See QUALIFICATIONS and EDUCATION for important information about this position. Serves as Senior Law Librarian. Provides technical guidance and expert advice on comprehensive legal and legislative reference services to the legal staff members in the Office of the General Counsel, as well as SSA's administrative research and legal staff. See DUTIES for additional responsibilities of this position.

Duties

Responsibility requires extensive legal research ability and special bibliographical competence in law and legislative services. Provides guidance, direction, and oversight in a major library system; library programs and maintenance (e.g., cataloging, acquisitions, collections development); reference and research; and/or Internet/Intranet services (Digital Library). Provides comprehensive, reference, research, advisory, evaluative, consultative and instructional services to individuals and groups. Responds to complex or difficult inquiries, including those in new or highly specialized fields of knowledge, those regarding historical materials that are difficult to identify or locate or for information involving rapidly evolving terminology. Responds orally or in writing to inquiries related to assigned field of responsibility. Exercises considerable judgment and discretion when interpreting and applying guidelines, including deviating from, or extending traditional methods, techniques and practices or identifying areas for improvement in established methods and procedures. Plans and manages all functions of a large, diverse legal research collection. Provides extensive legal and legislative reference services utilizing a variety of highly complex technical and specialized databases and other diverse sources. Recommends acquisition and budget modifications by reviewing all new and renewal contracts for publications and library services, for consistency in specifications and customer requirements.

Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship required. Selective Service Registration, if applicable (www.sss.gov).
• Fingerprinting and background and/or security investigation may be required. Job offers are contingent on fingerprinting and background/security investigation results.
• See QUALIFICATIONS, EDUCATION, ADDITIONAL INFORMATION and HOW YOU WILL BE EVALUATED sections for more information about this position.

Qualifications

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: To qualify for this GS-13 Librarian position you must meet and demonstrate: (1) the basic Individual Occupational Requirement for the federal GS-1410 series AND (2) at least 52 weeks of Specialized Experience AND (3) additional experience and/or education specific to the Librarian (Law) specialty. (1) BASIC INDIVIDUAL OCCUPATIONAL REQUIREMENT (IOR): All librarians must meet the following requirements: A. One (1) full academic year of graduate study in library science in an accredited college or university, in addition to completing all work required for a bachelor's degree. OR B. A combination of college-level education, training and experience that totals at least 5 years and provides knowledge and understanding of the theories, principles, and techniques of professional librarianship; knowledge of literature resources; and knowledge and abilities essential for providing effective library and information services. AND (2) SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE must have been gained in a federal position at or above GS-12 OR (if your position and/or experience is in another federal pay scale OR outside of federal service) by performing duties at a level equivalent to GS-12. *SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE is work primarily concerned with directing the overall operation of a law library; utilizing theories and practices by which information is categorized; providing comprehensive legal reference, research and advisory services to professional staff and maintaining up-to-date information on law librarianship. *ALSO see below. If you have this experience, your resume must describe it in your own words. Since Specialized Experience also has a time component, it must be evident that the duties you describe are at the required level for at least 52 weeks. Reviewers cannot assume you perform duties you don't describe. An affirmative response to the online questionnaire is not sufficient to demonstrate experience. TYPICAL DUTIES include planning and managing a diverse legal research collection; performing legal research; performing detailed searches of State and Federal codes, case reports, digests, and indexes; developing search tools to identify a special legal point or locate a pertinent case or decision; providing legal and legislative reference services; responding to complex inquiries; and researching and monitoring legislative and regulatory issues that may affect an organization. AND (3) ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE AND/OR EDUCATION specific to the Librarian (Law) specialty: A. Successful completion of a full 4-year course of study in an accredited college or university that meets all academic requirements for a bachelor's degree and includes at least 24 semester hours in library science - OR -- B. Successful completion of at least 24 semester hours of legal study in an accredited law school - OR -- C. At least 4 years of library experience that provides knowledge of the basic principles, theories, practices, techniques, terminology, and expressions of law librarianship; an understanding of the standard methods, procedures and techniques of research and analysis of law; ability to acquire additional information about the field and related fields; and knowledge of literature resources in the field. ***Such experience should be equivalent to that which would have been acquired through successful completion of a full 4-year curriculum in an accredited college or university with major study in library science (as specified in A above) or legal training (as specified in B above) -- OR -- D. A time-equivalent combination of experience as described in C above with education as described in A above or B above. See EDUCATION for information on submitting transcripts. Your resume must show complete dates (month/day/year) for each position described (and if your position is or was federal, your grade at the time experience was gained). Resumes that don't include this information may not satisfy the requirement to demonstrate 52 weeks performing specific work at the required level. If your experience includes a federal career-ladder position and part of that position is being used to meet Minimum Qualifications, separate that portion of your experience (e.g., duties performed as a GS-12) so your qualifying experience (e.g., required grade, dates, and duties) is clearly evident. Career-ladder positions described as a single position may not satisfy the requirement to demonstrate 52 weeks performing specific work at the required level. MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS (e.g., Individual Occupational Requirement, Specialized Experience AND Additional experience and/or education) must be met by the closing date of this announcement. Information on this job series can be found at:https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/1400/librarian-series-1410/

Education

This position has an Individual Occupational Requirement (IOR) in addition to the Specialized Experience requirement (with supplemental education/experience), as described under QUALIFICATIONS above.

You must meet and demonstrate both requirements and submit documents that fully support your claim (even if you already hold a federal 1410 series position).

TRANSCRIPTS -- submit a copy of your full transcript showing your name, the name of the school, the program in which you were enrolled, the relevant courses completed, and degree conferred.

Unofficial transcripts or screenshots of electronic/web transcripts with the required information will be accepted at the time of application. CHECK YOUR UNOFFICIAL TRANSCRIPT TO CONFIRM IT SHOWS THE REQUIRED INFORMATION. You must upload your transcripts as part of your application. Documents will not be accepted via email or regular mail.

If you attended more than one college or university, submit transcripts for all schools attended.

If you are demonstrating a combination of education, training, and experience, be very specific about how that combination meets the full qualification requirements.

Remember to submit transcripts for ALL relevant education, e.g., your Bachelor's Degree as well as transcripts for all graduate study.

Highlight courses in library science and/or legal studies to ensure they're given appropriate consideration.

TRANSCRIPTS MUST BE LEGIBLE or you may not receive credit for completed courses.

DO NOT SUBMIT A DIPLOMA IN LIEU OF A FULL TRANSCRIPT THAT SHOWS THE REQUIRED INFORMATION.

If selected, you may be required to provide your official college transcripts prior to the effective date of your appointment.

Foreign Education: If your transcripts show education completed in foreign colleges or universities, you must also provide documentation that the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in a conventional/accredited U.S. education program; or that full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university.

Contacts

• Address DCBFM - OFLM 6401 Security Boulevard Baltimore, MD 21235 US
• Name: OPE Staffing DCBFM
• Phone: 410-965-1234
• Email: [email protected]