PARALEGAL SPECIALIST (Title 32)

PARALEGAL SPECIALIST

(Title 32) Department of the Air Force Air Nional Guard Units 137th SOW, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Summary

THIS IS A NATIONAL GUARD TITLE 32 EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITION.

This Nional Guard position is for a

PARALEGAL SPECIALIST

(Title 32), Position Description Number D1242000 and is part of the OK 137th Special Operions Wing, Oklahoma Air Nional Guard. Learn more about this agency Summary

THIS IS A NATIONAL GUARD TITLE 32 EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITION.

This Nional Guard position is for a

PARALEGAL SPECIALIST

(Title 32), Position Description Number D1242000 and is part of the OK 137th Special Operions Wing, Oklahoma Air Nional Guard. Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Posted this week • Apply by 07/07/26 Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on July 7, 2026 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Oklahoma City, OK No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $61,722 - $80,243 per year Pay scale & grade GS 9 Promotion potential 9 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 Temporary - •Indefinite with Possible Permanency•Occupions and job series 0950 Paralegal Specialist Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Excepted Service Represented by a union No Drug test No Security clearance Secret Financial disclosure required No Some jobs require financial disclosure to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number

OK-12994747-AF-26-077

Control number 874658100 This job is open to Help Nional Guard and reserves Current members, those who want to join or transitioning military members. Clarificion from the agency This position is open to current members of the 137th SOW within the military grades of E-4 through E-6. Duties Help This position is loced in the Joint Force Headquarters - Ste (JFHQ-ST), Office of the Staff Judge Advoce (SJA). The primary purpose of this position is for paralegal support within the Ste Staff Judge Advoce's Office providing ancillary legal research and analysis. Supports the Freedom of Informion Act (FOIA), Preventive Law and Alternive Dispute Resolution (ADR) programs in the ste. Serves as a point of contact for claims, ethics determinions, and legal assistance for Army and Air Nional Guard personnel and their families. Provides technical legal guidance and support to Nional Guard unit commanders and their assigned legal personnel.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Provides ancillary legal work to the ste/territory SJA and other assigned Army Nional Guard (ARNG) and Air Nional Guard (ANG) torneys servicing the ste/territory Nional Guard's case load. Conducts legal research of Federal and ste/territory code, regulions, policies, procedures, case law, legal and administrive decisions and opinions and summarizes findings to aide staff torneys in case or project resolution. Performs research on a variety of legal subjects which may include, but are not limited to: Federal and ste/territory code, and legislive proposals; military justice and stus issues for Title 10 and Title 32 members; claims; labor relions; equal opportunity; administrive actions; contractual agreements; ethics; environmental concerns; law enforcement; bankruptcy; taxion; legal assistance; and a wide variety of miscellaneous legal issues. Interviews clients and potential witnesses; collects and organizes pertinent factual and research merial to build case files; and prepares or organizes exhibits. Provides research, analysis, guidance, and support to administer courts-martial, non-judicial punishment, administrive boards and other legal actions and administrive processes. Reviews procedures, timing criteria and documents relive to the administrion of justice under the Uniform Code of Military Justice and associed ste/territory code. Performs research to identify factual and legal issues to uncover relevant informion for summaries of precedent cases, interviews, testimony, depositions, and reled case merial for use by the torneys. Implements the Preventive Law Program. Facilites legal training for unit readiness non-commissioned officers (NCOs) and Directore of Manpower and Personnel (J1) personnel, or others by request, on a variety of topics including but not limited to: the military justice system (both Federal and ste/territory), inquiries and investigions, unlawful command influence, adverse administrive actions, administrive separions, the Lautenberg Amendment to the Gun Control Act of 1968, urinalysis testing and other issues affecting traditional guard members and NG full-time employees. Supports the ste/territory Alternive Dispute Resolution (ADR) program. Advises senior leaders and organizional managers on the suitability of various disputes for resolution through the use of ADR methodologies by promoting program awareness, as well as planning for and providing timely advice or support needed to employ ADR program interventions. Serves as the primary point of contact for claims. Accepts complaint, summons, documents, or inquiries; identifies the type or purpose; screens for completeness; and identifies the action to be performed. As required by the action, performs preliminary investigion and ghers pertinent informion, researches legal and factual issues, interviews claimant, involved parties and potential witnesses and builds case files. Serves as a point of contact for ethical determinions. Conducts legal research and applies cumulive knowledge to the factual element and recommends a course of action or refers th recommendion to the SJA. Assists the Staff Judge Advoce with implemention of the joint ethics regulory annual reporting requirements. Reviews Freedom of Informion Act (FOIA) requests. Analyzes specific criteria and conducts required research for the informion requested and coordines with organizion's functional managers for release of approprie informion. Provides summaries and rionale to the FOIA Officer to determine approprie action for non-releasable informion. Exercises judgment in screening and determining those th can be personally serviced or require referral to an torney or another provider. These issues include, but are not limited to, preparion of powers-of-torney and wills; notary services; legal review of correspondence or documention; informion on legal rights, benefits, privileges, or obligions; explaining pertinent legal provisions, regulions, and reled administrive practices; and their applicion to specific cases or questions; claims, voting requirements, loan contracts, motor vehicle registrions, titles, transfers, and releases; etc. Requirements Help Conditions of employment This is an excepted service position th requires membership in a compible military assignment in the employing ste's Nional Guard, required prior to the effective de of placement. Selectee required to wear the military uniform. Acceptance of an excepted service position constitutes concurrence with these requirements as a condition of employment. Males born after 31 December 1959 must be registered for Selective Service. Federal employment suitability as determined by a background investigion. May be required to successfully complete a trial period. Participion in direct deposit is mandory. Must be able to obtain and maintain the approprie security clearance of the position. This position is covered by the Domestic Violence Misdemeanor Amendment (30 Sep 96) of the Gun Control Act (Lautenberg Amendment) of 1968. An individual convicted of a qualifying crime of domestic violence may not perform the duties of this position. Ability to establish effective professional working relionships with coworkers and customers, contributing to a cooperive working environment and successful accomplishment of the mission. May occasionally be required to work other than normal duty hours; overtime may be required. The duties and responsibilities of your job may significantly impact the environment. You are responsible to maintain awareness of your environmental responsibilities as dicted by legal and regulory requirements, your organizion, and its changing mission. For positions requiring the operion of motor vehicles, candides must have a valid ste driver's license for the ste in which they live or are principally employed. For positions requiring a security clearance (Secret or Top Secret) the applicant must possess or be able to obtain a clearance within one year of appointment. Upon accepting this position, the employee may be required to serve up to a two-year probionary period. Qualificions

