Job opening: Supervisory Legal Administrative Specialist (E-Litigation)
Salary: $121 485 - 157 934 per year
Published at: Oct 16 2024
Employment Type: Full-time
The United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York's mission is to investigate, prosecute and deter violations of federal statutes, enforce and represent the interests of the United States in civil litigation, uphold civil, constitutional and victims' rights, and foster partnerships with other federal, state and local government agencies and community groups.
Duties
This Supervisory Legal Administrative Specialist (E-Litigation) serves as a Supervisory Legal Administrative Specialist responsible for technical programmatic guidance and oversight of legal support functions for the district.
If selected for this position, you will join a well-respected team that is responsible for providing Supervisory Legal Administrative Specialist (E-Litigation) support in the U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of New York, located in Brooklyn, New York, focusing in the areas of supervision of legal and support staff, litigation support, customer support, and project management.
Typical work assignments will include:
Providing supervision to the legal and support staff of E-Litigation as well as serving as a subject matter expert for legal administrative issues rendering legal support advisory services to attorney managers and the executive office.
Advising and supporting litigation teams by identifying and implementing appropriate technical solutions to manage electronically stored information in civil and/or criminal cases.
Evaluating current office systems on the legal support side of the office and proposing new or alternative procedures to improve the effectiveness of work methods, utilization of manpower, use of equipment, distribution of work assignments, caseload management, changes in priorities, workflow, and systems development for the attorney and support staff.
Requirements
- You must be a United States Citizen or National to apply for this position.
- Selective Service: Males born after 12/31/59 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service (see http://www.sss.gov/).
- All Federal employees are required to have Federal salary payments made by direct deposit to a financial institution of their choosing.
- You must successfully pass a background investigation. This may include a credit check, a review of financial issues, as well as certain criminal offenses and illegal use or possession of drugs.
- A probationary period may be required.
- A pre-employment drug test will be required.
- If you receive a conditional offer of employment for this position, you will be required to complete an Optional Form 306, Declaration for Federal Employment, and to sign and certify the accuracy of all information in your application.
- Must provide resume and supporting documents (See required documents).
- Time-in-Grade: Current or former Federal employees applying under merit promotion considerations must meet applicable time-in-grade requirements for consideration within 30 days after the closing date of this announcement.
- You must meet all qualification requirements within 30 days after the closing date of this announcement and before placement in the position.
- 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
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: To be considered minimally qualified for this position, you must demonstrate that you have the required specialized experience for the respective grade level in which you are applying:
To qualify at the GS-13 level, you must possess:
Specialized Experience: At least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 level in the Federal service performing (obtained in either the public or private sectors) 3 of the 4 duties listed below:
Providing technical advice on litigation technology applications and/or e-Litigation best practices.
Analyzing litigation support requirements to ensure compliance with policies, procedures and/or regulations.
Providing support to team members on their use of litigation technology applications (e.g. document review databases, courtroom presentation software, ect.)
Leading and/or mentoring staff including providing work related directions and/or assignments.
IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE MAY NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE.
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.
If your resume does not support your questionnaire answers, we will not allow credit for your response(s).For more information on the qualifications for this position, click here.
TIME-IN-GRADE REQUIREMENTS: Merit promotion applicants must meet applicable time-in-grade requirements to be considered eligible. One year at the GS-12is required to meet the time-in-grade requirements for the GS-13 level.
You must submit your SF-50 that shows Time-in-Grade eligibility and reflects your title, series, and grade. No award SF-50 will be accepted; recommended SF-50s include promotions and step increases (within grade increases).
Education
This job does not have an education qualification requirement.
Contacts
- Address US Attorney's Office Eastern District of New York
271-A Cadman Plaza East
Brooklyn, NY 11201
US
- Name: MID-ATLANTIC SERVICE BRANCH
- Email: [email protected]
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