to Edit my applicion . This option will no longer be available once the announcement has closed. To verify the stus of your applicion both during and after the announcement open period, log into your USAJOBS account: https://my.usajobs.gov/Account/Login . All of your applicions will appear on the Welcome page. The applicion record in your USAJOBS account provides an Additional Applicion Informion page th provides informion regarding the documention you submitted and any correspondence we have sent reled to this applicion. 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/ Reasonable Accommodion 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 reasonable accommodion in your online applicion. Requests for Reasonable Accommodions for the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments and approprie supporting documention for Reasonable Accommodion must be received prior to starting the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments. Decisions on requests for Reasonable Accommodions 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. 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 Reasonable Accommodion, 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 Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion Ray Bakke Phone 701-297-7400 Raymond.

Bakke@usdoj.gov Address District of North Dakota 655 First Avenue North Fargo, ND 58102 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 Rehabilition Act of 1973 as amended. 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 qualificions, including meeting or exceeding the cut score on the required assessments. 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: Fargo, ND No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible No Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $74,678

• $97,087 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 Competitive Service Represented by a union No Drug test Yes Security clearance Other 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 26-ND-13068660-IMP Control number 886149000