This position is located in the Immigrant and Employee Rights Section (IER). As the Equal Opportunity Specialist, you will conduct investigations and complete assignments for litigation to further enforcement of the anti-discrimination provision of the Immigration and Nationality Act ("INA"). You will also conduct outreach and complete policy-related assignments to educate the public about the anti-discrimination provision of the Immigration and Nationality Act.

Duties

The incumbent will serve as a Equal Opportunity Specialist. Duties include, but are not limited to: Identifying applicable legal principles and develops strategies for investigation, data collection, and analysis. Extensive knowledge of investigative techniques and applicable law to make recommendations regarding the disposition of investigations, including appropriate remedies and/or civil penalties. Giving outreach presentations to employer/employee audiences on the anti-discrimination provision of INA.. Collecting relevant testimonial and documentary evidence, including interviewing charging parties, potential witnesses, and respondent's officials and employees.

Requirements

Qualifications

Specialized Experience Requirements For the GS-12: I have one year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 grade level in the Federal service. Planning and/or conducting investigations of alleged civil rights violations, including employment discrimination (such as under Title VII, the Immigration and Nationality Act's anti-discrimination provision, the ADA, or the ADEA) or other civil rights and/or workplace violations; AND Documenting findings and preparing recommendations and correspondence; AND Relaying information to the public (such as through hotlines, public speaking, and/or conducting trainings). For the GS-13: I have one year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 grade level in the Federal service. Planning and/or conducting investigations of alleged civil rights violations, including employment discrimination (such as under Title VII, the Immigration and Nationality Act's anti-discrimination provision, the ADA, or the ADEA) or other civil rights and/or workplace violations; AND Documenting findings and preparing recommendations and correspondence; AND Relaying information to the public (such as through hotlines, public speaking, and/or conducting trainings); AND Interviewing charging parties, and other witnesses to obtain evidence relevant to the allegations of discrimination. In order to be rated as qualified for this position, we must be able to determine that you meet the specialized experience requirement - please be sure to include this information in your resume. To be creditable, this experience must have been equivalent in difficulty and complexity to the next lower grade of the position to be filled. Specialized experience is defined as experience that has equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position, and is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled. 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. KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES (KSAs): A Subject-Matter-Expert (SME) will evaluate your qualifications on the basis of your level of knowledge, skills, and abilities in the following areas. Please do not submit a separate written response. Demonstrated relevant expertise on the Immigration and Nationality Act's (INA's) anti-discrimination provision, or other anti-discrimination laws. Demonstrated ability to make supported enforcement recommendations based on investigations. Demonstrated ability to handle hotline calls. TIME-IN-GRADE REQUIREMENTS: Merit promotion applicants applying for a grade higher than the grade you currently hold, must provide an SF-50, which shows type of service appointment, tenure group, grade, and salary. Your SF-50 Form must also show the length of time you have been in your current/highest grade (examples of appropriate SF-50s include Promotions, Within Grade/Range Increases, and SF-50s over one year old). No award SF-50s will be accepted. Current Civil Rights Division employees are not required to submit an SF-50. All qualifications, time-in-grade, and education requirements (if applicable) must be met by the closing date of this announcement and clearly documented in your resume. YOUR RESUME MUST support your responses to the online questionnaire and provide specific details as to how your experience meets the specialized experience as described in the vacancy announcement. If you are using experience to meet all or part of the qualification requirements, please ensure that your resume includes the month and year that you began and ended each position held or that position will not be credited toward meeting the specialized experience requirement. Part-time employment will be prorated in crediting experience. Failure to provide details will result in an ineligible rating. Your latest resume submitted for this vacancy announcement will be used to determine qualifications and supersedes previous submissions.

Education

This position does not have an education qualification requirement.

Contacts

• Address Civil Rights Division 950 Pennsylvania Ave. NW Washington, DC 20530 US
• Name: Robin Hofmann
• Email: [email protected]