This position is located in Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), Civil Rights Directorate, Office of Civil Rights Operations, Equity, Policy, and Compliance, Solutions and Complaints (CG-22), in Washington, DC.

Duties

You will serve as Chief of the Solutions and Complaints Division, overseeing and ensuring the quality of work produced by staff managing informal discrimination complaints, formal discrimination complaints, and alternative dispute resolution (ADR) programs.

Requirements

• Males born after 12/31/1959 must be registered for Selective Service.
• U.S. Citizenship is required.
• Must meet time-in-grade by closing date of this announcement.

Qualifications

To qualify for the GS-14 level: Applicants must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-13 level in the federal service.   Specialized experience is experience that has equipped you with the particular ability, skill, and knowledge to successfully perform the duties of this position and is typically in or related to this line of work. Specialized experience must include: Providing leadership and direction for the agency's Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and Civil Rights programs. Serving as an expert on reasonable accommodations, processing requests, and reviewing and analyzing reasonable accommodation appeal files for determinations. Creating broad guidelines and regulations to resolve complex, systemic problems that impact employment policies and practices. Analyzing communications on controversial, politically sensitive, and complex matters to assure conformance with executive policy. Conducting legal research and written analysis on EEO laws and regulation. Drafting Final Agency Decisions and response letters to congressional inquiries and FOIA requests. NOTE: Education cannot be substituted for experience at this grade level. National Service Experience (i.e., volunteer experience): 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. The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) must authorize employment offers made to current or former political appointees. If you are currently, or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule, C, Non-career SES or Presidential Appointee employee in the Executive Branch, you must disclose this information to the Human Resources Office.

Education

This position does not have a positive education requirement. If you are including education on your resume, report only attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. See Required Documents section for detail.

FOREIGN EDUCATION: Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet Federal qualification requirements if you can show that your foreign education is comparable to education received in accredited educational institutions in the United States. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence with your application. See Recognition of Foreign Qualifications click here

Contacts

• Address United States Coast Guard 2703 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave SE STOP 7912 Washington, District of Columbia 20593-7120 United States
• Name: USCG Applicant Support
• Phone: 866-656-6830
• Email: [email protected]