Supervisory Legal Administrative Specialist

About the role

The position is available for well-qualified surplus/displaced Federal employees (CTAP/ICTAP) in the local area and current/former Federal employees in permanent competitive service positions (status candidates). VEOA eligibles and those eligible for non-competitive appointment under special hiring authority, e.g., Individuals with Disabilities, Military Spouses, former Overseas employees, VISTA/Peace Corps, some Land Management employees, and certain veterans, e.g., 30% Disabled.

Responsibilities

• Supervising and managing a staff of legal support professionals. This includes planning work to be accomplished, setting goals and priorities, developing training plans, and monitoring individual staff performance.
• Reviewing and recommending revisions, additions, or removal of position descriptions and job series based on the Department's and District's evolving priorities to support the mission.
• Providing technical advice to litigation teams on managing incoming and outgoing discovery in the Office's most complex criminal cases, many of which involve voluminous discovery, multiple defendants, multiple jurisdictions, and/or multiple law enforcement or client agencies.
• Using the advanced functions of document review software tools to organize and review discovery materials, including by devising and conducting searches, creating and applying logical tags, applying annotations, sorting and filtering files, and manually coding database fields in ways that facilitate case development.
• Performing quality control checks of discovery productions prior to transmission, and addressing identified issues.
• Preparing written summaries of witness statements and testimony, audio or video recordings, and documentary evidence, to assist attorneys with case development and preparation.
• Preparing exhibits and demonstratives for use in legal proceedings that comply with applicable court rules.
• Conducting complex factual and legal research in legal and non-legal databases in support of investigations and cases.

Requirements

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 will be subject to the satisfactory completion of a one year supervisory or managerial probationary period unless this requirement has been met previously.

Time-in-Grade: Federal employees must meet time-in-grade requirements within 30 days after the closing date of this announcement.

Qualifications

GS-12: To be eligible at the GS-12 level, you must possess at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 level in Federal service. Specialized experience is defined as experience working in a legal environment providing a wide range of legal and administrative services to one or more attorneys in complex criminal matters. Examples of specialized experience include:

• Managing discovery in a variety of formats, including paper, PDF files, image files, audio files, video files, forensic reports, proprietary files, and other electronic files;
• Utilizing appropriate software applications to organize, store, review, and manage voluminous discovery and evidence;
• Using software to apply electronic endorsements of discovery productions, such as redacting sensitive information, generating searchable versions of files, copying electronic materials to external media or file transfer systems, and encrypting materials;
• Analyzing extensive discovery or evidentiary materials, including documentary records, witness statements, and audio, video, and image files, evaluating the materials' value or relevance to the matters under investigation;
• Supporting hearing or trial preparation activities, including preparing trial subpoenas, preparing and maintaining witness lists and witness schedules, and assembling and maintaining exhibit lists and exhibit binders;
• Conducting factual and legal research in legal and non-legal databases in support of investigations and cases; conducting research of legislation, statutes, regulations, and court cases.

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.

Additional Information

Recruitment incentives may be authorized if this position is determined to be difficult to fill, if supported by the skills of the selected candidate, and subject to the availability of funds.

A relocation incentive may be considered as appropriate based on qualifications.

Payment of relocation expenses will not be authorized.

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.

How you will be evaluated

Your complete application package (resume/supporting documentation, online questionnaire, and USA Hire Competency Based Assessment) will be used to determine whether you meet the job qualifications listed on this announcement. If you are basically qualified for this job, your resume and supporting documentation will be compared to your responses on the online questionnaire. If you rate yourself higher than is supported by your application materials, your responses may be adjusted and/or you may be excluded from consideration for this job. If you are found to be among the top candidates, you will be referred to the selecting official for employment consideration.

Competencies

To be considered for this position, you must complete all required steps in the process. In addition to the application and application package, you must also complete the USA Hire Competency Based Assessment.