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

If selected for this position, you will join a well-respected team that is responsible for providing technical analytical assistance to support the litigation needs of the U.S. Attorney's Office, Central District of California. Typical work assignments will include: · Providing technical advice to litigation teams and support staff regarding automated presentation requirements and system capabilities · Organizing case information through automated means such as scanning, indexing and controlling of documents into a database · Preparing automated trial presentation programs · Diagnosing and resolving automated litigation support system issues and complications · Assuring presentation equipment is in place and functioning during courtroom and grand jury sessions · Evaluating new developments in legal technology, including software courtroom presentation equipment and trial exhibit preparation 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.
• You must meet all qualification requirements upon the closing date of this announcement.

Qualifications

GS-12: To be eligible at the GS-12 level, you must have at least one full year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 level in Federal service. Specialized Experience: One full year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 in Federal service. Specialized experience is defined as performing the following types of duties: providing litigation support services to manage and analyzing case materials in support of a trial team; organizing, tracking and analyzing thousands or ten of thousands of items of evidence, millions of data elements; providing technical advice to litigation teams on legal automation requirements and system capabilities to facilitate litigation decisions, trial preparation and trial presentation; and implementing new and enhanced computer applications needed from criminal and civil cases. Preferred Qualifications: The Legal Administrative Specialist (Litigation Support) is responsible for supporting litigation teams with legal automation requirements and systems capabilities to facilitate discovery. Please indicate your experience in this capacity, including specifically how you have worked with e-Discovery software such as eScanIt, Eclipse SE, Relativity, and Case Map. 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/.

Education

Contacts

• Address Central District of California 312 North Spring Street Los Angeles, CA 90012 US
• Name: Tammi Austin
• Phone: 213-894-8306
• Email: [email protected]