Supervisory Legal Administrative Specialist

  • Northern District of Texas
  • Abilene, Texas
  • Full Time
Supervisory Legal Administrive Specialist

Department of Justice

Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys and the Office of the U.S. Attorneys

U.S. Attornys Office, Northern Distict of Texas

Summary

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Summary

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Additional selections may be made from this announcement.

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Overview

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Accepting applicions

Open & closing des

05/21/2026 to 05/29/2026

Salary

$89,508 - $116,362 per year

Pay scale & grade

GS 12

Locions

1 vacancy in the following locions:

Abilene, TX

Amarillo, TX

Lubbock, TX

Remote job

No

Telework eligible

No

Travel Required

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

Relocion expenses reimbursed

No

Appointment type

Permanent

Work schedule

Full-time

Service

Competitive

Promotion potential

None

Job family (Series)

0901 General Legal And Kindred Administrion

Supervisory stus

Yes

Security clearance

Other

Drug test

Yes

Position sensitivity and risk

Special-Sensitive (SS)/High Risk

Trust determinion process

Nional security

Financial disclosure

No

Bargaining unit stus

No

Announcement number

26-NDTX-12965270-IMP

Control number

870131600

This job is open to

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Internal to an agency

Current federal employees of the hiring agency th posted the job announcement.

Clarificion from the agency

Current Federal employees in permanent competitive service positions (stus candides) in the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Texas, Amarillo/Abilene/Lubbock, plus well-qualified surplus and displaced DOJ employees (CTAP) in the local commuting area. Internal Employees Only.

Duties

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If selected for this position, you will join a well-respected team in the United Stes Attorney's Office (USAO), Northern District of Texas, serving as the Supervisory Legal Administrive Specialist, which includes duties as first line supervisor of the Criminal Division paralegals and as second line supervisor to Criminal Division legal assistants and support staff. Typical work assignments will include:

- Performing a full range of first line supervisory duties associed with supervising legal support staff.

- Organizing and directing the activities of legal support staff.

- Providing legal, technical, and clerical support to torneys and legal support staff.

- Assisting torneys and managing legal support staff in organizing voluminous case informion.

- Performing a variety of complex administrive duties reling to the management of an office.

- Advise, counsel, and instruct staff on both legal work and administrive mters.

Requirements

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Conditions of employment

You must be a United Stes Citizen or Nional.

You must successfully pass a security/background investigion and a drug screening.

You must be a current permanent Department of Justice employee with competitive stus or a CTAP/RPL eligible candide.

You must be registered for Selective Service, if applicable

If selected, you subject to the sisfactory completion of a one year supervisory or managerial probionary period unless this requirement has been met previously.

Time-in-Grade: Federal employees must meet time-in-grade requirements within 30 days after the closing de of this announcement.

You must meet all qualificion requirements within 30 days after the closing de of this announcement and before placement in the position.

Qualificions

To qualify for the position of Supervisory Legal Administrive Specialist, GS-0901-12, you must meet the basic qualificion requirements listed below.

To be eligible the GS-12 level, you must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 level in federal service.

Specialized experience is defined as experience organizing and directing the activities of legal support staff; providing legal, technical, and clerical support to torneys; providing technical advice to legal support staff; assisting torneys and managing legal support staff in organizing voluminous case informion; performing a variety of complex administrion support reling to the management and administrive support of the division.

You MUST meet all qualificion requirements, including time-in-grade, by the 05/29/2026 of this announcement.

Your resume must support your responses to the applicion questionnaire and the qualificion requirements. Failure to do so may result in an ineligible ring. See the Required Documents section for important notes about wh must be included in your resume.

After you submit this applicion, you will receive an e-mail informing you th a USA Hire assessment is required of you. You will have 48 hours from the closing de of this announcement 05/29/2026 to complete the assessment as this assessment is part of your applicion.

Educion

This position has no educion substitution

Additional informion

Candides should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passione about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United Stes Constitution. Candides will not be hired based on their race, sex, color, religion, or nional origin.

Career Transition Programs ( CTAP ):

These programs apply to Federal and/or DOJ employees who meet the definition of surplus or displaced from a position in the competitive service. To receive selection priority for this position, you must:

Meet CTAP eligibility criteria.

Be red well-qualified for the position with a score of 85 or above based on the competencies listed above; and

Submit the approprie documention to support your CTAP eligibility.

Probionary or Trial Period (as applicable): As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you may be required to serve a 1-year probionary period or 2-year trial period during which we will evalue your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest. In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider:

1) your performance and conduct;

2) the needs and interests of the agency;

3) whether your continued employment would advance organizional goals of the agency or the Government; and

4) whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.

Upon completion of your probionary period or trial period, your employment termined unless you receive certificion, in writing, th your continued employment advances the public interest.

