Job Summary

About the Position: This position serves as a Legal Assistant and FOIA Technician, processing and tracking Freedom of Information and Privacy Act requests, coordinating records searches and releases, and ensuring compliance with applicable laws and regulations. Management may select any grade level announced for this position with noncompetitive promotion to the GS-8.

Job Description

Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities. 30 Percent or More Disabled Veterans Current Department of Army Civilian Employees Current Department of Defense (DOD) Civilian Employee (non-Army) Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act Military Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473 Non-Appropriated Fund Instrumentality (NAFI) Non-Department of Defense (DoD) Transfer People with Disabilities, Schedule A Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability Retirement Priority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference Eligible Reinstatement Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998 In order to qualify, you must meet the experience requirements described below. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document. GS- 7 Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes reviewing information access requests for administrative completeness; utilizing tracking databases to manage case workflows; and communicating with internal and external stakeholders to coordinate records collection. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-6). OR GS- 8 Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes processing disclosures and information release requests under federal access laws; identifying and applying disclosure guidelines or exemptions to records; and collaborating with legal counsel or program managers to resolve processing issues. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-7). GS-7 Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-06). GS-8 Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-07).