The Department of Commerce ranked top 5 in the 2023 Best Places to Work in the Federal Government amongst large agencies for the 12th year in a row! The ranking showcases the Department's continued commitment to increasing our employee engagement, employee satisfaction, and positive perceptions towards diversity, equity, accessibility, and inclusion. Come join our team!

Duties

This position will provide the following: - Serves as lead EEO counselor under direction of EEO Complaints Manager. - Assists training and supporting EEO Counselors under direction of EEO Complaints Manager. - Assists with conducting new employee orientation, delivers presentations to staff and supervisors on EEO updates and policy as appropriate. - Helps ensure agency compliance related to EEO, accessibility, religious and medical accommodation under direction of EEO Officer and senior specialists. - Assists with completion of 462, MD-715, and other compliance reports and data requests as needed. - Provides data and input related to barrier analysis with other agency partners.

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service
• Suitable for Federal employment
• Must meet time-in-grade/band requirements, as applicable
• Bargaining Unit Position: No

Qualifications

All applicants must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-7 (or ZA-I level at NIST). Specialized experience is defined as experience interpreting and applying EEO regulations, EEO complaint counseling and processing, analyzing work force data, barrier analysis and experience in Alternative Dispute Resolution methods. OR 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 Combination of education and experience. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done. We will credit all qualifying volunteer experience in your application. The qualification requirements in this vacancy announcement are based on the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards Handbook. Applicant Reconsideration

Education

This position allows applicants to qualify with education. Transcripts must be submitted to validate that the education requirement has been met. Unofficial transcripts will be accepted in the application package. However, an official copy will be required prior to a final offer of employment.

Education completed outside of the U.S. must be evaluated by an accredited organization to ensure that it is comparable to education received in accredited institutions in the U.S. Click here to view a listing of accredited organizations from the Department of Education's website. A copy of the foreign education evaluation (containing the results with a course by course listing) is required with your application.

Contacts

• Address Equal Employment Opportunity and Accessibility Office 100 Bureau Drive Gaithersburg, MD 20899 US
• Name: Tailor Thompson
• Phone: 000-000-0000
• Email: [email protected]