Enforcement and Removal Assistant (OA)

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE); Phoenix (AZ); On-site; USD 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in the United States is seeking personnel to support Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) in multiple locations. The role involves researching detainee history, managing dockets, and providing day-to-day administrative support to supervisors and staff.

Responsibilities include summarizing detainee information from various reports and databases. Candidates must have qualified experience in recordkeeping, data management, and administrative tasks,

Qualifications

• Specialized experience includes recordkeeping and reporting.
• Experience compiling, maintaining, and updating automated records.
• Experience responding to requests for procedural information.

Responsibilities

• Research detainee history and manage detained and non-detained dockets.
• Provide administrative support to managers, supervisors, or staff.
• Summarize and tabulate detainee information from reports and databases.
• Generate and verify detainee reports, encounters, motions, studies, and data visualizations.
• Exercise quality control over bond paperwork.

Skills

Recordkeeping

Data management

Administrative support

Education

Four years of education above high school

Job description

Summary

Organizational Location: These positions are located in the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO), in multiple locations specified in this announcement.

Salary: The salary range indicated in this announcement will be adjusted to include locality payment for selected duty location. General Schedule locality pay tables may be found under Salaries & Wages .

Duties

• Researching detainee history using multiple sources to establish identity/citizenship and manage detained and non-detained dockets.
• Providing administrative support to managers, supervisors, or staff members by assisting in the day-to-day management of the office's activities.
• Summarizing and tabulating detainee information from various reports and utilizing a variety of databases and automated systems.
• Generating and verifying detainee reports, encounters, charging documents, studies, data quality and create and revise spreadsheets charts, graphs, and presentations.
• Exercising quality control over bond paperwork.

Requirements

Conditions of Employment

• You must be a U.S. citizen to apply for this position.
• You must successfully pass a background investigation. This may include a credit check, a review of financial issues, as well as certain criminal offenses and illegal use or possession of drugs.
• Selective Service: Males born after 12/31/59 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service (see http://www.sss.gov/).
• One-year probationary period may be required.
• A pre-employment drug test will be required.
• If you receive a conditional offer of employment for this position, you will be required to complete an Optional Form 306, Declaration for Federal Employment, and to sign and certify the accuracy of all information in your application.
• DHS uses e-Verify, an Internet-based system, to confirm the eligibility of all newly hired employees to work in the United States.
• All Federal employees are required to have Federal salary payments made by direct deposit to a financial institution of their choosing.
• Incentives may be authorized; however, this is contingent upon funds availability.
• License required: No
• Pre-employment physical required: No
• Bargaining Unit Position: No
• Requirements by Closing Date: Unless otherwise noted, you must meet all requirements by the closing date of the announcement.
• Complete the initial online assessments and USA Hire Assessment, if required.

Qualifications

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 and the Typing Requirement as noted below.

Minimum Qualifications For GS-05

Specialized Experience:

You must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-04 level in the Federal service that included the following experience:

• Performing recordkeeping and reporting;
• Compiling, maintaining, and updating automated records; and,
• Responding to requests for procedural information.

OR

Education substitution:

You must have successfully completed four years of education above high school in any field for which high school graduation or the equivalent is the normal prerequisite. This education was obtained in an accredited business, secretarial or technical school, junior college, college, or university. One year of full-time academic study is defined as 30 semester hours, 45 quarter hours, or the equivalent in a college or university, or at least 20 hours of classroom instruction per week for approximately 36 weeks in a business, secretarial, or technical school.

OR

Combination of Education and Experience:

You must have an appropriate combination of successfully completed post-high school education and experience to meet the total qualification requirements for the GS-05 grade level. Only education in excess of the first 60 semester hours (i.e., beyond the second year) is creditable toward meeting the specialized experience requirement. One full academic year of study (30 semester hours) beyond the second year is equivalent to 6 months of specialized experience. This will be calculated using your resume and unofficial transcripts or a list of courses/course hours submitted with your application

Minimum Qualifications For GS-06

Specialized Experience:

You must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and responsibility to the GS-05 level in the Federal service performing each of the following duties:

• Processing individuals arrested or detained by law enforcement officials (e.g., booking and property inventory procedures);
• Performing file searches and assembling documentation; and,
• Responding to routine requests and issues regarding legal or law enforcement