Victim Witness Specialist

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As needed, additional positions may be filled using this announcement.

Salary contains multiple steps. In most cases, the salary is set at the minimum salary for the grade applicant(s) is selected.

This position is also being announced to All U.S. Citizens and Nationals under 27-CAE--DE.

• Identifying resources and providing referrals to crime victims, their families, and witnesses.
• Providing information to victims on schedule changes, status of defendant's pleas, and results of trial.
• Providing in-court support to victims and witnesses during and prior to hearings and trials.
• Speaking to public, civic, industry and special interest groups on victim's issues.
• Collaborating with law enforcement personnel, Federal investigative agency victim specialists and social service providers.
• Responding to victim inquiries, assessing concerns, and determining program eligibility for victim-witness services.
• Assisting crime victims in completing applications and required documents to access victim assistance funding or needed services;
• Coordinating and managing victim notifications, restitution claims, and other pertinent case information;
• Conducting victim assistance workshops, seminars, and presentations.
• Reviewing literature on victim witness issues.

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.
• If selected, you may be required to complete a one year probationary period.
• 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.

Note:
In order to be considered "qualified" for this position, your specialized experience must be described in your resume. Please be sure that your resume clearly defines any and all of the specialized experience that you may have. If your specialized experience is not clearly detailed in your resume, you may not be considered for this position. The USAO cannot assume what duties were/are accomplished based on a job title.

GS-9: To be eligible at the GS-9 level, you must meet at least ONE of the following conditions, as defined below:
Specialized Experience, Education,
OR a combination of Education and Experience.

One full year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-7 level.

Specialized experience is defined as experience assisting with ongoing victim-witness communication needs; supporting victim advocacy communication and/or legal advocacy programs; collaboration with law enforcement personnel and/or social service organizations; and conducting and/or or providing assistance with workshops, seminars, presentations, and/or meetings.

One of the following types of education in a closely related field (e.g., Criminal Justice, Social Work, Psychology, Sociology): a LL.B. or J.D., if related;
OR Master's or equivalent graduate degree or higher;
OR 2 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree.

Combinations of successfully completed graduate education and experience may be used to meet total qualification requirements. In order to qualify based on a combination, graduate education must be in excess of 1 full year.

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…