Total 80 Administrative job vacancies in Legal / Public / Security category in The United States of America

Major Duties

As a Security Assistant your major duties and responsibilities are:

• Supporting higher graded security specialists in carrying out well-defined, structured tasks in support of the security program and the Homeland Security Presidential Directive (HSPD)-12 requirements for sponsoring, enrolling, printing, and issuing the Personnel Identity Verification (PIV) Card.
• Performing in-processing and out-processing of federal and contract personnel including identity proofing, fingerprinting, printing/destroying HSDP-12 credentials (PIV/CAC/ALT) and troubleshooting common issues adhering to the Federal Information Processing Standard Publications.
• Providing information and written/verbal instructions to individuals relating to the successful completion of request for suitability investigations, periodic reviews, and advance notification to individuals when they are required to update their investigation.
• Using existing databases to ensure current investigations, HSPD-12 PIV/CAC, and/or security clearances do not expire.

NOTE: Do not cut and paste the duties, specialized experience, or occupational assessment questionnaire from this announcement into your resume as that will not be considered a demonstration of your qualifications for this position.

Starting at $53,105 Per Year (GS 7)

As a Legal Administrative Specialist in the United States Attorney's Office (USAO), you will join a well-respected team that is responsible for providing a variety of technical, analytical, and legal support services to the District of North Dakota. Typical work assignments will include:

• Providing technical advice to litigation teams (attorneys, paralegal staff, legal staff, etc.) on legal automation requirements and systems capabilities to facilitate litigation decisions, trial preparation and trial presentation.
• Analyzing litigation support requirements to develop or recommend appropriate strategies to meet litigation needs.
• Assisting attorneys in organizing voluminous case information for efficient retrieval through automated means such as scanning, indexing, and controlling of documents into a data base.
• Preparing computerized trial presentation programs and audio/video editing.
• Using and appropriately employing a variety of software packages including database, spreadsheet and word processing applications such as Microsoft Applications, Trial Director, Eclipse, NUIX or equivalent discovery processing, etc., based on which software would be most effective for presentation of complex and voluminous evidence or to production of graphic demonstrative evidence, as well as meeting individual user needs.

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

Starting at $46,696 Per Year (GS 7-9)

As a Legal Administrative Specialist in the United States Attorney's Office (USAO), you will join a well-respected team that is responsible for providing a variety of technical, analytical, and legal support services to the District of North Dakota. Typical work assignments will include:

• Providing technical advice to litigation teams (attorneys, paralegal staff, legal staff, etc.) on legal automation requirements and systems capabilities to facilitate litigation decisions, trial preparation and trial presentation.
• Analyzing litigation support requirements to develop or recommend appropriate strategies to meet litigation needs.
• Assisting attorneys in organizing voluminous case information for efficient retrieval through automated means such as scanning, indexing, and controlling of documents into a data base.
• Preparing computerized trial presentation programs and audio/video editing.
• Using and appropriately employing a variety of software packages including database, spreadsheet and word processing applications such as Microsoft Applications, Trial Director, Eclipse, NUIX or equivalent discovery processing, etc., based on which software would be most effective for presentation of complex and voluminous evidence or to production of graphic demonstrative evidence, as well as meeting individual user needs.

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

Starting at $46,696 Per Year (GS 7-9)

• Serves as Chief, Circuit Clerk for the 2d Judicial Circuit.
• Balances the needs and desires for supporting offices to establish procedures that meet everyone's needs for a particular case.
• Analyze all motions and fillings for approximately 40-50 cases at a times involving dozens of counsels and eight General Court-Martial Convening Authorities.
• Serves as Clerk of Court and Senior Court Reporter for the 2d Judicial Circuit, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, to provide verbatim reporting of military General Courts-Martial proceedings for official record.

Starting at $71,995 Per Year (GS 11)

This position offers an exciting and challenging career opportunity. The Department of Justice has a diverse and talented workforce of over 100,000 men and women and is tasked with ensuring the protection of all Americans, while preserving constitutional freedoms. The position provides an opportunity to be part of a dedicated team helping to enforce Federal law (criminal and civil) and protect life, liberty, and the property of citizens.

The United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Kentucky has a staff of approximately 45 attorneys and 45 support personnel. The main office is located in Lexington, with staffed branch offices in Ft. Mitchell and London, Kentucky. Unstaffed offices are located in Ashland, Frankfort, and Pikeville, Kentucky. The United States Attorney's Office seeks to maintain the highest standards of excellence in the enforcement of federal laws and the representation of the United States.

