Lead Docketing Technician (OA)

Full Job Description

The U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia is unique in the size and the scope of its work. It serves as both the local and the federal prosecutor for the nation's capital.

On the local side, AUSAs assigned to the Superior Court Division prosecute cases ranging from misdemeanors to homicides.

On the federal side, AUSAs assigned to the Criminal Division prosecute federal crimes. The Civil Division further defends the United States in civil suits brought in the District of Columbia.

Note: In order to be considered "qualified" for this position, your specialized experience must be described in your resume.

Please be sure that your resume clearly states any and all of the specialized experience that you may have.

If your specialized experience is not clearly stated in your resume, you will not be considered for this position.

To qualify at the GS-8 level you must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-7 federal level.

Specialized Experience: Specialized experience is experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled.

Specialized Experience is defined as performing the following types of duties: utilizing computerized office automation software that includes case tracking and/or record-keeping systems; providing legal support related to the control and/or administration of litigation records or docketing; collecting, organizing and/or providing legal information in oral or written format.

To be qualified, you must type at least 40 words per minute based on a 5 minute sample with three or fewer errors. (A typing test may later be required.) Major Duties:

If selected for this position, you will join a well-respected team that is responsible for providing Lead Docketing Technician (OA) support for a variety of post-trial matters in the Special Proceedings Division for the United States Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia.

Typical work assignments will include: - Distributes and balances the workload among employees in accordance with established workflow or job specialization.

- Prepares a variety of reports for the Management staff. - Conducts on-the-job training to new employees with established procedures and practices.

- Maintains and extracts data from automated docketing databases and systems.

- Provides legal services to attorneys by accepting legal documents, conducts periodic case certification process, reviews recurring reports, and determines when cases may be closed out of system.

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

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.