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 providing substantive legal support to the District of Utah. Typical work assignments include: Supervises and oversees legal support to the Financial Litigation Program Section Chief in a variety of specialized litigative activities related to financial litigation. Utilize discretion and independent judgment in the application of specialized knowledge of laws, regulations, precedents, or agency practices and directly affects the outcome of the United States Attorney's Office (USAO). Performs the full range of first level supervisory duties to include: Assigns work to subordinates based on priorities, difficulty of assignments, and the capabilities of employees and provides technical oversight work. Using an in-depth knowledge of the application of various laws, court and/or administrative decisions and interpretations related to financial litigation, performs substantive research, evaluation, and analysis of a variety of specialized legal topics and points of law. Utilizes multiple online legal systems conduct research state and federal statues, legal and factual issues, and any other source of information pertinent to the resolution of an issue. Selects and interprets the pertinent guidelines and policies that govern work assignments. Serves and a liaison and expert on financial litigation matters with other federal, state and local agencies on matters pertaining to financial litigation. Responsibilities will increase and assignments will become more complex as your training and experience progress.

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-11:To be eligible at the GS-11 level, you must meet at least ONE of the following conditions, as defined below: Specialized Experience, Education, OR a combination of Education and Experience. Specialized Experience: One full year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-9 level. Specialized Experience is defined as experience performing a variety of in depth knowledge of gathering, problem analysis and the interpretation of laws, regulations and policies related to financial litigation related to financial litigation, substantive research, evaluation and analysis of a variety of specialized legal topic and points of law. Perform extensive and thorough legal research into the legislative history, precedent cases, decisions, and opinions that may be applicable to legal matters. Examples of specialized experiences may include the following: In-depth knowledge of legal techniques and skills necessary to analyze issues of fact and issues of law to draft legal documents, briefs, advisory options or findings. Analyzing options and evaluating the relevance of each and determine which statues, regulations, cases, procedure and/or policies needed to be researched and assembled. Performing substantive legal analysis of requests for information under the provisions of various acts and that can vary significantly in each case. Education: One of the following types of education in a related field (e.g., Criminal Justice, Law): a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree; OR 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree; or LL.M. Education at the graduate level must be in an accredited college or university and must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to perform the duties of the position. Combining Education and Experience: Combinations of successfully completed graduate education and experience may be used to meet 100% total qualification requirements. To calculate your percentage of graduate education, first determine the total number of graduate hours that exceed 36 semester hours (or your school's definition of two years of graduate study), then divide the total number of your excess graduate semester hours by 18 (or your school's definition of one year of graduate study). To calculate your percentage of qualifying experience, divide your total number of months of qualifying experience by 12. Now, add the two percentages together. The sum of the percentages must equal at least 100%. (Only graduate education in excess of the first two years may be used in this calculation.)

Education

All academic degrees and coursework must be completed at a college or university that has obtained accreditation or pre-accreditation status from an accrediting body recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. For a list of schools that meet this criteria, see http://www.ed.gov
OR
Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the above education requirements if you can show that the foreign education is comparable to that received in an accredited educational institution in the United States. 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 District of Utah 111 South Main Street Suite 1800 Salt Lake City, UT 84111 US
• Name: Mardi Al-Samarai
• Phone: 801-325-3242
• Email: [email protected]