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.

Duties

If selected for this position, you will join a well-respected team that is responsible for Federal criminal and Civil laws that protect life, liberty, and the property of citizens. As a Pathways Student in the Administrative Division typical work assignments will include: Producing a variety of documents using varied and advanced word processing software functions; Sorting, calculating, and retrieving data from electronic databases or spreadsheets to produce reports, charts, and graphs. Answering telephones and referring callers to staff members or taking messages as appropriate; Providing general office clerical support; and Sorting, filing, and retrieving materials in alphabetical, numerical, or chronological order. Responsibilities will increase and assignments will become more complex as your training and experience progress. Travel Required: N/A

Requirements

• You must be a United States 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.
• You must meet half-time student enrollment requirements.
• You must submit a transcript or proof of enrollment with your application.
• You must be at least 16 years of age or older.
• You must meet all qualification requirements upon the closing date of this announcement.
• If selected, you may be required to serve a trial period.

Qualifications

To be eligible for this internship ALL of the following requirements must be met: Student Status: Definition of a student - applicant must be enrolled or accepted for enrollment in an accredited high school, technical or vocational school, two-year or four-year college or university, graduate/professional school, or certificate program equivalent to at least one academic year of full-time study (go to http://www.ed.gov/accreditation to verify accreditation status) pursuant to 5 CFR 362. You must be considered in good academic standings by the school. Individuals must be taking at least a half-time academic, vocational, or technical course load leading to a degree, diploma, or certificate. "Half-time" is defined by the school in which the student is enrolled. Grade Point Average: You must have at least a 2.5 GPA. Citizenship: Student Interns must be United States citizens or owe permanent allegiance to the United States. (Currently, natives of American Samoa, Swains Island and certain inhabitants of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands are the only groups that owe permanent allegiance to the United States.) Background Investigation: You must successfully complete a background investigation to determine your suitability for Federal employment. Pathways Participant Agreement: All interns are required to sign the Participant Agreement. Qualification requirements as outlined below. To qualify at the GS-04 grade level, you must meet the experience/education requirements as described below: General Experience:At least one year of experience performing clerical, office, or other work that indicates the ability to perform duties in support of the operation of an office such as filing material in alphabetical, numerical, or chronological order; operating a copying machine; collating and stapling materials; producing a variety of written documents utilizing varied word processing software functions; securing statistical or other information from files and related sources. -OR- Education: At least two (2) years of education above the high school level; One year of full-time academic study is defined as 30 semester hours, 45 quarter hours, or the equivalent in a college or university, or at least 20 hours of classroom instruction per week for approximately 36 weeks in a business, secretarial, or technical school. -OR- Combining Education and Experience: Successfully completed education above the high school level and general experience may be combined to meet the qualification requirements at the GS-04 grade level. To determine if you qualify based on a combination of education and experience, first determine your education as a percentage (e.g., 30 semester hours divided by 60 equals 50%); then determine your experience as a percentage (e.g., 6 months general experience divided by 12 equals 50%); finally, add the two percentages and if the total equals 100% or more, you qualify (e.g., 50% + 50% = 100%). To qualify at the GS-05 grade level, you must meet the experience/education requirements as described below: Specialized Experience: At least one year specialized experience equivalent to the GS-4 level performing various clerical/administrative duties in support of the operation of an office such as producing, storing, retrieving, and printing documents using advanced word processing hardware and software; sorting, calculating, and retrieving information from electronic databases or spreadsheets to produce reports, charts, and graphs; answering office telephones and referring calls to appropriate staff; sorting, filing and retrieving materials in alphabetical, numerical or chronological order. -OR- Education: A bachelor's degree or at least four (4) years of education above high school level. This education must have been obtained in an accredited business, secretarial or technical school, junior college, college, or university. -OR- Combining Education and Experience: Successfully completed post-high school education may be used to meet the total one year of specialized experience requirement equivalent to the GS-4 grade level. Only education in excess of the first 60 semester hours (i.e., beyond the second year) is creditable toward meeting the specialized experience requirement. One full academic year of study (30 semester hours) beyond the second year is equivalent to 6 months of specialized experience. 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.)

Education

All academic degrees and coursework must be completed at an institution that has obtained accreditation or pre-accreditation status from an accrediting body recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. For a list of schools that meet this criteria, see http://www.ed.gov.

Foreign Education Note: You may use foreign education to meet qualification requirements if you send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency in with your transcript. It is your responsibility to timely provide such evidence by submitting proof of creditability of education as evaluated by a credentialing agency with your application materials. More information may be found at http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html. All documentation must be in English or include an English translation.

Contacts

• Address Western District of Texas 601 NW Loop 410 San Antonio, TX 78216 US
• Name: Chassidy De Jesus
• Phone: 2103847261
• Email: [email protected]