The Deputy Assistant Director (DAD), Office of Regulatory Affairs and Policy (ORAP) assists the Assistant Director (AD) and other senior leadership in the management of ORAP and the formulation, development, and implementation of Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) policy, including coordination with internal and external stakeholders.

As the DAD, ORAP, you will be responsible for:

• Providing advice and counsel to the AD, and on behalf of the AD, to the Director and Deputy Director, on highly complex and sensitive policy issues that span the entire depth breadth, and scope of ICE operations.
• Utilizing in-depth knowledge and awareness of ICE vision, strategy, mission, goals, and program objectives in order to review policy issues.
• Working closely with the AD, Director's management team, and other DHS officials, to carry out the day-to-day development, implementation, maintenance, analysis, and interpretation of proposed, new, revised, existing, or recommended legislation, and ICE-wide strategic policy.
• Serving as an agent of the ICE Director and other senior leadership in transmitting policy directives and instructions to other ICE offices and ensures that any policy implementation issues are resolved or raised to leadership.
• Initiating and managing relationships with other Federal agencies and public officials.
• Exercising broad independent authority in overseeing and directing the day-to-day executive level management of the office. Work involves continuous analysis and review of ICE programs and activities in their policy portfolio through review of correspondence and reports initiated by subordinate elements, and obtaining information and data from program managers, as needed.
• Evaluating program recommendations submitted by subordinate elements in terms of their impact on broad program goals and directions, and obtaining information and data from program managers, as needed.
• Developing, drafting, and transmitting the ICE Strategic Plan and providing guidance to the AD, ICE Director, and other senior leaders on strategic planning matters.
• Holding overall responsibility for continuous analysis and review of ICE programs and activities through review of correspondence and reports initiated by subordinate elements.
• Through subordinate supervisors, directing a staff of analysts and support personnel; making decisions on work problems presented by subordinate supervisors; interviewing candidates and making or approving selections for positions; hearing grievances and serious employee complaints, or those not resolved at lower levels; reviewing serious disciplinary cases; consulting with specialists on training needs; and deciding on training issues related to the program.
• Fully supporting and implementing affirmative employment efforts with regard to all positions under his/her supervision.
• Overseeing and reviewing the expenditure of funds on a regular basis and recommending the effective expenditure of these funds, to include high level of professional proficiency. Work involves the development and recommendations of strategies to mitigate threats and ensure the integrity of data and compliance with all applicable laws, regulations, and policies.

Conditions of employment

• You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this position.
• If you are a male born after December 31, 1959, you must certify that you have registered with the Selective Service System or are exempt from having to do so under federal law, if selected for this position.
• You will serve a one-year probationary period unless you previously completed the probationary period in the SES.
• You must file a Public Financial Disclosure Report within 30 days of appointment.
• Satisfactory completion of a drug test is a condition of placement and/or employment in the position and the incumbent(s) of this position is/are subject to random drug testing.
• The Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 requires SES appointees coming from outside the Federal service to verify they are eligible to work in the United States.

Qualifications

1. BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• Directing the work of an organizational unit;
• Ensuring the success of one or more specific major programs or projects;
• Monitoring progress toward strategic organizational goals, evaluating organizational performance and taking action to improve performance; and
• Supervising the work of employees, developing policy, and other executive functions.

• ECQ 1: Leading Change- This core qualification involves the ability to bring about strategic change, both within and outside the organization, to meet organizational goals. Inherent to this ECQ is the ability to establish an organizational vision and to implement it in a continuously changing environment.
• ECQ 2: Leading People- This core qualification involves the ability to lead people toward meeting the organization's vision, mission, and goals. Inherent to this ECQ is the ability to provide an inclusive workplace that fosters the development of others, facilitates cooperation and teamwork, and supports constructive resolution of conflicts.
• ECQ 3: Results Driven- This core qualification involves the ability to meet organizational goals and customer expectations. Inherent to this ECQ is the ability to make decisions that produce high-quality results by applying technical knowledge, analyzing problems, and calculating risks.
• ECQ 4: Business Acumen- This core qualification involves the ability to manage human, financial, and information resources strategically.
• ECQ 5: Building Coalitions -This core qualification involves the ability to build coalitions internally and with other Federal agencies, State and local governments, nonprofit and private sector organizations, foreign governments, or international organizations to achieve common goals.

• Interpersonal Skills, Oral Communication, Integrity/Honesty, Written Communication, Continual Learning, and Public Service Motivation

• TQ 1- Demonstrate knowledge and experience with administrative law processes and procedures.
• TQ 2- Experience in overseeing policy development to support law enforcement operations.

How you will be evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

You will be evaluated based on how well you meet the qualifications described in this vacancy announcement. The evaluation will consider the quality and extent of your experience and qualifications.

The best qualified applicants will be distinguished from other minimally qualified applicants by a screening panel to determine the degree to which qualification requirements are met. Highly qualified applicants may undergo an interview and reference checks. The ICE Executive Resources Board will review results and make recommendations on final selection to the appointing authority. Verification of performance, suitability, and security information will be taken into consideration when making offers of employment.

The application process used to recruit this position is the traditional method. Applicants must submit a resume, separate narrative statements addressing each of the Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs), and narrative statements addressing the mandatory Technical Qualifications.

Unless you have already been certified by an OPM-administered Qualifications Review Board (QRB) in the past, your ECQs must be certified by a QRB after selection and before appointment can occur.