You will serve as a EQUAL EMPLOYMENT SPECIALIST in the Office of Diversity Management & EEO (10A4) with the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS). All Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) positions are in the excepted service. This position is in the excepted service and does not confer competitive status. This job will close when we have received 50 applications which may be sooner than the closing date.

Duties

You will serve as an EEO Counselor and conduct in depth inquiries of sensitive and complex complaints of discrimination based upon age, race, color, religion, etc. You will interpret Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) policy to support management in EEO related matters. You will analyze and process complaints by providing guidance based on regulations and guidance from EEOC, DoD, and DON. You will conduct inquiries of sensitive and complex complaints of discrimination. You will prepare detailed counselor reports and when feasible, attempts to resolve complaints at the informal stage. You will prepare detailed counselor reports and, attempt to resolve complaints at the informal stage. You will assist in developing and providing training for employees and supervisors in a wide area of topics to support EEO and ADR programs.

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
• 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.
• You must acknowledge in writing that you are accepting an appointment in the excepted service which does not confer competitive status, prior to appointment.
• 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.
• The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) requires that new EEO Counselors receive a minimum of thirty-two (32) hours of EEO Counselor training prior to assuming counseling duties.
• New EEO Counselors must also receive at least eight (8) hours of continuing EEO counseling training annually.

Qualifications

GS-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) Interpreting Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) policies/procedures, laws or regulations; 2) Training and performing counseling and/or advisory services to supervisors and employees to support EEO and ADR (Alternate Dispute Resolution) programs; 3) Working on and completing difficult and complex EEO problems through systematic fact-finding, analysis, and consulting functions, and 4) Gathering and performing analysis of EEO workforce data for reports. GS-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 the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: 1) Interpreting Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) policies/procedures, laws or regulations; 2) Processing informal/ formal EEO complaints, data compilation and analysis, and ADR requests; 3) Utilizing automated systems to input data related to EEO complaints; and 4) Assisting with creating correspondence and related case documents according to procedures. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: http://www.opm.gov/qualifications/Standards/group-stds/gs-admin.asp. 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

FOR GS-11: In lieu of specialized experience listed in the Qualifications section, applicants may qualify based on equivalent combination of education and experience, as follows:

Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree

or

3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree

or

LL.M., if related

A transcript must be submitted with your application if qualifying using education. See Required Documents for additional information.

Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications (https://www.ed.gov/). Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.

Contacts

• Address NCIS 27130 Telegraph Road Quantico, VA 22134 US
• Name: Department of Navy EIC
• Email: [email protected]