Job opening: Equal Employment Specialist
Salary: $59 966 - 94 317 per year
Published at: Mar 13 2024
Employment Type: Full-time
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Duties
Serving as a Equal Employment Specialist GS-0260-9/11 makes you a valuable member of the Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers (FLETC) team and mission. This position is located in the Equal Employment Opportunity Office.
Typical work assignments include:
Assisting with fact-finding, negotiating, and resolving charges of discrimination and sensitive EEO issues.
Providing assistance with the counseling of employees and applicants who believe they have been discriminated against.
Assisting with the processing of Reasonable Accommodation (RA) assignments, including reports and/or correspondence.
Performing routine administrative and miscellaneous clerical work, including maintaining the office budget, property custody (and backup timekeeper) functions; reviewing and controlling outgoing correspondence to insure meeting necessary suspense dates and coordinates the efforts of subordinate staff members to ensure timely preparation of reports and correspondence.
Gathering and analyzing narrative and statistical data; assisting with developing background information and preparing outlines for the supervisor's engagements, papers, and correspondence/reports.
Providing assistance to the EEO Complaints manager and EEO specialists with processing complaints, special projects, and reviews and analyses of EEO policies and practices.
Requirements
- You must be a U.S. citizen to apply for this position.
- Males born after 12/31/1959 must be registered for Selective Service.
- Must successfully pass a background investigation for Suitability/Fitness (5N – Non-Sensitive, Moderate Risk).
- Current employees within the General Schedule (GS) must meet the time-in-grade requirements outlined in the "Qualifications" section of this announcement.
- Non-BU: This is a non-bargaining unit position.
- Must set up direct deposit.
Qualifications
Please limit your resume to 5 pages. If more than 5 pages are submitted, only the first 5 pages will be reviewed to determine your eligibility/qualifications. Please visit www.fletc.gov/site-page/employment-faqs website for further guidance regarding this page limit.
The qualification requirements listed below must be met by the closing date of this announcement.
You qualify for the GS-09 grade level if you possess:
One year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-07 grade level in the Federal service maintaining a divisional budget; developing background information and preparing outlines for the supervisor's engagements, papers, correspondence, and reports.
OR
Successfully completed of a master's or equivalent graduate degree or 2 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL. B or J.D. if related.
OR
Possess an equivalent combination of specialized experience and graduate level education. Only education beyond the first 18 semester hours will be combined with the specialized experience.
You qualify for the GS-11 grade level if you possess:
One year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-09 grade level in the Federal service performing analysis for statistical data; conducting fact-finding, and counselling employees and applicants who believe they have been discriminated against.
OR
Successfully completed a Ph.D or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.M if related.
OR
Possess an equivalent combination of specialized experience and graduate level education. Only education beyond the first 36 semester hours will be combined with the specialized experience. Time-in-grade Restrictions: 52 weeks at the GS-09 grade level in the Federal service.
Time-in-grade: Current General Schedule (GS) federal employees, and those that have served in GS positions within the last 52 weeks, must have served 52 weeks at the next lower grade, or a combination of the next lower grade level and an equivalent band in the federal service by the closing of this announcement.
Note: Current or former Federal employees MUST submit a copy of their SF-50 Form which shows competitive service appointment ("position occupied" block 34 on the SF-50 should show a "1"), tenure group (block 24 should show a 1 or 2), grade, and salary. If you are applying for a higher grade, please provide the SF-50 Form which shows the length of time you have been in your current/highest grade (examples of appropriate SF-50s include promotions, With-in Grade/Range Increases, and SF-50s dated a year apart within the same grade/job). If you have promotion potential in your current position, please provide proof. Employees applying with an interchange agreement must provide proof of their permanent appointment. IF YOU DO NOT SUBMIT ALL OF THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTATION, YOU WILL NOT RECEIVE CONSIDERATION AS A STATUS CANDIDATE.
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). 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.
Education
Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications; applicant's resumes and supporting documentation should only reflect education received from schools accredited by such institutions. Applicants can verify accreditation at the following Website:
https://ope.ed.gov/dapip/#/home
If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency (a U.S. private organization's interpretation that such education has been deemed at least equivalent to conventional U.S. education programs) with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education. For more information regarding evaluation of foreign education for federal employment, please visit the U.S. Department of Education webpage on the
Recognition of Foreign Qualifications.
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