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.
GS-12: To be eligible at the GS-12 level, you must have at least one full year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 level in Federal service. Specialized Experience: One full year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 in Federal service. Specialized experience is defined as performing the following types of duties: providing litigation support services to manage and analyzing case materials in support of a trial team; organizing, tracking and analyzing thousands or ten of thousands of items of evidence, millions of data elements; providing technical advice to litigation teams on legal automation requirements and system capabilities to facilitate litigation decisions, trial preparation and trial presentation; and implementing new and enhanced computer applications needed from criminal and civil cases. Preferred Qualifications: The Legal Administrative Specialist (Litigation Support) is responsible for supporting litigation teams with legal automation requirements and systems capabilities to facilitate discovery. Please indicate your experience in this capacity, including specifically how you have worked with e-Discovery software such as eScanIt, Eclipse SE, Relativity, and Case Map. Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP)- 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: http://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/workforce-restructuring/employee-guide-to-career-transition/. 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/.
If selected for this position, you will serve as a Legal Administrative Specialist with the United States Attorney's Office, Central District of California. You will join a well-respected team that is responsible for providing highly technical litigation support for high-profile, complex, multi-defendant prosecutions by the U.S. Attorney's Office, Central District of California. You must have a very high degree of familiarity with certain databases and software and be able to perform all the duties set forth below: Providing technical advice to litigation teams and support staff regarding automated presentation requirements and system capabilities with high proficiency in working with OnCue, Camtasia, Everlaw, Axon/Evidence.com, NetDocs, and Audacity. Working with video evidence to create digital video transcripts with OnCue, cutting/editing with Camtasia, blurring out people in surveillance videos, and converting video to other usable formats. Creating OnCue presentations, converting exhibits, and editing/redacting exhibits as well as synching transcripts on OnCue in real-time during trial. Organizing thousands of items of evidence through automated means such as scanning, indexing and controlling of documents into a database. Conducting remote video support (VTC) set up and troubleshooting. Diagnosing and resolving automated litigation support system issues and complications. Assuring presentation equipment is in place and functioning during courtroom and grand jury sessions. Evaluating new developments in legal technology, including software courtroom presentation equipment and trial exhibit preparation. Training new employees on critical office software such as OnCue, Camtasia, Everlaw, Axon/Evidence.com, NetDocs, Powerpoint, Microsoft Word, and Audacity. Responsibilities will increase and assignments will become more complex as your training and experience progress.