Director, Office of Litigation Support

1 month ago

Washington, Washington, D.C., United States USAJobs Full time
Duties

As the federal agency whose mission is to ensure the fair and impartial administration of justice for all Americans, the Department of Justice is committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment. To build and retain a workforce that reflects the diverse experiences and perspectives of the American people, we welcome applicants from the many communities, identities, races, ethnicities, backgrounds, abilities, religions, and cultures of the United States who share our commitment to public service.

As the Director, Office of Litigation Support, responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:
  • Performs the full range of supervisory responsibilities for litigation support analysts, case managers, IT specialists, and contractor personnel.
  • Provides guidance to staff on new litigation support applications and litigation support databases.
  • Reviews technical specifications and conducts or oversees staff training to ensure the success of the effort.
  • Participates in the coordination of overall policy regarding the establishment and use of litigation support processing systems throughout the Division.
  • Develops standard procedures for litigation system design, development, and documentation and assists in their enforcement.
  • Manages a multi-million dollar, multi-year, multi-source litigation support budget, establishing and rearranging priorities.
  • Consults with and advises organizational elements of the Division on the identification of activities susceptible to litigation support applications.
  • Provides technical guidance and support to Division management officials in the design and implementation of litigation support systems.
  • Develops database applications which can be tailored for specific case needs and turned over to the sections for use in many small and medium-sized cases.
  • Reviews or designs and develops the litigation support computer applications and documentation required for database systems to control, index, analyze, store, and retrieve evidentiary documents and/or data.
  • Develops and provides overall guidance to and maintains effective control over litigation support contractor personnel to provide litigation support professional services.
  • Manages Contracting Officer's Representative (CORs) who administer various litigation support contracts.

    Requirements

    Conditions of Employment
    • You must be a U.S. Citizen or National.
    • You must complete a background investigation to include pre-employment drug testing.
    • Selective Service Registration is required, as applicable.
    • You must complete or have completed a one-year probationary period.
    • You will be required to complete a Financial Disclosure Report, SF-278 before entrance-on-duty and will be required to provide this information annually thereafter.
    • You must maintain a bank account for direct deposit of salary.

      Qualifications

      To qualify at GS-15: You must have one year of specialized experience at, or equivalent to, the GS-14 Federal grade level or above managing activities for the development of litigation support systems and related information systems, data acquisition, and case analysis and presentation.

      Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skill and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

      Time in Grade : Federal employees must meet time-in-grade requirements (one year at the next lower grade) by the closing date of announcement.

      YOUR RESUME MUST support your responses to the online questionnaire and provide specific details as to how your experience meets the specialized experience as described in the vacancy announcement if you are using experience to meet all or part of the qualification requirements. Please ensure that your resume includes the month and year that you began and ended each position held or that position will not be credited toward meeting the specialized experience requirement. Part-time employment will be prorated in crediting experience. Failure to provide details will result in an ineligible rating. Your latest resume submitted for this vacancy announcement will be used to determine qualifications and supersedes previous submissions.

      Only experience and education obtained by the closing date of this announcement will be considered.

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      Education

      There is no substitution of education for experience at this grade level.

      Additional information

      Career Transition Programs: The Career Transition Assistance Program (CTAP) provides eligible surplus and displaced competitive service employees in DOJ with selection priority over other candidates for competitive service vacancies. The Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP) provides eligible displaced Federal competitive service employees with selection priority over other candidates for competitive service vacancies. If you have received written notification of your eligibility for consideration under CTAP/ICTAP, you may receive special priority consideration for this position if you are well-qualified for the position with a score of 85 or better on established ranking criteria.

      Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA): VEOA allows eligible veterans to apply and compete for positions announced under merit promotion procedures when the hiring agency is recruiting from outside its own workforce. To be eligible, a veteran must be honorably separated and either a preference eligible or have substantially completed three (3) or more years of continuous active military service. If you are applying for a Merit Promotion announcement and wish to be considered under the VEOA, you must submit a copy of the Member Copy 4 of your DD-214, in addition to any other required documents listed on this announcement. You can find additional information at:

      Military Spouses:You're eligible if you are a spouse of an active duty member of the armed forces; a spouse of a service member who is 100% disabled due to a service-connected injury; or a spouse of a service member killed while on active duty. You must meet certain criteria for each of these eligibility categories. Learn more about the specific criteria for military spouses

      Schedule A: DOJ welcomes and encourages applications from persons with disabilities and is firmly committed to satisfying its affirmative obligations under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 to ensure that persons with disabilities have every opportunity to be hired and advanced on the basis of merit within the Department. DOJ also encourages eligible Schedule A applicants to submit their resumes to , and reference "Federal Career Opportunities" in the subject line. Additional information is found at:

      Land Management applicants on a time-limited appointment are eligible to apply. The Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act, P.L was signed into law on August 7, 2015, allowing certain individuals who currently are or formerly were under time-limited competitive appointments at certain land management agencies to compete for permanent positions in the competitive service at a land management agency, or any other agency, under merit promotion procedures.

      Benefits: DOJ offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes, in part, paid vacation; sick leave; holidays; telework; life insurance; health benefits; and participation in the Federal Employees Retirement System.

      General Employment Information : DOJ EEO STATEMENT: The U.S. Department of Justice fosters an inclusive and diverse workforce, find our EEO statement online at: SELECTIVE SERVICE: Additional information is found at: .

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