The United States Attorney's Office for South Carolina's mission is to investigate, prosecute and deter violations of federal statutes, enforce and represent the interests of the United States in civil litigation, uphold civil, constitutional and victims' rights, and foster partnerships with other federal, state and local government agencies and community groups. This position is also being announced to applicants under Merit Staffing procedures under 26-SC-13051814-MP
This Supervisory Legal Administrative Specialist trains and supervises support staff, provide guidance on integrating software into the criminal division support workload, and provide legal and technical support services to one or more Assistant United States Attorneys (AUSAs). If selected for this position, you will join a well-respected team that is responsible for providing Supervisory Legal Administrative Specialist support in the U.S.
Attorney's Office, District of South Carolina, located in Charleston, South Carolina, focusing in the areas of legal administrative support. Typical work assignments will include: Maintaining current case assignments for all criminal division legal support staff for the office to ensure efficient and effective work distribution. Planning criminal division legal support staff assignments in consultation with supervisory AUSAs.
Serving as the Rating Official for Legal Administrative Specialists and Legal Assistants in the criminal division. Providing orientation for new criminal division legal support staff and conducts on-the-job training. Assisting and/or training legal support staff in organizing voluminous case information for efficient retrieval through automated means such as scanning, indexing and controlling of documents into a database.
Performing a variety of litigation support tasks necessary to process complex and/or voluminous electronically stored information. Maintaining evidence such as paper documents, PDF files, image files, audio files, video, files, bank records, forensic reports, and other file types. Providing automated litigation assistance to attorneys in trial preparation and courtroom presentations.
If you are claiming education as any part of your qualifications for this position, you must submit an official transcript, unofficial transcript, or a list including courses, grades earned, completion dates, and quarter and semester hours earned. All academic degrees and coursework must be completed at a college or university that has obtained accreditation or pre-accreditation status from an accrediting body recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
For a list of schools that meet this criteria, see https://www.ed.gov/ This position requires specific coursework and/or a degree to meet the basic education requirement. You must submit an official transcript, unofficial transcript, or a list including courses, grades earned, completion dates, and quarter and semester hours earned. Your transcript(s) must clearly demonstrate the course(s) listed in the qualification requirement section.
If the transcript(s) does not clearly demonstrate this you must submit a copy of the course description and/or other documentation demonstrating that the courses are equivalent.
Special Instructions for Foreign Education: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show that the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S.
accredited college or university. Failure to provide such documentation with your application will result in lost consideration. For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.In addition, when reviewing applicant's transcripts, assumptions will not be made. Applicants MUST state which coursework is relevant.
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 $74678 – $97087/yr.
This position is eligible for telework.
This position requires a Other security clearance.
Applications close on 2026-09-17.
This position is open under the 'Fed Transition' hiring path.
Source: USAJOBS.gov — U.S. Federal Government
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