You will serve as a EQUAL EMPLOYMENT SPECIALIST in the EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY DIVISION of NAVAL FACILITIES ENG COMMAND ATLANTIC. Vacancies filled from this announcement may be filled at GS-11 or GS-12 grade level.

Duties

You will determine EEO problem areas and barriers through analysis of management practices, organizational structures, employment practices, and lines of progression. You will develop policies and procedures for the EEO program to include Special Emphasis Programs (SEP), EEO counseling, complaints administration, and training. You will develop recommendations for alternative dispute resolutions as directed by Federal guidelines. You will evaluate Management practices and identify actions that tend to cause allegations of discrimination and recommend corrective actions. You will establish and maintain a viable Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Program.

Requirements

• Must be a US Citizen.
• Must be determined suitable for federal employment.
• Must participate in the direct deposit pay program.
• New employees to the Department of the Navy will be required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit e-verify.gov
• Generally, current federal employees applying for GS jobs must serve at least one year at the next lower grade level. This requirement is called time-in-grade. Time-in-grade requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement.
• Within the Department of Defense (DoD), the appointment of retired military members within 180 days immediately following retirement date to a civilian position is subject to the provisions of 5 United States Code 3326.
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
• You will be required to obtain and maintain a current valid United States driver’s license.
• You will be required to obtain and maintain an interim and/or final security clearance prior to entrance on duty. Failure to obtain and maintain the required level of clearance may result in the withdrawal of a job offer or removal.
• This position is eligible for part time, full time or ad-hoc telework at the discretion of management.
• Incumbent may be required to file a "Financial Disclosure Statement - OGE450" annually.
• Travel by military and commercial aircraft may be required.
• Employee must be able to obtain and maintain in good standing a government issued travel card for official Government travel purposes.

Qualifications

In order to qualify for this position, your resume must provide sufficient experience and/or education, knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the duties of the specific position for which you are being considered. Your resume is the key means we have for evaluating your skills, knowledge, and abilities as they relate to this position. Therefore, we encourage you to be clear and specific when describing your experience. FOR GS-0260-11: Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-09 grade level or pay band in theFederal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: 1) Advising leadership on equal opportunity issues concerning policy and case background on discrimination complaints; 2) Making recommendations based on analysis of workforce characteristics and organizational structure; 3) Helping others with processing informal and formal EEO complaints; 4) Conducting counseling, investigations, and adjudications for EEO complaint cases; 5) Utilizing automated systems to input data related to EEO complaints; and 6) Assisting with creating correspondence and related case documents according to procedures. OR: Have a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such degree or LL.M., if related. OR: Have a combination of experience as described above and education as described above, when combined, is equivalent to 100% of the qualification requirement. FOR GS-0260-12: Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-11 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: 1) Executing and evaluating Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) programs; 2) Providing advice and guidance in the application of EEO program requirements as directed by regulations; 3) Performing counseling duties, employing alternative dispute resolution or similar techniques, and/or making recommendations to management on difficult problems; 4) Processing informal and formal EEO complaints; 5) Updating necessary systems (i.e. iComplaints, FEDSEP, NEAT, IRCMS, etc.) with required data for assigned caseload; and 6) Preparing correspondence and related case documents using grammatical accuracy and/or according to procedures Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management web site: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0200/equal-employment-opportunity-series-0260/ Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (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.

Education

Education: If you are using education to meet all or part of the qualification requirements, it is highly recommended that you submit a copy of your transcripts or an itemized list of college courses which includes equivalent information from the transcript (course title, semester/quarter hours, and grade/degree earned) in your resume. See OPM's General Policies for information on crediting education.

Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the qualification requirements if the applicant can provide documentation indicating that the foreign education is comparable to that received in an accredited educational institution in the United States. It is the responsibility of the applicant to provide such evidence when applying for further information, visit: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html

Contacts

• Address NAVAL FACILITIES ENG COMMAND ATLANTIC 6506 Hampton Blvd Norfolk, VA 23508 US
• Name: Department of Navy EIC
• Email: [email protected]