The Legal Administrative Specialist (National Security) is located in the Counterterrorism Section. The mission of the Counterterrorism Section is to design, implement, and support law enforcement efforts, legislative initiatives, policies and strategies relating to combating international and domestic terrorism.

Duties

As the federal agency whose mission is to ensure the fair and impartial administration of justice for all Americans, the Department of Justice is committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment. To build and retain a workforce that reflects the diverse experiences and perspectives of the American people, we welcome applicants from the many communities, identities, races, ethnicities, backgrounds, abilities, religions, and cultures of the United States who share our commitment to public service. Providing legal research support to attorneys, which is related to sensitive national security, security intelligence, counterterrorism and/or counterintelligence. Drafting legal documents, responses, and staff summary sheets to assist the attorneys and management staff. Preparing reports, exhibits, and legal memoranda from formal hearings and records. Preparing a variety of regular or ad hoc reports, position papers, justification regarding the nature, status or need for litigation support. Planning, directing, evaluating and implementing various litigation support activities for specific projects. Conducting various tasks in support of discovery proceedings, scheduling depositions, monitoring court appearance dates and deadlines, and preparing reports relative to assigned cases or specialized areas of priority program reporting. Verifying docketing of cases set for argument in court. Applying, and adapting concepts, methods, and procedures to carry out project development and documentation activities. Utilizing and supporting daily operation of legal case management databases.

Requirements

• You must be a United States Citizen or National.
• You must successfully pass a security/background investigation and a drug screening.
• You must be a current Federal employee within the Department of Justice on a Competitive Service appointment.
• You must meet all applicable time-in-grade requirements by the closing of this announcement.
• Additional selections may be made from this announcement, at any time, if openings occur in other offices serviced by Justice Management Division, HR Operations.
• Financial Disclosure: If selected, you may be required to disclose financial information in accordance with DOJ and Federal ethics guidelines.

Qualifications

To qualify for the position of Legal Administrative Specialist (National Security), (GS-0901-12), you must meet the basic qualification requirements listed below AND possess the required specialized experience specific to this series and grade. If you are a current Department of Justice employee on a permanent appointment in the competitive service, you will need to demonstrate 1-year (52-weeks) at the next lower grade level, to meet the time-in-grade requirements for this occupational series and grade. If there are licensing or certification requirements, please see the Required Documents section for details on how to verify you license or certificate. Specialized Experience: You must demonstrate having at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience is defined as performing legal administrative functions (case management support, legal case research, analysis, etc.) to support attorneys within an organization. You MUST meet all qualification requirements, including Time-in-Grade, by the closing date of this announcement, 04/01/2024. YOUR RESUME MUST support your responses to the online questionnaire and the qualification requirements. Failure to do so may result in an ineligible rating. ***Please limit your resume to 5 pages. If more than 5 pages are submitted, only the first 5 pages will be reviewed to determine your eligibility/qualifications.***

Education

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

Contacts

• Address National Security Division 2 Constitution Square 145 N Street NE Room 9W.300 Washington, DC 20530 US
• Name: Weston Sperbeck
• Email: [email protected]