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Duties

The incumbent will serve as a Supervisory Legal Assistant responsible for directly and independently supporting Assistant United States Attorneys (AUSAs) in the Criminal Division by providing a wide variety of technical assistance services and providing administrative and technical supervision to the legal support staff in the Criminal Division. Duties include: Distributes tasks and sets deadline dates for work performed by subordinates and advises employees on administrative changes. Conducts on-the-job training, and prepares annual performance appraisal for subordinate legal assistants. Independently researches, evaluates, and coordinates information to establish the facts and issues of specific litigation cases. Reviews incoming material and determines the need for correspondence and legal documents such as motions, orders, pleadings and subpoenas. Performing as a Legal Assistant responsible for directly and independently supporting the Criminal Division Chief and up to three Assistant United States Attorneys. Advising the Criminal Division's management staff of work-related concerns. Provides information and assistance concerning assigned cases to include status and to resolve procedural problems. Prepares and proofreads a wide variety of legal documents, many of which are voluminous and complex in format.

Requirements

• 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.
• If selected, you will be subject to the satisfactory completion of a one year supervisory or managerial probationary period unless this requirement has been met previously.
• 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-9: To be eligible at the GS-9 level, you must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-8 level in Federal service. Specialized experience is defined as providing administrative and technical guidance to support personnel; reviewing legal documents prepared by other staff; using office automation software (e.g., word processing software, docketing automation systems, electronic mail, and/or litigation support software) to perform legal support work relating to the examination, preparation and processing of a variety of legal documents and correspondence; and reviewing documents with legal implications for accuracy and completeness. 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.)

Contacts

• Address Northern District of MIssissippi 900 Jefferson Ave Oxford, MS 38655 US
• Name: Renae Guyton
• Phone: (662) 234-3351
• Email: [email protected]