Paralegal Specialist Department of Energy Nional Nuclear Security Administrion Los Alamos Field Office Summary The Senior Paralegal Specialist performs substantive legal duties in support of

NNSA/NA-LA.

Duties include: Freedom of Informion Act (FOIA) and Privacy Act review/coordinion; Energy Employees Occupional Illness Compension Program (EEOICP) liaison; NA-LA liaison for external auditing groups such as OIG, GAO, or U.S. Department of Labor; NNSA ethics reviews/file management; LANL litigion coordinion, invoice reviews, and use of the Litigion Management Tracking System (LMTS). Learn more about this agency Summary The Senior Paralegal Specialist performs substantive legal duties in support of

NNSA/NA-LA.

Duties include: Freedom of Informion Act (FOIA) and Privacy Act review/coordinion; Energy Employees Occupional Illness Compension Program (EEOICP) liaison; NA-LA liaison for external auditing groups such as OIG, GAO, or U.S. Department of Labor; NNSA ethics reviews/file management; LANL litigion coordinion, invoice reviews, and use of the Litigion Management Tracking System (LMTS). Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Posted yesterday • Apply by 07/15/26 Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on July 15, 2026 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Los Alamos, NM No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible No Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $62,392 - $165,288 per year Pay scale & grade

NQ 2 - 3

Promotion potential 3 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 Q Access Authorizion Position sensitivity and risk Critical-Sensitive (CS)/High Risk Jobs require a background check and some require a security clearance . The type depends on the job. Background check type Credentialing Suitability/Fitness Nional security Financial disclosure required No Some jobs require financial disclosure to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number 26-NA-LA-XE-00699-NNSA Control number 875609200 This job is open to Help Internal to an agency Current federal employees of the hiring agency th posted the job announcement. Career transition (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL) Federal employees whose job, agency or department was elimined and are eligible for priority over other applicants. Clarificion from the agency Current

DOE/NNSA

Federal employees with competitive stus only.

DOE/NNSA

employees with CTAP or RPL eligibility. Duties Help As a Paralegal Specialist , you will: Perform legal analysis of Freedom of Informion Act (FOIA) and Privacy Act (PA) requests under the provisions of applicable stutes and determines if documents or segregable portions can be released. Reviews proposed FOIA responses submitted by the Los Alamos Nional Laborory (LANL) contractor for accuracy, coordines final responses with the

NNSA FOIA

Officer/team, and performs reled support. Serve as NA-LA's liaison for the DOE Energy Employees Occupional Illness Compension Program (EEOICP). Coordines and integres EEOICP activities resulting from claims filed by current or former employees of LANL, follows up on DOE/NNSA or Department of Labor da requests as needed, and performs reled support. Serve as NA-LA's liaison with external auditing groups and agencies such as the Office of Inspector General (OIG), U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), and other entities as needed. Handles management referral process for NA-LA and coordines with LANL. Receives requests for management to investige or review anonymous hotline reports or written allegions of potential waste, fraud, or abuse by LANL employees, brings substantive issues to the tention of management, coordines referrals to management or LANL as approprie, consolides and develops responses, and closes out actions. Provide oversight support for LANL contractor litigion, reviews litigion reports, tracks contractor outside torney costs, conducts reviews of contractor legal invoices to assess accuracy/compliance, prepares correspondence for the contracting officer/counsel as needed, and coordines with NNSA General Counsel and NA-LA staff torneys on issues as approprie. Compiles, maintains, and prepares litigion reports using the agency's Litigion Management Tracking System (LMTS). Supports other litigion reled functions as needed. Support

