Fact Witness Coordinator

About the role

• Fact Witness Coordinator
• Employment Type: Full Time, Entry-Level
• Department: Legal/Administrative

CGS is seeking a Fact Witness Coordinator to join our team supporting the legal mission of a large federal agency in Charlotte, NC. This position will allow candidates to demonstrate expertise in providing assistance to the Victim Witness Unit with coordinating witnesses for trials in Federal Court.

CGS brings motivated, highly skilled, and creative people together to solve the government’s most dynamic problems with cutting-edge technology. To carry out our mission, we are seeking candidates who are excited to contribute to government innovation, appreciate collaboration, and can anticipate the needs of others. Here at CGS, we offer an environment in which our employees feel supported, and we encourage professional growth through various learning opportunities.

Job Duties

The Contractor shall provide all clerical services required to perform the tasks related to the support of the USAO fact witness management process by providing a variety of direct assistance to USAO Victim-Witness personnel, AUSAs, legal assistants, administrative staff, and other USAO personnel.

Provide witness management assistance prior to, during, and after trial. Typical assignments include: work directly with fact witnesses, provide assistance and support to ensure appearance for court, pre-trial conferences, and grand jury.

Receive visitors, field phone calls, questions and other inquiries from fact witnesses seeking information pertaining to court, pre-trial conferences, grand jury appearances and -expense reimbursement. Obtain pertinent information for files and documents necessary to arrange witness travel and reimbursements.

Initiate contact/notify fact witnesses concerning travel arrangements, appearance date/time, and determine any special circumstances or needs of the fact witness. Use judgment to determine when AUSA should be notified of special circumstances or needs of fact witnesses.

Meet with fact witnesses upon arrival to designated hearing or pre-trial conference, offer and perform courtroom orientation, accompany witness to court, ensure a safe waiting area is available, and collect necessary documentation and signatures for fact witness reimbursement documents.

High school Diploma is required, undergraduate degree is preferred

• Good communication skills
• Provide word processing and data entry/retrieval
• Ability to review and analyze data and information from multiple sources

• Ability to establish case/project files
• Ability to enter and retrieve data from databases
• Ability to prepare and format management reports
• Ability to manipulate, transfer, compute and print information

• Ability to prepare and correct reports and correspondence using word processing software
• Schedule appointments
• Answer inquiries regarding case-related information as maintained in the database

Our commitment

• Contact Government Services (CGS) strives to simplify and enhance government bureaucracy through the optimization of human, technical, and financial resources.
• We combine cutting edge technology with world-class personnel to deliver customized solutions that fit our clients’ specific needs.
• We are committed to solving the most challenging and dynamic problems.

• For the past nine years we’ve been growing our government-contracting portfolio, and along the way we’ve created valuable partnerships by demonstrating a commitment to honesty, professionalism, and quality work.
• Here at CGS we value honesty through hard work and self-awareness, professionalism in all we do, and to deliver the best quality to our consumers mending those relations for years to come.

Benefits

We care about our employees. Therefore, we offer a comprehensive benefits package:

• Health, Dental, and Vision
• Life Insurance
• 401k
• Flexible Spending Account (Health, Dependent Care, and Commuter)
• Paid Time Off and Observance of State/Federal Holidays

Join our team and become part of meaningful government innovation!

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