MILITARY GRADES

: E-4 through

E-6 GENERAL EXPERIENCE

: Experience, educion or training th demonstres the ability to analyze the legal impact of legislive developments and administre and judicial decisions, opinions, rulings and determinions on agency programs; conduct research for the preparion of legal opinions on mters of interest to the agency.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE

: Must have least 24 months experience, educion or training of applying the principles, concepts, and methods of legal research and reference sources such as agency manuals and directives. Experience applying the techniques and skills necessary to analyze both issues of fact and issues of law in order to prepare digests of case decisions, evalue the applicability of precedents, or to draft briefs, other litigion papers, advisory opinions, or findings. Practical knowledge of basic legal principles and concepts to interpret and apply or explain to others a body of law, regulions, directives, precedents, or other reoccurring legal facts, issues or processes impacting leaders, commanders, supervisors, soldiers, airmen and their families. Knowledge of the principles, concepts, and methods of legal research and reference sources such as agency manuals, directives, issuances, court reports, appelle records, or commercial legal publicions sufficient to loce approprie da such as applicable precedents, and commentaries which bear on particular legal issues. Knowledge of techniques and skills necessary to analyze both issues of fact and law in order to prepare digests of case decisions, evalue the applicability of precedents, or to draft briefs, other litigion papers, advisory opinions, or findings. Knowledge of interviewing techniques and skill sufficient to interview potential witnesses, claimants, involved parties and other sources of informion to ascertain facts. Knowledge of legal documents to determine nure of action requested, if properly completed, wh informion is needed or missing, and proper routing of documents. Knowledge of, and skill to communice effectively, both orally and in writing, in order to provide assistance to customers in the preparion of legal documents, or to assist torneys by providing written summaries of analyses to support specific legal issues. Educion Substitution of Educion for

Specialized Experience:

Successful completion of a full 4-year course of study in any field leading to a bachelor's degree, in an accredited college or university, meets the GS-5 level requirements. Additional informion If you are a male applicant who was born after 12/31/1959 and are required to register under the Military Selective Service Act, the Defense Authorizion Act of 1986 requires th you be registered or you are not eligible for appointment in this agency ( Register |

Selective Service System :

Selective Service System (sss.gov) ). This position may be eligible for Union Membership. Expand Hide additional informion Candides should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passione about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United Stes Constitution. Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. How you evalued You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above. Once the announcement has closed, your resume and supporting documention used to determine if you meet the qualificions listed on this announcement. If you are minimally qualified, your resume and supporting documention compared to your responses on the assessment questionnaire to determine your level of experience. If you re yourself higher than is supported by your applicion package, your responses may be adjusted and/or you may be excluded from considerion for this position. If you are found to be among the top qualified candides, you referred to the selecting official for employment considerion. Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. Required documents Required Documents Help To apply for this position, you must submit a complete Applicion Package which includes: 1.

