Job opening: Immigration Services Analyst
Salary: $99 916 - 129 889 per year
Published at: Aug 22 2023
Employment Type: Full-time
This position is located in National Records Center, Immigration Information and Integrity Branch, Immigration Records Contract Management Section.
As an Immigration Services Analyst, you will act as the Contracting Officer Technical Representative at the local level, performing COTR functions or contractor oversight to ensure compliance with the contract(s).
Duties
Gather, organize, and analyze qualitative and quantitative information to review contract performance.
Develop and/or conduct audience-appropriate briefings, presentations, and other communications for supervisors or executive leadership.
Monitor and assess contractor activities to ensure federal regulations are followed.
Coordinate with government and contract personnel to identify issues, recommending appropriate courses of action.
Provide recommendations for innovations in data collection procedures and enhanced reporting mechanisms to more effectively measure contractor performance.
Qualifications
The qualifications for this position must be met by 11:59 PM (Eastern Time) on 08/31/2023.
Current Federal employees must have served 52 weeks at the lower grade or equivalent grade band in the Federal service. The Time-in-Grade requirement must be met by 11:59 PM (Eastern Time) on 08/31/2023.
The Immigration Records and Identity Services Directorate (IRIS) provides immigration, employment, and identity information accurately and completely to enable confident and timely decisions. Through a culture of innovation and creativity, IRIS continually evaluates and improves processes to achieve optimal performance and drives flexible and modern technology solutions and services to support evolving operational needs. IRIS fosters a "smart creative" environment for employees that empowers and encourages them to innovate, take chances, and strive to create a better way of getting the job done. This "smart creative" environment challenges employees to think creatively and create solutions for how IRIS can continuously enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of operational, customer, and employee related matters.
Selective Placement Factor: You must have Contracting Officer's Representative Level III (COR III) Certification. This experience must be documented in your resume. Failure to do so may result in an ineligible rating.
GS-13 In addition to the requirements at the lower grade level(s), you qualify at the GS-13 level if you possess one (1) year of specialized experience, which is equivalent to at least the GS-12 level in the federal government, that equipped you with the skills needed to successfully perform the duties of the position. You must have experience performing the following duties:
Ensuring that contracts are compliant and within the regulatory requirements,
Conducting studies on contractor performance and presenting the results to organizational management,
Resolving various complex issues associated with the planning and implementation of agency contract oversight and management,
Building and maintaining positive relationships between agency, other federal contract officers, and contractor management.
Please read the following important information to ensure you submit everything we need to consider your application: It is your responsibility to ensure that you submit your responses and appropriate documentation prior to 08/31/2023. Your resume will be used to determine your qualifications for the position advertised in this announcement. Therefore, your resume must highlight your most relevant, significant experience related to the requirements found in the qualification section of this announcement, as well as any applicable education. USCIS will only review the first 5 pages of your resume to determine your initial eligibility/qualifications for a position. As such, please be sure to include content to support your eligibility/qualifications for this position within the first 5 pages. Please note that your full resume will be made available to the hiring manager if you are referred. Be clear and specific when describing your work history since Human Resources cannot make assumptions regarding your experience. Your application will be rated and ranked based on your responses to the online questions.
Please ensure EACH work history includes ALL of the following information:
Job Title (include series and grade if Federal Job)
Duties (be specific in describing your duties)
Employer's name and address
Supervisor name and phone number
Start and end dates including month, day and year (e.g. June 18 2007 to April 05 2008)
Start and end dates for each grade/pay level if you've held a federal position.
Full-time or part-time status (include hours worked per week)
Salary
Determining length of General or Specialized Experience is dependent on the above information and failure to provide the above information may result in a finding of ineligible.
Note: Overstating your qualifications and/or experience in your application materials or application questionnaire may result in your removal from consideration.
Federal Experience: If you are using current or prior federal experience as a basis for qualifying for this position, the grade levels and length of employment (mm/dd/year) at each grade level must be listed in your work history. This information will be further validated if selected for this position.
National Service Experience (i.e., volunteer experience): Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build criteria competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer service. Please provide the dates and amount of time/hours worked earning this experience.
Education
EDUCATIONAL SUBSTITUTION: There is no educational substitution at this grade level.
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