Deputy Associate Director External Affairs Directorate

Deputy Associe Director External Affairs Directore Department of Homeland Security Citizenship and Immigrion Services External Affairs Directore Summary This position is loced in the External Affairs Directore, Camp Springs, MD. As the Deputy Associe Director (DAD) of the External Affairs Directore (EXA), he/she is a key member of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigrion Services (USCIS) management team, directing all congressional/legislive affairs and communicions activities for USCIS. The Deputy Associe Director, EXA implements the overall communicions stregy for USCIS and manages staff, programs and activities. Learn more about this agency Summary This position is loced in the External Affairs Directore, Camp Springs, MD. As the Deputy Associe Director (DAD) of the External Affairs Directore (EXA), he/she is a key member of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigrion Services (USCIS) management team, directing all congressional/legislive affairs and communicions activities for USCIS. The Deputy Associe Director, EXA implements the overall communicions stregy for USCIS and manages staff, programs and activities. Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Open & closing des 05/07/2026 to 05/21/2026 Salary $151,661

• $228,000 per year Pay scale & grade ES 00 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Camp Springs, MD Remote job No Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Travel Required Occasional travel
• You may be expected to travel for this position.

Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Senior Executive Promotion potential 00 Job family (Series) 0340 Program Management Supervisory stus Yes Security clearance Top Secret Drug test Yes Position sensitivity and risk Critical-Sensitive (CS)/High Risk Trust determinion process Nional security Financial disclosure Yes Bargaining unit stus No Announcement number

ERS-54245-26-ES-EXA

Control number 868408400 This job is open to Help Federal employees

• Competitive service Current federal employees whose agencies follow the U.S. Office of Personnel Management's hiring rules and pay scales. Federal employees
• Excepted service Current federal employees whose agencies have their own hiring rules, pay scales and evaluion criteria.

Senior executives Individuals looking for an executive-level job and who meet the five Executive Core Qualificions (ECQs). Clarificion from the agency All Groups of Qualified Individuals within the Civil Service Duties Help U.S. Citizenship and Immigrion Services (USCIS) is an agency within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS). We lawfully administer immigrion and nuralizion adjudicion functions and establish immigrion services policies and priorities. The Deputy Associe Director for EXA supports the vital role played by the Associe Director (AD) in managing USCIS relionships with Congress and with other DHS and external entities when the interests of Congress affect more than one agency. He/she provides important input into nional policy and operional decisions. He/she prepares the AD to represent USCIS Congressional committee briefings and coordines hearings regarding the policies and position of USCIS. The incumbent maintains a highly confidential relionship with the Associe Director for EXA. Assist in the oversight of the management of the communicions, legislive affairs, and citizenship programs for USCIS. Incumbent serves as a key policy advisor and liaison to the AD in the development of policies th conform to the goals of USCIS, DHS, and the Administrion. Collabores with senior leadership to formule complex and stregic long-range plans and policies th are consistent with the Administrion's and Department's policy positions, as well as coordine, monitor and formule approprie processes and guidelines for policy decision making by the

AD EXA, USCIS

Deputy Director, or USCIS Director. Works closely with the AD EXA and other senior leadership to develop and maintain continuing awareness of their philosophies, convictions, special interests, and areas of concern, as reled to the USCIS mission. Represents the Associe Director (AD) of External Affairs on agency communicions issues. Based on the recommendions and direction from the AD, implements and evalues systems and programs th solicit and consider public comments regarding USCIS activities; and advises top officials concerning public and media interest and reactions to changes in USCIS policies and programs. Provides recommendion for methods th enhance the effectiveness of communicions stregies. Monitors activities of the staff in conducting briefings and public meetings in coordinion with press conferences and interviews. As a member of the agency's executive team, you will implement the President's Management Agenda within your specific area of responsibility. For an overview of the various responsibilities USCIS carries out within the Government, our website http://www.uscis.gov . Requirements Help Conditions of employment You must be a U.S. Citizen or U.S. Nional to apply for this position You may be required to obtain and maintain an interim and/or final security clearance prior to entrance on duty. Failure to obtain and maintain the required level of clearance may result in the withdrawal of a job offer or removal. Subject to a 1-year supervisory probionary period (unless already completed). Excess pages will not be considered, if documents exceed page limits. File a Confidential Financial Disclosure Report OGE-278e within 30 days of appointment and annually from then on. May be subject to pre-employment and random drug tests If you are a male applicant born after December 31, 1959, certify th you have registered with the Selective Service System or are exempt from having to do so Complete a Declarion for Federal Employment to determine your suitability for Federal employment, the time requested by the agency Qualificions Candides should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passione about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United Stes Constitution. Candides will not be hired based on their race, sex, color, religion, or nional origin. To meet the minimum qualificion requirements for this position, you must show th you possess the Executive Core Qualificions (ECQ) and Technical Qualificions (TQ) reled to this position within your resume•

