As needed, additional positions may be filled using this announcement.

Duties

This position may be filled in any of the offices within the U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of Ohio. If selected for this position you will serve as a Lead Legal Assistant (Office Automation) for the Criminal Division. You will provide administrative and technical training to support staff who provide technical and legal assistant services to one or more Assistant United States Attorneys (AUSAs). You will organize and direct the activities of support staff personnel assigned. You will also provide direct legal support to one or more AUSAs in the Criminal Division. Establishes and reviews, updates, and develops training procedures that affect the orderly and efficient flow of work within the district. Designs and develops reference guides to familiarize staff with district legal support processes and procedures. Develops and delivers training sessions. Provide written documentation to the supervisor related to each legal support staff's work performance. Provides direct legal support to one or more Criminal AUSAs. 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.
• 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

To be qualified at the GS-09 level, you must have at least one full year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-08 level in the federal service. Specialized experience is defined as leading a staff responsible for administrative, technical and legal assistant services to multiple attorneys to include distributing workload, providing guidance on assignments, setting deadlines and providing on-the-job training and mentoring; conducting research in legal and non-legal databases; compiling various legal-related correspondence to include motions, orders, pleadings and subpoenas; compiling and indexing bibliographies for cases assigned; and producing a variety of written documents and materials utilizing a wide range of office software applications. 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/.

Contacts

• Address Northern District of Ohio 801 West Superior Avenue Cleveland, OH 44113 US
• Name: Dana Smith
• Phone: 2166223615
• Email: [email protected]