UNITED STATES ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
DISTRICT OF ARIZONA
09-AZ-10
The United States Attorney’s Office (USAO), District of Arizona, is seeking applications from attorneys for multiple Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) positions in one of the largest USAOs in the nation. The USAO prosecutes a wide range of federal cases involving organized crime, terrorism, complex securities and fraud cases, immigration offenses, alien smuggling, narcotics, health care fraud, public corruption and violent crimes originating on public lands and in Arizona’s federally recognized Indian tribes. The work of the Criminal Division mirrors the varied activities of the federal government and offers perhaps the most challenging and diverse caseload of any law office, public or private, in the country.
Responsibilities and Opportunity Offered: Assistant United States Attorneys have the opportunity to represent the interests of the United States of America in the United States District Court for the District of Arizona and the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and, in performing this important public service, to exercise responsibility that is unparalleled in any other job that a litigator might undertake. AUSAs immediately undertake numerous cases, many high profile, in any of several units within each division.
Upon completing the attached attorney questionnaire please indicate your preference in appointment, type work schedule and location.
Appointment: We are soliciting for the following appointments if you want to be considered for both please specify to wish you want to be considered.
* Term Appointment - Attorneys are appointed to a position that is funded for a defined period of time and does not convey or guarantee the extension beyond the specified time.
* Permanent Appointment - Attorney appointed to a permanent position will have to serve an initial 18 month appointment while the background investigation is completed. After the completion of the background investigation the attorney will be required to serve a trial period before the conversion to a permanent appointment.
Work Schedule: Positions are available for full and part time hours. Please specify if you want to be considered under the part time schedule.
Qualifications: Preferred experience would include experience managing large complex conspiracy investigations, substantial trial experience, appellate experience and violent crime experience. Investigative grand jury and wiretap experience also would be helpful. The applicant must work well with client agencies, possess a J.D. degree, be an active member of the bar (any jurisdiction), possess superior oral and written communication skills, as well as strong character and interpersonal skills, and have demonstrated the capacity to function, with minimal guidance, in a highly demanding environment.
Travel: Travel throughout Arizona and nation-wide may be necessary.
Salary Information: Assistant United States Attorneys’ pay is administratively determined based, in part, on the number of years of professional attorney experience. The base salary is $43,922 - $116,250 plus locality. The locality pay will be payed based on the location which you want to be considered for.
Location: Vacancies may be filled in Phoenix, Tucson, Flagstaff, or Yuma Arizona. Please specify the preferred location
Relocation Expenses: Relocation expenses will not be authorized.
Application Process and Deadline Date: Your application documents must include: 1) your resume; 2) the attached attorney questionnaire; 3) one writing sample consisting of 15 pages or less; and 4) references. The application documents should be contained within one file (with one filename), preferable in PDF format. Should you need assistance with converting your document(s) into a PDF format, please consider contacting a commercial document copying / handling service of your choice. All application documents need to be submitted to the office by March 31, 2010. This is an open continuous announcement and selections will be made as needed. We recommend you submit your application as soon as possible.
All applicants will need to submit their completed application to USAAZ.AttorneyApplications@usdoj.gov . Please specify to what location you want to be considered for the Phoenix, Tucson, Flagstaff, or Yuma, Arizona.
Internet Sites: This and other attorney vacancy announcements can be found at www.usdoj.gov/oarm/attvacancies.html
Other Info: Term positions are based upon special funding and subject to approval, as such, may be converted to permanent positions without further competition, if approved and funding is available; however conversion is neither promised nor guaranteed..
Department Policies: The U.S. Department of Justice is an Equal Opportunity/Reasonable Accommodation Employer Except where otherwise provided by law, there will be no discrimination based on sex, sexual orientation, color, race, religion, national origin, politics, marital status, disability, age, status as a parent, membership or nonmembership in an employee organization, or personal favoritism. 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 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 are encouraged to include that information in their cover letter or resume and attach supporting documentation (e.g., the DD 214 or other substantiating documents) to their submissions.