NOT TO EXCEED 2 PAGES

. Resumes over the 2-page limit, will not be reviewed beyond page 2 or may be disqualified. Your resume should include examples of experience, educion, and accomplishments applicable to the qualificion(s). If your resume does not reflect demonstred evidence of these qualificions, you may not receive considerion for the position.

Note:

If you are a member of the SES or have been certified through successful participion in an OPM approved SES Candide Development Program (SESCDP), or have SES reinstement eligibility, you do not need to respond to the ECQs. Instead, you should tach proof (e.g., SF-50, Certificion by OPM's SES Qualificions Review Board (QRB) of your eligibility for noncompetitive appointment to the SES. There is NO requirement to prepare a narrive stement specifically addressing the Executive Core Qualificions (ECQs) or the Technical Qualificions (TQs). The ECQs and TQs should be evident in the 2-page resume.

TECHNICAL QUALIFICATIONS

(TQs) : Your resume should demonstre accomplishments th would sisfy the technical qualificions. TQ 1 : Demonstred executive experience in designing and managing multi-faceted external affairs, communicions, and engagement stregies for a large, complex organizion, to include public affairs, legislive affairs, stakeholder/public engagement, and public services or customer-facing programs. Experience must reflect the ability to integre communicions, policy, and legislive considerions; lead high-visibility initiives; and oversee large, multidisciplinary teams and budgets in support of organizional mission objectives.

EXECUTIVE CORE QUALIFICATIONS

(ECQs): In addition to the Technical Qualificion Requirements listed above, all new entrants into the Senior Executive Service (SES) under a career appointment assessed for executive competency against the following five mandory ECQs. If your 2-page resume does not effectively demonstre evidence of the ECQs and TQs, you may not receive further considerion for the position. There are five

ECQs:

ECQ 1: Commitment to the Rule of Law and the Principles of the American Founding

• This core qualificion requires a demonstred knowledge of the American system of government, commitment to uphold the Constitution and the rule of law, and commitment to serve the American people. ECQ 2: Driving Efficiency
• This core qualificion involves the demonstred ability to stregically and efficiently manage resources, budget effectively, cut wasteful spending, and pursue efficiency through process and technological upgrades. ECQ 3: Merit and Competence
• This core qualificion involves the demonstred knowledge, ability and technical competence to effectively and reliably produce work th is of exceptional quality. ECQ 4: Leading People
• This core qualificion involves the demonstred ability to lead and inspire a group toward meeting the organizion's vision, mission, and goals, and to drive a high-performance, high-accountability culture. This includes, when necessary, the ability to lead people through change and to hold individuals accountable. ECQ 5: Achieving Results
• This core qualificion involves the demonstred ability to achieve both individual and organizional results, and to align results to sted goals from superiors.

Educion There are no educional requirements for this position. Additional informion

Veterans Preference:

Veterans' preference is not applicable to the SES.

