Paralegal

Job Description

Amentum is seeking Paralegals to assist with the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA/Downwinders) claims team. The Paralegal role is crucial in ensuring the efficient and accurate handling of incoming materials supporting claims filed under RECA. The Paralegal will be evaluating evidence to make sure claims meet statutory criteria, as well as communicating with the case team and with claimants.

This position is responsible for following specific guidance and standard operation procedures to:

• Complete standardized forms.
• Process legal documents, reviewing them for correct form and timeliness, and annotating case files and status records to reflect receipt and due date for response or other actions required.
• Assist attorneys or paralegal specialists in compiling the case materials by retrieving, photocopying, and assembling documents, affidavits and legal memoranda.
• Establish, maintain, and close out case files or systems of legal records, annotating indices and status records, compiling workload and status reports, and locating and abstracting data from files and records.
• Conduct both technical and legal research.

Required Qualifications:

• Must be able to obtain and maintain MRPT facility credentials/authorization. Note: US Citizenship is required for MRPT facility credentials/authorization at this work location.
• Requires paralegal certificate, or currently attending an ABA-accredited law school, having completed at least one year of study. One year of legal training or legal experience or at least two years of college education may be substituted for the paralegal certificate.
• Additionally, at least one year of litigation paralegal experience or project experience (as related to the task order) is required.
• Must have basic legal knowledge and must have sufficient experience with legal research tools such as LEXIS and Westlaw to perform basic legal research.
• Requires excellent written and oral communication skills, thorough knowledge and 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.
• Ability to consistently deliver highest quality work under extreme pressure will be very important.

Compensation & Benefits:

Hiring hourly rate of pay: $25.58 (Hourly rate set by SCA)

• This position is regulated by the Department of Labor (DOL) as a Service Contract Act (SCA) contract. The DOL regulates the minimum hourly rate of pay, holiday and vacation leave benefits, and Health and Welfare (H&W) money.
• Employees will earn H&W dollars per eligible hour (including vacation and holiday up to 40 hours/week). H&W monies are used to offset the employer’s cost of benefits the employee elects into and/or utilizes. Any remaining health and welfare monies after all applicable deductions would be cashed out to the employee on a 1 pay period lag.