Supervisory Paralegal Specialist

.For more information on the Department of Justice and the United States Attorneys' Offices, visit http://www.justice.gov/usao/. As needed, additional positions may be filled using this announcement.

If selected for this position, you will join a well-respected team that is responsible for providing services in a supervisory capacity. Supervising team leaders with responsibility for coordinating and facilitating workload and activities performed by clerical, technical, administrative, and analytical employees. Providing advice to management officials and participating in the development and promulgation of policy and procedural manuals, including development and maintenance of guidelines and systems for staff. Typical work assignments will include: Plans and assigns work to be accomplished by subordinates; sets andadjusts priorities and sequence of operations to meet deadlines for regular and peak workloads. Reviews work in progress upon completion, as required, or spot-checks work, as appropriate,to assess and improve the quality and quantity of work produced by each employee. Provides new employees with on-the-job experience and training required to perform the work. Prepares performance work plans, performance appraisals and advises employees of theperformance requirements of their positions. Reviews work in progress upon completion, as required, or spot-checks work, as appropriate, to assess and improve the quality and quantity of work produced by each employee. Conducts and evaluates interviews candidates for support positions in the Civil Division. Performs detailed legal research of laws, legal opinions, trial transcripts, policies and regulations, Procedure and Evidence, court rules, and legal texts in selecting pertinent facts and applying case laws to those facts. Collects, analyzes and evaluates information to support cases. Responsibilities will increase and assignments will become more complex as your training and experience progress.