If selected for this position, you will join a well-respected team that is responsible for providing a variety of legal support and litigation technology activities. Typical work assignments will include:

• Provides technical assistance to litigation teams on legal automation requirements and systems capabilities to facilitate investigatory or litigation decisions, trial preparation, and trial presentation;
• Provides consultation and assistance with data preservation and collection efforts;
• Provides consultation on the appropriate software and procedures for defensively identifying, preserving, collecting, processing, reviewing, and producing electronic data;
• Designs and creates litigation support databases utilizing various software products;
• Prepares and processes e-discovery;
• Creates, modifies, imports, and exports load files;
• Prepares electronic document productions;
• Trains attorneys and legal support staff in organizing voluminous case information for efficient retrieval through automated systems;
• Performs automated support necessary to prepare discovery materials, with a particular emphasis on processing electronic discovery materials such as emails, text messages, audio recordings, and video, using a variety of complex litigation support and e-discovery tools, methods, and programs;
• Collaborates with IT, in analyzing automated litigation support functions, in monitoring system utilization, and in diagnosing and resolving litigation support computer system problems

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

Starting at $46,696 Per Year (GS 7-11)

This position offers an exciting and challenging career opportunity. The Department of Justice has a diverse and talented workforce of over 100,000 men and women and is tasked with ensuring the protection of all Americans, while preserving constitutional freedoms. The position provides an opportunity to be part of a dedicated team helping to enforce Federal law (criminal and civil) and protect life, liberty, and the property of citizens.

The United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Kentucky has a staff of approximately 45 attorneys and 45 support personnel. The main office is located in Lexington, with staffed branch offices in Ft. Mitchell and London, Kentucky. Unstaffed offices are located in Ashland, Frankfort, and Pikeville, Kentucky. The United States Attorney's Office seeks to maintain the highest standards of excellence in the enforcement of federal laws and the representation of the United States.

If selected for this position, you will join a well-respected team that is responsible for providing a variety of legal support and litigation technology activities. Typical work assignments will include:

• Provides technical assistance to litigation teams on legal automation requirements and systems capabilities to facilitate investigatory or litigation decisions, trial preparation, and trial presentation;
• Provides consultation and assistance with data preservation and collection efforts;
• Provides consultation on the appropriate software and procedures for defensively identifying, preserving, collecting, processing, reviewing, and producing electronic data;
• Designs and creates litigation support databases utilizing various software products;
• Prepares and processes e-discovery;
• Creates, modifies, imports, and exports load files;
• Prepares electronic document productions;
• Trains attorneys and legal support staff in organizing voluminous case information for efficient retrieval through automated systems;
• Performs automated support necessary to prepare discovery materials, with a particular emphasis on processing electronic discovery materials such as emails, text messages, audio recordings, and video, using a variety of complex litigation support and e-discovery tools, methods, and programs;
• Collaborates with IT, in analyzing automated litigation support functions, in monitoring system utilization, and in diagnosing and resolving litigation support computer system problems

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

Starting at $46,696 Per Year (GS 7-11)

If selected for this position, you will join a well-respected team that is responsible for actively supports civil and/or criminal litigation teams by performing routine litigation support tasks necessary to prepare or manage electronic discovery, evidence, exhibits, and other electronically stored information relevant to investigations and casework, using a variety of methods and software applications.

Typical work assignments will include:

• Performs routine litigation support tasks necessary to process common electronically stored information (e.9., PDF files, Word documents, Excel spreadsheets, PowerPoint files, emails, etc.) and prepare it for review or production by the litigation team. Uses specialized software applications (e.g., processing software) to perform processing tasks and meet the technical needs of criminal and civil litigation teams.
• Consults with litigation team members (e.g., attorneys, investigators, legal support staff) to understand case needs and technical requirements. Develops a plan for processing electronic files consistent with those requirements.
• Performs routine litigation support tasks relating to litigation teams' review of common electronically stored information. Uses specialized software applications (e.9., document review databases) to perform these tasks.
• Builds and maintains document review databases for litigation team use. Loads image, native, or text files into document review databases; performs quality control on loaded files and addresses any identified issues.
• Regularly communicates with litigation team members about the status of litigation support projects (e.9., processing, production preparation, etc.) and the time and resources needed to complete projects.
• Works with litigation team members to understand case presentation needs. Suggests methods or software applications for presenting evidence or producing demonstrative exhibits.
• Creates electronic versions of exhibits for court filings, depositions, hearings, or trials.
• Assists with the creation of basic demonstrative exhibits.

