Student Trainee

About the role

The Student Trainee will provide general office clerical support to one or more professional, program, or technical staff members in the United States Attorney's Office. Responsibilities will increase and assignments will become more complex as your training and experience progress.

Responsibilities

• Answers telephone and refers callers to staff members or takes messages as appropriate
• Operates copying machine
• Collates and staples materials
• Sorts and arranges material for filing in alphabetical, numerical, or chronological order
• Locates and retrieves materials
• Stocks forms and other office supplies
• Makes recurring and special messenger trips as necessary

Requirements

• Must be a United States Citizen or National
• Initial appointment conditioned upon satisfactory pre-employment adjudication (fingerprint, credit and tax checks, and drug testing)
• Continued employment subject to favorable adjudication of a background investigation
• Must be registered for Selective Service, if applicable
• Must meet half-time student enrollment requirements
• Must submit a transcript or proof of enrollment with application
• Must be at least 16 years of age or older
• Must meet all qualification requirements upon the closing date of this announcement
• If selected, may be required to serve a trial period

Qualifications

To be eligible for this internship ALL of the following requirements must be met:

• Student Status: Must be enrolled or accepted for enrollment in an accredited high school, technical or vocational school, two-year or four-year college or university, graduate/professional school, or certificate program equivalent to at least one academic year of full-time study (per 5 CFR 362). Must be in good academic standing and taking at least a half-time course load leading to a degree, diploma, or certificate. "Half-time" is defined by the school.
• Citizenship: Must be a United States citizen or owe permanent allegiance to the United States (natives of American Samoa, Swains Island, and certain inhabitants of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands).
• Background Investigation: Must successfully complete a background investigation to determine suitability for Federal employment.
• Pathways Participant Agreement: All interns are required to sign the Participant Agreement.
• GS-3 Level Requirements: Must meet one of the following:
  • At least 6 months of general experience (progressively responsible clerical, office, or other work indicating ability to perform student trainee duties); OR
  • One year of education above high school level (30 semester hours, 45 quarter hours, or equivalent; or at least 20 hours of classroom instruction per week for ~36 weeks in a business, secretarial, or technical school); OR
  • A combination of education and experience where the percentages sum to 100% or more (e.g., 15 semester hours = 50% education + 3 months experience = 50% experience = 100%).
• Education: All academic degrees and coursework must be from an institution accredited or pre-accredited by a body recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
• Foreign Education: May be used if a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency is provided with the transcript. Documentation must be in English or include an English translation.

Benefits

• Eligible for annual and sick leave
• After one year of continuous service, eligible to enroll in the health benefits program at full cost
• Ineligible for life insurance, retirement (including Thrift Savings Plan), long term care insurance, and within-grade increases
• Payment of relocation expenses will not be authorized