Education Program Specialist

Summary Protect your homeland and defend your culture. Join USCIS, America's frontline defense against illegal foreign infiltration and fraud. As an Education Program Specialist, you will manage projects across all aspects of the design and implementation of in-person seminars and webinars for those who teach or offer adult citizenship education courses to immigrants preparing for citizenship. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is the government agency that oversees lawful immigration to the United States. USCIS upholds America's promise as a nation of immigrants and fosters a culture of opportunity and growth. USCIS addresses fraud, national security, and public safety concerns that may be detected within the immigration benefit process. To help USCIS deliver on our mission, we rely on our proud and dedicated workforce who work tirelessly to protect the United States and its citizens through legal immigration adjudication and fraud detection. If you're ready to help safeguard the nation's immigration system and combat immigration fraud, review the HOW TO APPLY section for steps to prepare for your online applications. Visit uscis.gov/careers for more information.Major Duties: Serve as project lead on agency, office, and division priority projects including revising, updating, and maintaining the naturalization test. Maintain a knowledge base of best practices within History and Civics Education, Citizenship Education, and Assessment Design. Develop new classroom and self-study materials to assist teachers and students in learning about the naturalization process, American history and government. Build and maintain networks with external stakeholders, including corporations, non-profit organizations, academic institutions, other governmental agencies. Communicate with a variety of internal and external stakeholders orally and in writing, including drafting and reviewing white papers, memoranda and talking points. Advise and negotiate with leadership within USCIS, as needed, on complex issues in citizenship education and naturalization testing protocols.