This position is located at the New Mexico Veterans Affairs Health Care System in the Equal Employment Opportunity Office (EEO), under the Office of the Director. The primary purpose of the position is to further the goals of EEO by taking positive steps to assure the accomplishment of affirmative action objectives and by adhering to non-discriminatory employment practices regarding race, color, religion, sex, and national origin, age or disability.

Duties

Exercise a high degree of judgment in analyzing and recommending solutions to problems that adversely affect EEO and Affirmative Employment. Advises management on specific actions in support of affirmative action, strategies for handling discrimination and/or harassment complaints. Provides managers and employees with information about the organization's EEO policies, procedures, and guidelines. Reviews and analyzes new or revised personnel policies, procedures and guidelines for use throughout an agency installation. Ensures the activities of the Special Emphasis Program managers and their respective subcommittees are carried out in accordance with Departmental and local policy. Serves as a representative of the facility in establishing and maintaining contact with local community groups who are interested in civil rights and/or equal opportunity. Serves as the facility's mediator and attempts through reviews and discussions with parties, to negotiate a settlement through alternative Dispute Resolution Program. Applies Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)/Equal Opportunity Treatment (EOT) principles and requirements to all personnel management actions and decisions, and ensures all personnel are treated in a manner free of discrimination. Provides case document production responses to the Office of Resolution Management (ORM), discovery response for Regional Counsel, and to collaborate with Administrative Judges on logistics and preparation for hearings. Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 08:00 - 04:30 PM Compressed/Flexible: Not authorized Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Equal Employment Manager/PD13796A Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized PCS Appraised Value Offer (AVO): Not Authorized Financial Disclosure Report: Not required

Requirements

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 10/06/2023. Time-In-Grade Requirement: Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement. For a GS-12 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-11. The grade may have been in any occupation, but must have been held in the Federal service. An SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials. If the most recent SF-50 has an effective date within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate you possess one-year time-in-grade, as required by the announcement. In this instance, you must provide an additional SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one-year time-in-grade. Note: Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to former Federal employees applying for reinstatement as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment. You may qualify based on your experience as described below: Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-11 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: experience in concepts, principles, and methods of Equal Employment Opportunity to develop broad guidelines or regulations. Conducting projects to resolve complex systemic problems for an agency. Experience in applying the problem-solving techniques of the field and the legal framework in which the program operates: and a high level of skill in interpreting and developing guidelines and regulations that are questioned, challenged, or require negotiating to secure acceptance. Developing deadlines and approaches to unusual or particularly sensitive program and/or case problems.. You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: CommunicationsComplianceConflict ManagementManaging Diverse WorkforceOrganizational Performance Analysis 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; religions; 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. Note: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment. Physical Requirements: The regular and recurring work of the position involves sitting at a desk, conferences, meetings, etc., and occasional visits to activity work sites. No special physical exertion is required. For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/.

Education

There is no educational substitution at this grade level.

Contacts

• Address Raymond G Murphy Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center 1501 San Pedro Drive, Southeast Albuquerque, NM 87108 US
• Name: Alisha Herzog
• Phone: (913) 683-8960
• Email: [email protected]