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

Starting at $57,118 Per Year (GS 9)

If selected for this position, you will join a well-respected team that is responsible for actively supports civil and/or criminal litigation teams by performing routine litigation support tasks necessary to prepare or manage electronic discovery, evidence, exhibits, and other electronically stored information relevant to investigations and casework, using a variety of methods and software applications.

Typical work assignments will include:

• Performs routine litigation support tasks necessary to process common electronically stored information (e.9., PDF files, Word documents, Excel spreadsheets, PowerPoint files, emails, etc.) and prepare it for review or production by the litigation team. Uses specialized software applications (e.g., processing software) to perform processing tasks and meet the technical needs of criminal and civil litigation teams.
• Consults with litigation team members (e.g., attorneys, investigators, legal support staff) to understand case needs and technical requirements. Develops a plan for processing electronic files consistent with those requirements.
• Performs routine litigation support tasks relating to litigation teams' review of common electronically stored information. Uses specialized software applications (e.9., document review databases) to perform these tasks.
• Builds and maintains document review databases for litigation team use. Loads image, native, or text files into document review databases; performs quality control on loaded files and addresses any identified issues.
• Regularly communicates with litigation team members about the status of litigation support projects (e.9., processing, production preparation, etc.) and the time and resources needed to complete projects.
• Works with litigation team members to understand case presentation needs. Suggests methods or software applications for presenting evidence or producing demonstrative exhibits.
• Creates electronic versions of exhibits for court filings, depositions, hearings, or trials.
• Assists with the creation of basic demonstrative exhibits.

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

Starting at $57,118 Per Year (GS 9)

Primary duties include but are not limited to the following:

• The National Contact Center (NCC) centralizes VBA's contact center activity in order to yield greater consistency and higher quality in the service provided by customer-facing employees.
• NCC employees may have contacts via telephone, email, video, or chat with the public for the purposes of (1) advising and providing information on benefits and rights; (2) explaining pertinent legal provisions, regulations, and related administrative practices and their application to specific cases; and (3) assisting individuals regarding how best to provide needed documents and evidence required, and/or (4) initiating inquiries to resolve errors, delays, or other problems in obtaining benefits. Employees will also complete claim and appeal related work.
• Assists the inquirer with determining the short-term and long-term circumstances that might influence a choice between various benefits. Programs include, but are not limited to, compensation and pension benefits, home loan eligibility, education, health care, life insurance, burial benefits, vocational rehabilitation services, fiduciary assistance, general Social Security Administration benefit programs, and other Federal, state, and local domestic relations and assistance programs.
• Explains the types of documents necessary to facilitate timely processing of claims and appeals and assists with obtaining and completing such documents and forms in accordance with the type of claim or appeal being submitted.
• Explains VBA rating decisions and provides explanations for the decisions using extensive knowledge of VA benefits and services, claim and appeal processing procedures, and all pertinent information available within the systems of record.
• Performs claim or appeal related work including, but not limited to, providing comprehensive claim or appeal status updates using mandatory scripting requirements, processing change of address requests, establishment of, or change to direct deposit banking information, burial allowance claims, dependency claim, etc.
• Appropriately responds to interactions where the customer wishes to speak/discuss to a "supervisor," by attempting to deescalate the interaction by immediately addressing the inquirer's needs prior to referral for a contact by a supervisor.
• Assists Veterans and their family/friends/significant others during periods of crises to include potential suicide, homelessness, or financial hardship. (A small percentage of calls are potential suicide and/or threat calls).

Work Schedule: Full time, varied work schedule to provide contact center coverage Monday through Friday, 8 am to 9 pm Eastern Standard Time (EST). Tour will be determined after final selections. Tour is subject to change based on program needs.
TELEWORK ELIGIBLE: The is a full time 100% remote position.
Where You'll Work: This is a 100% remote position. Selectees will work 100% of the time in a non-VA-owned space (usually personal residence) and report to a parent station at the locations listed in this announcement. The employee's workspace must be suitable for conducting business and as such, remote employees are expected to provide a secure, distraction-free home-based worksite with reliable high speed internet connectivity. Successful candidates should expect to work Monday through Friday as part of a distributed team that services 40,000 or more callers each day between the hours of 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. Eastern.
How You'll Work: The employee will be required to travel to the closest VA Regional Office, VA Medical Center, or other VA facility for issuance of equipment, and as needed for technical support. Government furnished equipment includes a laptop computer, camera, docking station, monitor screens and headset. A secure VPN will be used to access Microsoft Office products and specific communications software including a soft phone to educate and connect Veterans with the benefits they have earned. Simply put, all new employee training, coaching, daily communications, and Veteran-focused operations will occur outside and away from the traditional office setting.
Position Description Title/PD#: Legal Administrative Specialist (Contact Representative)/PD43032A and PD23032A
Physical Requirements: The work normally involves mental rather than physical exertion.
Promotion Potential: The selectee may be promoted to the full performance level without further competition when all regulatory, qualification, and performance requirements are met. Selection at a lower grade level does not guarantee promotion to the full performance level.
Bargaining Unit Position: Yes

