Paralegal Specialist

Functional Purpose
The United States Postal Service has the following excellent and challenging employment opportunity for highly motivated
and innovative individuals. Successful candidates must demonstrate through a combination of education, training, and
experience the following requirements:

Requirements
1. Ability to identify legal issues arising from moderately complex factual situations and investigate the underlying
circumstances.
2. Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing, with internal and external stakeholders sufficient to present
results, ensure compliance with legal and organizational standards, and provide guidance and recommendations.
3. Ability to draft, revise, and format legal documents with attention to accuracy using Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and
Adobe Acrobat Professional.
4. Ability to work effectively on multiple projects with stringent deadlines set by multiple attorneys sufficient to complete
research, gather information, and organize legal documents.
5. Ability to gather and analyze data from various business systems (e.g., timekeeping systems, reports from operations
databases, payroll journals).
6. Ability to utilize eDiscovery platforms to obtain, review, sort, and redact voluminous emails or other documents necessary
for discovery production.
7. Knowledge of general legal principles and practices sufficient to support research, analysis, and case preparation in units
focusing on various areas of law (e.g., procurement, corporate, intellectual property, facilities, labor, employment, tort law).
8. Ability to conduct legal research utilizing standard legal research materials, including statutory and regulatory materials,
policy handbooks and manuals, and legal research databases (e.g., LexisNexis, Westlaw, cyberFEDS, PACER).
9. CERTIFICATION/EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENT: Applicants must possess one of the following: 1. A paralegal
certification, OR 2. At least two (2) years of related paralegal experience obtained within the past five (5) years (e.g., work
experience at a law firm, or in an in-house litigation department)

Relocation benefits will not be offered to the successful candidate.