This position is located within the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Office of Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, Office of the Director, Conflict Complaints Staff. The incumbent will serve as a senior and lead Equal Employment Opportunity Specialist and exercise program responsibility and serve as a USDA technical authority on employment-related adjudication issues, initiatives, and cases.

Duties

Leads a team of specialists, assistants, and contractors. Ensures that the organization's strategic plan, mission, vision, and values are communicated to the team and integrated into the team's strategies, goals, objectives, work plans and work products and services. Serves as a USDA technical authority and independently advises other specialists and managers throughout the Department about adjudication of the most complex cases involving employment-related discrimination. Makes determinations regarding discrimination complaints and prepares final decisions, in conformance with statute, regulations, and case law. Drafts settlement agreements, including damage assessments and complain closure or dismissal decisions.

Requirements

• You must be a US Citizen or US National.
• Males born after 12/31/1959 must be Selective Service registered or exempt.
• Subject to satisfactory adjudication of background investigation and/or fingerprint check.
• Successful completion of one year probationary period, unless previously served.
• Direct Deposit: Per Public Law 104-134 all Federal employees are required to have federal payments made by direct deposit to their financial institution.
• Successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit https://www.e-verify.gov/.

Qualifications

Applicants must meet all qualifications and eligibility requirements by the closing date of the announcement including time-in-grade restrictions, and specialized experience education, as defined below. Time in grade: Current federal employees applying for a promotion opportunity must meet time-in-grade (TIG) requirement of 52 weeks of service at the next lower grade level in the normal line of progression for the position being filled. At the GS-14: Qualifying experience for GS-14 includes one year of specialized experience comparable to GS-13 which is directly related to the work of this position, and which has equipped the applicant with the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position. For this position, specialized experience is serving as coach, facilitator and/or negotiator in coordinating team Equal Employment initiatives and in consensus building activities among team members; providing technical advice on a wide variety of individual or class action discrimination complaints filed under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, The Pregnancy Discrimination Act, The Equal Pay Act of 1963, The Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, The Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 to eliminate systemic barriers to equal employment opportunity; making recommendations to management on preparing case files for civil rights investigations; developing final agency decisions for complaints of employment discrimination; and developing new Equal Employment Opportunity policies. 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 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

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

Contacts

• Address Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights 1400 Independence Ave SW Washington, DC 20250 US
• Name: Sindy Leon
• Phone: 000-000-0000
• Email: [email protected]