Government Information Assistant

US-Executive-Office-For-Immigration-Revie; Falls Church (VA); On-site; USD 52,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

The Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR), located within the U.S. Department of Justice, is seeking a Government Information Assistant to support the FOIA program by certifying and processing legal records, maintaining request information, digitizing case materials, performing quality control, and coordinating record retrieval.

This is a Competitive Service position. Applicants must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at the GS-06 level, performing the duties listed

Qualifications

• Experience processing records requests.
• Maintaining request data in an electronic tracking system.
• Converting paper or audio case records into electronic formats using scanning equipment.
• Performing quality control of digitized records.

Responsibilities

• Certify and process FOIA records to support timely responses.
• Maintain accurate records of requests and case status in electronic systems.
• Digitize hard-copy materials and ensure clear, usable files.
• Coordinate record retrieval and ensure compliance with standards.

Skills

Records management

Data entry

Digitization

Quality control

Tools

Scanning equipment

Job description

This position is located in the Office of the General Counsel, Executive Office for Immigration Review, U. S. Department of Justice. This position supports the Freedom of Information Act program by certifying and processing legal records, maintaining request information, digitizing case materials, performing quality control, and coordinating record retrieval.

This is a Competitive Service position; additional positions may be filled from this announcement within 90 days of certificate issuance. In order to qualify for the Government Information Assistant position, you must meet the following minimum qualifications.

FOR THE GS-07 LEVEL:

Specialized Experience:

Applicants must have at least one year (52 weeks, full-time) of specialized work experience equivalent to the GS-06 level in the Federal service (or comparable experience outside the Federal service), performing 3 or more of the following duties:

1. Processing records requests by reviewing and assembling case or legal documents under established procedures to support timely responses;
2. Maintaining request data and case status information in an electronic tracking system to ensure accurate records;
3. Converting paper or audio case records into electronic formats using scanning or duplication equipment to produce clear, usable files; and
4. Performing quality control of digitized records to verify legibility, searchability, completeness, and compliance with established records standards.

(Your resume must CLEARLY demonstrate this experience)

Applicants must meet all qualifications and eligibility requirements by the closing date of the announcement.

IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE MAY NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE. If your resume does not support your questionnaire answers, we will not allow credit for your response(s).

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