EQUAL EMPLOYMENT MANAGER

Duties

As a EQUAL EMPLOYMENT MANAGER at the GS-0260-14 some of your typical work assignments may include:

• Oversee complaint-process quality and compliance: Evaluate counselor and investigator reports for completeness and compliance; coordinate with host organizations, DoW investigative offices, and contract investigators; and provide administrative and logistical support for investigations.
• Advise leadership and coordinate with stakeholders: Provide agency-level advice to senior leaders, managers, employees, General Counsel, acquisition/contracting personnel, and other offices on EEO complaint issues, legal/regulatory implications, and recommended actions.
• Develop policy and procedures: Draft and maintain DTRA-wide EEO complaints policies, procedures, guidance memoranda, and field instructions.
• Manage case tracking and reporting: Maintain the system for tracking complaint status, analyze complaint data and trends, prepare required internal and external reports, and draft leadership or Congressional-response material related to EEO matters.
• Lead ADR efforts: Serve as the Agency ADR Adviser by designing, implementing, monitoring, and evaluating ADR for EEO and other employment-related disputes.
• Identify and address systemic issues: Conduct workforce, organizational, occupational, and employment-practice analyses to identify barriers or trends; recommend corrective actions; and support affirmative-employment and EEO program goals.`
• Training, assessments, and representation: Train the workforce and managers on EEO compliance; participate in Staff Assistance Visits and climate assessments; and represent DTRA in DoW, EEOC, OPM, and professional forums.

Requirements

Conditions of employment

• Must be a U.S. citizen
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service
• Resume and supporting documents (See How To Apply)
• Suitable for Federal employment, determined by a background investigation
• May be required to successfully complete a probationary period
• Work Schedule: Full Time
• Overtime: Occasionally
• Tour of Duty: Flexible
• Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
• Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA): Exempt
• Financial Disclosure: Not Required
• Telework Eligibility: This position is telework eligible
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a SECRET security clearance.
• Subject to pre-employment drug testing and periodic drug testing thereafter.
• Overtime/compensatory time may be required to accommodate operational needs of the organization.
• Travel in the performance of temporary assignments may be required
• MANDATORY EEO COUNSELOR TRAINING REQUIREMENTS, new EEO Counselors must complete a minimum of thirty-two (32) hours of EEO Counselor training prior to assuming counseling duties
• All EEO Counselors are required to receive at least eight hours of continuing EEO counseling training every year to keep informed of developments in EEO practice, law, and guidance, as well as to enhance and develop counseling skills.

Qualifications

You may qualify at the GS-14, if you fulfill the following qualifications:

A. One year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-13 grade level in the Federal service:

• Managing, processing, adjudicating, advising on, or overseeing formal Federal-sector equal employment opportunity (EEO) discrimination complaints, including acceptance/dismissal determinations, investigations, settlement efforts, hearings, final agency decisions, or corrective actions
• Applying Federal-sector EEO laws, regulations, and EEOC guidance, including 29 C.F.R. Part 1614, to resolve complex employment discrimination and retaliation matters
• Reviewing and evaluating complaint case files, counseling reports, investigative reports, and/or proposed case actions for legal or procedural sufficiency, timeliness, completeness, and compliance.
• (SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE MUST BE CLEARLY DEMONSTRATED IN YOUR RESUME)

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Education

Substitution of education may not be used in lieu of specialized experience for this grade level.

Additional information

Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA): To be eligible for a VEOA appointment under Merit Promotion procedures, the veteran must be a preference eligible or a veteran separated after 3 years or more of continuous active service performed under honorable conditions.

Interagency Career Transition Assistance Programs: This program applies to employees who have been involuntarily separated from a Federal service position within the competitive service or Federal service employees whose positions have been deemed surplus or no longer needed. To receive selection priority for this position, you must: 1) meet ICTAP eligibility criteria; 2) be rated well-qualified for the position; Well qualified is defined as possessing the type and quality of experience that exceeds the positions minimum qualifications. and 3) submit the appropriate documentation to support your ICTAP eligibility. For more information: .

Noncompetitive Appointment Authorities: For more information on noncompetitive appointment authority eligibility requirements:

Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service (see )

The selecting official may choose to conduct interviews, and once the selection is made, you will receive a notification of the decision.
NOTE: Declining to be interviewed or failure to report for a scheduled interview will be considered as a declination for further consideration for employment against this vacancy.

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Re-employed Annuitant: This position DOES NOT meet criteria for re-employed annuitant. The DoD criteria for hiring Re-employed Annuitants can be found at:

DRUG TESTING REQUIREMENT:
This position is subject to an initial drug screening, and random testing thereafter. The selectee's inability successfully pass; or refusal to conduct the test may result in: 1) the tentative or FJO being withdrawn during the recruitment process; or 2) subsequently being removed from Federal service for failure to meet a condition of employment.
You will be required to sign a "Drug Test Statement of Understanding" if you are selected for this position.

Status candidates must meet time-in-grade requirements (52 weeks at the next lower grade level).