Supervisory Docketing Technician (Office Automation)

Summary

For more information on the Department of Justice and the United States Attorneys' Offices, visit http://www.justice.gov/usao/. As needed, additional positions may be filled using this announcement.

Duties

• If selected for this position, you will be responsible for performing docketing and complex legal report development using computerized case tracking and record-keeping systems for the United States Attorney's Office, Northern District of Illinois. Typical duties include: planning, organizing, and directing the activities of assigned docketing technicians; holding employees responsible for satisfactory completion of work assignments. approving leave schedule assuring adequate coverage for peak workloads and traditional holiday vacation time. Serving as a source of procedural and systemic information on all aspects of docketing functions; Functioning as the docketing system subject matter expert and training other employees on related processes and procedures; Maintaining and extracting data from automated docketing databases and systems; Inputting information into databases and systems and updating records; Developing and maintaining automated records from initial referral to final disposition and case file closure; Receiving and reviewing incoming case files and documents; analyzing content to determine the nature of the office's interest and cause of action. - Responsibilities will increase and assignments will become more complex as your training and experience progress.

Qualifications

To be eligible at the GS-09 level, you must have one full year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-08 level. Specialized experience includes demonstrating the ability to provide leadership and guidance to subordinate staff; providing training and distributing and monitoring work in progress. Additionally, experience is defined as using advanced automation techniques to extract legal data from automated databases; utilizes legal support processes and court proceedings to review reports and identify recurring errors; conducts periodic case certification reviews; utilizing knowledge of legal terminology, litigation processes and court proceedings to properly docket and identify errors in either input of documents or in the computer record; recommending revision of office procedures to improve the docketing and case management function; assisting with training new employees on the system. To be qualified, you must type at least 40 words per minute based on a 5 minute sample with three or fewer errors. (A typing test may later be required.)

Education

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 http://www.ed.gov OR Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the above education requirements if you can show that the foreign education is comparable to that received in an accredited educational institution in the United States. 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.

Grade: GS 9. . Apply by 2026-11-09 on USAJOBS.