Supervisory Legal Administrative Specialist

For more information on the Department of Justice and the United States Attorneys' Offices, visit http://www.justice.gov/usao/.

As needed, additional positions may be filled using this announcement.

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If selected for this position, you will join a well-respected team providing supervisory legal administrative support. Typical work assignments will include:

• Plans and organizes employee work assignments, milestones, and deadlines to be accomplished by employees for trial preparation and other legal support activities;
• Provides technical advice, guidance, and training to legal support staff;
• Performs legal research and provides a variety of legal assistance and technical work requiring a specialized knowledge of processes, procedures, and practices to support legal activities.
• Coordinates with other administrative functional areas in order to support the office's litigative activities.
• Ensures an even flow and distribution of work, expeditiously while handling priority work to meet court deadlines during the coverage of arraignment functions Monday through Saturday (including holidays).
• Provides briefings to AUSAs and police officers on Intake/Papering/arraignment procedural matters.
• Directs the intake/papering process.
• Informs the Court regarding readiness of cases for arraignment.
• Overseas the execution of criminal history checks and backgrounds investigations, on arrestees.
• Coordinates fugitive matters with law enforcement agencies in other jurisdictions.

Responsibilities will increase and assignments will become more complex as your training and experience progress.

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• You must be a U.S. Citizen or National.
• Initial appointment is conditioned upon a satisfactory pre-employment adjudication. This includes fingerprint, credit and tax checks, and drug testing. Continued employment is subject to a favorable adjudication of a background investigation.
• You must be registered for Selective Service, if applicable.
• If selected, you will be subject to the satisfactory completion of a one year supervisory or managerial probationary period unless this requirement has been met previously.
• Time-in-Grade: Federal employees must meet time-in-grade requirements within 30 days after the closing date of this announcement.
• You must meet all qualification and eligibility requirements within 30 days after the closing date of this announcement and before placement in the position.

To be qualified at the GS-12 level, you must have one full year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 level in the Federal service which has equipped you with the competencies to perform the duties of the position.

Specialized experience is defined as working in a legal environment providing technical advice to litigation teams on legal automation requirements and systems capabilities; organizing and managing case specific discovery; analyzing complex litigation support requirements to develop or recommend appropriate strategies to meet litigation needs; and preparing and maintaining a variety of trial-related documents.

Noncompetitive Appointment Authorities Links:

https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/hiring-information/competitive-hiring/#url=Types-of-Appointments

There are no education requirements for this position.

Payment of relocation expenses will not be authorized

The Department of Justice offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes, in part, paid vacation; sick leave; holidays; telework; life insurance; health benefits; and participation in the Federal Employees Retirement System.

Selective Service: If you are a male applicant born after December 31, 1959, you must certify that you have registered with the Selective Service System, or are exempt from having to do so under the Selective Service Law. See http://www.sss.gov/.

More information can be found here: https://www.justice.gov/jmd/media/1425556/dl?inline.

Political Appointees (Current or Former ): The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) must authorize employment offers made to current or former political appointees. If you are currently, or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule C or Non-Career SES employee in the Executive Branch, you must disclose this information to the HR Office. Failure to disclose this information could result in disciplinary action including removal from Federal Service.

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Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.

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Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.