This position is an integral part of the Department of State's Office of Civil Rights (S/OCR) and resides in its Policy, Reporting, and Outreach section (PRO). You will serve as an entry level Equal Employment Specialist with direct responsibility for executing major segments of the Department's equal employment opportunity (EEO) outreach programs and projects to achieve workforce equality of opportunity.

Duties

Participates in compiling, extracting, and analyzing information and statistical data from a variety of sources and prepares diversity reports, briefings, charts, and graphs. Plans and conducts EEO compliance reviews of posts, bureaus, directorates and offices with the assistance of program analysts, EEO investigators and the Office of the Inspector General (OIG). Prepares/drafts EEO reports required annually. Conducts research and helps provide analysis and recommendations on how best to promote diversity, locate and define barriers to EEO, identify reasons for those barriers, and propose specific action items to eradicate them. Performs analyses and makes recommendations on resource allocations needed to sustain and expand current programs or program segments and/or create new ones and administration of assigned resources to achieve program goals. Develops and delivers EEO and diversity briefings and training course segments to domestic and overseas Department personnel on all aspects of the S/OCR mission. Serves as a liaison to S/OCR stakeholders and/or key officials.

Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship is required.
• Incumbent will be subject to random drug testing.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Top Secret security clearance.
• Successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit: www.dhs.gov/E-Verify/

Qualifications

Applicants must meet all the required qualification requirements described below by the closing date of this announcement. If you are qualifying based on education OR if there are mandatory education requirements listed below, you MUST submit a copy of your college transcript with your application.  NOTE: Applicants must meet time-in-grade and time after competitive appointment requirements, by the closing date of this announcement. Time-In-Grade Requirements: Federal applicants must have served 52 weeks at the next lower grade to satisfy time-in-grade restrictions, per 5CFR 300, Subpart F. Applicants applying for the GS-09 grade level must meet one of the following requirements: A. Have at least 1 full year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-07 level in the Federal service which provided you with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities to perform the duties of the position. Qualifying specialized experience must demonstrate the following: Experience planning and conducting EEO compliance reviews. Experience performing analyses of EEO programs and making recommendations to achieve program goals and objectives. Experience representing the office in meetings, conferences, and training courses with a focus on EEO barriers and implementation of best practices. OR B. Have 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. from an accredited college or university. This education must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities to do the work of the position to be filled; OR C. Have a combination of graduate level education and specialized experience (as described above), which is equivalent to the GS- 07 level in the Federal Service. This experience and education together meets 100% of the qualification requirements for this position. Combination of Experience and Education: When an applicant has less than one year of specialized experience as described in the announcement, he or she may combine successfully completed graduate-level education with experience to meet the total qualification requirements. Generally, 18 graduate semester hours is equivalent to 1 full-time year of graduate study (your school and department determine what constitutes 1 full time year of graduate study). The percentage of specialized work experience and the percentage of graduate study must total at least 100%. Note: All applicants WILL BE required to submit transcripts as verification of educational requirement. If you fail to provide requested information, or the information you submit is insufficient to verify your eligibility, you may lose consideration for this position.

Education

See the qualifications section of this vacancy announcement for education requirements.

Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the education requirements if you can show that the foreign education is comparable to that received in an accredited educational institution in the United States. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence when applying. For a list of accredited organizations recognized as specializing in interpretation of foreign education credentials, visit: www.naces.org/members.php.

Contacts

• Address U.S. Department of State US Department of State 2201 C Street NW Attn: S/ES-HR, Suite 7507 Washington, District of Columbia 20520 United States
• Name: Montiel Jones
• Phone: 202-322-0869
• Email: [email protected]