NNSA/NA-LA

ethics program officials, identifies and provides approprie

DOE/NNSA

ethics guidelines/federal regulions, assists ethics counselors in addressing staff questions, and serves as a local system administror for the Department's Confidential Financial Disclosure Report (OGE 450) system. Helps NNSA torneys prepare ethics documents (e.g., recusals, 5 C.F.R. 2635.502 authorizions, post-employment restrictions, etc.), conducts research as needed to support legal opinions on various mters of agency interest, and performs reled duties as required. Requirements Help Conditions of employment Subject to Random Drug Testing Must pass a pre-employment drug test. Favorable suitability determinion required. Must be able to obtain/maintain a Q level Security Clearance. You must be a United Stes Citizen. This employer participes in the e-Verify program. Males must abide by Selective Service registrion requirements. Compliance with Homeland Security Presidential Directive (HSPD-12) governing personal identity which will require th you provide two forms of identificion. May be required to successfully complete a one (1) year probionary period. Employees serving on a probionary or trial period may be termined any time during the probionary or trial period for performance, conduct, or business-reled reasons in the interest of Federal service. Please limit your resume to no more than two (2) pages. If more than two pages are submitted, you disqualified. Probionary periods are required for new employees appointed to competitive service positions for the first time; or reinsted employees who return to Federal service after a break in service of 30-days or more and who have not completed a probionary period will need to complete the requirement. Trial periods are required for all excepted service employees. Trial periods served in the same position and agency with no break in service will sisfy the requirement. Qualificions NQ-2: To meet qualificion requirements for the NQ-2 level (GS-9-11 equivalent), a qualified candide's online applicion and resume must demonstre least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower NNSA Demonstrion Project pay band or GS grade level in the Federal service, i.e., NQ-01 or

GS-07/08.

Specialized experience for this position is defined as experience performing paralegal or legal work demonstring knowledge of least 3 of the 5 listed below: Examines and processes a variety of legal documents. Analyze and evalue da responses of complex and sensitive requests. Prepares briefings, pleadings, litigion recommendions, documents and correspondence. Search and review legal references and case files. Provides support and other sources of informion and da for torneys or court personnel. OR You may substitute the successful completion of master's or equivalent gradue degree, OR 2 full years of progressively higher-level gradue educion leading to such a degree or LL.B. or J.D., if reled . OR A combinion of successfully completed educion and specialized experience as described in the vacancy announcement. This is computed by determining the total qualifying specialized experience as a percentage of the experience required for the grade level; then determining the educion as a percentage of the educion required for the grade level; and then adding the two percentages. The total percentages must equal least 100 percent to qualify. Only gradue educion in excess of one full year may be used to qualify. NQ-3: To meet qualificion requirements for the NQ-3 level (GS-13/14 equivalent), a qualified candide's online applicion and resume must demonstre least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower NNSA Demonstrion Project pay band or GS grade level in the Federal service, i.e., NQ-02 or GS-12. Specialized experience for this position is defined as experience performing paralegal or legal work demonstring knowledge of least 4 of the 5 listed below: Legal research, laws, precedent decisions, regulions, agency policies and practices, judicial or administrive proceedings; Reviews/coordines responses to FOIA/Privacy Act requests (or similar requests sought through a ste authority). Manages mters reled to the Energy Employees Occupional Illness Compension Program Act (EEOICPA), either through the DOE Program, U.S. Department of Labor, or a reled ste program. Management and coordinion of responses to inquiries by federal or ste audit/investigion authorities (e.g., OIG, GAO, or similar ste authorities); /ste ethics programs and reled mters. Provides liaison support to legal counsel in carrying out their responsibilities. "Experience" refers to paid and unpaid experience. Examples of qualifying unpaid experience may include: volunteer work done through Nional Service programs (such as Peace Corps and AmeriCorps); as well as work for other community-based philanthropic and social organizions. 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.

