If you are interested in a rewarding and challenging career, this is the position for you!
Duties
NOTE: The Assistant Director for Policy position is designated as SES General and may be filled by either a Career or Noncareer Senior Executive Service member.
The Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) seeks highly-qualified individuals to join our team of expert professionals in becoming a part of our challenging and rewarding Agency. The primary mission of the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) is to adjudicate immigration cases by fairly, expeditiously, and uniformly interpreting and administering the Nation's immigration laws. Under delegated authority from the Attorney General, EOIR conducts immigration court proceedings, appellate reviews, and administrative hearings. EOIR consists of three adjudicatory components: The Office of the Chief Immigration Judge, which is responsible for managing the Immigration Courts where Immigration Judges adjudicate individual cases; the Board of Immigration Appeals, which primarily conducts appellate reviews of these Immigration Judge decisions; and the Office of the Chief Administrative Hearing Officer, which adjudicates immigration-related employment cases.
The Assistant Director for Policy will establish and direct the activities of the Communications and Legislative Affairs Division, Legal Education and Research Services Division, and the Immigration Law Division. The Assistant Director (AD) will provide executive leadership, direction, and operational support in accomplishing EOIR's strategic goals and mission. The AD serves as the primary policy advisor to the Director and Deputy Director of EOIR in the following areas: the review and coordination of all regulations promulgated by EOIR and its components to facilitate EOIR's statutory and compliance requirements; directing EOIR's communication efforts, including preparation for non-budgetary congressional hearings and/or meetings as well as internal communication efforts; directs the team responsible for legal training programs and research efforts; and overall identification, development, drafting, and standardization of agency priorities and policies.
Typical work assignments will include:
Requirements
* You must be a U.S. Citizen or National.
* You must complete a background investigation, credit check, and drug test.
* You must file a financial disclosure statement in accordance with the Ethics in Government Act of 1978.
* Selective Service Registration is required, as applicable.
* Salary payments must be by direct deposit to a financial institution.
* Applicants seeking initial career appointment to the Senior Executive Service are subject to a one-year probationary period.
* Executive qualifications of each new career appointee to the SES must be certified by an independent Qualifications Review Board based on criteria established by OPM.
* Applicants who completed a Candidate Development Program (CDP) and have ECQs certified by an OPM Qualifications Review Board must provide a copy with their application.
Applicants must meet all qualifications and eligibility requirements by the closing date of the announcement.
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