Passport Specialist

U.S. Department of State; Tucson (AZ); On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

U.S. Department of State seeks a highly qualified candidate for GS-12/GS-13 level roles in passport adjudication.

The position requires specialized experience with immigration and nationality laws, applying Department policies, and conducting interviews to determine passport eligibility and issuance. Applicants should also demonstrate awareness of evolving fraud trends and potential impacts on passport issuance.

Qualifications

• Specialized experience must include passport adjudication knowledge.
• Experience applying laws, regulations and policies of Passport Services.
• Experience conducting interviews to obtain information for passport issuance.

Skills

Specialized experience: passport adjud

Experience applying immigration/natlaw

Interviewing for passport issuance

Fraud trend identification

Adjudication and issuance policies

Job description

Located in the Bureau of Human Resources, National Foreign Affairs Training Center, Diplomatic Tradecraft and Emerging Technology Directorate, Consular Training Division, Domestic Passport Training Branch PERT/NFATC/DTET/CON/DP. Serves as a Policy Instructors with responsibility for research, planning, design, development, and delivery of a broad range of training courses.

Applicants must meet all the required qualification requirements described below by the closing date of this announcement. NOTE: Applicants must meet time-in-grade and time after competitive appointment requirements, by the closing date of this announcement. Time-In-Grade Requirements: Federal applicants must have served 52 weeks at the next lower grade to satisfy time-in-grade restrictions, per 5CFR 300, Subpart F.

GS-12

Applicants must have 1 year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 level in the Federal service which provided the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities to perform the duties of the position. Qualifying specialized experience may have been gained in work such as developing, examining, investigating, adjudicating, or authorizing claims arising under the immigration and/or nationality laws of the United States.

Specialized experience must demonstrate the following:

• Experience developing, examining, investigating, adjudicating, or authorizing claims arising under the immigration and/or nationality laws of the United States;
• Experience applying laws, regulations, precedents, court decisions and polices of the Department and the Directorate of Passport Services pertaining to passport adjudication and issuance; and
• Experience conducting interviews to gain information needed to make judgements for passport issuance.

GS-13

Applicants must have 1 year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 level in the Federal service which provided the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities to perform the duties of the position. Qualifying specialized experience may have been gained in work such as developing, examining, investigating, adjudicating, or authorizing claims arising under the immigration and/or nationality laws of the United States.

Specialized experience must demonstrate the following:

• Experience applying laws, regulations, precedents, court decisions and policies of the Department and the Directorate of Passport Services pertaining to passport adjudication and issuance;
• Experience examining legal documentation relating to birth, adoption, naturalization, and similar evidence reflecting eligibility for U.S. passports and complex citizenship cases that warrant higher level review;
• Experience conducting interviews to gain information needed to make judgments for passport issuance while not offending those with legitimate U.S. passport entitlement; and
• Experience with evolving fraud trends commonly used to fraudulently obtain passports and visas; and to instruct passport acceptance agents and adjudicators to recognize them.