Lead Legal Administrative Specialist

Citizenship and Immigration Services•Tampa, FL

About The Position

The Lead Legal Administrative Specialist provides administrative oversight to a team of subordinates and serves as a senior analyst to the supervisor on mission and administrative programs requiring a wide range of analytical and evaluative methods. The role supports USCIS operations by ensuring compliance with background-check and decision-service protocols, communicating case status and progress to appropriate Asylum Division, ICE, and CBP personnel and the public, and leading team workload and development activities. The position also involves communicating organizational strategy, mission, values, and vision; training and advising the LAS team on problem-solving methods and work procedures; coordinating team initiatives and consensus-building; and preparing management briefings, presentations, reports, and other communications.

Requirements

Be a U.S. Citizen or U.S. National.
Successfully pass a background investigation, including financial disclosure.
Pass a drug screening.
Males born after December 31, 1959, must be registered with the Selective Service.
Meet the residency requirement: for three of the five years immediately before applying, have resided in the United States, worked overseas as a U.S. Government employee in a Federal or Military capacity, or been a dependent of a U.S. Federal or Military employee serving overseas. This requirement applies to applicants not currently employed by USCIS.
Meet the qualifications by 11:59 PM Eastern Time on November 2, 2026.
Current Federal employees must have 52 weeks at the lower grade or equivalent grade band in Federal service by the stated deadline.
For GS-11, have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least GS-09, including experience in most of the following: reviewing program files and determining appropriate actions or deadlines; monitoring, tracking, or responding to inquiries under established procedures and timelines; preparing immigration-case documentation or reports; and communicating immigration eligibility determinations to customers.
Alternatively, for GS-11, possess a doctoral degree or equivalent, three full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree in any field, or a related LL.M., from an accredited college or university, demonstrating the knowledge, skills, and abilities needed for the position.
Submit a resume of no more than two pages and provide the required work-history details and supporting documentation; submit a transcript if relying on education for qualification.
A one-year probationary period may be required.

Responsibilities

Communicate the organization's strategic plan, mission, values, and vision to the team.
Ensure compliance with background check and decision service protocols.
Provide case status and progress information to appropriate Asylum Division, ICE, and CBP personnel, as well as the public.
Train the LAS team in selecting and applying problem-solving methods and techniques.
Advise the team on work methods, practices, and procedures.
Serve as a mentor, facilitator, and/or negotiator in coordinating team initiatives and consensus-building activities.
Develop briefings, presentations, reports, and other communications for management.
Provide administrative oversight to a team of subordinates.
Lead the subordinate team in identifying, distributing, and balancing workload and tasks among employees.