The duties of this position involve developing, administering, evaluating, and advising on the medical center's internal equal employment opportunity and Mediation program; and solving the specialized employment problems of women, minorities, veterans, the handicapped, persons over age forty, and others as they relate to Federal employment.

Duties

Program Management Serves as a special assistant to the Medical Center Director and manages all Equal Employment Opportunity Programs. Provide leadership to the Medical Center's top management to carry out its continuing mission of maintaining a robust Equal Opportunity Employment Program. Serves as a resource to address problematic and recurring issues to increase the quality and effectiveness of the VHA EEO program; recommends policies and strategies; provides general program guidance and consultative work including studying challenging problems with Medical Center or VISN-wide impact; applies comprehensive knowledge of Federal equal employment statutes, regulations, standard operating procedures, and Alternative Dispute Resolution techniques to create a fair employment work place: special assignments to review and evaluate the quality of local EEO programs; serves as facilitator to train facility managers and supervisors in their EEO responsibilities for understanding laws and regulations. Provides Personnel Advisory Services Provide managers and employees with information about the organization's personnel policies, procedures, and guidelines. Provides Medical Center management with interpretations of policy procedures when the issues involved arc new, highly controversial, precedent setting and/or involve more than one are of personnel policy. Also serves as the EEO Liaison to the Veterans Benefit Administration regarding providing assistance with mediation and EEO training for managers and supervisors. Exercises Supervisory and/or Managerial Authorities of Program Oversight Analyzes and evaluates, on a quantitative or qualitative basis, the effectiveness of programs or operations in meeting established goals and objectives. Evaluate Medical Center-wide mediation programs. Establish long and short-term objectives that are realistic and responsive to established equal employment opportunity goals and priorities. Keep abreast of equal employment opportunity and alternative dispute resolution (including mediation) events occurring within and outside of the Medical Center to anticipate the need for initiating action. Policy Review and Analysis Review new proposed policies, procedures and guidelines and makes recommendations to management on the need for changes in existing policies. Conduct reviews of new or proposed personnel policies, procedures and guidelines for impact on Medical Center-wide personnel policies. Develop Medical Center strategies and plans. Develop new Medical Center personnel policies, procedures and guidelines when the issues under consideration are new and have no applicable precedent or are highly controversial. Provide Medical Center management with interpretations of policy and procedures. Policy Development and Revision Develops new or proposed personnel policies, procedures and guidelines and makes recommendations to management on the need for new or modified policies. Develop new or revised personnel policies, procedures and guidelines for use throughout the Medical Center. Provides adequate direction and recommends effective methods for developing formal plan(s) to enhance the employment opportunities of underrepresented ethnic groups and females. Personnel Program Evaluation Work Plans, initiates, and/or conducts program surveys, studies, or evaluations. Evaluate personnel programs of a Medical Center or a major primary organizational segment. Draw inferences from evaluations of the personnel programs of many subordinate organizations to recommend policy and practices. Must be sensitive to the interrelationships between various personnel programs and to the management relationships within the organization. Evaluates, publicizes, and provides overall direction to the designated programs for the Medical Center. Personnel Standards and Regulation Development Perform program analysis for the purpose of developing personnel standards and regulations. Serve as the primary Medical center technical authority with respect to regulatory impact upon a sensitive or rapidly evolving equal employment opportunity program. Analyses performed that materially affect program direction. Coordinate efforts with concerned officials of other government entities. Identify key policy issues and priorities. Work Schedule: Monday - Friday 8:00 a.m. - 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. Position Description/PD#: Equal Employment Manager/PD06047O

Requirements

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 03/01/2024. 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 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-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: Knowledge of Federal equal employment opportunity regulations and principles; federal personnel administration Administrative, management and consulting skills; Ability to communicate effectively in writing, orally to brief supervisors, service chiefs, and management personnel Review work of EEO specialist and EEO assistants regarding complex Civil Rights complaints of discrimination and ensures the Medical Center properly investigates complaints and develops cases that will withstand legal challenges, reviewing reports of investigation for the VISN for Title VI discrimination complaints to ensure regulatory adequacy of investigations, and report writing. Review and develop new or proposed policies, procedures, and guidelines and makes recommendations to management on the need for changes in existing policies. Plans, initiates, and/or conducts program surveys, studies, or evaluations. Develops and/or monitors proposals or plans related to the implementation of personnel programs or projects. Perform program analysis for the purpose of developing personnel standards and regulations You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Analytical ThinkingManages and Organizes InformationProblem SolvingStandardsStrategic Thinking 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, attending conferences or meetings, and occasional visits to various work sites. Occasional use of automobile and public conveyances may be required. 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 Corporal Michael J Crescenz Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center 3900 Woodland Avenue Philadelphia, PA 19104 US
• Name: Beverly Smith
• Phone: 610-384-7711 X4657
• Email: [email protected]