Legal Research Support Specialist

• It is an 100% Onsite position at OSHRC National Office, Washington
  
• Work Schedule: 32 hours/week, during core business hours (7:00 AM – 6:00 PM)
  
• Duration: Base year (09/30/2025 – 09/29/2026) + 4 option years
  
• Work Authorization / Clearance: Must be eligible to work in the U.S. and pass a Tier 1/NACI federal background check (security and privacy training required).
  

• Support daily operations of the Agency’s legal library (physical & digital).
  
• Conduct legal and business research; answer reference questions.
  
• Perform cite-checking of legal/regulatory materials.
  
• Manage collection reviews, acquisitions, renewals, and cancellations.
  
• Provide training on legal research tools (Westlaw, LexisNexis, etc.).
  
• Develop and maintain SharePoint / Office 365 knowledge management pages.
  
• Deliver reports, training materials, and updated digital content.
  

Requirements

• Experience in legal and business reference services.
  
• Knowledge of library/collection management policies (federal guidelines preferred).
  
• Proficiency in Office 365 and SharePoint.
  
• Strong legal research and analysis skills.
  

• Library Operations & Reference Support
  

• Daily library operations.
  
• Answer reference/legal research questions (including complex legal & business research).
  
• Provide access to print, digital, and subscription resources.
  
• Edit content, perform cite-checking, and monitor topical issues.
  
• Maintain physical and digital collections.
  

• Collection Management
  

• Annual and ongoing review of holdings.
  
• Recommend retention/removal of materials.
  
• Identify collection deficiencies & recommend acquisitions.
  
• Evaluate/renew/cancel subscriptions.
  
• Manage user IDs for digital subscriptions.
  
• Conduct training sessions on research tools.
  
• Advise staff on efficient/cost-effective resource use.
  

• Legal Research & Cite-Checking
  

• Use tools like Westlaw, LexisNexis.
  
• Verify citations, pin cites, grammar, and formatting.
  
• Support creation of research starter tools and guides.
  
• Assist with presentation materials and speaking notes.
  

• Digital Content & Knowledge Management
  

• Develop/maintain SharePoint & Office 365 sites.
  
• Maintain pages like Library Resources, Case Index, ALJ-only, OEXD, COVID Info Hub.
  
• Create internal knowledge-sharing tools.
  
• Provide orientation/training on research resources.
  
• Publish work-life programming content.
  

• Deliverables
  

• Annual/ad-hoc collection management reports.
  
• Legal research & cite-checking summaries.
  
• Updated SharePoint/library pages.
  
• Training materials and session records.
  
• Reports on reference activity, usage metrics.