CTAP/ICTAP

candides: To be considered "well qualified" you must meet all of the requirements as described in this section. If you are eligible for career transition assistance plans such as ICTAP or CTAP, you must meet the definition of "well qualified" which is defined as having a score of 85 or better. You must meet all qualificions and eligibility requirements by the closing de of this announcement. Educion NQ-2: Master's or equivalent gradue degree, or 2 full years of progressively higher-level gradue educion leading to such a degree or LL.B. or J.D., if reled. NQ-3: No educion substitution this grade level. Additional informion Veterans and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply. For more informion, please the links the bottom of this page or the FedsHireVets website. More than one selection may be made from this vacancy announcement. All positions require successful completion of a background investigion. All males born after December 31,1959 must abide by laws regarding Selective Service registrion. To learn more about this law, the Selective Service web page, Who Must Register. If you are not registered and don't have an approved exemption, you will not be eligible for employment with the Federal government. In accordance with Executive Order 14170, applicants are encouraged to respond to the four short, free-response, essay questions in the questionnaire. Answers to these questions are not scored or red. Your answers reviewed by the hiring manager and agency leadership if you are referred for selection considerion.

EEO Policy:

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Reasonable Accommodion Policy:

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Selective Service Registrion:

Click HERE. Informion about the NNSA Demonstrion project can be found by clicking HERE. 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.

THE APPLICATION REVIEW PROCESS WILL BE IN TWO STAGES

Minimum Qualificions:

Once the applicion process is complete, the Human Resources Office will review the first two pages of your resume and supporting documention to determine whether you meet the minimum job qualificions.

Structured Resume Review:

The Human Resources Office/ Subject Mter Expert will review the first two pages of your resume to determine your technical qualificions. Additional documention (e.g., cover letter, links embedded in your resume) may not be A quality review will then be conducted by the HR Office and/or Subject Mter Expert (SME). Your applicion is red based on the extent and quality of your experience, educion (if applicable to the job), and training described in your online resume/questionnaire as reled to the duties of this position. The quality cegories are usually defined as "Best Qualified", "Well Qualified" and "Qualified". Veterans Preference eligible candides listed the top of whichever cegory your score places you in. CP/CPS veterans are placed the top of the highest cegory for all positions except professional and scientific positions GS-9 and higher. Your applicion and resume shall demonstre th you possess the following Competencies. Do not provide a separe narrive written stement. Rher, you must describe in your applicion how your past work experience demonstres th you possess the Competencies identified below. Cite 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. DO NOT write "see resume" in your applicion. Administrion and Management Administrive Law Audit Reporting Legal, Government, and Jurisprudence Writing If your resume is incomplete or does not support the responses you provided in your online questionnaire, or if you fail to submit all required documention before the vacancy closes, you may be red 'ineligible', 'not qualified'. To preview the applicion questionnaire, click the link below.

https:

//apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12995254 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

ALL APPLICANTS

You must submit a resume supporting your specialized experience and responses to the online questionnaire. Your two (2) page RESUME showing all relevant work experience (paid and unpaid) including: duties performed; full name and address of the each employer; start and end des (month/day/year); work schedule (part-time, full-time, number of hours if intermittent); salary; and any completed educion and training (program title, subject area, number of hours completed, and completion de). Cover Letter , optional , expressing additional informion not covered in your resume may not be Transcripts, if specific educional requirements are indiced in this job announcement. Unofficial transcripts or any report listing institution, course title, credits earned (semester or quarter hour) and final grade is acceptable. It is your responsibility to provide adeque proof th you meet the educional requirements. If selected, it is mandory th you provide official transcripts. For more informion about wh to include in your resume, please view this USAJOBS Resume Tutorial video on YouTube. NNSA will accept a resume in the form of your choice (as an tached document or as a USAJOBS Resume Builder form). You notified the time you click 'Apply Online' which type of resume is acceptable. It is important th you are complete and thorough in your resume. If any of the above informion is not included in your resume, we may not be able to fully credit you for your experience. Submit one or more of the following to support your eligibility(s) to apply to this job announcement: SF -50, "Notificion of Personnel Action" (current/former federal employees): To properly verify stus eligibility, your SF-50 must show the following. If you do not submit an approprie SF-50, we cannot verify your stus eligibility! Full position title; appointment type; occupional series; pay plan, grade, and step; tenure code; and service compution de (SCD). If your current position SF50 does not indice you have competitive/excepted service stus or does not reflect the pay plan and grade of the highest position you have held in the competitive/excepted service, in addition to your current SF50, you must provide your previous SF-50s th provide the proof of competitive/excepted stus and highest grade held on a permanent basis. If specific educional requirements are indiced for this vacancy: Documention verifying your educional claims which can include unofficial transcripts or any report listing institution, course title, credits earned and final grade. Please see the Educion section for more informion. Veterans applying under

