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

Serves as an Information Technology (IT) Specialist responsible for providing technical and analytical assistance involving Litigation Support (LS) and two or more other IT specialty areas which support the information management needs of the United States Attorney's office (USAO) and mission. Duties include: Performs essential litigation support tasks associated with day-to-day operation of the USAO Litigation Support systems. Plans, creates, and coordinates litigation support services (including trial preparation and presentation) in response to customer needs. Maintains district-wide responsibility for management of litigation support resources ensuring systems availability, functionality, integrity, and efficiency. Plans, designs, develops, tests, implements, and manages internet, intranet, and extranet litigation support activities, including technical management of websites. Provides customer support services including installation, configuration, troubleshooting, customer assistance, and training in response to user requirements. Within parameters of component-wide guidance and directives, performs litigation support planning and policy activities focusing on USAO needs and requirements. 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 you are a male applicant born after December 31, 1959, you must certify that you have registered with the Selective Service System, or are exempt from having to do so under the Selective Service Law. See http://www.sss.gov/.
• If selected, you may be required to complete a one year probationary period.
• 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

Basic Requirement: For each grade level, qualifying experience must demonstrate possession of each of the following competencies: Attention to Detail, Customer Service, Oral Communication, and Problem Solving. GS-9: To be eligible at the GS-9 level, you must meet at least ONE of the following conditions as defined below. Specialized Experience: One full year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-7 level in Federal service. Examples include: providing IT customer support in troubleshooting; recovering and resolving recurring software/hardware problems; maintaining and controlling equipment inventories; and installing, configuring, and upgrading commonly used hardware and software systems. Education: One full year of graduate level education in a related field (Information Science, Engineering, Computer Science). 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; OR Superior Academic Achievement (SAA).To qualify based on SAA, you must have completed the requirements for a bachelor's degree (or expect to complete within 9 months) from an accredited institution AND meet the criteria/requirements for SAA which can be found at: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-policies/#url=General-Policies. Combining Education & Experience: A combination of specialized experience and graduate education as described above which when combined equal 100% of the requirements. 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: One full year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-9 level in Federal service. Examples include: providing information technology customer support services to include the installation, configuration and troubleshooting of hardware and software systems and networked systems; and maintaining internet server and web sites. Education: One of the following types of education in a related field (Information Science, Engineering, Computer Science): a Master's or equivalent graduate degree; OR 2 full years of progressively higher graduate education leading to such a degree. This education must have been in one of the following fields OR must have provided a minimum of 24 semester hours in one or more of the following fields and must have required the development or adaptation of applications, systems, or networks: Computer Science, Engineering, Information Science, Information Systems Management, Mathematics, Operations Research, Statistics, or Technology Management. Combining Education & Experience: Combinations of successfully completed graduate education and experience may be used to meet total qualification requirements. In order to qualify based on a combination, graduate education must be in excess of 1 full year. GS-12: To be eligible at the GS-12 level, you must meet at least ONE of the following conditions as defined below. Specialized Experience: One full year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 level in Federal service. Examples include: providing IT customer support in troubleshooting; recovering and resolving recurring software/hardware problems; maintaining and controlling equipment inventories; and installing, configuring, and upgrading commonly used hardware and software systems. Education: One full year of graduate level education in a related field (Information Science, Engineering, Computer Science). 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; OR Superior Academic Achievement (SAA).To qualify based on SAA, you must have completed the requirements for a bachelor's degree (or expect to complete within 9 months) from an accredited institution AND meet the criteria/requirements for SAA which can be found at: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-policies/#url=General-Policies. Combining Education & Experience: A combination of specialized experience and graduate education as described above which when combined equal 100% of the requirements. 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/.Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) -VEOA allows eligible veterans to apply and compete for positions announced under merit promotion procedures when the hiring agency is recruiting from outside its own workforce. To be eligible for a VEOA appointment, a veteran must be honorably separated and either a preference eligible or have substantially completed three (3) or more years of continuous active military service. If you are applying for a Merit Promotion announcement and wish to be considered under VEOA, you must submit a copy of the Member Copy 4 of your DD-214, in addition to any other required documents listed on this announcement. Special Employment Consideration - Persons with disabilities, veterans with a compensable service-connected disability of 30% or more, certain other veterans, spouses of certain members of the armed forces, and returning Peace Corps volunteers are examples of individuals who are potentially eligible for non-competitive appointments. For further information, click on the links provided below . You must specify in your online questionnaire under what authority you wish to be considered and submit appropriate documentation to verify your eligibility. Noncompetitive Appointment Authorities Links:https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/hiring-information/competitive-hiring/#url=Types-of-Appointments

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 Middle District of Georgia 300 Mulberry Street Suite 400 Macon, GA 31201 US
• Name: Carol McCoy
• Email: [email protected]