Job opening: Adjudication Officer
Salary: $132 368 - 172 075 per year
Published at: Sep 22 2023
Employment Type: Full-time
This position is located in the Field Operations Directorate, Office of Field Operations, Investor Program Office (IPO), Compliance Division, Background Check Unit (BCU).
As an Adjudication Officer, you will safeguard the integrity of the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program by detecting, analyzing, and evaluating fraud, national security, and public safety threats. Provide oversight, liaison, and evaluation activities with law enforcement and adjudications elements.
Duties
Review and interpret new and established directives, instructions, regulations, etc. and delegations of authority for potential impact on program objectives, operation policies, work operations, and process.
Conducts background security checks, screening for fraud, public safety, and national security threats while identifying admissibility and removability indicators.
Liaises with law enforcement officials, adjudications, Fraud Detection and National Security (FDNS), USCIS officials, and other government agencies for deconfliction.
Drafts local and national background checks policy for dissemination throughout the agency. Interprets changes to policy and provides guidance to executive leadership to ensure program integrity.
Provide expert advice, guidance, and interpretation on policy matters relating to the background and security checks area and devise and implement changes where needed.
Provide oversight of cases involving national security and egregious public safety concerns and serve as a subject matter expert in more complex adjudications.
Collect, analyze, and evaluate information from DHS internal systems and make determinations related to national security and egregious public safety issues.
Independently conduct legal research and prepare memoranda, position papers, legal decisions, notices to appear in removal proceedings, and responses for litigation.
Qualifications
The qualifications for this position must be met by 11:59 PM (Eastern Time) on 10/02/2023.
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 10/02/2023.
GS-14: You qualify at the GS-14 level if you possess one (1) year of specialized experience, which is equivalent to at least the GS-13 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:
Establishing and maintaining liaisons with local, state, and federal government agencies on matters relating to immigration policy.
Providing subject matter expertise in a variety of immigration law, regulations, policies, and procedures to varied audiences, particularly as it relates to immigration benefit adjudications.
Reviewing and providing expert guidance, direction, and support on policy matters relating to background checks in support of immigration adjudications.
Making final determinations and writing assessments, legal decisions, or analysis of difficult or sensitive immigration cases that are precedent-setting, have high visibility, or are of great importance to the agency.
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 10/02/2023. 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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