Starting at $37,696 Per Year (GS 5-7)

Our mission is to enforce vigorously the federal criminal laws of the United States, to effectively represent the interests of the United States in civil litigation, and to meet fully the public safety needs of the community through an efficient, well-coordinated law enforcement effort.

The United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Kentucky has a staff of approximately 45 attorneys and 45 support personnel. The main office is located in Lexington, with staffed branch offices in Ft. Mitchell and London, Kentucky. Unstaffed offices are located in Ashland, Frankfort, and Pikeville, Kentucky. The United States Attorney's Office seeks to maintain the highest standards of excellence in the enforcement of federal laws and the representation of the United States.

If selected for this position, you will join a well-respected team that is responsible for providing a variety of legal support and litigation technology activities. Typical work assignments will include:

• Supports civil and criminal litigation teams by serving as a subject matter expert on electronic discovery litigation support and by performing a variety of complex litigation support tasks necessary to prepare and manage voluminous electronic discovery and evidence.
• Advises litigation teams on strategies and appropriate software tools for effectively organizing, storing, preserving, collecting, processing, reviewing, producing, and presenting electronic case materials.
• Develops and supports the office's eLitigation program, including by providing technical and strategic advice to office management on litigation technology applications and litigation support best practices. Provides training, guidance, and technical assistance to other litigation support staff.
• Uses specialized software applications to perform processing on complex or voluminous electronically stored information for purposes of discovery. Consults with litigation teams to understand case needs and technical requirements to develop a processing plan that best suits those needs.
• Designs, builds, and maintains document review databases, including by creating, modifying, importing, and exporting load files. Consults with litigation teams to understand case needs and technical requirements, and designs document review databases to best suit those needs. Advises and trains teams on database functions.
• Generates electronic discovery productions (e.g., Bates-numbered images and searchable text or industry standard load files) that comply with court orders and meet the technical needs of litigation teams.
• Provides technical assistance to litigation teams presenting or filing electronic evidence or exhibits in legal proceedings.
• Provides customer support services, including troubleshooting, user assistance, and training, to litigation teams relating to their use of litigation support software applications.

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

Starting at $82,830 Per Year (GS 12)

If selected for this position, you will join a well-respected team that is responsible for performing a variety of eLitigation support tasks necessary to prepare or manage electronic discovery, evidence, exhibits, and other electronically stored information relevant to investigations and casework, using a variety of methods and software applications.

Typical work assignments will include:

• Providing technical advice to litigation teams on legal automation requirements and systems capabilities to facilitate litigation decisions, trial preparation and trial presentation.
• Analyzing litigation support requirements to develop or recommend appropriate strategies to meet litigation needs.
• Assisting and/or training staff in organizing voluminous case information for efficient retrieval through automated means such as scanning, indexing, and controlling of documents into a data base.
• Preparing computerized trial presentation programs.
• Using and appropriately employing a variety of software packages including database, spreadsheet and word processing applications such as: Microsoft Word, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Excel, Trial Director, Concordance, Eclipse, Time Map, Case Map, eScan It, etc., based on which software would be most effective for presentation of complex and voluminous evidence or to production of graphic demonstrative evidence, as well as meeting individual user needs.
• Preparing and maintaining a variety of trial-related documents, e.g., discovery letters, exhibit lists, jury instructions, trial subpoenas, etc., by applying a thorough knowledge of the Federal Rules of Evidence and Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure and applying practical litigative experience.

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

Starting at $57,118 Per Year (GS 9)

If selected for this position, you will join a well-respected team that is responsible for performing a variety of eLitigation support tasks necessary to prepare or manage electronic discovery, evidence, exhibits, and other electronically stored information relevant to investigations and casework, using a variety of methods and software applications.

