Legal Assistant (OA) GJ Coordinator

Summary

For more information on Department of Justice and United States Attorneys' Offices, visit http://www.justice.gov/usao/. Additional positions may be filled using this announcement. This position is also being announced to All U.S. Citizens and Nationals under 27-TXE-13107493-DE Positions will be filled at the locations listed below. Plano, or Sherman, Texas

Duties

The Legal Assistant (OA) Grand Jury Coordinator, GS-0986-08 provides comprehensive legal, administrative, and case management support to Assistant United States Attorneys (AUSAs) in complex grand jury matters; and serves as a liaison with courts, law enforcement agencies, and other stakeholders while independently coordinating grand jury operations and supporting litigation activities.The duties and responsibilities generally include, but are not limited to: Coordinating and managing grand jury proceedings, subpoenas, records, and related case activities. Researching and applying legal authorities, regulations, and grand jury procedures; reviewing case information and making procedural determinations based on established guidelines. Preparing, examining, processing, proofreading, and cite-checking legal documents, including complaints, motions, orders, pleadings, subpoenas, and memoranda. Assisting attorneys with trial preparation by conducting legal research and compiling exhibits, affidavits, discovery materials, and supporting documentation. Maintaining, organizing, securing, and transferring legal and grand jury records in accordance with records management and confidentiality requirements. Tracking case activities, deadlines, hearings, filings, and trial dates; maintaining calendars and monitoring case status. Scheduling meetings, conferences, interviews, and coordinating travel arrangements and itineraries. Producing, formatting, and managing a variety of legal and administrative documents using office automation and case management systems while ensuring accuracy, efficiency, and compliance with legal procedures.

Qualifications

To qualify for the position of Legal Assistant (OA) GJ Coordinator, at GS-0986-8, you must meet the basic qualification requirements listed below. GS-8: To be eligible at the GS-8 level, you must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-7 level. Specialized experience is defined as experience information and assistance relating to grand jury investigations/matters scheduled for grand jury, and legal and administrative procedures to be followed; examines, prepares and processes a variety of technical legal documents which are characteristically voluminous and complex in format; prepares legal actions such as indictments, criminal complaints, search warrants, judgments, applications, notices, affidavits, summonses, grand jury subpoenas, rules to show cause, proofs of claim, and satisfaction of judgment. Provide trial support to attorneys by preparing complaints, motions, subpoenas, orders, or other hearing and/or trial documents accurately and in proper format; verifying citations and statutory references contained in legal documents. ; assisting with discovery, hearing or trial preparation by performing duties such as compiling trial notebooks, assembling jury instructions, and compiling witness and exhibit lists; and using software applications and legal and non-legal databases to produce legal related reports and documents, conduct factual research, develop tables of contents and indices to briefs, and prepare courtroom presentations. 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.) You MUST meet all qualification requirements, including time-in-grade, by the 11/25/2026 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. After you submit this application, you will receive an e-mail informing you that a USA Hire assessment is required of you. You will have 48 hours from the closing date of this announcement 11/25/2026 to complete the assessment as this assessment is part of your application.