C & C International Recruitment Accepting Resumes For:

Senior Paralegal to assist in the work of the

Civil Rights Division, U.S. Department of Justice
Washington, D.C. 20002

---  This position is a “hybrid” position with selected candidate reporting in-office/ on-site minimum two (2) days a week.  Travel may be required, with prior notice and authorization, up to 15% of work operations.  ---

---  Please review the Resume Requirements, Qualifications, and Responsibilities/ Duties for the position prior to providing resume with references.  ---
(Please email recruiting@ccintercomputers.com to request a resume template.
Include position, division, and location in subject line.)

(Candidates reviewed in order of preference meeting Preferred Qualifications and Responsibilities/ Duties listed as experience in prior positions on resume.)

Pay Rate Information

This is a temporary to permanent hire Service Contract Act position with an hourly pay rate of $35.05 that includes a Health and Welfare Benefit of $4.57 an hour.

Service  Contract Act, or SCA, position pay rates are determined by the U.S. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division. 
More information is available at https://sam.gov/content/wage-determinations

Upon completion of six (6) months of employment, the selected candidate can expect an annual salary as a permanent full-time employee with the federal contractor.


Period of Performance: 

(Tentative)
---  This position is a “hybrid” position with selected candidate reporting in-office/ on-site minimum two (2) days a week. 

---  Travel may be required, with prior notice and authorization, up to 15% of work operations.  ---

---  Remote/ telework hours of operations previously availability from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Eastern, Monday-Friday  ---

Current contract period: Date of Hire through May 31, 2024
-  with the potential for annual extensions through May 31, 2027
-  preference for placement/transfer as federal contract employee after six (6) months employment with C&C International

Normal Work Hours of Operation:  , Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m., 40 hours per week, two (2) 15-minute breaks and 30-minute lunch, except for federal holidays, unless otherwise stated

Resume Requirements:

Full contact information is requested on the resume for security clearance procedures. 
Resumes without complete requested information may not be considered or reviewed.
 

•  A one-paragraph overview highlighting qualifications for the position, software experience, and education  

-  Please clearly include software applications experience and certifications  -
-  Clearly state experience in e-Discovery software applications such as Relativity, iPro, Case Map, Trial Director, Concordance, et cetera
 

• Resume for each person in MS Word format, over all 1” margins, 10-pitch font, maximum two (2) pages, to include professional references
• Please provide three (3) professional references in the following format:

Name of Reference:
Job Title:
Organization:
Phone:
Email:
Relationship to candidate during tenure:
 

• Please include the following contact information:  full name, home address, home phone number, mobile phone number, and personal email address
• For each position and school attended, please list the following:

City and State
Dates of Employment (month and year, MM/YYYY)
Date of Graduation (month and year, MM/YYYY)
 

• Email resumes in the above format to recruiting@ccintercomputers.com. 

Special Requirements:
 
-  Must be a U.S. citizen
 
-  Public Trust Suitability Determination required with favorable recommendation
Web site for more information: 
 https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-5/chapter-I/subchapter-B/part-731?toc=1
A favorable Public Trust Suitability Determination investigation is required for the position and requested on a conditional offer of employment. 

Code of Federal Regulations, CFR
Title 5 - Administrative Personnel
Chapter 1 - Office of Personnel Management
Subpart B - Civil Service Regulations
Part 731 – Suitability


Senior Paralegal
Qualifications: 
 

• Requires Paralegal Certificate or Juris Doctorate
  • Minimum two (2) years of Litigation Paralegal experience required; trial experience extremely helpful

AND

• • One (1) year of experience in Automated Litigation Support, e-Discovery Litigation Support and Technology

 

• Requires sound working knowledge of federal and state court system, legal research procedures, and legal research resources.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills and thorough knowledge of legal research tools such as Lexis Nexis and Westlaw

 

• Hands-on familiarity with a variety of computer applications, including word processing, databases (such as document review and file management systems), spreadsheets, imaging, and hardware systems.

 

• Role also requires hands-on familiarity with Electronically Stored Information, ESI, tools and knowledge of e-Discovery procedures and resources i.e., Electronic Discovery Reference Model, EDRM

 

• Ability to consistently deliver highest quality work under extreme pressure will be very important.

 

• Must be a US Citizen
• Must be able to obtain a Public Trust favorable suitability determination

Preferred Qualifications:
 

• Trial Experience
• e-Discovery Litigation Support

Senior Paralegal
Responsibilities/Duties:
 

• Works under the direction of a Supervisory Paralegal
  • Work products are reviewed prior to submission; however, a Senior Paralegal often develops these products with minimal direct supervision other than written guidelines

 

• Performs moderately complex legal research; synopsizes transcripts of hearings and oral arguments for attorney use
• Reviews case related materials and identifies potentially conflicting statements or areas requiring further investigation
• Writes preliminary drafts of simple legal memoranda and correspondence.
• Conducts database reviews in Relativity (including coding/ redacting/ saved searches / mass tagging);
  • generate privilege logs; generates productions; communicates with opposing counsel

 

• • burns productions to disc or uploads to encrypted box account

 

• • generates witness binders; support onsite trial; interviewing aggrieved persons

 

• • and reviewing documents for FOIA in Relativity.

 

• Provide legal and technical services to support the Department of Justice, to include but not limited to:
  • forensically capturing, reviewing evidence, from emails and instant messages to electronic devices, and social media systems

 

• • time and task management, critical thinking and problem solving

 

• • the ability to communicate complicated problems in a concise manner, as well as solve complex problems using available tools