This position is located in the Special Litigation Section (SPL) of the Civil Rights Division, U. S. Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. This position, Legal Administrative Specialist - Criminal Justice Analyst, is charged with a full range of analysis work related to the Section's enforcement of federal laws that protect the rights of people in interactions with state and local law enforcement agencies.

Duties

The incumbent will serve as a Legal Administrative Specialist (Criminal Justice Analyst). The Police Practices Group works to protect people's constitutional and other federal rights during law enforcement interactions, including uses of force, and stops, searches, or arrests; and discriminatory policing. We have looked at bias based on race, ethnicity, national origin, gender, and sexual-orientation. We have also addressed unlawful responses to individuals who observe, record, or object to police actions. Duties include, but are not limited to: The incumbent is responsible for determining the appropriate sources of information as well as techniques to analyze a wide variety of data to monitor and analyze criminal justice-related policies, programs, and activities. Identifies opportunities to further enforcement initiatives. Monitors and tracks developments in criminal justice law, practices, and research. Identifies, develops, and recommends enforcement initiatives and activities, as well as data-driven strategies, to enhance the Section's efficacy in the enforcement of relevant statutes. Provides information and analyses to Section management and case teams to support them in completing their projects and assignments.

Requirements

Qualifications

Specialized Experience Requirements For the GS-14, you must have one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-13 grade level in the Federal service, public or other private sectors that is directly related to the position as listed above and which has equipped the candidate with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. Specialized experience for this position includes ALL of the following: - Designing and conducting data mining from police data systems (E.g., computer-aided dispatch, body-worn camera, records management, and early intervention systems); AND - Designing and conducting quantitative data analysis to determine trends in policing operations, including analysis and benchmarking of disparities and discriminatory impact in policing operations; AND - Identifying and applying accepted research methodologies in the assessment of policing operations; AND - Communicating data and analyses through interactive reports and visualizations. 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: Robin Hofmann
• Email: [email protected]