CASE PROCESSING SPECIALIST (COLUMBIA, SC)

GEO provides complementary, turnkey solutions for numerous government partners worldwide across a spectrum of diversified correctional and community reentry services. From the development of state-of-the-art facilities and the provision of management services and evidence-based rehabilitation to the post-release reintegration and supervision of individuals in the community, GEO offers fully diversified, cost-effective services that deliver enhanced quality and improved outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Process cases and perform all peripheral activities, immigration records management, and document preparation.
• Prepare, review, and manage case files, ensuring accuracy and completeness in all documentation.
• Ensure Alien Files (A-files) and ICE systems reflect a case status that is updated, accurate, and complete.
• Accurately enter data into ICE systems, ensuring compliance with agency protocols and data integrity requirements.
• Maintain and update electronic and paper-based case files, ensuring compliance with federal privacy laws, DHS policies, and federal data security requirements.
• Retrieve, compile, and organize county, state, and federal court records, conviction documents, and supporting case materials from multiple databases and other government sources.
• Maintain up-to-date case status records, court scheduling details, and case tracking logs.
• Generate case status reports and monitoring dashboards.
• Assist with docket coordination with EOIR and USCIS.
• Coordinate with ICE officers to facilitate interviews, hearings, removals, and case updates.
• Review appropriate paperwork for completeness and accuracy.
• Ensure all administrative applications are reviewed, A-files are updated, and docket officers are timely notified for appropriate law enforcement action.
• Track compliance with release conditions and report violations, as applicable.
• Assist ICE Office of Principal Legal Advisor (OPLA) in obtaining criminal history checks and other supporting documentation as needed prior to court.
• Assist ICE personnel with scheduling and coordinating interviews between detainees and ICE officers, consulates, and legal representatives, as assigned.
• Organize and prepare removal documents and coordinate with ICE personnel for scheduling removal and staging flights.
• Ensure all documentation is prepared and accurate.
• Ensure aliens scheduled for removal have the necessary documentation in A-files per ICE instructions.
• Ensure travel information, ICE Air scheduling and manifest(s) are completed, detention center release forms are prepared, and property inventories/receipts are ready on the scheduled time and day of departure.
• Ensure detainees have the necessary legal paperwork, seven-day supply of medications, property, and valuables before transfer or removal.
• Collect, review for completeness and accuracy, and file signed Form I-205 Warrant of Removal/Deportation departure verifications in A-file.
• Ensure case is closed in ICE data systems and file is transferred to the National Record Center for storage.
• Schedule interviews between detainees and ICE officers, consulates, and legal representatives as applicable.
• Communicate with all detainees in the detainee’s primary language using translation device/services if needed.
• Provide other logistical and administrative support for ICE personnel as assigned.
• Provide surge support after hours, including expanded breadth and depth of tasks, as required.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Associate’s degree from an accredited institution or one (1) year of directly related industry experience required.
• Experience and/or training related to reviewing law enforcement documentation such as detention files, custodial records, or immigration case files including A-files and DHS databases, or previous experience conducting interviews for immigration or detention related purposes required.
• Bachelor’s degree in a related discipline is preferred.
• Knowledge of program objectives, policies, procedures, and requirements related to immigration case processing.
• Proficient with general PC application software products (Microsoft Office suite).
• Ability to exercise initiative, judgment, and knowledge in the performance of complex, confidential, and sometimes difficult duties.

Benefits

Full-time employees will enjoy a competitive benefits package with options for you and your family including:

• Paid Time Off
• Paid Holidays
• 401(k) Matching
• Health Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Life Insurance
• Health Savings Account
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Employee Discount
• Reduced Tuition Rates
• Disability Insurance
• Employee Assistance Program
• 401(k)
• Pet Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Paid Training
• Flexible Spending Account