Job opening: Supervisory Asylum Officer
Salary: $136 908 - 177 978 per year
Published at: Oct 16 2023
Employment Type: Full-time
This position is located within Refugee, Asylum and International Operations, Asylum Division, in the following locations:
New Orleans, LA
Tampa, FL
As a Supervisory Asylum Officer (Field Office Director), you will provide technical oversight of all administrative immigration and naturalization programs, activities and operations within a field office.
Duties
Oversee the operations of an office that handles the complex and sensitive adjudication of applications, petitions, and requests for other immigration benefits related to asylum.
Coordinate the prevention and deterrence of fraud, criminal, and national security risks in the administration of USCIS immigration benefit programs, pursuant to the Agency’s Fraud Detection and National Security (FDNS) Program.
Ensure that all activities performed by the office meet legal, administrative, and quality standards and goals established by USCIS.
Establish and execute the yearly budget and work plans of the office to meet anticipated and established goals and objectives.
Serve as a policy expert who analyzes, applies, and explains new or amended legislation, regulations or policy covering immigration programs, activities, or functions for which the organization has responsibility and recognize the potential impact.
Represent USCIS when independently collaborating with crucial governmental and non-governmental stakeholders.
Qualifications
The qualifications for this position must be met by 11:59 PM (Eastern Time) on 10/25/2023.
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 10/25/2023.
GS-15: You qualify at the GS-15 level if you possess one(1) year of specialized experience, which is equivalent to at least the GS-14 level in the federal government, that equipped you with the skills needed to successfully perform the duties of the position. You must have an experience performing the following duties:
Managing or providing technical direction to staff who review or process immigration-related applications and petitions (e.g., applications for asylum; reasonable and credible fear determinations; NACARA; statutory withholding of removal, withholding of removal under the Convention Against Torture (CAT), and deferral of removal under CAT);
Developing policy or operational guidance for the provision of immigration benefit services;
Conducting evaluations of ongoing functions to ensure the organization meets its stated goals.
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 10/25/2023. 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.
Training: If you have not already done so, you will be required to attend the residential, paid RAIO Combined Training course and the Division-specific course(s), that relate to this position, at a USCIS training facility. Depending on the position, the courses may last up to nine weeks, including six weeks of residential training and three weeks of online training. In addition, if you have not already done so, you will be required to attend the residential, paid BASIC Immigration Officer training program, lasting six weeks, at a USCIS training facility. The trainings must be completed successfully according to the standards of the agency. Failure to do so will be grounds for mandatory removal from the position. Such failure will result in either reassignment to a different position, demotion, or separation by appropriate procedures.
