The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Indiana is the federal government's legal voice in the region. We're now accepting applications for Student Trainee Clerks through the Pathways Program-an opportunity for students to gain hands-on experience and build skills in federal service. For more information on the Department of Justice and the United States Attorneys' Offices, visit http://www.justice.gov/usao Applications will be reviewed on a rolling bases.
The United States Attorney's Office, Northern District of Indiana is now accepting applications for Student Trainee Clerks (Office Automation) through the Pathways Program. As a Student Trainee Clerk, you'll play a key role in keeping daily operations running smoothly by supporting legal, technical, and/or administrative staff with a variety of clerical and administrative tasks.
If selected, you'll become part of a highly respected team, providing essential automated support to the U.S. Attorney's Office in Fort Wayne. Your work may involve using tools such as word processing, spreadsheets, databases, desktop publishing, graphics, project management software, calendars, and email-skills that will serve you well throughout your career.
You'll receive both formal and on-the-job training, giving you the chance to build real-world experience while contributing to meaningful work in a federal environment.
Duties include: Producing a variety of documents using varied and advanced word processing software functions; Storing, retrieving, editing, and printing a variety of documents with complex formats such as graphics or tables within the text; Sorting, calculating, and retrieving data from electronic databases or spreadsheets to produce reports, charts, and graphs.
Answering telephones and referring callers to staff members or taking messages as appropriate; Operating a copy machine; Collating and stapling materials; Sorting, filing, and retrieving materials in alphabetical, numerical, or chronological order; and Making recurring and special messenger trips as necessary. Responsibilities will increase and assignments will become more complex as your training and experience progress.
At the successful completion of the program requirements, you may be eligible for non-competitive conversion to a Federal career or career-conditional appointment.
All academic degrees and coursework must be completed at an institution that has obtained accreditation or pre-accreditation status from an accrediting body recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. For a list of schools that meet this criteria, see http://www.ed.gov.
Foreign Education Note: You may use foreign education to meet qualification requirements if you send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency in with your transcript. It is your responsibility to timely provide such evidence by submitting proof of creditability of education as evaluated by a credentialing agency with your application materials. More information may be found at http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html.
All documentation must be in English or include an English translation.
christopher.mcintire@usdoj.gov · 219-852-3091
This position is with Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys and the Office of the U.S. Attorneys, Department of Justice.
The posted pay range is $36409 – $47334/yr.
Applications close on 2026-10-30.
This position is open under the 'Public' hiring path.
Source: USAJOBS.gov — U.S. Federal Government
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