Legal Assistant (Office Automation)

To be eligible at the GS-08 level, you must have at least one full year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade level, GS-07 grade level, in the Federal service. Specialized experience is defined as: one full year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-07 grade level. Specialized experience is defined as experience providing knowledge of legal processes and procedures in a specialized area of law, performing difficult and complex support assignments in legal cases of violent crimes, providing technical guidance to lower graded support staff, performing research for assigned cases, compiling and indexing bibliographies of source material and verifying citations and statutory references contained in briefs and legal documents, and processing cases and legal matters in an assigned legal specialty and using automated software to produce legal related reports and documents. To be qualified, you must type at least 40 words per minute based on a 5 minute sample with three or fewer errors. (A typing test may later be required.) Please include a cover letter expressing your interest in the position. 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/.
For more information on the Department of Justice and the United States Attorneys Offices, visit http://www.justice.gov/usao/. As needed, additional positions may be filled using this announcement.