Foia Specialist

CLEARANCE REQUIRED: TS/SCI

This job is located in: Coranado, CA

Job Description:

• Assist with initiating and preparing required draft documentation and correspondence related to all requests, to include assisting with reviewing and resolving all issues (fee agreements, fee waivers, and expedited processing) before processing any FOIA/PA requests to completion and responses for government review.

• Assist with coordinating and tracking required tasks with NAVSPECWARCOM and Component staffs, including the routing of all proposed responses to FOIA/PA requests through Headquarters (HQ) Directorates, Centers, Operational Security (OPSEC) section, Staff Judge Advocate (SJA), and others, as required.

• Assist with preparing draft interim responses to requesters, acknowledging receipt and responses to status requests; preparing referral letters/memoranda to other agencies when appropriate; and preparing final response letters to the requesters, citing all applicable exemptions and providing appeal rights for all redacted information. This includes scanning all documents and properly redacting information, using REDAX (and/or other software provided for on government computers), to include specifying the appropriate FOIA exemptions.

• Assist with input and update of FOIA, DON, USSOCOM, or other database tracking systems and prepare required periodic reports from database records.

• Assist in OGC administrative functions to include but not limited to litigation holds, subpoenas, document preservation and retention, litigation files and internal administrative documentation (e.g., signature logs), scanning and printing, file organization, assistance with processing technical requests and/or information technology issues, BizFlow requests, and Task Management Tracker (TMT) tool taskers.

Requirements

• 3 years experience performing general administrative functions necessary for document production and retention. ]
• 5 years experience in FOIA/PA request processing (analyzing, tasking, applying exemptions), with demonstrable experience within the last six months.
• 5 years experience utilizing DoD Regulation 5400.7-R, the DoD FOIA Program, DoD 5400.11-R, DoD Privacy Program, and national security classification regulations. 4.2.1.2.4 3 years experience utilizing the Navys correspondence manual.
• 3 years experience utilizing standard suite of Microsoft Office software products, to include Word, Excel, Access, Outlook, etc.
• 1 years experience utilizing Microsoft SharePoint.

Why work for QSL?

Our founders, Mel Wick and Bill Cronin, retired from storied careers in the Special Operations Forces (SOF) Community. Like many Americans and military veterans, they felt a strong desire to support the nations response to the 9/11/2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon in any way they could. They established QSL to do just that, Stay in the Fight! QSL is built on a SOF culture, emphasizing selfless-service and teamwork. Our employees work to ensure that warfighters have every possible resource and all necessary support to safely accomplish their missions in defense of our nation.

QSL's Benefit Package

Because we believe our employees are our most valuable asset, offering a competitive comprehensive compensation package is very important to us. It is the goal of QSL to attract and retain the highest level of experience and technical talent necessary for successful performance. In order to accomplish this, we feel that it is necessary to provide satisfying work, an excellent work environment, and we continually monitor the marketplace to ensure that our total compensation/benefit package remains competitive.

Listed below are some of our standard benefits. We combine all traditional paid time off (Federal holidays, sick time, leave time personal days, jury duty, bereavement, etc.) into one category which allows employees flexibility in how they use their leave time and enables them to better balance their career with their personal needs.

• Combined Paid Time Off (PTO)

• Medical, Dental, Life Insurance

• Disability (Short-Term and Long-Term)

• Vision Insurance (CONUS-based employees)

• Flexible Spending Account (FSA)

• 401(k) Retirement Plan

• Employee Referral Bonus Program

• Employee Discount Programs

• Critical Illness and Accident Insurance

• Employee Assistance Program

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not and will not discriminate in employment and personnel practices based on race, sex, age, disability, veteran status, religion, national origin or any other basis prohibited by applicable law. Hiring, transferring, and promotion practices are performed without regard to the above listed items. EEO/AAP, M, F, V, D.