Mobility:

Organizional and geographical mobility is essential in developing and managing SES leaders. Individuals selected for SES positions members may be subject to reassignment across geographical, organizional, and functional lines, and may be required to sign a Reassignment Rights and Obligion Agreement. Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)

Policy Stement :

http://www.eeoc.gov/federal/index.cfm Employment Informion Resources•

Resource Center :

https://help.usajobs.gov/how-to Males born after 12-31-1959 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service (see https://www.sss.gov/RegVer/wfRegistrion.aspx ) If you are unable to apply online, please contact USCISHCTExecResources@uscis.dhs.gov OPM must authorize any employment offers made to current or former (within the last 5 years) political Schedule A, Schedule C, or Non-career SES employees in the executive branch. If you are currently, or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule C, or Noncareer SES employee in the executive branch, you must disclose th to the Human Resources Office. Expand Hide additional informion Candides should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passione about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United Stes Constitution. Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. How you evalued You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above. Our evaluion based on the informion you provide. Verificion of performance, suitability and security informion from reference checks taken into considerion when making offers of employment. Once the applicion process is complete, a review of your resume and supporting documention conducted. If you meet minimum qualificions, your Applicion Package further reviewed to determine if you possess the Executive Core Qualificions (ECQ) and Technical Qualificions (MTQ) listed above. ECQs and TQs must be thoroughly addressed within your two (2) page resume. Separe narrives will not be accepted or reviewed. Highly Qualified applicants may undergo one or more interviews and may be referred to the selecting official for further considerion. Upon selection, if not already a member of the SES serving under a career appointment, the individual selected must have his/her executive qualificions certified by the U.S. Office of Personnel Management's SES Qualificions Review Board (QRB) before appointment to this position. The selected individual's applicion forwarded to the OPM for review and certificion by the QRB, unless the selectee provides evidence of their noncompetitive stus (i.e., a current

SES, OPM QRB

certified SESCDP gradue, or SES reinstement eligible). Upon QRB certificion, the selected individual required to serve a one-year probionary period. For more informion regarding the SES, go to https://www.opm.gov/policy-da-oversight/senior-executive-service/ Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. Required documents Required Documents Help A complete applicion includes items described below. Please note th if you do not provide all required informion, as specified in this announcement, you may not be considered for this position (or may not receive the special considerion for which you may be eligible). Please carefully review the following list to determine wh documention you need to submit. Some documents may not apply to all applicants. 1.

RESUME:

All applicants are required to submit a resume limited to two (2) pages (i.e., 1 page th is double-sided or 2 pages th are one-sided each, no less than 11pt font and 0.8 margins) showing all relevant experience. Applicants seeking initial career appointment to the Senior Executive Service (SES) must include evidence of the ECQs and TQs.

PLEASE DO NOT USE USAJOBS RESUME BUILDER. 2. VACANCY QUESTION/ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE RESPONSES

Responses are automically submitted through USA Jobs when you apply to this vacancy. 3.

ADDITIONAL REQUIRED DOCUMENTS

Applicants are required to submit the following supporting documention if applicable:

CURRENT OR FORMER SES MEMBERS

Must provide your SES appointment SF-50 (Notificion of Personnel Action), and an SF-50 showing current career SES stus or career SES reinstement eligibility.

SES CANDIDATE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

(SESCDP)

GRADUATES

Verificion of successful completion of an OPM-approved SESCDP and

OPM SES QRB

certificion.

CURRENT FEDERAL CIVIL SERVICE EMPLOYEE

Must provide a copy of your Notificion of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (SF-50) or equivalent personnel action form reflecting you are a current Federal Civil Service employee.

