Job opening: Equal Employment Specialist (EEO Specialist)
Salary: $117 962 - 153 354 per year
Published at: Jun 28 2024
Employment Type: Full-time
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Duties
WHAT IS THE TEGE - Tax Exempt/Government EntitiesDIVISION?
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Vacancies will be filled in the following specialty areas:
Tax Exempt and Government Entities HQ
EDI-Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
The following are the duties of this position at the full working level.
Incumbent has the primary responsibility for coordinating and controlling the administration of EEO programs and has been delegated the immediate responsibility for providing service and guidance to officials in specifically assigned organizational and/or functional areas.
The specialist develops, monitors, reviews, and updates program activities in such areas as the EEO Complaints Program, Affirmative Employment Program, Federal Equal Opportunity Recruitment Program, Diversity, Special Emphasis Programs, including Persons With Disabilities and others as defined by law, regulation, or policy.
The employee maintains personal contact with officials and employees to develop an understanding of EEO and diversity through advising them of their rights and responsibilities as defined by applicable laws, rules, regulations, and established procedures.
This includes providing training and/or briefing sessions as needed to keep management apprised of program policies and requirements.
Incumbent also coaches and provides technical guidance, appropriate training, ongoing assistance and support to other full time and collateral duty EEO personnel locally and in the field offices.
The specialist is proficient in all aspects of the EEO Process and equipped to provide guidance on EEO complaints, i.e. individual, management officials, group, and class complaints with varying levels of complexity.
Qualifications
Federal experience is not required. The experience may have been gained in the public sector, private sector or Volunteer Service. One year of experience refers to full-time work; part-timework is considered on a prorated basis. To ensure full credit for your work experience, please indicate dates of employment by month/year, and indicate number of hours worked per week, on your resume.
You must meet the following requirements by the closing date of this announcement:
SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Applicants must have one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-12 level in the Federal Service. To qualify for this position, you must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 which is the next lower grade level of the normal line of progression of this position in the Federal government. Specialized experience is experience that is related to the work of this position and has provided you with the competencies required for successful job performance. Qualifying experience is experience that demonstrated accomplishment of EEO and Diversity project assignments that required a wide range of knowledge of investigative and training requirements and techniques pertinent to the position to be filled. This knowledge is generally demonstrated by assignments where the applicant analyzed a number of alternative approaches in the process of advising management concerning major aspects of inquires/investigations to include: interpreting, explaining and applying knowledge of EEO laws, regulations, and administrative decisions to negotiate and resolve unprecedented, broad, difficult and complex problems; utilizing fact finding, analytical, problem solving, investigative, and interviewing methods and techniques; and organizing and presenting facts, findings, conclusions, and recommendations in a logical manner.
For more information on qualifications please refer to OPM's Qualifications Standards.
Education
For positions with an education requirement, or if you are qualifying for this position by substituting education or training for experience, submit a copy of your transcripts or equivalent. An official transcript will be required if you are selected.
A college or university degree generally must be from an accredited (or pre-accredited) college or university recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. For a list of schools which meet these criteria, please refer to
Department of Education Accreditation page.
FOREIGN EDUCATION: Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the requirements. You must show proof the education credentials have been deemed to be at least equivalent to that gained in conventional U.S. education program. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence when applying. Click
here (Section 3, Explanation of Terms) or
here for Foreign Education Credentialing instructions.
Contacts
- Address TEGE - Headquarters
1111 Constitution Ave NW
Washington, DC 20224
US
- Name: IRS Austin External
- Email: [email protected]
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