[blindlaw] U.S. Attorney Posting - South Dakota

[Ross Doerr]

ASSISTANT UNITED STATES ATTORNEY
UNITED STATES ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
DISTRICT OF SOUTH DAKOTA
12-SD-AUSA-Crim-005
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About the Office: The United States Attorney's Office, District of South Dakota includes a main office located in Sioux Falls, South Dakota and two branch offices located in Pierre and Rapid City. South Dakota encompasses a large and diverse geographical area of 77,123 square miles and a population of about 754,844 people.

Additional information on the State of South Dakota's outdoor and cultural attractions can be found on the Internet at the following website: http://southdakotatourism.org/.

Responsibilities and Opportunity Offered: The Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) will serve in the Criminal Division in the Sioux Falls office. 

Type of Posisition: This announcement is only open to current employees of U.S. Attorney's Offices and the Executive Office for United States Attorneys.

Qualifications: Required qualifications: Applicants must possess a J.D. degree, be an active member of the bar (any jurisdiction)and have at least five years of post-JD experience. In addition, applicant must also be a member, or be eligible to become a member, of the federal district court bar. If the successful candidate is not a member of the South Dakota Bar, he or she must become a member of the South Dakota Bar within twelve months.

Preferred Qualifications: For this position, applicants should have a minimum of five years professional experience.

Travel: Travel within and outside the District will be required.

Salary Information: Assistant US Attorneys' pay is administratively determined based, in part, on the number of years of professional attorney experience. The recruiting range of basic pay is $44,581 to $131,534, plus applicable locality pay. The current locality pay for South Dakota is 14.16%. 

Location: Sioux Falls, South Dakota. 

Relocation Expenses: Relocation expenses will not be authorized.

Application Process and Deadline Date: Interested persons should send a cover letter (highlighting relevant experience), a resume, a writing sample and a current performance appraisal (if applicable) by email to: usasd.12.ausa.crim.005 at usdoj.gov

If you have any problems with emailing your application, please call 605-357-2304 for assistance.

Applications must be received by August 31, 2012.

Internet Sites: This and other attorney vacancy announcements can be found at:
http://www.justice.gov/careers/legal/attvacancies.html

Department Policies: Following appointment, Assistant United States Attorneys generally must reside in the district to which he or she is appointed. See 28 U.S.C. § 545 for district-specific information.

All initial attorney appointments to the Department of Justice are made on a time-limited (temporary) basis. Temporary appointments may, or may not, be extended or made permanent without further competition. 

The U.S. Department of Justice is an Equal Opportunity/Reasonable Accommodation Employer. Except where otherwise provided by law, there will be no discrimination because of color, race, religion, national origin, political affiliation, marital status, disability (physical or mental), age, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, genetic information, status as a parent, membership or non-membership in an employee organization, on the basis of personal favoritism, or any non merit factor. The Department of Justice welcomes and encourages applications from persons with physical and mental disabilities. The Department is firmly committed to satisfying its affirmative obligations under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, to ensure that persons with disabilities have every opportunity to be hired and advanced on the basis of merit within the Department of Justice. This agency provides reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities where appropriate. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please notify the agency. Determinations on requests for reasonable accommodation will be made on a case-by-case basis.