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This position is located in the Professional Liability and Financial Crimes Section of the Legal Division at the FDIC. The Section investigates and litigates professional liability claims and pursues entry of restitution and forfeiture orders in criminal actions related to failed financial institutions.
Additional selections may be made from this vacancy announcement to fill identical vacancies that occur subsequent to this announcement.
11/21/2023 to 12/13/2023
$86,203 - $167,288 per year
CG 11 - 12
No
Yes—The FDIC offers position-specific telework options. Please see the Additional Information section below for more information. Telework options are subject to change.
Occasional travel - Occasional travel may be required.
No
Permanent
Full-time
Competitive
12
No
No
2023-HQD-B0647
762034600
All United States Citizens. Applicants with status or those eligible under special hiring authorities, should apply under FDIC merit promotion announcement 2023-HQ-B0666. However, if you desire consideration also under this public non-status announcement, you must apply to both. Status applicants are current permanent Federal employees in the competitive service and former Federal employees with reinstatement eligibility.
**This announcement has been amended to revise the requirements for this position and extend the closing date.**
At the full performance level, major duties include:
Registration with the Selective Service.
U.S. Citizenship is required.
Completion of Financial Disclosure may be required.
Minimum Background Investigation (MBI) required.
If contacted for an interview, a skills assessment may be administered, which may include demonstrating the ability to perform: use of eDiscovery software and legal research tools; indexing; proof reading; site checking; or the use of common computer software or systems.
To qualify for the CG-11: Applicants must have completed at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS/CG-09 grade level or above in the Federal service. Specialized experience is defined as providing eDiscovery support in investigations or litigation, including the organization and maintenance of electronically stored information through the use of litigation support technology such as Relativity.
OR
EDUCATION: Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.M., if related
OR
COMBINATION of graduate level education and specialized experience as described above, that together meet the qualification requirements for this position.
To qualify for the CG-12: Applicants must have completed at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS/CG-11 grade level or above in the Federal service. Specialized experience is defined as providing eDiscovery support in investigations or litigation, including facilitating the use of assisted review tools and designing advanced search strategies in eDiscovery platforms such as Relativity. Assisted review tools are defined as the use of Technology Assisted Review (TAR) or Active Learning. Advanced search strategies are defined as the use of structured and conceptual analytical tools, including email threading, textual near duplication, clustering, keyword expansion, or similar document detection.
See requirements stated under QUALIFICATIONS.
Selectee(s) for this position will be required to report to their duty station office 3 days per week beginning January 1, 2024.
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
Your resume and the online assessment questionnaire will be reviewed to determine whether you meet the qualification requirements outlined in this announcement. Therefore, it is imperative that your resume contain sufficiently detailed information upon which to make the qualification. Please ensure that your resume contains specific information such as position titles, beginning and ending dates of employment for each position, average number of hours worked per week, and if the position is/was in the Federal government, you should provide the position series and grade level.
Your resume will also be evaluated to measure your responses to the assessment questions. If you rated yourself higher on the questionnaire than what is supported by your resume, your overall qualifications assessment may be adversely affected.
If you are found qualified, you will be placed in one of three categories: Best Qualified, Highly Qualified, or Qualified. These category assignments are a measure of the degree in which your background and responses to the assessment questions match the competencies/knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs) listed below. Within these categories, candidates eligible for veterans’ preference will receive selection priority over non-veterans.
You do not need to respond separately to these KSAs. Your answers to the online questionnaire and resume will serve as responses to the KSAs.
INTERAGENCY CAREER TRANSITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (ICTAP): If you are a displaced or surplus Federal employee eligible for consideration under the ICTAP, you must submit proof of eligibility. For more information, click here.
EDUCATION DOCUMENTS: If you are using education to meet all or part of the qualification requirements, submit a copy of your college transcript (an unofficial transcript is acceptable). Education must be from accredited institutions. For a listing of accredited educational institutions, click here. An official transcript will be required if you are selected. If you attended more than one university and need to send multiple transcripts, please upload/fax all transcripts as one document.
Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.
To begin, click the “Apply” button and follow the prompts. If you haven’t already, register and establish a USAJOBS account. After you register online, click the “Apply” button to complete the online assessment questionnaire, and submit all required documents. Please be sure to click “Submit Application” to complete the application process. You must apply online.
Applicants requesting an exception from the online process must contact the Human Resources Specialist or point of contact listed in this announcement prior to 12:00 noon local time on the closing date.
To return to your saved application, log in to your USAJOBS account and click on “Applications” tab. Click on the “Position Title,” and then select “Update Application” or “Additional Application Information” to continue.
You have until 11:59 p.m. ET (Eastern Time) on the closing date of this announcement to complete the application process.
Please ensure you have completed the application process by verifying the status of your application on-line to reflect: “Received”. Failure to complete the application process will result in an incomplete application and you will not be considered for the position.
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