Your resume:

Your resume may be submitted in any form and must support the specialized experience described in this announcement. If your resume includes a photograph, other PII (Personally Identifiable informion) or other inapproprie merial or content, it will not be used to make eligibility and qualificion determinions, and you may not be considered for this vacancy. For qualificions determinions your resume must contain hours worked per week and the des of employment (i.e., Hours per week and month/year to month/year or month/year to present ex. 03/2020-06/2022 or 03/2020-Present). If your resume does not contain this informion, your applicion may be marked as incomplete, and you may not receive considerion for this position.

For additional informion see:

Wh to include in your resume . 2. Other supporting documents (as applicable): Certificions DD-214 or

NGB 22 SF-50

Official Transcripts PAA If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply Help To apply for this position, you must complete the online applicion/Occupional Questionnaire and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section below. To view the Occupional Questionnaire, click the following link: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12994747 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. To verify the stus of your applicion, log into your USAJOBS account ( https://my.usajobs.gov/Account/Login ), all of your applicions will appear on the Welcome screen. The Applicion Stus will appear along with the de your applicion was last upded. For informion on wh each Applicion Stus means, : https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/how-to/applicion/stus/ . Agency contact informion Virginia Salazar Phone 572-247-5325 virginia.p.salazar.civ@army.mil Address OK 137th Special Operions Wing 5624 Air Guard Drive Oklahoma City, OK 73179 US Next steps Once your online applicion is submitted you will receive a confirmion notificion by email. Your applicion evalued by the Human Resources Office to determine your eligibility for the position. After the evaluion is complete, you will receive another notificion regarding the stus of your applicion. Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Required Documents Help To apply for this position, you must submit a complete Applicion Package which includes: 1.

Your resume:

Your resume may be submitted in any form and must support the specialized experience described in this announcement. If your resume includes a photograph, other PII (Personally Identifiable informion) or other inapproprie merial or content, it will not be used to make eligibility and qualificion determinions, and you may not be considered for this vacancy. For qualificions determinions your resume must contain hours worked per week and the des of employment (i.e., Hours per week and month/year to month/year or month/year to present ex. 03/2020-06/2022 or 03/2020-Present). If your resume does not contain this informion, your applicion may be marked as incomplete, and you may not receive considerion for this position.

For additional informion see:

Wh to include in your resume . 2. Other supporting documents (as applicable): Certificions DD-214 or

NGB 22 SF-50

Official Transcripts PAA If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply Help To apply for this position, you must complete the online applicion/Occupional Questionnaire and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section below. To view the Occupional Questionnaire, click the following link: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12994747 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. To verify the stus of your applicion, log into your USAJOBS account ( https://my.usajobs.gov/Account/Login ), all of your applicions will appear on the Welcome screen. The Applicion Stus will appear along with the de your applicion was last upded. For informion on wh each Applicion Stus means, : https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/how-to/applicion/stus/ . Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion Virginia Salazar Phone 572-247-5325 virginia.p.salazar.civ@army.mil Address OK 137th Special Operions Wing 5624 Air Guard Drive Oklahoma City, OK 73179 US Next steps Once your online applicion is submitted you will receive a confirmion notificion by email. Your applicion evalued by the Human Resources Office to determine your eligibility for the position. After the evaluion is complete, you will receive another notificion regarding the stus of your applicion. Expand Hide next steps Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Overview Help Accepting applicions Posted this week • Apply by 07/07/26 Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on July 7, 2026 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Oklahoma City, OK No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $61,722 - $80,243 per year Pay scale & grade GS 9 Promotion potential 9 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 Temporary - •Indefinite with Possible Permanency•Occupions and job series Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Excepted Service Represented by a union No Drug test No Security clearance Secret Financial disclosure required No Some jobs require to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number

OK-12994747-AF-26-077

Control number 874658100