Legal Assistant
RECRUITMENT: Legal Assistant
Salary Range: $39,576 - $70,578 per year
Series & Grade: GS 5 - 8 Position Information: Full-Time (Permanent)
Promotion Potential: GS-8 Duty Location: Little Rock, AR
Who May Be Considered: U.S. Citizens
Job Summary:
Millions of Americans depend on the Social Security Administration (SSA) for their well-being. Social Security programs offer protection against the risk of reduced income due to retirement, disability or death, and assist aged, blind, and disabled people in financial need. SSA offers challenging careers and professional advancement. Make a difference in people’s lives and your own. Join our dynamic team! Serve as legal assistant and provide support to one or more Administrative Law Judges (ALJs) and other professional employees in a Social Security Administration (SSA) Hearing Office (HO).
Key Requirements:
- US Citizenship is required.
- Fingerprinting and background and/or security investigation required.
- Selective Service registration required for male applicants, unless exempt.
- Relocation expenses will not be paid.
- Telework eligible as determined by Agency policy.
- Selectees may be required to complete off-site training.
- All qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of the announcement.
Major Duties:
Legal assistants provide quasi legal and technical support to ALJs and other technical and professional positions in the processing of entitlement cases pursuant to Titles II and XVI of the Social Security Act, as amended, as the administrative appeals level. Legal assistants are responsible for developing and processing requests for hearing cases from their receipt in the office to the completion, independently performing a wide range of case development actions, and processes more complex cases where analysis of pertinent issues and interpretation of the provisions of the laws, regulations, rulings, precedents, policies, procedures, and guidelines relative to the cases is necessary.
QUALIFICATIONS:
All qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of the announcement.
GS-5 - 52 weeks of full-times specialized experience equivalent to the GS-4 level in the Federal Service Performing all or most of the following tasks: Applying laws, rules or regulations and written guidelines; communicating orally in order to provide information, assistance, or instructions to members of the general public or their representatives; performing administrative and clerical processes using a computer to reconcile discrepancies, associate documents with related files/records, etc.; writing correspondence in response to inquiries and drafted a variety of other written products.
GS-6 - 52 weeks of full-times specialized experience equivalent to the GS-5 level in the Federal Service Performing all or most of the following tasks: Reviewing legal or medical documents for accuracy in accordance with applicable rules and regulations; communicating with a wide variety of individuals in order to provide or elicit information; applying & interpreting laws, rules or regulations and written guidelines; using a computer to prepare correspondence in draft and final form or to prepare reports.
GS-7 - 52 weeks of full-times specialized experience equivalent to the GS-6 level in the Federal Service Performing all or most of the following tasks: Reviewing and processing a variety of legal and/or medical documentation, records and evidence in accordance with applicable rules & regulations; communicating with a ide variety of individuals in order to provide advice/guidance about medical or legal claims, hearing process, insurance claims, or other related programs, interpreting complex laws, rules or regulations and written guidelines and explaining the provisions to others; using a computer to prepare correspondence and has experience using word processing software (ie Word, Access, Excel) for data input, queries, reports, or case tracking.
GS-8 - 52 weeks of full-times specialized experience equivalent to the GS-7 level in the Federal Service Performing all or most of the following task listed above as well as the ability to interpret, apply, and explain complex legal provisions, regulations or procedural requirements to a wide range of individuals with varying abilities of comprehension and a knowledge of legal documents or legal and judicial processes.
Note: Part-time work is prorated in crediting experiences (e.g. if you work 20 hours per week for a 12-month period, you will be credited with 6 months of experience).
HOW TO APPLY:
Interested applicants must submit:
- A Resume. Your resume should include:
- Personal Information: Full name, mailing address, contact information including email address, and Social Security Number.
- Education: Colleges/Universities attended, major field of study, total credit hours received, and type and year of degree received.
- Work Experience: Job title, hours per week, employer's name and address, supervisor's name and phone number, starting and ending dates of employment (month and year format), salary, duties and accomplishments. Indicate whether your current supervisor may be contacted.
Submit your resume electronically to OHO.R6.Little.Rock.Resumes@ssa.gov, or to:
Sherri Rowland
Hearing Office Director
Social Security Administration Office of Hearings Operations
700 W. Capitol Ave. Rm 2405
Little Rock, AR 72201
Candidates with questions may contact the office at: OHO.R6.Little.Rock.Resumes@ssa.gov.
Federal agencies must provide reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities where appropriate. Applicants requiring reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process should contact the hiring agency directly. Determinations on requests for reasonable accommodation will be made on a case-by-case basis.