Supervisory Asylum Officer

Supervisory Asylum Officer

Department of Homeland Security

Citizenship and Immigration Services

REFUGEE, ASYLUM & INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS, ASYLUM DIVISION

Duties

• Organizational Location: This position is located in the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, within REFUGEE, ASYLUM and INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS, ASYLUM DIVISION and is assigned based on the need of the agency.
• Supervise individuals who make eligibility determinations on complex and highly sensitive affirmative applications for asylum, NACARA, and terminations, including those involving national security concerns and emerging areas of immigration law.
• Oversee the screening and adjudications of individuals indicating a credible fear during the expedited removal process, including final review of Asylum Officer determinations on credible and reasonable fear cases.
• Conduct supervisory reviews to ensure that asylum benefits and other services are being granted appropriately and that an appropriate level of quality in interviewing, case write-ups, and out-processing is achieved and maintained.
• Prepare plans, reports, and analyses of the asylum benefits operation - to include reviewing individual and program performance, and taking action to ensure compliance with established requirements, goals, standards, and objectives.
• Advise and plan the work to be accomplished by subordinates based on priorities and difficulty of work assignments.

Conditions of Employment:

• You must be a U.S. Citizen or U.S. National to apply for this position
• Successfully pass a Background Investigation including financial disclosure
• You must pass a drug screening
• Males born after 12/31/1959 must be registered with the Selective Service
• Political appointees may require OPM approval before on-boarding
• USCIS applies the Telework Enhancement Act of 2010 to its telework program

Supervisory/Managerial Probationary Period: You may be required to serve a twelve-month probationary period upon appointment to this position. You may also be required to complete an appropriate supervisory training course within one year of assignment to this position.
 

Qualifications

GS-13: 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:

• Making final determinations on or preparing legal briefs or other written memoranda that advocate for asylum or immigration benefits cases;
• Analyzing the impact of policy, legislation, or country conditions on asylum or immigration benefits cases;
• Providing technical guidance, mentorship, or training to individuals who adjudicate asylum or immigration benefits cases or who prepare legal briefs or other written memoranda that advocate for asylum or immigration benefits cases;
• Reviewing asylum or immigration benefit decisions to ensure proper application of all relevant guidance.

EDUCATIONAL SUBSTITUTION: There is no educational substitution at this grade level.