Legal Assistant

You will serve as a LEGAL ASSISTANT in the Claims and Tort Litigation Division, Office of the Judge Advocate General.

Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-07 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following:

1. Managing, tracking, filing, retrieving, and maintaining legal, claims, litigation, investigative, or other case-related records and time-sensitive correspondence or taskers;
2. Using office automation tools, word-processing software, and electronic databases to enter, update, track, store, retrieve, and report case, claim, request, or correspondence information;
3. Preparing, proofreading, editing, and routing routine legal or administrative correspondence, letters, forms, or case documents for grammar, punctuation, completeness, accuracy, and compliance with established correspondence formats or procedures;
4. Conducting initial intake or review of claims, requests, case submissions, or similar documents to identify basic completeness, compliance with established requirements, and appropriate routing or referral actions;
5. Providing professional customer service and exchanging information with members of the public, attorneys or law firms, Government officials, and internal staff, including tactfully handling sensitive, time-sensitive, upset, or uncooperative individuals; and
6. Applying established legal, administrative, records-management, or office procedures to prioritize work, resolve routine issues, and refer matters requiring legal interpretation, policy decisions, or supervisory action. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (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 that translates directly to paid employment.

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.