Supervisory Detention and Deportation Officer (ICE Academy)

Full Job Description

View Common Definitions of terms found in this announcement. Organizational Location: These positions are located in the Department of Homeland Security, U.S.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO), in Charleston, South Carolina; Glynco, Georgia; Washington, District of Columbia. These are non-bargaining unit positions.

Qualification requirements must be met by the date of application submission. Qualification claims will be subject to verification.

IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE IN YOUR RESUME, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE WILL NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE.

Do not copy and paste the duties, specialized experience, or occupational assessment questionnaire from this announcement into your resume as that will not be considered a demonstration of your qualifications for this position.

You qualify for the GS-14 grade level if you possess one (1) year of specialized experience at the GS-13 grade level or equivalent performing duties such as: Develop original course plans and designs for basic and advance course concepts.

Assess program or course curriculum, content, and instructional materials to coordinate the development of course products.

Supervise and evaluate students enrolled in resident and nonresident training programs Review and analyze enforcement training program planning for effectiveness and integration with agency plans.

Modify training program curriculum and submit course revision recommendations for review and use.

In addition to the above requirements, your resume will be reviewed to determine possession of the following competencies: Planning and Evaluating - Organizes work, sets priorities, and determines resource requirements; determines short- or long-term goals and strategies to achieve them; coordinates with other organizations or parts of the organization to accomplish goals; monitors progress and evaluates outcomes.

Teaching Others - Helps others learn through formal or informal methods; identifies training needs; provides constructive feedback; coaches others on how to perform tasks; acts as a mentor.

Problem Solving - Identifies problems; determines accuracy and relevance of information; uses sound judgment to generate and evaluate alternatives, and to make recommendations.

Manages and Organizes Information - Identifies a need; gathers, organizes, and maintains information; determines its importance and accuracy, and communicates it by a variety of methods.

AND Leadership: Motivates, encourages, and guides others toward accomplishing goals; coaches, mentors; adapts leadership style to a variety of situations.

Decision Making: Makes sound, well-informed, and objective decisions; perceives the impact and implications of decisions; commits to action, even in uncertain situations, to accomplish organizational goals.

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 critical 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 experience.

Current or Former Political Appointees: The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) must authorize employment offers made to current or former political appointees.

If you are currently, or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule C, Non-career SES or Presidential Appointee employee in the Executive Branch, you must disclose this information to the Human Resources Office.

The Department of Homeland Security encourages persons with disabilities to apply, to include persons with intellectual, severe physical or psychiatric disabilities, as defined by 5 CFR 213.3102(u), and/or Disabled Veterans with a compensable service-connected disability of 30 percent or more as defined by 5 CFR 315.707.

Veterans, Peace Corps, VISTA volunteers, and persons with disabilities possess a wealth of unique talents, experiences, and competencies that can be invaluable to the DHS mission.

If you are a member of one of these groups, you may not have to compete with the public for federal jobs.

To determine your eligibility for non-competitive appointment and to understand the required documentation, click on the links above or contact the Servicing Human Resources Office listed at the bottom of this announcement.

Major Duties:

As a Supervisory Detention and Deportation Officer (ICE Academy), you will perform the following duties: Supervise the design, development and coordination of training programs, courses, workshops and seminars covering a broad spectrum of subject material.

Provide leadership, advice, and guidance at national level on DRO Academy training programs and activities.

Analyze and evaluate program effectiveness, initiating changes in procedures, regulations, and instructions as required to improve effectiveness.

Perform administrative and human resources management functions relative to staff supervised.

Conduct liaison with other ICE operational, management, and program offices and representatives of other Federal, State, local and foreign law enforcement agencies.