Docketing Technician (Office Automation

Summary

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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-MT--DE
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If selected for this position, you will serve as a Docketing Technician (Office Automation) for the United States Attorney's Office, District of Montana. Typical work assignments will include:

• Develops and maintains automated records from initial referral to final disposition and case file closure.
• Receives inquiries on case status.
• Retrieves information using routine queries from hard copy reports.
• Exercises confidentiality, tact, discretion and judgement in determining what information may be properly released.
• Integrates output from different software types (e.g., tables produced by applications and charts and graphs produced by electronic spreadsheet applications) into work processing or desktop publishing text.
• Develops local docketing training and activities and materials.
• Advises other docketing personnel on unique or complex cases or situations.

Responsibilities will increase and assignments will become more complex as your training and experience progress.

• You must be a U.S. Citizen or National.
• 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.
• Time-in-Grade:
  Federal employees must meet time-in-grade requirements within 30 days after the closing date of this announcement.
• You must meet all qualification and eligibility requirements within 30 days after the closing date of this announcement and before placement in the position.

To be qualified as the GS-05 level, you must meet at least ONE of the following conditions, as defined below:
Specialized Experience, Education, OR a combination of Education and Experience.

At least ONE full year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-04 level in Federal Service. Specialized experience may include: experience performing data entry in systems; reviewing reports to identify errors; maintaining records and disposition files; ensuring documents are accurate with formatting, spelling, punctuation, and grammar.

Four years of education above high school leading to a bachelor's degree in any field for which high school graduation or the equivalent is the prerequisite. One year full-time study is defined as 30 semester hours (45 quarter hours) or the equivalent or 20 hours of classroom instruction per week for 36 weeks in business, secretarial or technical school.

Only education in excess of the first 60 semester hours (i.e., beyond the second year) is creditable toward meeting the specialized experience requirement. One full academic year of study (30 semester hours) beyond the second year is equivalent to 6 months of specialized experience.

To be eligible at the GS-06 level, you must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-05. Examples of specialized may include: experience updating and extracting legal data; researching a variety of legal sources to obtain and/or verify information; developing and maintaining automated records for final dispositions and case file closures; reviewing statistical reports to respond to inquiries;

determining if case files should be maintained or closed based on data review.

Additionally, 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 personnel action form.

Additional information about ICTAP eligibility is at:…