Supervisory Passport Specialist

This position is located in the Bureau of Consular Affairs, Passport Services, Charleston Passport Center CA/PPT/CPC. This position oversees adjudication supervisors and passport application review, ensuring compliance with U.S. laws and regulations. Serves as part of the Agency/Center leadership team to support effective operations. TO LEARN MORE ABOUT CONSULAR AFFAIRS VISIT: https://www.state.gov/about-us-bureau-of-consular-affairs/

**Qualifications:**
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. 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. Qualifying specialized experience must demonstrate the following: Experience serving as an authority on resolution of highly complex citizenship cases and unique adjudication problems referred by subordinate supervisors. Experience drafting and reviewing correspondence for the Agency/Center Director on the most complex cases. Experience monitoring the overall quality and quantity of the work of section personnel. Experiencing devising and implementing internal controls to both assure that laws, regulations, policies and procedures are adhered. In addition, applicant's experience must also demonstrate that the candidate possesses the following qualities: Ability to assign, review, and supervise the work of others; Objectivity and fairness in judging people on their ability, and situations on the facts and circumstances; Ability to adjust to change, work pressures, or difficult situations without undue stress; Willingness to consider new ideas or divergent points of view; and Capacity to "see the job through."