Supervisory Legal Assistant

Full Job Description

The U.S.

Attorney's Office (USAO) for the District of Maryland serves as the chief federal law enforcement office in Maryland and is charged with pursuing justice and ensuring public safety on behalf of the United States.

We are seeking a Supervisory Legal Assistant to assist/support Criminal Assistant United States Attorneys in efforts to discharge our mission. Vacancy is located in the USAO's Greenbelt office.

GS-09: To be qualified at the GS-9 grade level, you must have at least one full year of specialized experience at the GS-8 grade level in federal service.

Specialized experience is defined as compiling trial notebooks, assembling jury instructions, and compiling witness and exhibit lists; using software applications and legal and non-legal databases to produce legal related reports and documents, conducting factual research, developing tables of contents and indices to briefs, and preparing courtroom presentations; distributing tasks and setting deadline dates for work performed by employees; advising employees of performance requirements of their positions and completing progress reviews.

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 the Criminal Division.

Typical work assignments will include: Instructing and training support personnel assigned to the Maryland Criminal Division to ensure maximum production will be realized under normal supervision.

Distributing work assignments in the unit with complete authority and directing employees on various work assignment changes due to vacancies, absences, or workload increases.

Advising employees of the performance requirements of their positions, completing mid-year progress review reports, and preparing the annual performance appraisal for each employee.

Serving as the focal point in providing expert advice on legal support work. Providing information and assistance concerning assigned cases to include status and to resolve procedural problems.