Legal Administrative Specialist

at  US Department of Justice

Summary
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.
This job is open to
Internal to an agency
Current federal employees of this agency.
Clarification from the agency
Current Federal employees in permanent competitive service positions (status candidates) of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Wyoming, Merit Promotion/Internal Employees Only.
Duties
As a Legal Administrative Specialist in the United States Attorney’s Office (USAO), you will join a well-respected team that is responsible for providing a variety of technical, analytical, and legal support services to the District of Wyoming. At the full performance level, your duties will include:
Providing technical advice to litigation teams (attorney’s, legal staff, etc.) on legal automation requirements and systems capabilities to facilitate litigation decisions, trial preparation and trial presentation.
Analyzing litigation support requirements to develop or recommend appropriate strategies to meet litigation needs.
Organizing voluminous case information for efficient retrieval through automated means such as scanning, indexing, and controlling of documents into a database.
Preparing computerized trial presentation programs.
Using and appropriately employing a variety of software packages, file sharing platforms, and records management systems including database, spreadsheet and word processing applications such as: Microsoft Word, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Excel, Trial Director, Concordance, Eclipse, Time Map, Case Map, eScan It, NetDocuments, Adobe, USAfx, etc., based on which software would be most effective for presentation of complex and voluminous evidence or for production of graphic demonstrative evidence, as well as meeting individual user needs.
Preparing, maintaining, calendaring, and tracking a variety of case and trial-related documents, e.g., grand jury documents, pleadings, discovery, exhibit lists, jury instructions, trial subpoenas, etc., by applying a thorough knowledge of the Federal Rules of Evidence and Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure and applying practical litigative experience.
Responsibilities will increase and assignments will become more complex as your training and experience progress.
Requirements
Conditions of Employment
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 may be required to complete a one year probationary period.
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 requirements within 30 days after the closing date of this announcement and before placement in the position.
Qualifications
GS-11: To be eligible at the GS-11 level, you must have at least one year of Specialized Experience equivalent to the GS-9 level; or Education, or a Combination of Education and Experience.
Specialized Experience is defined as experience working in a legal environment providing technical advice to litigation teams on legal automation requirements and systems capabilities; using electronic means to organize and manage case specific discovery; assisting attorneys with automated trial preparation and presentation; preparing computerized presentations using a variety of software packages including database, spreadsheet, trial presentation, audio editing and video editing applications; or processing and indexing digital evidence using computer litigation support software; or diagnosing and resolving litigation support computer system hardware and software problems.
Education: One of the following types of education in a related field (e.g., Information Technology, Computer Science, Law, Criminal Justice) a Ph.D. or equivalent doctorate degree; OR 3 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree. Education at the graduate level must be in an accredited college or university and must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to perform the duties of the position.
Combination of Education and Experience: Combinations of successfully completed graduate education and experience may be used to meet total qualification requirements. In order to qualify based on a combination, graduate education must be in excess of 2 full years.
Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP)- The ICTAP provides eligible displaced Federal competitive service employees with selection priority over other candidates for competitive service vacancies. If your agency has notified you in writing that you are a displaced employee eligible for ICTAP consideration, you may receive selection priority if: 1) this vacancy is within your ICTAP eligibility; 2) you apply under the instructions in the announcement; and 3) you are found well-qualified for this vacancy. To be well-qualified, you must satisfy all qualification requirements for the vacant position and receive a score of 85 or better on established ranking criteria. You must provide proof of eligibility to receive selection priority. Such proof may include a copy of your written notification of ICTAP eligibility or a copy of your separation personnel action form. Additional information about ICTAP eligibility is at: http://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/workforce-restructuring/employee-guide-to-career-transition/.
Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP)-The CTAP provides eligible surplus and displaced competitive service employees in the Department of Justice with selection priority over other candidates for competitive service vacancies. If your Department of Justice component has notified you in writing that you are a surplus or displaced employee eligible for CTAP consideration, you may receive selection priority if: 1) this vacancy is within your CTAP eligibility, 2) you apply under the instructions in this announcement, and 3) you are found well-qualified for this vacancy. To be well qualified, you must satisfy all qualification requirements for the vacant position and receive a score of 85 or better on established ranking criteria. You must provide a copy of your written notification of CTAP eligibility with your application. Additional information about CTAP eligibility is at http://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/workforce-restructuring/employee-guide-to-career-transition/.
Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) -VEOA allows eligible veterans to apply and compete for positions announced under merit promotion procedures when the hiring agency is recruiting from outside its own workforce. To be eligible for a VEOA appointment, a veteran must be honorably separated and either a preference eligible or have substantially completed three (3) or more years of continuous active military service. If you are applying for a Merit Promotion announcement and wish to be considered under VEOA, you must submit a copy of the Member Copy 4 of your DD-214, in addition to any other required documents listed on this announcement.
Special Employment Consideration - Persons with disabilities, veterans with a compensable service-connected disability of 30% or more, certain other veterans, spouses of certain members of the armed forces, and returning Peace Corps volunteers are examples of individuals who are potentially eligible for non-competitive appointments. For further information, click on the links provided below . You must specify in your online questionnaire under what authority you wish to be considered and submit appropriate documentation to verify your eligibility.

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