Job Description

Summary

This position is located in the Special Litigation Section, Police Practice Group.The Legal Administrative Specialist (Criminal Justice Analyst), is charged with a full range of analysis work related to the Section\'s enforcement of the police misconduct statute (34 U.S.C. 12601).

Overview

• Accepting applications

Open & closing dates

09/01/2023 to 09/14/2023

Salary

$132,368 - $172,075 per year

Pay scale & grade

GS 14

Location

1 vacancy in the following location:

Remote job

No

Telework eligible

Yes\xe2\x80\x94as determined by the agency policy.

Travel Required

Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position.

Relocation expenses reimbursed

No

Appointment type

Permanent -

Work schedule

Full-time -

Service

Competitive

Promotion potential

14

Job family (Series)

Supervisory status

No

Security clearance

Drug test

Yes

Position sensitivity and risk

Trust determination process

Announcement number

23-ANC-SPL-010 (DEU)

Control number

746670900

This job is open to

Clarification from the agency

United States Citizens or National

Duties

The incumbent will serve as a Legal Administrative Specialist (Criminal Justice Analyst - Police Practice Group). Duties include, but are not limited to:

• Identify opportunities to further enforcement initiatives.
• Use skill in working with criminal justice datasets derived from other federal agencies, state or local governments, or other sources; analyzing the data using appropriate statistical software; providing ways to visualize or summarize information appropriately; and drawing well-supported, coherent conclusions.
• Monitor and track developments in criminal justice law, practices, and research; identifies developments in federal, state, and local criminal justice policies, programs, and practices bearing on the Section\'s areas of responsibility; provides regular updates on the same to the Section; researches and analyzes criminal justice policies, programs, and practices; and proposes and drafts recommended internal responses to such developments and recommended positions for the Division to assert with other Department components and federal agencies regarding the same.
• Identify, develop, and recommend enforcement initiatives and activities, as well as data driven strategies, to enhance the Section\'s efficacy in the enforcement of relevant statutes.

Requirements

Conditions of Employment

• Must be a U.S. Citizen.
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service (see https://www.sss.gov/Home/Registration).
• DOJ uses E-Verify, an internet-based system, to confirm the eligibility of all newly hired employees to work in the United States. Learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, by visiting www.e-verify.gov/.
• You may be required to complete a pre-employment security screening to initiate your background investigation, which includes a drug screening. Continued employment is contingent upon successful completion and adjudication of your investigation.
• May be required to successfully complete a one-year probationary period.
• Only experience obtained by the closing date of this announcement will be considered.

Qualifications

Specialized Experience Requirements

To qualify at the GS-14 grade level, candidates must have one (1) year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-13 grade level in the Federal service or other pay system. Examples of specialized experience includes:

• Designing and conducting quantitative data analysis, data mining and reporting to determine trends and deficiencies related to the operation of law enforcement (e.g., police and sheriffs); AND
• Identifying, evaluating, and applying accepted research methodologies (e.g., providing descriptive statistics and selecting a representative sample) in the assessment of a program; AND
• Researching or analyzing criminal justice system entities (such as policing; adjudication, prosecution, or defense of criminal charges); AND
• Communicating information gathered from data analysis and evaluations to diverse audiences orally and in writing; AND
• Synthesizing and displaying data and information using interactive reports, dashboards, and visualizations.

In order to be rated as qualified for this position, we must be able to determine that you meet the specialized experience requirement - please be sure to include this information in your resume. To be creditable, this experience must have been equivalent in difficulty and complexity to the next lower grade of the position to be filled. Specialized experience is defined as experience that has equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position and is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled.

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 skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

In order to be considered for this position, you must complete all required steps in the process. In addition to the application and application questionnaire, this position requires successful completion of one or more additional assessments, including a subject matter expert (SME) resume review. These assessments measure the critical competencies listed below that are required to successfully perform the job.

All qualifications and education requirements (if applicable), must be met by the closing date of this announcement and clearly documented in your resume.

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.

Education

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

Additional information

Career Transition Assistance Programs: These programs apply to employees who have been involuntarily separated from a Federal service position within the competitive service or Federal service employees whose positions have been deemed surplus or no longer needed. To receive selection priority for this position, you must: (1) meet CTAP or ICTAP eligibility criteria; (2) be rated well-qualified for the position; and, (3) submit the appropriate documentation to support your CTAP or ICTAP eligibility. To be well qualified, you must satisfy all qualification requirements and rate equivalent to the Highly Qualified or better category using established category rating criteria. For more information visit: .

Schedule A: The Civil Rights Division 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. The Civil Rights Division also encourages eligible Schedule A applicants to submit their resumes directly to Diane Turner by email to Diane.M.Turner@usdoj.gov.

DOJ EEO Statement/Policy:

Residency Requirement: The Residency Requirements ensure an adequate background investigation can be completed. It applies to all DOJ applicants, both U.S. citizens and non-U.S. citizens, whose job location is within the U.S. In addition, for a total of three years (not necessarily consecutive years) of the five years immediately prior to applying for a position, the applicant must have: 1) resided in the U.S.; 2) worked for the U.S. overseas in a Federal or military capacity; or, 3) been a dependent of a Federal or military employee serving overseas.

Most jobs in the Division offer flexible work options, including telework, and other family friendly opportunities. Most employees who commute by public transportation are eligible for a transit subsidy benefit.

Please Note: Additional candidates may be selected if more positions become available in the Division within 90 days after the HR office issues the selection certificate

• Benefits

A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. .

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