Legal Assistant; Office Automation

For more information on the Department of Justice and the United States Attorneys' Offices, visit http://(Use the "Apply for this Job" box below). As needed, additional positions may be filled using this announcement. This position is also being announced to All U.S. Citizens and Nationals under 26-WVS--DE.

To be eligible at the GS-05 level, you must meet at least one of the following conditions below:

• reviewing documents with legal implications for accuracy and completeness (e.g., court documents, real estate documents, contracts, insurance or benefits claims, mortgage or loan applications, tax forms, or other types of legal documents);
• typing and formatting correspondence and forms;
• maintaining file systems; and
• obtaining needed information from files or general reference sources.

Completion of at least four (4) years of education above the high school level. This education must have been obtained in an accredited business, secretarial or technical school, junior college, college or university. One year of full-time academic study is defined as 30 semester hours, 45 quarter hours, or the equivalent in a college or university, or at least 20 hours of classroom instruction per week for approximately 36 weeks in a business, secretarial, or technical school.

Combinations of successfully completed post high school education and experience may be used to meet total qualification requirements. In order to qualify based on a combination, college education must be in excess of 60 semester hours or beyond the second year.

To be eligible at the GS-06 level, you must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-05 level which could have been gained in the federal, public, and/or private sector.

• reviewing legal documents such as complaints, motions, orders, answers, pleadings, subpoenas, and libels for completeness of information;
• retrieving and assembling information for hearing and/or trial use;
• researching a variety of legal sources to obtain and/or verify information; and
• using automated software to produce legal related reports, documents, correspondence and related materials.

To be eligible at the GS-07 level, you must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-06 level which could have been gained in the federal, public, and/or private sector.

• providing trial support to attorneys by preparing complaints, motions, subpoenas, orders, or other hearing and/or trial documents accurately and in proper format;
• verifying citations and statutory references contained in legal documents;
• assisting with discovery, hearing or trial preparation by performing duties such as compiling trial notebooks, assembling jury instructions, and compiling witness and exhibit lists; and
• using software applications and legal and non-legal databases to produce legal related reports and documents, conduct factual research, develop tables of contents and indices of briefs, and prepare courtroom presentations.

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.)

The ICTAP provides eligible displaced Federal competitive service employees with selection priority over other candidates for competitive service vacancies. If your agency has notified you in writing that you are a displaced employee eligible for ICTAP consideration, you may receive selection priority if:
1) this vacancy is within your ICTAP eligibility;
2) you apply under the instructions in the 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 proof of eligibility to receive selection priority. Such proof may include a copy of your written notification of ICTAP eligibility or a copy of your separation…