EEO Stement/Policy: The United Stes government does not discrimine in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, nional origin, political affiliion, sexual oriention, marital stus, disability, genetic informion, age, membership in an employee organizion, retaliion, parental stus, military service or other non-merit factor. More informion can be found here:

DOJ Reasonable Accommodion Policy: Federal agencies must provide reasonable accommodion to applicants with disabilities where approprie. Applicants requiring reasonable accommodion for any part of the applicion and hiring process should contact the hiring agency directly. Determinions on requests for reasonable accommodion made on a case-by-case basis. The DOJ Reasonable Accommodion policy can be found here:

Selective Service: If you were born male, on or after December 31, 1959, you must certify th you have registered with the Selective Service System or are exempt from having to do so under the Selective Service Law. Additional informion is found : www.sss.gov .

Fair Chance to Compete for Jobs: The Fair Chance Act prohibits Federal agencies from requesting an applicant's criminal history informion before the agency makes a conditional offer of employment. If you believe a DOJ employee or Federal contractor acting on its behalf has violed your rights under this Act, you may submit a written complaint within 30 days of the de of the alleged non-compliance directly to Stacie Dumas (...) ....

Note: In accordance with 5 U.S. Code 9202(c) and 5 C.F.R 920.201(b) certain positions are exempt from the provisions of the Fair Chance Act.

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Candides should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passione about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United Stes Constitution.

Benefits

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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 th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits .

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Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered.

How you evalued

You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above.

In order to be considered for this position, you must complete all required steps in the process.

Your USAHIRE assessment results kept on record for one year and used toward future positions for which you might apply th require the same assessments.

Additionally, we will review your supporting documents and resume to determine if you are in the "Area of Considerion" for this vacancy. Internal Merit Promotion vacancies may only accept applicions from a limited audience, pay careful tention to the "Who May Apply" and the "Hiring Phs" informion. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your eligibility.

You evalued based on how well you meet the qualificions listed in this vacancy announcement. Your qualificions evalued based on your applicion merials (e.g., resume, supporting documents), the responses you provide on the applicion questionnaire.

In order to be considered for this position, you must complete all required steps in the process.

BASIS OF FINAL RATING :

DOJ's Merit Promotion Procedures used to evalue candides.

If you would like to preview the applicion questionnaire, please see: .

Benefits

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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 th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits .

Review our benefits

Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered.

Required documents

Required Documents

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It is your responsibility to carefully review the list of required documents below and submit the necessary documention based on your eligibility. Resume

Resume - All Applicants: You must submit a resume (a two page or less resume is required) containing the following pieces of informion for each job entry listed in your employment history:

Official position title,

Employer name and contact informion,

Start and end des (including month and year),

Indice full-time or number of hours worked per week if part-time, and

A list of duties performed and accomplishments.

If you are a current or former Federal employee :

You must submit your most recent SF-50 (Notificion of Personnel Action) or equivalent agency form. Do not submit an award SF-50, these do not contain sufficient informion about your appointment. Your SF-50 should list the full position title, series, grade and step,organizion, duty locion, service compution de, effective de, and your service type and tenure stus.

Submit a copy of your most recent performance evaluion or appraisal, signed, showing your final ring. If a performance appraisal is not available submit a stement explaining why one is not available. Note: See USAJOBS Current & Former Employees for more informion.

Due Weight for Performance:

You must submit a copy of your most recent performance appraisal, and

A list of any awards (e.g. superior performance awards, special act or achievement awards, quality step increase, etc.) you received in the last 5 years. Any performance appraisal/evaluion and award documention you provide forwarded to the selecting official. The selecting official will review this documention and give it due weight considerion during the overall selection process. Due weight for performance applies to federal and non-federal work. If you do not have your most recent performance appraisal/evaluion, please submit a stement as to why it is not available.

If you are a person with a disability, claiming eligibility under Schedule A :

You must submit "proof of a disability" documention ("Proof of a disability" is a letter sting th you have an intellectual disability, severe physical disability or psychiric disability).

You must get this letter from your doctor, a licensed medical professional, a licensed vocional rehabilition specialist, or any Federal, ste, or local agency th issues or provides disability benefits.

For more informion about Schedule A and verificion requirements, please see OPM's Schedule A site .

If you are a displaced Federal employee claiming eligibility under CTAP :

You must submit your separion notice or agency RIF letter from your agency OR if you have not yet been separed, you can provide the letter of intent to separe you from the agency because of reduction-in-force.

Submit a copy of your most recent performance appraisal and SF-50 showing current/former position, grade, promotion potential, and duty locion OR Certificion of Expected Separion, Reduction-In-Force Separion Notice, or Notice of Proposed Removal; SF-50 th documents the RIF separion action; and most recent performance appraisal.

How to Apply

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To apply for this position, you must complete the online applicion questionnaire and submit your supporting documention. Your complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on 05/29/2026 to receive considerion.

The applicion process is as follows:

To begin the applicion process, click the Apply Online button.

Answer the questions presented in the applicion and tach all necessary supporting documention.

Click the Submit Applicion button prior to 11:59PM (ET) on 05/29/2026.

Need Help?

If you need help with USAJOBs or the applicion process, please see the USAJOBS Help or Applicion Manager Online Help websites which includes informion on managing your account, creing an applicion, uploading documents, etc.

Agency contact informion

Felisa Martin

Phone

...

...

