Supervisory Legal Administrative Specialist

If selected for this position, you will support Assistant U.S. Attorneys in the Houston Division representing the United States in appellate cases in state and federal courts throughout the Southern District of Texas.

The duties and responsibilities for a GS-0901-Supervisory Legal Administrative Specialist-12 generally include, but are not limited to, the following: Planning work to be accomplished by subordinates, setting goals and priorities, and preparing schedules for completion of work.

Serving as an office manager for assigned areas with responsibility for law office management, case management, legal research and overall support to litigation activities of the organization.

Reviewing and analyzing applicable directives, orders, manuals, and guidance to ensure legal support activities are in compliance with district policies and procedures, and established Department of Justice (DOJ) and Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys (EOUSA) regulations.

Coordinating with court and other personnel on a variety of issues or concerns in connection with carrying out legal support activities of the organization. Analyzing and summarizing substantive information on statutes, contracts, other legal instruments, and specific legal subjects.

Responsibilities will increase and assignments will become more complex as your training and experience progress. For more information on the Department of Justice and the United States Attorneys' Offices, visit http://www.justice.gov/usao/. For more information on the U.S.

Attorney's Office, Southern District of Texas, visit http://www.justice.gov/usao-sdtx.

To qualify for the position of Supervisory Legal Administrative Specialist, at GS-0901-12, you must meet the qualification requirements listed below. To be eligible at the GS-12 level, you must meet at least ONE full year of Specialized Experience as defined below.

Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience is defined as performing the following types of duties: managing a multifaceted scope of legal support functions; training and mentoring legal support staff personnel; performing extensive legal research in support of complex case work; and providing and organizing legal staff support for appellate cases.

You MUST meet all qualification requirements, including time-in-grade, by 08/21/2026 of this announcement. Your resume must support your responses to the application questionnaire and the qualification requirements. Failure to do so may result in an ineligible rating.

See the Required Documents section for important notes about what must be included in your resume. Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) - The CTAP provides eligible surplus and displaced competitive service employees in the Department of Justice with selection priority over other candidates for competitive service vacancies.

If your Department of Justice component has notified you in writing that you are a surplus or displaced employee eligible for CTAP consideration, you may receive selection priority if: 1) this vacancy is within your CTAP eligibility, 2) you apply under the instructions in this announcement, and 3) you are found well-qualified for this vacancy.

To be well qualified, you must satisfy all qualification requirements for the vacant position and receive a score of 85 or better on established ranking criteria. You must provide a copy of your written notification of CTAP eligibility with your application.

Additional information about CTAP eligibility is at http://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/workforce-restructuring/employee-guide-to-career-transition/