Supervisory Legal Administrative Specialist (Assignment)

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Kickstart your career at an agency that celebrates and thrives on building the bridge that ensures effective access to patent and trademark information! The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is seeking talented professionals to serve as a Supervisory Legal Administrative Specialist to assist with the management of a staff responsible for the examination and processing of Trademark registrations and intent-to-use applications.

Duties

This role is the ideal next career step for you if you:

• Have the ability to supervise a staff, including planning work to be accomplished by subordinates.
• Communicate effectively with subject area specialists, all levels of employees, other organizational managers and supervisors, public customers and contractors.
• Have the ability to use regulations, statutes, procedures, and policies relevant to carrying out branch functions.
• Perform critical evaluations of weekly, monthly, and annual organizational operations.

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Qualifications

• Experience directing the work of all facets of a recording processing form beginning to end while providing day-to-day supervision and leadership to employees.
• Experience inspecting and validating completed documents for quality and accuracy to ensure tasks comply with regulatory mandates.
• Experience participating in requirements definition for new or enhanced management systems that are related to organizations processes.

Education

Education cannot be substituted for specialized experience at the GS-12 grade level.

Conditions of employment

Applications will only be accepted from United States Citizens and Nationals and your resume and question responses must demonstrate the job-related competencies. If selected, you will be required to pass a background investigation.

The full list of conditions and qualifications can be found on the USAJOBS posting.

The United States Patent and Trademark Office is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including sexual orientation), national origin, political affiliation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, retaliation for engaging in protected activity, parental status, military service, or other non-merit factors.