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Supervisory Mission Support Specialist
Citizenship and Immigration Services · Posted 41 days ago
Hybrid Los Angeles, CA $124K – $161K Apply by Aug 14, 2026 Miscellaneous Administration And Program ENTJESFJESTJISTJ Operations
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Protect your homeland and defend your culture. Join USCIS, America's frontline defense against illegal foreign infiltration and fraud. As a Supervisory Mission Support Specialist, you will provide administrative, technical and advisory supervision. Analyze and resolve problems, establish action plans, assess productivity, effectiveness, and efficiency of all administrative areas and staff activities of program operations.
What You'll Do
- →Provide complex administrative assistance in areas including, but not limited to, budget and financial management, facilities, human resources, procurement, time and attendance, and travel.
- →Manage a department that supports complex administrative functions for the office.
- →Lead the vision, strategy, and execution of administrative operations, and create a culture of continuous improvement that drives changes to improve organizational effectiveness.
- →Supervise a group of subordinate specialists and assistants who are responsible for analyzing and resolving problems, accessing productivity, effectiveness, and efficiency of all administrative areas and staff activities.
- →Assign and explain work requirements to subordinate staff, and devise new methods for accomplishing work to solve productivity problems.
- →Promote and support a smart creative environment for all team members that is conducive to inspiring and motivating others to think of new and creative ways to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of division operations.
- →Ensure Department personnel policies are observed, resolve disciplinary cases, complaints and grievances.
- →Carry out Office of Equal Opportunity and Inclusion (OEOI) policies and program activities, communicating support of these policies to subordinates and encouraging active participation in OEOI program activities and training.
Requirements
- ✓Conditions of Employment: You must be a U.S.
- ✓Citizen or U.S.
- ✓LOCAL COMMUTING AREA: This job is for individuals who currently reside within the local commuting area or, if selected, are willing to establish their permanent residence within the local commuting area of the announced duty location(s) you are applying for.
- ✓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.
- ✓EDUCATIONAL SUBSTITUTION: There is no educational substitution at this grade level.
- ✓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.
Benefits
- ★DHS offers competitive salaries and an attractive benefits package, including health, dental, vision, life, and long-term care insurance; retirement plan; Thrift Savings Plan [similar to a 401(k)]; Flexible Spending Account; Employee Assistance Program; personal leave days; and paid federal holidays.
- ★Other benefits may include flexible work schedules; telework; tuition reimbursement; transportation subsidies; uniform allowance; health and wellness programs; and fitness centers.
- ★DHS is committed to employee development and offers a variety of employee training and developmental opportunities.
- ★For more information, go to the DHS Careers website and select "Benefits." Disabled veteran leave will be available to any Federal employee hired on or after November 5, 2016, who is a veteran with a service- connected disability rating of 30 percent or more.
- ★The Fair Chance to Compete for Jobs Act prohibits the Department of Homeland Security and its Components from requesting an applicant's criminal history record before that individual receives a conditional offer of employment.
- ★In accordance with 5 U.S.
- ★Code § 9202(c) and 5 C.F.R § 920.201 certain positions are exempt from the provisions of the Fair Chance to Compete Act.
- ★Applicants who believe they have been subjected to a violation of the Fair Chance to Compete for Jobs Act, may submit a written complaint to our Staffing Helpdesk.
Personality Fit
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