Typical work assignments will include:

• Providing technical advice to litigation teams on legal automation requirements and systems capabilities to facilitate litigation decisions, trial preparation and trial presentation.
• Analyzing litigation support requirements to develop or recommend appropriate strategies to meet litigation needs.
• Assisting and/or training staff in organizing voluminous case information for efficient retrieval through automated means such as scanning, indexing, and controlling of documents into a data base.
• Preparing computerized trial presentation programs.
• Using and appropriately employing a variety of software packages including database, spreadsheet and word processing applications such as: Microsoft Word, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Excel, Trial Director, Concordance, Eclipse, Time Map, Case Map, eScan It, etc., based on which software would be most effective for presentation of complex and voluminous evidence or to production of graphic demonstrative evidence, as well as meeting individual user needs.
• Preparing and maintaining a variety of trial-related documents, e.g., discovery letters, exhibit lists, jury instructions, trial subpoenas, etc., by applying a thorough knowledge of the Federal Rules of Evidence and Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure and applying practical litigative experience.

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

Starting at $57,118 Per Year (GS 9)

If selected for this position, you will join a well-respected team that is responsible for providing litigation support. Typical work assignments will include:

• Performs routine litigation support tasks necessary to process common electronically stored information (e.g., PDF files, Word documents, Excel spreadsheets, PowerPoint files, emails, etc.) and prepare it for review or production by the litigation team.
• Maintains accurate and current records regarding incoming electronic case materials, adhering to office tracking protocols, such as by completing standardized inventory or tracking forms.
• Uses software applications to extract electronic case materials from storage devices or download electronic case materials from secure file transfer sites.
• Organizes and prepares electronic files for processing. Uses specialized software applications to perform basic processing of common electronic files. Performs quality control on processed files and addresses any identified issues.
• Uses basic and complex document review database functions such as coding, tagging, advanced searching, sorting, filtering, and analytics (e.g., threading, stemming), and advises litigation teams on these functions' use.
• Generates electronic discovery productions (e.g., Bates-numbered images with redactions and searchable text) that comply with production specifications and deadlines, including productions from document review databases.

Each grade has 10 step rates and GS employees are usually hired at step one of the applicable GS grade level at which the applicant qualified. The salary range for a GS-7 in San Francisco, California is $57,778 - $75,111 (step 1 through step 10). The salary range for a GS-9 in San Francisco, California is $70,674 - $91,873 (step 1 through step 10). The salary range for a GS-11 in San Francisco, California is $85,508 - $111,157 (step 1 through step 10).

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

Starting at $57,778 Per Year (GS 7-11)

If selected for this position, you will join a well-respected team that is responsible for providing litigation support. Typical work assignments will include:

• Performs routine litigation support tasks necessary to process common electronically stored information (e.g., PDF files, Word documents, Excel spreadsheets, PowerPoint files, emails, etc.) and prepare it for review or production by the litigation team.
• Maintains accurate and current records regarding incoming electronic case materials, adhering to office tracking protocols, such as by completing standardized inventory or tracking forms.
• Uses software applications to extract electronic case materials from storage devices or download electronic case materials from secure file transfer sites.
• Organizes and prepares electronic files for processing. Uses specialized software applications to perform basic processing of common electronic files. Performs quality control on processed files and addresses any identified issues.
• Uses basic and complex document review database functions such as coding, tagging, advanced searching, sorting, filtering, and analytics (e.g., threading, stemming), and advises litigation teams on these functions' use.
• Generates electronic discovery productions (e.g., Bates-numbered images with redactions and searchable text) that comply with production specifications and deadlines, including productions from document review databases.

Each grade has 10 step rates and GS employees are usually hired at step one of the applicable GS grade level at which the applicant qualified. The salary range for a GS-7 in San Francisco, California is $57,778 - $75,111 (step 1 through step 10). The salary range for a GS-9 in San Francisco, California is $70,674 - $91,873 (step 1 through step 10). The salary range for a GS-11 in San Francisco, California is $85,508 - $111,157 (step 1 through step 10).

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

Starting at $57,778 Per Year (GS 7-11)

• Coordinate with Staff Judge Advocates (SJA) worldwide to determine their personnel needs.
• Evaluate each request and each student's background to determine the appropriate placement of for Summer On-the-Job training.
• Review statistical data such as training documents, the 5 year performance plan, budget reports, and assignment forecasts, to determine Funded Legal Education Program (FLEP) programs budget.
• Prepare budget to ensure funds are available to send students to on-the-job training sites.
• Compose memorandum to Staff Judge Advocates worldwide to explain the Funded Legal Education Program and the eligibility requirements.

Starting at $94,199 Per Year (GS 12)