Supervisory Records Management Specialist

Protect your homeland and defend your culture. Join USCIS, America's frontline defense against illegal foreign infiltration and fraud. As a Supervisory Records Management Specialist, you will provide technical and administrative supervision to Records personnel throughout the Field Office.

Provide technical and administrative supervision to all office personnel on the maintenance and handling of immigration records within the Field Office.

Act as local Mail Facility Manager overseeing and supervising the local mail room through subordinate supervisors and staff. Communicate and resolve local issues with mail couriers on securely shipping and receiving file records.

Conduct on and off-site reviews of Field Office Records operations to provide guidance, oversight, and training on managing immigration records.

Coordinate direction of the Records Management Program; collaborate with District, Region, Headquarters, and Field Offices to formulate and apply records policies, guidelines and procedures that impact the Field and other components within DHS.

Inform management of the creation, collection, storage and disposition of immigration data and records; program compliance to laws, regulations, policies, guidelines; external movement and maintenance of records; reconciliation and updates to systems

May act as the Technical Point of Contact (TPOC) to manage the Contract Performance Analysis Unit (CPAU) in those locations where there is a Field Operations Support Services contract.

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 This position IS considered "essential" for purposes of reporting to work when the facility might otherwise be closed. Residency Requirement: There is a residency requirement for all applicants not currently employed by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. This residency requirement states that candidates must have, for three of the last five years immediately prior to applying for this position; (1) resided in the United States; OR (2) worked for the United States Government as an employee overseas in a Federal or Military capacity, OR (3) been a dependent of a U.S. Federal or Military employee serving overseas. 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. Certification: When applicable there may be a requirement to obtain and maintain COR certification if a Records contract is present at duty location.

EDUCATIONAL SUBSTITUTION: There is no educational substitution at this grade level. Voluntary Separation Incentive Payment (VSIP): Per 5 CFR 576.202, An employee who receives a Voluntary Separation Incentive Payment (VSIP) and later accepts employment for compensation with the Government of the United States within 5 years of the date of the separation on which the VSIP is based, including work under a personal services contract or other direct contract, must repay the entire amount of the VSIP to the agency that paid it (proof of payment is required) before the individual's first day of reemployment. Any offers of employment made pursuant to this announcement will be consistent with all applicable authorities, including Presidential Memoranda, Executive Orders, interpretive U.S. Office of Personnel Management guidance and U.S. Office of Management and Budget plans and policies concerning hiring. These authorities are subject to change. Applying to this announcement certifies that you give permission for DHS to share your application with others in DHS for similar positions. Common definitions for hiring terms found in this announcement.