For more information on the Department of Justice and the United States Attorneys' Offices, visit http://www.justice.gov/usao/. For additional details on cost of living allowances (COLA), please refer to the OPM website Nonforeign Areas (opm.gov). This position is also being announced to applicants eligible to apply through Merit Staffing procedures under 24-HI-12436330-MS.

Duties

As the Supervisory Legal Administrative Specialist for the Criminal Division of the United States Attorney's office (USAO) District of Hawaii, you will provide direction and oversight to a team of legal and administrative support staff and actively participate in the investigating of civil and criminal cases by providing support services to manage and analyze case materials in support of a trial team. Your duties will include: Providing direction and oversight to six or more employees; Providing all first-line supervisory functions including, but not limited to: planning, assigning, and reviewing work; evaluating work performance; identifying training needs; etc. Working together with Assistant United States Attorneys (AUSAs), investigators, federal agents, and paralegals on cases; Providing technical advice on legal automation requirements and systems capabilities to facilitate decisions, trial preparation and trial presentation; Performing a wide range of information system analysis, development and installation in support of District support activities for assigned cases; Utilizing a variety of software applications to locate, organize, analyze, characterize and present information that is pertinent to the government's position in the case; Working with the Information Technology team to analyze automated litigation support functions and monitor system use and response time; Performing work that involves communicating through visual means; and Performing a variety of administrative duties to support 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.
• You must meet all qualification requirements upon the closing date of this announcement.
• If selected, you will be subject to the satisfactory completion of a one-year supervisory or managerial probationary period unless this requirement has been met previously.

Qualifications

GS-11:To be eligible at the GS-11 level, you must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-9 grade level in the Federal service as defined below; or three full years of progressively higher level graduate education, LL.M., Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree in a related field (e.g., Information Technology, Computer Science, Criminal Justice, Law); or a combination of both specialized experience and education as explained below. Specialized Experience involves performing the following types of duties: determining staff assignments and coordinating legal office administrative functions; mentoring and managing training for legal support staff; assisting attorneys and legal support staff in organizing and analyzing voluminous case information; using automated resources and technology for the development, presentation, and litigation of federal cases (i.e., document management software, digital imaging applications, optical character recognition tools, graphic design software, audio visual equipment, and trial presentation programs); providing administrative technical legal expertise and advice to litigation teams on legal automation requirements and systems capabilities; analyzing complex litigation support requirements to develop or recommend appropriate strategies to meet litigation needs; organizing and managing case specific discovery; and preparing and maintaining a variety of trial-related documents. A combination of experience and graduate level education can be used if, when combined, are equivalent to 100% of the qualification requirement. Only graduate level education in excess of the first two years can be used in this calculation. To calculate your percentage of graduate education, first determine the total number of graduate level hours that exceed 36 semester hours (or your school's definition of two years of graduate study), then divide the total number of your excess graduate semester hours by 18 (or your school's definition of one year of graduate study). To calculate your percentage of specialized experience, divide the total number of months of qualifying experience by 12. Now, add the two percentages together. The sum of the percentages must equal at least 100%. 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

All academic degrees and coursework must be completed at a college or university that has obtained accreditation or pre-accreditation status from an accrediting body recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. For a list of schools that meet this criteria, see http://www.ed.gov
OR
Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the above education requirements if you can show that the foreign education is comparable to that received in an accredited educational institution in the United States. It is your responsibility to timely provide such evidence by submitting proof of creditability of education as evaluated by a credentialing agency with your application materials. More information may be found at http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html. All documentation must be in English or include an English translation.

Contacts

• Address District of Hawaii Federal Building 300 Ala Moana Boulevard Honolulu, HI 96850 US
• Name: Sierra Dubose
• Phone: 808-440-9280
• Email: [email protected]