Legal Assistant (Court)

Description:

This position is located with the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Eastern Oklahoma Region in Miami, Oklahoma.
NOTE: TRAVEL AND RELOCATION EXPENSES WILL NOT BE AUTHORIZED. ANY RELOCATION EXPENSES ASSOCIATED WITH REPORTING FOR DUTY WILL BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE SELECTED EMPLOYEE.

Requirements:

EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS: (OPM Operating Manual, Qualification Standards for Clerical and Administrative Support Positions, GS-0986).

GS-5: 1 year of full-time specialized experience equivalent to the GS-4 grade level in the Federal Service (obtained in either the public or private sector), including assisting with filing of court documents, maintaining documents and court records and distributing documents; encoding cases into database system, maintaining court calendar, scheduling of court cases, receiving calls and visitors, providing assistance as appropriate, collection of filing fees, serving as a notary public.
OR
4 years of successfully completed education above the high school level in any field at an accredited business, secretarial or technical school, junior college, college, or university. (One year of full-time academic study is defined as 30 semester hours, 45 quarter hours, or the equivalent in a college or university, or at least 20 hours of classroom instruction per week for approximately 36 weeks in a business, secretarial, or technical school.)

GS-6: 1 year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-5 grade level in the Federal Service (obtained in either the public or private sector), including assisting with filing of court documents, analyzing, reviewing, and preparing court documents through in-depth research of legal materials; reviewing and accepting legal documents for correct conformity and timeliness, annotating files and recording for receipt; maintaining court records and distributing documents; encoding cases into database system, maintaining court calendar, scheduling of court cases, receiving calls and visitors, providing assistance as appropriate, collection of filing fees, serving as a notary public

GS-7: 1 year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-6 grade level in the Federal Service (obtained in either he public or private sector), including providing assistance to a Court of Indian Offenses, reviewing and encoding of legal documents and court cases in relation to filing of complaints, petitions, answers, motions, minutes, preparing courtroom and attending court hearings, maintaining of court documents/records of all court proceedings, including analyzing, reviewing, and preparing court documents through in-depth research of legal materials; reviewing and accepting legal documents for correct conformity and timeliness, annotating files and recording for receipt; taking and maintaining written court minutes; utilizing automated database software for encoding of cases; maintaining court calendar, scheduling of cases for hearing and preparing dockets; receiving calls and visitors, providing assistance as appropriate; preparing, certifying and mailing of court orders, judgments, notice of hearings, summons and other documents incidental to the functions of the court; accepting payments of filing fees, court costs, fines, and bonds; serving as a notary public; recording and processing of appeals.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSA's) to perform successfully the duties of the position and is typically in or related to the position to be filled.

All qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement.

Merit Promotion candidates must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the announcement closing date.

Preference in filling vacancies is given to qualified Indian candidates in accordance with the Indian Preference Act of 1934 (title 25, USC Section 472).

Additional selections may be made from this announcement if identical vacancies occur in the same location within 90 days from the closing date.