VEOA:

DD-214 Member Copy 4 showing type of discharge/character of service; current active duty members- certificion of expected discharge or release from active duty under honorable conditions ded within 120 days; SF-15 Form and reled documention; VA letter. For more informion the USAJOBS Help Center & OPM CHCOC website for VOW informion. Failure to submit any of the above-mentioned required documents may result in loss of considerion due to an incomplete applicion package. It is your responsibility to ensure all required documents have been submitted. 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 submission of the required documention specified in the Required Documents section. A complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on the announcement closing de to receive considerion. The applicion process is as follows: You must have a login.gov account to sign into

USAJOBS:

https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/how-to/account/ . To begin the applicion process in USAJOBS, click the Apply Online button. Answer the questions presented in the applicion and tach all required and supporting documention. You must click the Submit Applicion button prior to 11:59 pm (ET) on the announcement closing de. You may upde your applicion, including supporting documention, any time during the announcement open period by returning to your USAJOBS account, select

Upde Applicion:

https://my.usajobs.gov/Account/Login . This option will no longer be available once the announcement has closed. To verify the stus of your applicion, during and after the announcement open period, log into your USAJOBS account; 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/ . If you need help with login.gov or USAJOBS (e.g., account access, Resume Builder) the

USAJOBS Help Center:

https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/ Employees or applicants may request Reasonable Accommodion (RA) for assistance, when applying or competing for a job or performing a job due to their medical condition or to exercise their religious beliefs. If you need reasonable accommodion in the applicion or selection process, please contact the Agency Contact listed on this vacancy announcement. If you experience difficulty applying on USAJOBS, after clicking the Apply Online button, or you are experiencing a significant hardship hindering your ability to apply online, the Agency Contact listed in the announcement can assist you during normal business hours. If you receive any system error messages, take screenshots if possible, to aid technical support. Agency contact informion Lrice Ginwright lrice.ginwright@nnsa.doe.gov Address Los Alamos Field Office 24600 20th St SE Kirtland

AFB, NM 87117-5507 US

Next steps Thank you for your interest in employment with DOE. We will notify you of your results once your applicion is reviewed. Once your online applicion is submitted you will receive a confirmion notificion by email. The stus of your applicion upded in USAJOBS as it is evalued. You can check the stus by logging into USAJOBS. You may also sign up to receive automic emails anytime the stus of your applicion changes by logging into your USAJobs Account and editing the Notificion Settings. You contacted directly if an interview is required. 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

