Document Management Technician (Entry Level Legal Support)

CACI; Detroit (MI); On-site; USD 42,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

CACI is seeking an entry-level Document Management Technician to support USAO EDMI, Civil, and Criminal divisions. You will assist attorneys and staff with organizing, filing, labeling, and preparing documents for scanning, while ensuring accuracy and compliance with court requirements.

The role offers growth into eDiscovery workflows, with tuition reimbursement for Relativity certifications and ACEDS/paralegal credentials.

Qualifications

• Must have accurate typing and ability to follow instructions precisely.
• Undergraduate degree preferred; litigation support experience valued.
• Strong communication skills and ability to work under pressure.

Responsibilities

• Perform legal and administrative duties under the direction of a supervisor.
• Assist with case organization and maintenance including filing and deposition exhibits.
• Prepare documents for image scanning and manage document labeling and file organization.
• Conduct simple database searches and maintain case files in the system.
• Schedule appointments and manage correspondence for staff.
• Review and route incoming mail to appropriate staff.

Skills

Typing

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Reading instructions

Task understanding

Initiative

Education

Undergraduate degree preferred

Tools

Word processing

Database

Spreadsheet

Imaging software

Job description

Job Title: Document Management Technician (Entry Level Legal Support)

Job Category: Service Contract Act

Time Type: Full time

Minimum Clearance Required to Start: DOJ MBI

Employee Type: Regular

Percentage of Travel Required: Up to 25%

Type of Travel: Local

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The Opportunity:

CACI is looking for talented individuals who are just beginning their career in the legal field. The Document Management Technician (DMT) position is an entry level position that allows you to utilize your organizational skills while working closely with attorneys and other litigation support professionals in a fast-paced setting, to collect, store and retrieve important documents as needed.

You will provide critical case support to the USAO EDMI, Civil, and Criminal Divisions to assist with its mission of investigating and prosecuting cases to enforce the law and defend the interests of the United States.

CACI is committed to growing our eDiscovery workforce and has included tuition reimbursement for Relativity certifications, the ACEDS certification and Paralegal Certificates! This is a great opportunity for someone to grow their careers. Please apply if you are interested to hear more!

Responsibilities:

The Document Management Technician will work in the USAO EDMI, Civil and Criminal Division., the contractor will conduct the following tasks:

• Perform legal and administrative duties under the direction of Paralegal Supervisor or Document Management Analyst
• Assist with case organization and maintenance including filing, retrieving, and copying case file materials; creating witness binders; preparing deposition and trial exhibits; entering data on-line to case files and other databases; proofreading, editing, correcting OCR'd text files;
• Provide printing assistance including tabbing, numbering, labeling, assembling documents; filling out log sheets and reporting on task progress; and performing quality control on the work of peers in all of these areas
• Prepare documents for image scanning; performs other document collection related activities, including document screening, and labeling of files to be scanned.
• Performs simple database searches
• Schedule appointments, meetings, engagements, and conferences
• Receive and review incoming correspondence and forwards each item to the appropriate AUSA or to other staff based on a knowledge of the duties and functions of the United States Attorney's Office - Receive telephone calls and visitors, screening those which can be handled without help
• Maintain legal and general office files.
• Review, screen, and control incoming mail.
• Searches file for material used in recurring reports. Assembles file data or secures data from staff members into the proper format based on the purpose and nature of the report.
• In a document is just a typing job, the DMT can produce written documents utilizing a range of office automation software. Retrieves required information from various files and records and prepares legal documents with complicated formatting. Ensures proper spelling, punctuation, capitalization, and grammar. Consults with document author to resolve questionable material.
• Use a variety of applications to search and retrieve information necessary to complete assigned tasks: e.g., an internal case management database, files located on shared file network, and external sources such as court records.
• Some physical exertion such as moderate periods of standing; or recurring activities such as bending, crouching, stooping, stretching, reaching; pushing supply carts; or recurring lifting (up to 50lbs) of moderately heavy items such as boxes of cases or supplies
• Use established procedures and policies to aid in the preparation of litigation case files and other records to shipped to an off-site location; locate and retrieve materials identified as subject to shipment; record shipment data into an internal case management system; assemble physical files in boxes for long term storage.

Qualifications:

Required:

• Ability to perform detailed work consistently, accurately, and under pressure extremely important.
• Must be able to read and follow instructions.
• Must be able to understand task, task objectives, and the context of the task in the litigation support effort as a whole.
• Must take the initiative to ask questions when necessary to complete task correctly (e.g. where instructions are not explicit or appear to be contrary to the task objective).
• Must have typing/keyboarding skills and good communication skills.
• Must be knowledgeable user of the Government's office and network environment, including but not limited to, word processing, database, spreadsheet, imaging, and telecommunications systems.
• Undergraduate degree preferred. Litigation support experience valued.
• DOJ MBI must be obtainable (US Citizenship required).

Desired:

• Ability to work in a deadline-driven, fast-paced environment
• Excellent attention to detail and ability to perform tasks accurately and quickly
• Customer-focused, co