Secretary for the United States Attorney

About the role

This position is open to current Federal employees in the permanent competitive service of the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of Wisconsin. Only internal candidates who are status employees are eligible to apply.

Responsibilities

• Provide a wide range of technical and administrative support services to the United States Attorney (USA).
• Manage the USA's calendar for all appointments, meetings, engagements, and conferences with complete authority for commitment of time.
• Represent the USA when addressing leading figures with the government, business, law enforcement community, members of the media, and others.
• Make travel arrangements and secure accommodations for the USA.
• Compose a variety of written material and reports that vary in subject matter and format.
• Exercise exclusive control over the USA's calendar for all appointments, meetings, engagements, and conferences with complete authority for commitment of time.
• Review all incoming and outgoing correspondence (e.g. memoranda, legal documents, and reports).
• Arrange conferences and meetings for the USA, prepare agendas, notify participants, and arrange luncheons.

Requirements

Initial appointment is conditioned upon a satisfactory pre-employment adjudication, including fingerprint, credit and tax checks, and drug testing. Continued employment is subject to a favorable adjudication of a background investigation.

Qualifications

GS-10: To be eligible at the GS-10 level, you must have at least ONE year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-9 level. Specialized experience is defined as serving as an executive secretary to a senior executive (such as a Chief Executive Officer, senior officer in a large firm, or equivalent) and performing a wide range of high-level secretarial and administrative support functions in a legal environment. Examples of specialized experience include managing the schedule, travel, commitments and correspondence of the executive; arranging high level meetings; developing and modifying office procedures; dealing with senior executives (such as officials of the state and federal government, national or international corporations, and public interest groups); developing background information and writing introductions, speeches and closing remarks to be presented by an attorney at meetings, conferences and other speaking engagements.

Education

To be considered for this position, you must complete all required steps in the process. In addition to the application and application questionnaire, this position requires an online assessment. The online assessment measures critical general competencies required to perform the job.

Benefits

The Department of Justice offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes, in part, paid vacation; sick leave; holidays; telework; life insurance; health benefits; and participation in the Federal Employees Retirement System.