This position is located within the Health Resources and Services Administration, Office of the Administrator, Office of Civil Rights, Diversity, and Inclusion. The duty location is Rockville, MD. **Applicants please note: Additional selections may be made across the Department of Health and Human Services through this vacancy announcement.**

Duties

As a Lead Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Specialist, you work closely with the Deputy Director to provide leadership in terms of equal employment opportunity program functions and subject matter expertise to the staff within the EEO Complaints Management team and across other teams within the Office of Civil Rights, Diversity, and Inclusion. Your major duties and responsibilities include: Leading decision-making for the team related to EEO Complaints operations oversight (e.g., workload distribution, task assignment, strategy development, analysis of team performance on achieving goals and formulation of corrective actions if targets are not met). Providing managers and employees expert advice on matters relating to the processing of EEO complaint (Informal and Formal) plans, policies, and decisions. Monitoring the processing of EEO complaints pursuant to EEOC's Management Directive 110 and the regulations under 29 C.F.R. 1614 and established case precedence. Processing EEO Complaints, drafting coherent correspondence to employees, management officials, and attorneys. Communicating to interested parties, necessary information to ensure that processing of EEO complaints is performed expeditiously and according to EEO timelines. Designing, implementing, and conducting educational components, consisting of orientations conferences and seminars to provide program participants an understanding of the EEO process. NOTE: Do not cut and paste the duties, specialized experience, or occupational assessment questionnaire from this announcement into your resume as that will not be considered a demonstration of your qualifications for this position.

Requirements

• U. S. Citizenship is required.
• All qualifications and time-in-grade requirements must be met by the closing date of the announcement. Federal applicants must submit an SF-50 to show status and time-in-grade.
• Males ages 18 through 25 must be registered with the Selective Service.
• PHS Commissioned Corps applicants must submit current personnel orders.
• A one year probationary period may be required.
• Employment is subject to the successful completion of the pre-appointment process (i.e., background investigation, verification of qualifications and job requirements, completion of onboarding forms, submission of required documents, etc.)

Qualifications

THESE QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS MUST BE MET BY THE CLOSING DATE: 08/10/2023 Do not cut and paste the duties, specialized experience, or occupational assessment questionnaire from this announcement into your resume as that will not be considered a demonstration of your qualifications for this position. QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS: MINIMUM QUALIFYING SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE is experience that has equipped the applicant with the knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position and is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled. To be creditable, an applicant's one full year of specialized experience must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary for successful job performance. To qualify for this position at the GS-14 level, your resume must clearly demonstrate that you have one full year of the minimum qualifying specialized experience comparable in difficulty and responsibility to at least the GS-13 level in the federal service. Examples of the minimum qualifying specialized experience equal to the GS-13 level include the following types of tasks performed on a regular and recurring basis: Overseeing informal and formal federal EEO complaints, ensuring they are in compliance with relevant laws and regulations to advance diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility. AND Developing and conducting training for managers, supervisors, and employees regarding the federal EEO Complaints process, procedures, related laws, regulations, and court decisions to advance diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility. 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; community; student; social). If such experience is on a part-time basis, you must provide the average number of hours worked per week as well as the beginning and ending dates of the experience so it can be fully credited. Applicants whose resumes clearly demonstrate the required minimum qualifying specialized experience will be evaluated based on the occupational assessment competencies listed below. A competency is defined as a measurable pattern of knowledge, skills, abilities, behaviors, and other characteristics that an individual needs to perform work roles or occupational functions. EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY AND DISABILITIES PROGRAMS - Applies knowledge of, and promotes compliance with, appropriate federal statues, regulations, policies, and procedures (e.g., Civil Rights Act of 1964, Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Americans Disabilities Act Amendments Act, Executive Orders, case law) relevant to EEO and disability programs. RESEARCH AND EVALUATION - Knowledge of the principles, methods, and processes used to conduct a systematic and objective inquiry; including study design, collection, analysis, and interpretation of data; and the reporting of results. TECHNICAL WRITING - Prepares written documentation to transfer technical information about concepts, situations, products, services, or results to audiences with varying levels of technical knowledge. TRAINING - Seeks, develops, and delivers useful, relevant training for growth or performance enhancement. TO PREVIEW THE OCCUPATIONAL ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE, please click on the following link: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12049361 Current status candidates must meet Time-in-Grade (TIG) by the closing date of this announcement. To allow us to verify that you meet TIG requirements, provide any of the following SF-50s: Please Note: Current year pay adjustments are not acceptable for verifying TIG (ex. 2023 general increases cannot be used to verify TIG). Competitive or Career-ladder promotion to your highest grade (this does not include 120 day temporary promotions) Regular Within Range Increase (WRI) or With In Grade (WGI) increase at your highest grade (this does not include quality step increases (QSIs). Competitive career/career-conditional appointment to your highest grade. SF-50 at your highest grade held, that is at least one year older than the announcement closing date of 08/10/2023. Not sure which SF-50 to submit? Check out our video... Go here to watch the video on the SF50s to submit in your application package.

Education

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

Contacts

• Address Health Resources and Services Administration 5600 Fishers Lane Rockville, MD 20857 US
• Name: AskHR HRSA Helpdesk
• Phone: (301) 443-3780
• Email: [email protected]