ALL APPLICANTS

You must submit a resume supporting your specialized experience and responses to the online questionnaire. Your two (2) page RESUME showing all relevant work experience (paid and unpaid) including: duties performed; full name and address of the each employer; start and end des (month/day/year); work schedule (part-time, full-time, number of hours if intermittent); salary; and any completed educion and training (program title, subject area, number of hours completed, and completion de). Cover Letter , optional , expressing additional informion not covered in your resume may not be Transcripts, if specific educional requirements are indiced in this job announcement. Unofficial transcripts or any report listing institution, course title, credits earned (semester or quarter hour) and final grade is acceptable. It is your responsibility to provide adeque proof th you meet the educional requirements. If selected, it is mandory th you provide official transcripts. For more informion about wh to include in your resume, please view this USAJOBS Resume Tutorial video on YouTube. NNSA will accept a resume in the form of your choice (as an tached document or as a USAJOBS Resume Builder form). You notified the time you click 'Apply Online' which type of resume is acceptable. It is important th you are complete and thorough in your resume. If any of the above informion is not included in your resume, we may not be able to fully credit you for your experience. Submit one or more of the following to support your eligibility(s) to apply to this job announcement: SF -50, "Notificion of Personnel Action" (current/former federal employees): To properly verify stus eligibility, your SF-50 must show the following. If you do not submit an approprie SF-50, we cannot verify your stus eligibility! Full position title; appointment type; occupional series; pay plan, grade, and step; tenure code; and service compution de (SCD). If your current position SF50 does not indice you have competitive/excepted service stus or does not reflect the pay plan and grade of the highest position you have held in the competitive/excepted service, in addition to your current SF50, you must provide your previous SF-50s th provide the proof of competitive/excepted stus and highest grade held on a permanent basis. If specific educional requirements are indiced for this vacancy: Documention verifying your educional claims which can include unofficial transcripts or any report listing institution, course title, credits earned and final grade. Please see the Educion section for more informion. Veterans applying under

VEOA:

DD-214 Member Copy 4 showing type of discharge/character of service; current active duty members- certificion of expected discharge or release from active duty under honorable conditions ded within 120 days; SF-15 Form and reled documention; VA letter. For more informion the USAJOBS Help Center & OPM CHCOC website for VOW informion. Failure to submit any of the above-mentioned required documents may result in loss of considerion due to an incomplete applicion package. It is your responsibility to ensure all required documents have been submitted. 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 submission of the required documention specified in the Required Documents section. A complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on the announcement closing de to receive considerion. The applicion process is as follows: You must have a login.gov account to sign into

USAJOBS:

https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/how-to/account/ . To begin the applicion process in USAJOBS, click the Apply Online button. Answer the questions presented in the applicion and tach all required and supporting documention. You must click the Submit Applicion button prior to 11:59 pm (ET) on the announcement closing de. You may upde your applicion, including supporting documention, any time during the announcement open period by returning to your USAJOBS account, select

Upde Applicion:

https://my.usajobs.gov/Account/Login . This option will no longer be available once the announcement has closed. To verify the stus of your applicion, during and after the announcement open period, log into your USAJOBS account; 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/ . If you need help with login.gov or USAJOBS (e.g., account access, Resume Builder) the

USAJOBS Help Center:

https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/ Employees or applicants may request Reasonable Accommodion (RA) for assistance, when applying or competing for a job or performing a job due to their medical condition or to exercise their religious beliefs. If you need reasonable accommodion in the applicion or selection process, please contact the Agency Contact listed on this vacancy announcement. If you experience difficulty applying on USAJOBS, after clicking the Apply Online button, or you are experiencing a significant hardship hindering your ability to apply online, the Agency Contact listed in the announcement can assist you during normal business hours. If you receive any system error messages, take screenshots if possible, to aid technical support. Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion Lrice Ginwright lrice.ginwright@nnsa.doe.gov Address Los Alamos Field Office 24600 20th St SE Kirtland

AFB, NM 87117-5507 US

Next steps Thank you for your interest in employment with DOE. We will notify you of your results once your applicion is reviewed. Once your online applicion is submitted you will receive a confirmion notificion by email. The stus of your applicion upded in USAJOBS as it is evalued. You can check the stus by logging into USAJOBS. You may also sign up to receive automic emails anytime the stus of your applicion changes by logging into your USAJobs Account and editing the Notificion Settings. You contacted directly if an interview is required. 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 yesterday • Apply by 07/15/26 Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on July 15, 2026 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Los Alamos, NM No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible No Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $62,392 - $165,288 per year Pay scale & grade

NQ 2 - 3

Promotion potential 3 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 Q Access Authorizion 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-NA-LA-XE-00699-NNSA Control number 875609200