[blindlaw] ASSISTANT UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, UNITED STATES ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, DISTRICT OF MONTANA, BILLINGS OFFICE, VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT #12-MT-006

[Nightingale, Noel]

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ASSISTANT UNITED STATES ATTORNEY
UNITED STATES ATTORNEY'S OFFICE

DISTRICT OF MONTANA
BILLINGS OFFICE
VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT #12-MT-006

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About the Office: The U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Montana has offices in Billings, Butte, Great Falls, Helena, and Missoula. This position will be located in Billings, Montana

The Billings office handles various criminal cases including violent crime (assaults, burglaries, homicides, sexual assaults), economic crime, public corruption, immigration, drugs. The civil cases include employment litigation, defensive torts, social security, bankruptcy and foreclosures.

The Billings Office staff consists of 11 Assistant U.S. Attorneys, two Special Assistant U.S. Attorneys, six Paralegal Specialists, a Victim Witness Specialist, three Legal Assistants, a Secretary, and five administrative staff.

Responsibilities and Opportunity Offered:

The Assistant U.S. Attorney will handle the prosecution of both general narcotic cases and Indian Country cases for the District of Montana. The narcotic prosecution duties include handling both Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) and non-OCDETF narcotics cases. In addition to trial work, other areas of responsibility include interaction with multi-jurisdictional drug task forces and training of officers. The Indian County duties include violent crime cases which occur on Indian Reservations in Federal Court. Among other substantive areas, cases will include assaults, burglaries, drugs, sexual assaults and homicides. The AUSA will also act as a liaison between specific Indian reservation or reservations and the U.S. Attorney. This particular position is also responsible for appellate work.

Qualifications: Required qualifications: Applicants must possess a J.D. degree and licensed and authorized to practice as an attorney under the laws of a State, territory, or District of Columbia, demonstrate excellent computer literacy skills to include experience with automated research on the Internet, and electronic e-mail and word processing systems. Applicants must have at least one year of post J.D. professional experience. Applicants must be active members in good standing of the bar (any jurisdiction). Applicant must also be a member of the Montana Bar or sit for and pass the Montana Bar exam shortly after joining the U.S. Attorney's Office. The position has promotion potential to an AD-29.

Preferred qualifications: Applicants must demonstrate a quick analytical ability and the facility to accurately and precisely articulate the critical issues in a case. Applicants must demonstrate superior oral and writing skills as well as strong research and interpersonal skills, and good judgment. Applicants must possess excellent communication and courtroom skills and exhibit the ability to work in a supportive and professional manner with other attorneys, support staff and client agencies. Applicants must have a demonstrated capacity to function, with minimal guidance, in a highly demanding environment. Experience with automated electronic court filing.

Travel: Travel will be required.

Salary Information: Assistant United States Attorneys' pay is administratively determined based, in part, on the number years of professional attorney experience. The current recruiting range of pay is $48,310 - $127,864. The District does not anticipate having the financial resources to offer a salary at the top of the range. These rates include a locality pay of 14.16%.

Location: Billings, MT is located in the south central part of our state. You will find a rich history filled with names such as Lewis and Clark, Custer, Sitting Bull, Calamity Jane and others. As the largest city in Montana, with a population of approximately 100,000, Billings is a hub for business including manufacturing and retail, medical and transportation. You'll find a modern city that's a center for culture and commerce, yet still surrounded by six mountain ranges. In short, you'll find more than a few surprises in Montana's "Magic City." The city earned the nickname of "magic" because its growth was immediate and remarkable. The elevation is 3,125 feet and the average daytime temperature in January (winter) is 28 degrees, while July (summer) is 85.8 degrees. The average annual precipitation is 15 inches and snowfall is 57.2 inches. Billings is served by an International Airport providing service from several major airlines. Two modern and fully-equipped hospitals, over forty clinics, and hundreds of physicians offer every major medical specialty and complete a range of medical services, surgical services and emergency care. Three colleges, Montana State University-Billings, Rocky Mountain College and Montana State University College of Technology offer innovative and timely programs that draw students from a wide radius. Elementary and secondary schools are a real source of civic pride. Billings' high schools consistently rank in the top percentile nationwide in score achievement for the American College Test (ACT). Billings' students participate in the Montana Comprehensive Assessment/Iowa Test of Basic Skills (ITBS). These tests are nationally recognized educational barometers. The recreational benefits of this area are abundant with Yellowstone River adjacent to the city providing fishing, rafting and camping. There are also abundant access to hiking and backpacking trails, walking and biking trails. Yellowstone National Park in the city's back yard, is one of the most scenic recreation wonders of Montana.

Relocation Expenses: Relocation expenses are not authorized.

Application Process and Deadline Date: Interested applicants should send a detailed resume and cover letter to the address below. The material should include information regarding the education and professional background of the candidate and a listing of all bar memberships.

United States Attorney's Office
Attn: Sheryl Nordahl
PO Box 8329
Missoula, MT 59807

If Using Overnight Service:

105 E. Pine
Missoula, MT 59802

No telephone calls please. Applications must be received by 4:30 p.m. Mountain Standard Time on the closing date, which is July 27, 2012. If you prefer ,you may e-mail your resume and cover letter to sheryl.nordahl at usdoj.gov<mailto:sheryl.nordahl at usdoj.gov>. Applications sent via e-mail must be received by 4:30 p.m. Mountain Standard Time on July 27, 2012.

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

Department Policies: 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.

It is the policy of the Department to achieve a drug-free workplace and persons selected for employment will be required to pass a drug test which screens for illegal drug use prior to final appointment. Employment is also contingent upon the completion and satisfactory adjudication of a background investigation. Only U.S. citizens are eligible for employment with the Executive Office for Immigration Review and the United States Attorneys' Offices. Unless otherwise indicated in a particular job advertisement, non-U.S. Citizens may apply for employment with other organizations, but should be advised that appointments of non-U.S. Citizens are extremely rare; such appointments would be possible only if necessary to accomplish the Department's mission and would be subject to strict security requirements. Applicants who hold dual citizenship in the U.S. and another country will be considered on a case-by-case basis.

There is no formal rating system for applying veterans' preference to attorney appointments in the excepted service; however, the Department of Justice considers veterans' preference eligibility as a positive factor in attorney hiring. Applicants eligible for veterans' preference must include that information in their cover letter or resume and attach supporting documentation (e.g., the DD 214, Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty and other supporting documentation) to their submissions. Although the "point" system is not used, per se, applicants eligible to claim 10-point preference must submit Standard Form (SF) 15, Application for 10-Point Veteran Preference, and submit the supporting documentation required for the specific type of preference claimed (visit the OPM website, www.opm.gov/forms/pdf_fill/SF15.pdf<http://www.opm.gov/forms/pdf_fill/SF15.pdf> for a copy of SF 15, which lists the types of 10-point preferences and the required supporting document(s). Applicants should note that SF 15 requires supporting documentation associated with service-connected disabilities or receipt of non-service-connected disability pensions to be dated 1991 or later except in the case of service members submitting official statements or retirement orders from a branch of the Armed Forces showing that his or her retirement was due to a permanent service-connected disability or that he/she was transferred to the permanent disability retired list (the statement or retirement orders must indicate that the disability is 10% or more).

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