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eDiscovery Specialist

DEPARTMENT OF TECHNOLOGY & INNOVATION

Bureau of I.T. Planning

 

Number of Positions: 1

(Additional vacancies possible pending budget approval)

 

Starting Annual Salary: $80,628.00

 

Applications for this position will be accepted until 11:59pm CDT on 11-25-24 to 12-16-24

 

Under general supervision, this position is responsible for the identification, preservation, collection, and analysis of data for a department’s eDiscovery and litigation requests; and performs other related duties as required.

 

ESSENTIAL DUTIES

  • Receives, reviews, and prioritizes internal and external information requests (e.g. FOIA, litigation, internal investigations) for electronically stored data, images, and documents
  • Follows established guidelines and requirements to validate requests for information
  • Tracks and manages information requests from various sources and ensures expectations and deadlines are met
  • Fulfills ESI data collection, data processing, and document production in response to discovery requests
  • Constructs and executes complex queries across various systems to fulfill eDiscovery/ESI search requests
  • Extracts, indexes, merges, and manipulates large and multiple data sets
  • Uses discovery and legal review software to extract information from internal and external data sources
  • Exports data from various sources and uses application tools to organize and convert information into a variety of formats
  • Validates large volumes of data sets for accuracy and completeness and resolves discrepancies of duplicate, incorrect, or missing information
  • Prepares reports to summarize findings and provides data to support analysis of FOIA landscape
  • Provides consultative services to internal City stakeholders relating to the planning, design, development, and implementation of public records related technology and database systems
  • Works closely with Department of Law and confers with attorneys to discuss the methodology and results of findings
  • Acts as subject matter expert on eDiscovery procedures and digital records coverage; stays up to date on relevant discovery software functionality and updates
  • Works with supervisor and Department of Law to develop and maintain business procedures for end-to-end eDiscovery processing, including data collection, recordkeeping, case processing, and export/production
  • Maintains a level of understanding of the business uses for the databases/systems from which data is being requested

 

Additional duties may be required for this position

 

 

Location:         2 N. LaSalle Street, Suite 1010

Days:               Monday - Friday

Hours:             8:00am to 4:00pm (Flexible)

 

THIS POSITION IS IN THE CAREER SERVICE

 

Qualifications

 

  • Graduation from an accredited college or university with a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Law, or a directly related field, plus three (3) years of eDiscovery experience, technical litigation support, or public records research, analysis, and reporting experience, or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.

 

 

SELECTION REQUIREMENTS

This position requires applicants to complete an interview. The interviewed candidate(s) possessing the qualifications best suited to fulfill the responsibilities of the position will be selected.

APPLICATION EVALUATION:  Initial evaluation will be based on information provided on the application and the documents submitted.  Department of Human Resource staff will review applications after the final posting date.  Staff will follow any and all required Employment/Hiring Plan provisions, federal, state and local laws, and Collective Bargaining Agreements when applicable. Staff will apply hiring preferences as required by the municipal code. Placement on an eligibility list is not an offer or guarantee of an interview nor employment with the City of Chicago.

COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY: To further our commitment to hiring applicants with diverse experience the City of Chicago has adopted the following ordinances 2-74-020 and 2-74-075.  The ordinances provide a preference to applicants who meet minimum qualifications and who are veterans of the Armed Forces, and/or residents of Socio-Economically Disadvantaged Areas (SEDA) and/or Chicago Public School (CPS) high school graduates to be referred to departments for consideration. These hiring preferences do not apply to bidders, as Collective Bargaining Agreements define the hiring process for bidders.  For positions covered by a collective bargaining agreement, bidders will be considered before external candidates. To learn more about our hiring practices click here. 

 

 

ALL REFERENCES TO POLITICAL SPONSORSHIP OR RECOMMENDATION MUST BE OMITTED FROM ALL APPLICATION MATERIALS SUBMITTED FOR CITY EMPLOYMENT.

 

The City of Chicago in an Equal Employment Opportunity and Military Friendly Employer.

 

The City of Chicago is committed to providing fair chance hiring and welcomes applicants with past convictions, recognizing the value of a diverse workforce and the potential for growth and positive change.

 

 

City of Chicago

Brandon Johnson, Mayor