Executive Director (ED), Amarillo VA HCS, retains responsibility for administering overall VHA Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) & Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) programs. Incumbent serves as principal advisor in EEO & Affirmative Employment; Alternative Dispute Resolution & DEI management for the ED service line executives, supervisors & employees. Responsible for program development, administration, etc. Requires knowledge of Federal EEO regulations/principles, compliance, etc.

Duties

Recruitment/Relocation and PCS incentive may be authorized for a highly qualified individual. Duties include, but are not limited to: Assisting the Office of Resolution Management Diversity and Inclusion (ORMDI) and Administrative Judges with investigations and hearings. In collaboration with the ORMDI Field Office, serving as the local liaison for all aspects of the facility's complaint processing program. Including assistance to ORMDI field office personnel (EEO Counselors, Investigators, and Intake Specialists) during both the counseling and investigative stages. Such involvement includes providing documentation as requested; locating and identifying employees involved in the complaint process; discussing resolution efforts; negotiating settlements; and drafting the same on behalf of management. Providing advice and assistance during the post-investigative stages (e.g., hearings, appeals, and compliance phases) for each formal complaint. Including working with EEOC Administrative Judges, Regional Counsel staff, Office of General Counsel, Office of Employment Discrimination Complaint Adjudication, as well as local supervisors and managers. Serving as technical expert for processing the following federally conducted external complaints, which are not processed by ORM including: Title IX complaints, prohibiting discrimination on the basis of sex in educational programs or activities that receive federal financial assistance. Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, prohibiting discrimination on the basis of handicap in federally conducted programs or activities and recipients receiving federal financial assistance. Title VI Complaints of Civil Rights Act of 1964, prohibiting discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, under any program or activity receiving federal financial assistance from the Department of Veterans Affairs. Age Discrimination Act of 1975, prohibiting age discrimination to any program or activity receiving federal financial assistance provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs directly or through another recipient. Directing and developing an Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Program, which is any procedure or combination of procedures voluntarily used to resolve issues in controversy without the need to resort to litigation. Including, but not limited to, assisted settlement negotiations, conciliation, facilitation, medication, fact-finding, minitrials, and arbitration, that require an impartial advisor or neutral third party. Attempting through reviews and discussions with both parties, to assist in negotiating a settlement. Assisting parties to: structure the negotiation; clarify the core issues in dispute; avoid personality conflicts that disrupt the negotiation; identify the strengths and weaknesses of each person's position and examine alternative approaches which facilitate a compromised agreement. Trained and certified National Facilitator and conducting EEO training including the Prevention of Sexual Harassment, for all managers and supervisors. Conducting mandated training within 60 days of all newly hired employees' employment. Conducting studies and analyses on the utilization of minorities and women in the workplace, identifying obstacles and outlining alternative solutions to identified problems. Researching, compiling and analyzing statistical data in order to evaluate progress of the EEO Program Identifying organizational or occupational areas that need improvement and developing alternatives to resolve problems Conducting analyses of the workforce by race, sex, grade, occupational series and policies and practices affecting employment. Identifying program goals that may conflict with existing policies or practices, actions, reassignments, job training, sexual harassment, and reprisal, based on factors of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, and handicap. Responsible for developing, implementing, coordinating, reviewing, monitoring, evaluating and updating all plans associated with the EEO Program. Performing other duties as assigned. Work Schedule: Fulltime, Monday thru Friday 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Telework: VA supports the use of telework as a way to help attract and retain talented individuals in public service, increase worker productivity, and better prepare the agency to operate during emergencies. This position may be authorized for telework. Telework eligibility will be discussed during the interview process. Ad-hoc Position Description/PD#: Equal Employment Specialist (Equal Employment Manager) - Recruitment/Relocation and PCS Authorized/PDHA504-00498-0 Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: May be authorized for a highly qualified individual Permanent Change of Station (PCS): May be authorized for a highly qualified individual PCS Appraised Value Offer (AVO): May be authorized for a highly qualified individual Financial Disclosure Report: Not required Not a Bargaining Unit position

Requirements

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 10/30/2023. 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-11 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-09. 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 and/or education as described below: Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-09 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: exercising a high degree of independent judgment in analyzing and recommending solutions to problems that adversely affect EEO and Affirmative Employment; advising the Director and management on specific actions in support of affirmative action and strategies for handling discrimination complaints and the skill to apply knowledge to more difficult and complex problems encountered in the program; serving as the local liaison for all aspects of the facility's complaint processing program; directing and developing an Alternative Dispute Resolution Program, which is any procedure or combination of procedures voluntarily used to resolve issues in controversy without the need to resort to litigation and assisting in negotiating a settlement. OR, Education: Applicants may substitute education for the required experience. To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or three full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.M., if related. (TRANSCRIPT REQUIRED). OR, Combination: Applicants may also combine education and experience to qualify at this level. You must have an combination of specialized experience and education as stated above. (TRANSCRIPT REQUIRED) You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Critical thinking Employee relations Integrity/honesty Interpersonal effectiveness 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 work is sedentary. Some work may require movement between offices, hospitals, warehouses, and similar areas for meetings and to conduct work. Work may also require walking/standing, in conjunctions with travel to and attendance at meetings and/or conferences away from the work site. Incumbent may carry and lift light items weighing less than 15 pounds. 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

A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education.

Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/. If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education. For further information, visit: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html.

NOTE: If your school has changed names, or is no longer in existence, you must provide this information in your application.

Contacts

• Address Thomas E Creek VA Medical Center 6010 Amarillo Boulevard, West Amarillo, TX 79106 US
• Name: VISN 17 SSU USAS Group
• Email: [email protected]