Are you interested in a career in criminal justice? The United States Probation Office in the District of Oregon is focused on promoting justice, reducing risk to the community, and providing opportunities for positive change. We are currently seeking applicants for Probation Technicians in our Portland, Oregon office. This position provides a great introduction to work in a Federal Courthouse with the U.S. Probation Office and exposure to other jobs available in the Federal Judiciary. Get your foot in the door with this excellent entry level position!
Probation Technicians provide clerical and operational support duties such as inputting data, generating and reviewing reports, scanning, typing, filing, answering phones, greeting visitors, and urinalysis collection.
Pay starts at $19.27 per hour. This position is classified at a CL 23 ($40,076 – $65,122 annual salary), depending on education and work experience. For a complete job announcement with qualification requirements and application instructions go to https://ord.uscourts.gov/index.php/court-info/careers.
QUALIFICATIONS
Minimum Qualifications:
To qualify at CL-23, step 1, applicant must be a high school graduate or equivalent and have two years of general experience. Education above the high school level may be substituted for required general experience on the basis of one academic year (30 semester or 45 quarter hours of undergraduate study) equals one year of general experience. To qualify at CL-23, step 2 – 25, applicant must have at least one year of specialized experience. Education may not be substituted for specialized experience.
General experience is defined as progressively responsible clerical, office, or other work that indicates the possession of, or the ability to acquire, the particular knowledge and skills needed to perform the position’s duties.
Specialized experience is defined as progressively responsible clerical or administrative experience requiring the regular and recurring application of clerical procedures that demonstrate the ability to apply a body of rules, regulations, directives, or laws and involve the routine use of specialized terminology and automated software and equipment for word processing, data entry or report generation. Such experience is commonly encountered in law firms, legal counsel offices, banking and credit firms, educational institutions, social service organizations, insurance companies, real estate and title offices and corporate headquarters or human resources/payroll operations.
For a complete job announcement with qualification requirements and application instructions go to https://ord.uscourts.gov/index.php/court-info/careers.