Supervisory Mission Support Specialist

Full Job Description

Organizational Location: These positions are located in the Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO), in multiple locations as specified in this announcement. These are non-bargaining unit positions.

Salary: The salary range in this announcement reflects the lowest and highest potential salaries for this position.

The actual salary range will be based on the applicable locality pay for the selected duty location. General Schedule locality pay tables may be found under Salaries & Wages.

IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, 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 must demonstrate you meet the Minimum Qualification requirements as noted below.

Specialized Experience, GS-14: You must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and responsibility to the GS-13 level in the Federal service that included at least 3 of the 4 duties such as: Providing guidance to supervisors, managers, or leadership on administrative programs (e.g., budget, human resources, procurement, logistics, labor and employee relations, or public affairs), including interpreting policies or recommending actions.

Reviewing administrative programs or support functions to identify procedural or regulatory issues and recommending corrective actions.

Developing or implementing program changes, process improvements, or initiatives affecting administrative or mission support activities across multiple organizational units.

Analyzing and resolving administrative issues involving competing requirements, policies, or resource considerations, and recommending solutions to management.

Time-in-Grade Requirements: Under competitive merit promotion procedures, any individual who is currently holding, or who has held within the previous 52 weeks, a General Schedule position under a non-temporary appointment in the competitive or excepted service, must meet "time-in-grade" requirements (have served 52 weeks at the next lower grade of the grade for which you are applying).

Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to current employees applying for a Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment.

NOTE: All current or former Federal employees must provide a copy of their SF-50 (you may need to submit more than one), "Notice of Personnel Action" that indicates proof of status and time-in-grade eligibility.

The SF-50 must include your position, title, series, grade, step, tenure (1 or 2), and type of service (Competitive or Excepted).

All qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement. Qualification claims will be subject to verification.

NOTE: 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.

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 Mission Support Specialist, you will perform the following duties: Develop overall operational plans, objectives and strategies for key support processes; Monitor and evaluate the delivery of support services to key field offices and employees; Direct and oversee the execution of budget, logistics, procurement, and quality assurance programs Lead the development and implementation of effective and responsive human resources management, training, labor and employee relations, and public affairs programs.

This announcement will be used to fill vacancies anywhere within ICE, Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO), Areas of Responsibility (AOR), as vacancies occur. Applicants may select up to two

preferred locations. Although the announcement advertises for multiple locations, vacancies may not exist at every location listed on this job announcement.