Legal Assistant (oa)

Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys and the Office of the U.S. Attorneys; Salt Lake City (UT); On-site; USD 52,000 - 78,000; Full time

Job summary

Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys and the Office of the U.S. Attorneys is seeking candidates for a GS-8 level role in the collection and enforcement discipline.

The position requires experience in debt collection, financial analysis, and asset tracing, with a focus on negotiating payment plans and preparing related legal documents. Applicants must meet typing and qualification criteria, including ICTAP/CTAP provisions for eligible displaced or surplus federal employees.

Qualifications

• Specialized experience in debt collection and analyzing financial information to determine ability to pay.
• Initiating contact with debtors and negotiating written payment schedules.
• Using enforcement tools such as exams, garnishments or writs of executions.
• Reviewing debtor financial asset information to prepare payment plans.
• Reconciling payment transactions with records and identifying inconsistencies.
• Performing skip tracing and locating assets.
• Preparing a variety of legal documents and maintaining files.
• Typing speed of at least 40 words per minute with minimal errors.

Responsibilities

• Engage debtors to determine ability to pay and negotiate structured payment plans.
• Apply enforcement tools when necessary to collect payments and resolve disputes.
• Review and reconcile financial records, ensuring accuracy and completeness.
• Prepare legal documents and maintain organized case files.
• Conduct skip tracing to locate assets and verify information.
• Communicate findings clearly to supervisors and stakeholders.

Skills

Debt collection

Financial analysis

Negotiation

Legal document prep

Skip tracing

Asset locating

Payment plan planning

Data/document reconciliation

Job description

For more information on the Department of Justice and the United States Attorneys' Offices, visit http://www.justice.gov/usao/. As needed, additional positions may be filled using this announcement. This position is also being announced to applicants eligible to apply through Merit Staffing procedures under 26-UT-13027211-MS.

GS-8: To be eligible at the GS-8 level, you must meet the following condition as defined below.

Specialized Experience

• working in a collection environment obtaining and analyzing financial information to determine ability to pay
• initiating contact with debtors concerning payment of their obligations, their ability to pay, and negotiating written payment schedules to assure successful debt collection
• utilizing enforcement tools such as debtor interviews, exams, garnishments or writs of executions
• reviewing debtor financial asset information to prepare payment plans
• reconciling payment transactions with records and documents and identifying and resolving inconsistencies
• performing skip tracing
• locating assets
• preparing a variety of legal documents
• and maintaining files

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.)

Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP) -

The ICTAP provides eligible displaced Federal competitive service employees with selection priority over other candidates for competitive service vacancies. If your agency has notified you in writing that you are a displaced employee eligible for ICTAP consideration, you may receive selection priority if: 1) this vacancy is within your ICTAP eligibility; 2) you apply under the instructions in the announcement; and 3) you are found well-qualified for this vacancy. To be well-qualified, you must satisfy all qualification requirements for the vacant position and receive a score of 85 or better on established ranking criteria. You must provide proof of eligibility to receive selection priority. Such proof may include a copy of your written notification of ICTAP eligibility or a copy of your separation personnel action form. Additional information about ICTAP eligibility is at http://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/workforce-restructuring/employee-guide-to-career-transition/.

Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) -

The CTAP provides eligible surplus and displaced competitive service employees in the Department of Justice with selection priority over other candidates for competitive service vacancies. If your Department of Justice component has notified you in writing that you are a surplus or displaced employee eligible for CTAP consideration, you may receive selection priority if: 1) this vacancy is within your CTAP eligibility, 2) you apply under the instructions in this announcement, and 3) you are found well-qualified for this vacancy. To be well-qualified, you must satisfy all qualification requirements for the vacant position and receive a score of 85 or better on established ranking criteria. You must provide a copy of your written notification of CTAP eligibility with your application. Additional information about CTAP eligibility is at http://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/workforce-restructuring/employee-guide-to-career-transition/.