Address

Northern District of Texas

1100 Commerce Street

Third Floor

Dallas, TX 75242

US

Next steps

You will receive e-mail notificions as your applicion stus is upded. However, you can also see your applicion stus any time by logging in to your USAJOBS account and looking on the "Applicions" page. Click the position title to expand the display for each applicion in the list. Click here to learn more about checking your applicion stus, or see wh each applicion stus means.

We strive to extend a final offer of employment within 90 days from the close of this announcement. Additional selections may be made from this announcement within 90 days.

Fair and transparent

The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.

Criminal history inquiries

Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy

Financial suitability

New employee probionary period

Privacy Act

Reasonable accommodion policy

Selective Service

Signure and false stements

Social security number request

Required Documents

Help

It is your responsibility to carefully review the list of required documents below and submit the necessary documention based on your eligibility. Resume

Resume - All Applicants: You must submit a resume (a two page or less resume is required) containing the following pieces of informion for each job entry listed in your employment history:

Official position title,

Employer name and contact informion,

Start and end des (including month and year),

Indice full-time or number of hours worked per week if part-time, and

A list of duties performed and accomplishments.

If you are a current or former Federal employee :

You must submit your most recent SF-50 (Notificion of Personnel Action) or equivalent agency form. Do not submit an award SF-50, these do not contain sufficient informion about your appointment. Your SF-50 should list the full position title, series, grade and step,organizion, duty locion, service compution de, effective de, and your service type and tenure stus.

Submit a copy of your most recent performance evaluion or appraisal, signed, showing your final ring. If a performance appraisal is not available submit a stement explaining why one is not available. Note: See USAJOBS Current & Former Employees for more informion.

Due Weight for Performance:

You must submit a copy of your most recent performance appraisal, and

A list of any awards (e.g. superior performance awards, special act or achievement awards, quality step increase, etc.) you received in the last 5 years. Any performance appraisal/evaluion and award documention you provide forwarded to the selecting official. The selecting official will review this documention and give it due weight considerion during the overall selection process. Due weight for performance applies to federal and non-federal work. If you do not have your most recent performance appraisal/evaluion, please submit a stement as to why it is not available.

If you are a person with a disability, claiming eligibility under Schedule A :

You must submit "proof of a disability" documention ("Proof of a disability" is a letter sting th you have an intellectual disability, severe physical disability or psychiric disability).

You must get this letter from your doctor, a licensed medical professional, a licensed vocional rehabilition specialist, or any Federal, ste, or local agency th issues or provides disability benefits.

For more informion about Schedule A and verificion requirements, please see OPM's Schedule A site .

If you are a displaced Federal employee claiming eligibility under CTAP :

You must submit your separion notice or agency RIF letter from your agency OR if you have not yet been separed, you can provide the letter of intent to separe you from the agency because of reduction-in-force.

Submit a copy of your most recent performance appraisal and SF-50 showing current/former position, grade, promotion potential, and duty locion OR Certificion of Expected Separion, Reduction-In-Force Separion Notice, or Notice of Proposed Removal; SF-50 th documents the RIF separion action; and most recent performance appraisal.

How to Apply

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To apply for this position, you must complete the online applicion questionnaire and submit your supporting documention. Your complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on 05/29/2026 to receive considerion.

The applicion process is as follows:

To begin the applicion process, click the Apply Online button.

Answer the questions presented in the applicion and tach all necessary supporting documention.

Click the Submit Applicion button prior to 11:59PM (ET) on 05/29/2026.

Need Help?

If you need help with USAJOBs or the applicion process, please see the USAJOBS Help or Applicion Manager Online Help websites which includes informion on managing your account, creing an applicion, uploading documents, etc.

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Agency contact informion

Felisa Martin

Phone

...

...

Address

Northern District of Texas

1100 Commerce Street

Third Floor

Dallas, TX 75242

US

Next steps

You will receive e-mail notificions as your applicion stus is upded. However, you can also see your applicion stus any time by logging in to your USAJOBS account and looking on the "Applicions" page. Click the position title to expand the display for each applicion in the list. Click here to learn more about checking your applicion stus, or see wh each applicion stus means.

We strive to extend a final offer of employment within 90 days from the close of this announcement. Additional selections may be made from this announcement within 90 days.

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Fair and transparent

The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.

Criminal history inquiries

Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy

Financial suitability

New employee probionary period

Privacy Act

Reasonable accommodion policy

Selective Service

Signure and false stements

Social security number request

Overview Help Accepting applicions Open & closing des 05/21/2026 to 05/29/2026 Salary $89,508 - $116,362 per year Pay scale & grade GS 12 Locions 1 vacancy in the following locions: Abilene, TX Amarillo, TX Lubbock, TX Remote job No Telework eligible No Travel Required Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position. Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Competitive Promotion potential None Job family (Series) Supervisory stus Yes Security clearance Drug test Yes Position sensitivity and risk Trust determinion process Financial disclosure Bargaining unit stus Announcement number 26-NDTX-12965270-IMP Control number 870131600
Job ID: 522289716
Originally Posted on: 5/23/2026

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