In order to qualify for the Regional Deputy Chief Immigration Judge position, you must meet the following minimum qualifications:
- Education: Applicants must possess an LL.B. or a J.D. degree. (Provide the month and year in which you obtained your degree and the name of the College or University from which it was conferred/awarded.)
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- Licensure: Applicants must be an active member of the bar, duly licensed and authorized to practice law as an attorney under the laws of any state, territory of the U.S., or the District of Columbia. (Provide the month and year in which you obtained your first license and the State from which it was issued.)
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- Experience: Applicants must have a minimum of seven (7) years of post-bar admission legal experience including experience as a licensed attorney preparing for, participating in, and/or appealing court or administrative agency proceedings at the Federal, State or local level. Qualifying trial experience involves cases in which a complaint was filed with a court or administrative agency, or a charging document (e.g., indictment, notice of violation, or information) was issued by a court, administrative entity, a grand jury, or appropriate military authority. Relevant administrative experience includes cases in which a formal procedure was initiated by a governmental administrative body.
IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE MAY NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE. If your resume does not support your assessment questionnaire answers, we will not allow credit for your response(s). Ensure that your resume contains your full name, address, phone number, email address, and employment information. Each position listed on your Resume must include: From/To dates of employment (MM/YYYY-MM/YYYY or MM/YYYY to Present); agency/employer name, position title, grade level(s) held, if applicable; hours, if less than full time; and duties performed. In addition, any experience on less than a full time basis must specify the percentage and length of time spent in performance of such duties.
In addition to the minimum qualifications listed above, you must possess the following Executive Core Qualifications and Mandatory Technical Qualifications:
Executive Core Qualifications: Applicants seeking initial career appointment to the Senior Executive Service (SES)
must submit narrative responses addressing each of the Executive Core Qualifications (ECQ). Current or former SES members
must submit an SF-50 and/or QRB Certification of ECQs to show current or former service in the SES.
OPM's Guide to the Senior Executive Services Qualifications provides detailed information on the ECQs.
- 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.
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Mandatory Technical Qualifications: All applicants
must submit narrative responses addressing each of the Mandatory Technical Qualifications (MTQ).
- MTQ 1: Comprehensive, professional knowledge of, and experience in Immigration law and procedure, including regulatory, statutory, administrative and judicial case law or the proven ability to become fully knowledgeable about the complex field of the law and to apply that knowledge to specific cases. Temperament to serve as an immigration judge, experience handling complex legal issues, and knowledge of judicial practices and procedures.
- MTQ 2: Executive management and legal experience in court system management involving allocation, planning and directing of human and fiscal resources, supervisions of staff, evaluation of program effectiveness and compliance with Departmental and agency fair employment initiatives. Demonstrated managerial skill to direct critical program areas, motivate and retain a productive, highly trained, and specialized corps of Immigration Judges, attorney advisors, and court staff.
- MTQ 3: Expert communication skills to direct staff, provide legal advice and guidance and to develop program and policy guidance to enhance court operations, leadership and judicial temperament to manage legal staff in varied immigration courts under challenging and sensitive conditions which may involve precedent, novel and complex foreign and domestic laws that may substantially impact individuals and foreign governments.