About the Position: This is a supervisory, permanent position with Headquarters, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Office of Diversity and Leadership located at the General Accountability Office building in Washington, DC. Directs and manages EEO and diversity outreach in support of 9 Major Subordinate Commands (MSC), 44 Districts and 9 Field Operating Activities, Centers, and Laboratories geographically dispersed throughout the command and comprising 36,000 civilians and 800 military leaders.

Duties

Serves as the principal advisor to the Commanding General and senior management officials of the US. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), a direct reporting unit of the Department of the Army (DA). Serves as spokesperson for and on matters pertaining to Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) policy, practices, processes and procedures. Evaluates human capital programs, policies, practices, and procedures to ascertain for the Command whether there are barriers that tend to limit or restrict equitable opportunities for open competition in the workplace. Applies managerial and technical equal employment opportunity knowledge and skills to plan, organize, direct, staff, carry out, review, and evaluate a proactive, management-oriented equal employment opportunity programs. Analyzes the work force and organizational components to identify particular occupations, organizations, lines of progression (career ladders), and/or geographical locations in which minorities and women are underrepresented. Directs, develops, and proposes broad plans of action designed to assure that EEO objectives are attained by utilizing thorough expert knowledge of the organization. Directs and develops a comprehensive Model EEO program that includes on-site program evaluation, analyses of required narrative and statistical reports, comparisons of objectives and actual accomplishments, deficiencies and improvements. Explains performance expectations to the subordinate supervisory position and employees directly supervised and provides regular feedback on strengths and weaknesses. Assures implementation of the goals and objectives for the program and functions performed; determines goals and objectives that need additional emphasis, determines, the best approach. Exercises supervisory responsibilities civilian personnel assigned to the Diversity and Leadership Division in accordance with the Commanding General's guidance.

Requirements

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• This position requires the incumbent be able to obtain and maintain a determination of eligibility for a Secret security clearance or access for the duration of employment.

Qualifications

Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities. Current Department of Army Civilian EmployeesCurrent Department of Defense (DOD) Civilian Employee (non-Army)Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System (DCIPS) Interchange AgreementDomestic Defense Industrial Base/Major Range and Test Facilities Base Civilian Personnel WorkforceExecutive Order (E.O.) 12721Interagency Career Transition Assistance PlanLand Management Workforce Flexibility ActMilitary Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473Non-Appropriated Fund Instrumentality (NAFI)Non-Department of Defense (DoD) TransferPriority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician EligiblePriority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) EligiblePriority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability RetirementPriority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference EligibleReinstatementVeterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998 In order to qualify, you must meet the experience requirements described below. 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). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document.One year of specialized experience which includes Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes: 1) apply mastery and authoritative knowledge of Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) concepts, principles, practices and operational functions; 2) formulate and establish organization-wide policy/evaluation of program activities; 3) evaluate Human Capital programs and practices for consistency with federal rules, regulations and guidelines; 4) direct and/or review analysis of EEO laws, court decisions, regulations, personnel policies to determine impact; 5) provide oversight of resolution of complaints which impacts policy and procedure; and 6) provides supervisory and/or managerial oversight for the personnel management of EEO staff. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-14). You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas: Ability to lead or superviseAssessment and Compliance ReviewInfluencing/NegotiatingOral CommunicationProgram ManagementWritten Communication Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-14).

Education

Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted.

Contacts

• Address RA-W0JVAA HQ US ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS DO NOT MAIL Washington, DC 20313 US
• Name: Army Applicant Help Desk
• Email: [email protected]