STRONGLY RECOMMENDED

Most recent performance evaluion. How to Apply Help To apply for this position, you must complete this applicion and submit any required documents specified in the Required Documents section and submit by 11:59 PM (EST) on the closing de of the announcement to receive considerion. To begin, click Apply to access the online applicion. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account to apply. If you do not have a USAJOBS account, you will need to cree one before beginning the applicion. Follow the prompts to select and upload your résumé and/or other required documents to be included with your applicion package. You will have the opportunity to upload additional documents to include in your applicion before it is submitted. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process. After acknowledging you have reviewed your applicion package, complete the "Include Personal Informion" section as you deem approprie and click to continue with the applicion process . You taken to the online applicion which you must complete in order to apply for the position. Complete the online applicion, verify the required documention is included with your applicion package, and submit the applicion. Agency contact informion Executive Resources and Services Phone 202-233-2323 USCISHCTExecResources@uscis.dhs.gov Next steps To verify the stus of your applicion, sign in to your USAJOBS account ( https://www.usajobs.gov/ ), all of your applicions will appear on the Welcome screen. The Applicion Stus will appear along with the de your applicion was last upded. For informion on wh each Applicion Stus means, : https://help.usajobs.gov/how-to . Once your online applicion is submitted you will receive a confirmion notificion by email. Your applicion evalued by the Human Resources Office to determine your eligibility for the position. After the evaluion is complete, you will receive another notificion regarding the stus of your applicion. Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Required Documents Help A complete applicion includes items described below. Please note th if you do not provide all required informion, as specified in this announcement, you may not be considered for this position (or may not receive the special considerion for which you may be eligible). Please carefully review the following list to determine wh documention you need to submit. Some documents may not apply to all applicants. 1.

RESUME:

All applicants are required to submit a resume limited to two (2) pages (i.e., 1 page th is double-sided or 2 pages th are one-sided each, no less than 11pt font and 0.8 margins) showing all relevant experience. Applicants seeking initial career appointment to the Senior Executive Service (SES) must include evidence of the ECQs and TQs.

PLEASE DO NOT USE USAJOBS RESUME BUILDER. 2. VACANCY QUESTION/ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE RESPONSES

Responses are automically submitted through USA Jobs when you apply to this vacancy. 3.

ADDITIONAL REQUIRED DOCUMENTS

Applicants are required to submit the following supporting documention if applicable:

CURRENT OR FORMER SES MEMBERS

Must provide your SES appointment SF-50 (Notificion of Personnel Action), and an SF-50 showing current career SES stus or career SES reinstement eligibility.

SES CANDIDATE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

(SESCDP)

GRADUATES

Verificion of successful completion of an OPM-approved SESCDP and

OPM SES QRB

certificion.

CURRENT FEDERAL CIVIL SERVICE EMPLOYEE

Must provide a copy of your Notificion of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (SF-50) or equivalent personnel action form reflecting you are a current Federal Civil Service employee.

STRONGLY RECOMMENDED

Most recent performance evaluion. How to Apply Help To apply for this position, you must complete this applicion and submit any required documents specified in the Required Documents section and submit by 11:59 PM (EST) on the closing de of the announcement to receive considerion. To begin, click Apply to access the online applicion. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account to apply. If you do not have a USAJOBS account, you will need to cree one before beginning the applicion. Follow the prompts to select and upload your résumé and/or other required documents to be included with your applicion package. You will have the opportunity to upload additional documents to include in your applicion before it is submitted. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process. After acknowledging you have reviewed your applicion package, complete the "Include Personal Informion" section as you deem approprie and click to continue with the applicion process . You taken to the online applicion which you must complete in order to apply for the position. Complete the online applicion, verify the required documention is included with your applicion package, and submit the applicion. Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion Executive Resources and Services Phone 202-233-2323 USCISHCTExecResources@uscis.dhs.gov Next steps To verify the stus of your applicion, sign in to your USAJOBS account ( https://www.usajobs.gov/ ), all of your applicions will appear on the Welcome screen. The Applicion Stus will appear along with the de your applicion was last upded. For informion on wh each Applicion Stus means, : https://help.usajobs.gov/how-to . Once your online applicion is submitted you will receive a confirmion notificion by email. Your applicion evalued by the Human Resources Office to determine your eligibility for the position. After the evaluion is complete, you will receive another notificion regarding the stus of your applicion. Expand Hide next steps Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Overview Help Accepting applicions Open & closing des 05/07/2026 to 05/21/2026 Salary $151,661

• $228,000 per year Pay scale & grade ES 00 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Camp Springs, MD Remote job No Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Travel Required Occasional travel
• You may be expected to travel for this position.

Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Senior Executive Promotion potential 00 Job family (Series) Supervisory stus Yes Security clearance Drug test Yes Position sensitivity and risk Trust determinion process Financial disclosure Bargaining unit stus Announcement number

ERS-54245-26-ES-EXA

Control number 868408400