Supervisory Legal Administrative Specialist (Litigation Support)

Full Job Description

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.

GS-12: To be eligible at the GS-12 level, you must meet at least one year of full-time specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 level in Federal service.

Specialized experience is defined as: Supervising a legal support staff; providing technical advice to litigation teams and legal support staff on legal automation requirements and systems capabilities to facilitate litigation decisions, discovery obligations, trial preparation and trial presentation; assisting and/or training attorneys and/or legal support staff in organizing voluminous case information for efficient retrieval through automated means such as scanning, indexing and controlling of documents into a data base; and preparing and organizing exhibits for court proceedings that involves audio/video, transcripts, documents and visual materials, including charts, diagrams, photographs and models, providing automated support to present before a jury, grand jury or in other legal proceedings.

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/. Major Duties:

If selected for this position, you will join a well-respected team that is responsible for handling some of the most complex and difficult cases in the United States Attorney's office (USAO) because they may require organizing, tracking, and analyzing thousands or tens of thousands of items of evidence, millions of data elements, or involve untried or especially novel computer or digital imaging applications.

Typical work assignments will include: Responsibility for the overall supervision, coordination, and assignment of criminal support staff to criminal casework and for ensuring adequate coverage during pre-trial, trial, and post-trial stages.

Providing technical advice to litigation teams on legal automation requirements and systems capabilities to facilitate litigation decisions, trial preparation and trial presentation.

Assisting and/or training attorneys and legal support staff in organizing voluminous case information for efficient retrieval through automated means such as scanning, indexing, and controlling of documents into a data base.

Ensuring equipment is in place for courtroom and grand jury sessions.

Utilizing a variety of automated legal research tools as well as public information databases and other automated resources to research case or program-specific legal matters, and participating in assigned areas of criminal proceedings, e.g., electronic discovery.

Preparing and maintaining a variety of trial-related documents, e.g., discovery letters, exhibit lists, jury instructions, voir dire, motions in limine, trial subpoenas, by applying a thorough knowledge of the Federal Rules of Evidence and Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure and application of practical litigative experience.

Providing advice to attorneys and other legal support staff on the most effective and efficient ways to prepare, present and maintain a variety of administrative legal documents, e.g., discovery letters, exhibit lists, jury instructions and subpoenas.

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