This position is in the Office of Civil Rights and Equal Opportunity (OCREO). The incumbent serves as the Equity and Inclusion Manager. Under the leadership of the Chief Equity Officer (CEO), the Manager provides guidance and strategic management to implement the Equity and Engagement Program.

Duties

Coordinates internal and external resources for equity and engagement work to address the requirement of Civil Rights while advancing people and culture in the federal workforce. Assess policies, practices, and decisions for their impact on the communities SSA serves to advance equitable outcomes. Collaborates with the Chief Equity Officer and stakeholders to recommend action plans and provide feedback on work groups with an equitable and inclusive lens. Represents the Chief Equity Officer as delegated, in meetings, work groups, or committees. Develops and organize programs, training, and initiatives to integrate principles of inclusion and employee engagement practices throughout the agency that help build and engaged diverse, and inclusive workforce. Provides expertise in the development of strategic programmatic activities and learning plans that build or strengthen growth mindsets and capacity of employees to increase equitable outcomes for internal and external stakeholders. Supports the development and execution of agency strategic plans to achieve equity for employees and customers and creates standard operating procedures to enhance institutional equity and inclusion values agency-wide. Defines and documents project scope, objectives, and desired outcomes; designs work plans and project requirements, provides project updates to stakeholders and ensure timely project delivery within scope. Reviews and analyzes new or proposed policies, executive orders, procedures, and guidelines, and makes recommendations to leadership on the need for changes to existing policies that may impact the agency. Identifies conflicts or deviations from acceptable or current policies and practices. Provides guidance to staff and leadership concerning the implementation of new program assignments. Directs components in reporting on diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility goals; measures impact and recommends solutions to address achievement and outcome gaps. Identifies and makes recommendations on how to remove potential barriers to equitable outcomes for the workforce and customers. Leverages data and evidence from working groups and barrier analyses to inspect policies, procedures, and practices, and identify areas where action required to foster a culture shift that empowers people and culture. Builds and promotes a data driven approach to proposed changed in policies, practices, and procedures that includes the use of key performance indicators and outcome measures to ensure effectiveness and accountability for progress. Partners with components to identify and formulate methodologies to improve the collection and tracking of demographic data relating to employee participation in leadership and... [Cont'd]... professional opportunities to ensure that these programs equitably serve all employees. Partners with recruitment to rollout engagement strategies for hiring in inclusive spaces. Keeps abreast of the current trends, research, and development in the private and public sector and across various government agencies in diversity, equity, inclusion, accessibility (DEIA), and engagement. Serves as first-line supervisor for a staff who range in grades from GS-12 to GS-13. Plans to overall workload distribution for the staff, assigning work and setting priorities. Evaluates performance of subordinate employees and interviews candidates for staff positions, making recommendations for appointments, promotions, etc. Advises and counsels subordinate and hears and resolves complaints. Identifies individual training and developmental needs and makes provisions for training and development.

Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship required
• Selective Service Registration, if applicable (www.sss.gov)
• Fingerprinting and background and/or security investigation may be required
• Job offers are contingent on fingerprinting and background / security investigation results
• Selectees may be required to serve a 1 year probationary period
• Relocation expenses will not be paid
• All qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of the announcement

Qualifications

Your resume must include the following information: Full name of place of employment Full start and stop dates (e.g. 03/15/2018 - 09/27/2023) Indication of Full or Part-time with hours worked included Without the information above, we are unable to determine if you meet the requirements of having at least one year of experience. If this information is not provided, you will be marked ineligible for consideration. Applicants must qualify for the series and grade of the posted position. Your resume must provide sufficient experience, knowledge, skills, abilities, and proficiency of any required competencies to perform the specific position for which you are applying. Your resume is the key means we have for evaluating your experience, education, knowledge, skills, abilities and competencies as they relate to this position. Your resume and supporting documents must specifically address the evaluation criteria for the position. Describe duties you perform (not just knowledge, skills and abilities) as they relate to the specialized experience required for this position. Be clear, accurate and specific when describing your experience; e.g., list all positions separately, include full start and stop dates for each position, your work schedule (number of hours per week), your grade (if your position is federal), and a comprehensive description of the relevant duties you performed in each position. This information is instrumental in determining the highest quality candidates to be referred to the Selecting Official. Please submit a thorough resume that directly relates to this position. If your application materials do not demonstrate the knowledge, skills, abilities, AND specialized experience needed for this position, your application will be ineligible for further consideration. Qualification standards and additional information for this position can be found here: General Schedule Qualification Standards (opm.gov) To qualify for this GS-14 position, the applicant must have 52 weeks of specialized experience at, or equivalent to the Federal GS-13 level (or above), which is in or related to the work of the position to be filled and has equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. Such experience should include (1) to be detail-oriented, communicating both orally and in writing to an executive level audience; (2) be proficient applying concepts, principles, laws, regulations, and practices pertaining to advancing people and culture along with knowledge of Equity Executive Orders and EEOC regulations; (3) have experience leading a team while applying project management skills and coordination of administrative functions; (4) have skills utilizing automated systems for component actions, performing analytical studies to provide guidance; (5) be proficient conducting briefings and presentations to management officials; (6) have negotiation and problem solving skills. ALL of this specialized experience is REQUIRED and must be explicitly documented/described in your resume or you will be disqualified from further consideration.

Education

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

Contacts

• Address DCCREO 6401 Security Boulevard Baltimore, MD 21235 US
• Name: OPE Staffing DCCREO
• Email: [email protected]