Paralegal Specialist Security Clearance

Position: PARALEGAL SPECIALIST with Security Clearance
POSITION OVERVIEW This position advertised has been exempted from the federal civilian hiring freeze. Current FBI employees are ineligible to apply if serving under the same conditions as that for which is advertised, including:
* Appointing organization (FBI)
* Type of position (full-time, part-time, etc.)
* Same or higher grade
* Duty location (city or state)
* Type of appointment (permanent, temporary, etc.) Job Opening: 63245 Opening Date :
February 4, 2026 Closing Date :
February 18, 2026 at 11:59 p.m. (ET) Job Title PARALEGAL SPECIALIST Full Performance Level GS13 Division Office of the General Counsel Units Discovery Units I and II Location Washington, D.C. Working Hours 8:00am-4:30pm Job Type Full Time/Permanent Who May Apply All U.S. Citizens Number of Positions Available 1 Questions E-mail:
Tanya Culley @ Salary GS9 $ 70,623.00-$91,815.00 (Locality) GS11 $ 85,447.00-$ (Locality) Additional selections may be made from this announcement to fill positions within the same division when the position includes substantially the same duties, responsibilities, and qualifications. JOB SUMMARY The Discovery Units (DU) provide high-quality litigation and e-Litigation support to units within the Office of the General Counsel. They respond to a full range of requests for information maintained by the FBI in any location or format.

Additionally, they support the Office of Equal Employment Opportunity Affairs, the Office of Professional Responsibility, the Human Resources Division, the Security Division, and field offices nationwide in a variety of administrative matters. The DUs locate material responsive to requests, conduct a privilege review, and redact the information prior to release outside of the FBI. These requests pertain to litigation and administrative matters in which the Bureau is directly or indirectly involved, including: civil lawsuits, Equal Employment Opportunity matters both at the complaint stage and the administrative hearing level, Merit Systems Protection Board complaints, administrative claims, personnel matters, and criminal discovery.

KEY REQUIREMENTS
* Must be a U.S. citizen
* Must be able to obtain a Top Secret clearance MAJOR DUTIES
* Conducts research and locate all FBI material responsive to requests.
* Conducts legal privilege review using document redaction software.
* Manages technical aspects of projects and troubleshoots technical issues.
* Analyzes and interprets discovery requests.
* Establishes relevant case guidelines.
* Ensures discovery deadlines are met.
* Effectively communicates with case team and requesters GS-11 In addition to the above duties:
* Serves as case manager over increasingly more complex and difficult discovery requests.
* Reviews the work of peers. QUALIFICATIONS AND EVALUATIONS Please ensure that your specialized experience and requirements are clearly identifiable in your resume. Your application will be evaluated using the FBI's Candidate Rating Procedures. Your resume and supporting documents will be reviewed to verify that you meet the job qualifications listed in this announcement and will be compared against your responses to the online assessment questionnaire.

Applicants must meet the qualification requirements by the closing date of this announcement. If you are found minimally qualified, your application will move forward to additional phases of the review process. The first five competencies will be used in a Structured Resume Review to objectively evaluate applicant resumes. Do not provide a separate narrative written statement. Rather you must describe in your resume how your past work experience demonstrates that you possess the competencies identified below.

Your resume should demonstrate that you possess the following competencies.

Competencies:

* Communication

* Organizing and Planning

* Analytic Thinking

* Governance and Legal Jurisprudence (Research)

* Technology Application Specialized Experience (SE) GS-9:
Applicant must possess at least one (1) year of SE equivalent to the GS-7 grade level. SE is defined as follows:
* Experience in researching and analyzing various legal and regulatory sources.

* Experience in recognizing sensitive or potentially classified information and applying legal classification procedures.

* Ability to communicate orally and in writing effectively in order to prepare basic summaries/reports explaining and defending findings and actions taken.
In addition to the above SE: GS11:
Applicant must possess at least one (1) year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS9 grade level. SE is defined as follows:
* Experience performing complex legal research an analysis of legislative history, precedent case law, decision and opinions.

* Conduct research and analysis of legislative history, precedent cases, decisions, and opinions that may be applicable to particular legal matters.

* Communicate orally and in writing effectively with all types of entities in order to interpret, explain, and defend positions on complex,…