As the Legal Administrative Specialist (Human Trafficking Analyst), you will enhance the efficiency and impact of Human Trafficking Prosecution Unit (HTPU) operations by conducting threat assessments; developing and maintaining data management systems, policies, and protocols; and producing qualitative and quantitative data analyses relevant to evaluating and enhancing HTPU's litigation, enforcement, coordination, outreach, training, and victim assistance.

Duties

The incumbent will serve as a Legal Administrative Specialist (Human Trafficking Analyst). Duties include, but are not limited to: Tracks, compiles, verifies, analyzes, and reports data and statistics regarding anti-trafficking efforts, initiatives, and programs. Conducts quantitative and qualitative assessments and produce definitive analyses relevant to evaluating and enhancing performance of trafficking investigation, prosecution, detection, enforcement, outreach, capacity-building, case-mentoring, training, coordination, victim assistance, and policy advocacy efforts, including analyses of District-specific, regional, and nationwide data pertaining to human trafficking threats and anti-trafficking efforts. Streamlines and maintains intake, triage, screening, cross-referral, monitoring, and tracking systems for reviewing and analyzing human trafficking complaints, referrals, reports, matters, and cases. Reviews, processes, and tracks requests for certification related to adjustment-of-status petitions and other victim immigration provisions, and analyzes information regarding the volume, nature, sources, characteristics, responses, outcomes, procedures, and processing times of such requests. Establishes and maintains an HTPU intranet site of up-to-date anti-trafficking detection, investigation, and prosecution resource materials for law enforcement partners. Develops, indexes, updates, and organizes internal repositories of relevant legal, policy, and programmatic resources to enhance development of specialized expertise. Compiles and updates relevant content for HTPU submissions to Department-wide and interagency public-facing human trafficking websites and reports. Conducts District-specific threat assessments, and coordinates law enforcement link analysis, deconfliction, and intelligence-driven targeting efforts related to the identification, investigation, and prosecution of human trafficking crimes. Analyzes and summarizes evidence in criminal investigations and prosecutions and generates data visualizations accurately.

Requirements

Qualifications

SELECTIVE PLACEMENT FACTORS (SPFs): In addition to the specialized experience requirements, SPFs will be used to determine minimum qualifications. If you do not possess the required SPFs, you will not be given consideration for this position. Experience investigating human trafficking crimes involving forced labor; transnational trafficking of foreign victims into the U.S.; and sex trafficking of adult victims by force, fraud, or coercion; or experience analyzing evidence and intelligence related to such crimes. Experience applying victim-centered; trauma-informed approaches in human trafficking investigations; prosecutions; and enforcement programs involving coordination among multiple law enforcement agencies, other government agencies, and non-governmental victim advocates. In addition to the SPFs, you must also possess the specialized experience below. Specialized Experience Requirements To qualify at the GS-12 grade level, candidates must have one (1) year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-11 grade level in the Federal service or other pay system. Examples of specialized experience include: investigating human trafficking crimes involving forced labor, trafficking of foreign victims into the U.S., and sex trafficking of adult victims by force, fraud, or coercion; analyzing evidence and intelligence related to such crimes; and applying victim-centered, trauma-informed approaches in human trafficking investigations, prosecutions, and enforcement programs involving coordination among multiple law enforcement agencies, other government agencies, and non-governmental victim advocates. In order to be rated as qualified for this position, we must be able to determine that you meet the specialized experience requirement - please be sure to include this information in your resume. To be creditable, this experience must have been equivalent in difficulty and complexity to the next lower grade of the position to be filled. Specialized experience is defined as experience that has equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position, and is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. TIME-IN-GRADE REQUIREMENTS: Merit promotion applicants applying for a grade higher than the grade you currently hold, must provide an SF-50, which shows type of service appointment, tenure group, grade, and salary. Your SF-50 Form must also show the length of time you have been in your current/highest grade (examples of appropriate SF-50s include Promotions, Within Grade/Range Increases, and SF-50s over one year old). No award SF-50s will be accepted. Current Civil Rights Division employees are not required to submit an SF-50. All qualifications, time-in-grade, and education requirements (if applicable) must be met by the closing date of this announcement and clearly documented in your resume. YOUR RESUME MUST support your responses to the online questionnaire and provide specific details as to how your experience meets the specialized experience as described in the vacancy announcement. If you are using experience to meet all or part of the qualification requirements, please ensure that your resume includes the month and year that you began and ended each position held or that position will not be credited toward meeting the specialized experience requirement. Part-time employment will be prorated in crediting experience. Failure to provide details will result in an ineligible rating. Your latest resume submitted for this vacancy announcement will be used to determine qualifications and supersedes previous submissions.

Education

This position does not have an education qualification requirement.

Contacts

• Address Civil Rights Division 950 Pennsylvania Ave. NW Washington, DC 20530 US
• Name: Diane Turner
• Email: [email protected]