Job opening: Equal Opportunity Assistant
Salary: $45 146 - 72 703 per year
Published at: Aug 13 2024
Employment Type: Full-time
This position is located in the Equal Employment Opportunity Programs Office (EEOP), Immediate Office of the Director, Washington Headquarters Services (WHS). The EEOP is responsible for managing and administering the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD), WHS, EEO Programs.
Duties
Incumbent typical work assignments may include the following:
Prepares and assembles various EEO reports required by management.
Assembles and summarizes information for files for EEO investigators and counselors including promotion actions, removals, suspensions, etc.
Explains EEO complaint procedures including grounds for a complaint, the complainant's rights, and alternative avenues for solving the problem.
Obtains additional facts, with consent of complainant, from other employees.
Advises the employee or applicant on various courses of action available (e.g., classification appeals, grievances, formal EEO complaint), when complaints cannot be resolved informally.
Assists the employee in preparing a formal complaint to the extent required.
Reviews incoming and outgoing correspondence for accuracy, completeness, and regulatory compliance.
Reviews affirmative action plans from various organizations for accuracy of statistics, proper inclusions and exclusions, conformance to agency and region regulations, completeness and consistency of data within the plans.
Reviews personnel actions to assure compliance with specific provisions of affirmative action plans and to determine if there is any equal employment opportunity (EEO) impact.
Collects, compiles, and reports on employment data to determine progress in achieving EEO goals.
Reviews regional workforce data to identify underrepresented classes in each career ladder in the region.
Assists supervisors and staffing specialists in developing affirmative action recruitment plans for specific types of positions by identifying sources of applicants and assisting in recruitment.
Requirements
- U.S. Citizenship is required
- Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service (see https://www.sss.gov/Home/Registration)
- May be required to successfully complete a probationary/trial period
- Must be determined suitable for federal employment
- Required to participate in the direct deposit program
- This position is subject to pre-employment and random drug testing
- This position may be subject to the DoD Priority Placement Program
- Must be able to obtain and maintain a SECRET security clearance
- The employee may be required to work other than normal duty hours, which may include evenings, weekends, and/or holidays and/or overtime
Qualifications
For qualifications determinations, it is recommended that applicants include their months and hours worked per week for each employment listed on their resume. If a determination is not able to be made about the length of your creditable experience for qualification requirements, you will be removed from consideration.
Read more about what should I include in my federal resume? at https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/faq/application/documents/resume/what-to-include/
This vacancy is a career ladder position; it may be filled at the GS-05/06 or 07 level. If selected at the lower grade level, noncompetitive promotion to the full performance level GS-07 is authorized without further competition when selectee is eligible & recommended by management.
You may qualify at the GS-05 level, if you fulfill the following qualification requirement:
One year of specialized experience equivalent to theGS-04 grade level in the Federal service (experience may have been gained in the private sector) that demonstrates your ability to:
Provide administrative/clerical support and preparing and maintaining records;
Assemble, summarizing and reporting information or data for distribution to intended audiences; and
Utilize various office automation software with varied functions to produce a wide range of documents.
OR
Completion of a full four (4) years of education above the high school level. This education must have been obtained in an accredited business, secretarial or technical school, junior college, college or university. (Transcripts are required at the time of application.
OR
A combination of specialized experience as described above and education as described above. The total percentage must equal at least 100 percent to qualify. (Transcripts are required at the time of application.)
You may qualify at the GS-06 level, if you fulfill the following qualification requirement:
One year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-05 grade level in the Federal service (experience may have been gained in the private sector) that demonstrates your ability to:
Review affirmative action plans accuracy and conformance to agency regulations;
Conduct interviews to obtain, compile and present information to intended audiences; and
Compile information and composing routine correspondence, such as requests for information
You may qualify at the GS-07 level, if you fulfill the following qualification requirement:
One year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-06 grade level in the Federal service (experience may have been gained in the private sector) that demonstrates your ability to:
Interpret and implement regulations, rules and policies related to equal opportunity, civil rights programs or activities; and
Conduct interviews to obtain information and develop facts; and3. Review correspondence for accuracy, completeness, and regulatory compliance.
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.
ACTIVE DUTY SERVICE MEMBERS: The VOW Act Chapter 21 of Title 5, United States Code (U.S.C.), Section 2108a, requires Federal agencies treat active duty service member as veterans, disabled veterans, and preference eligible, when they submit, at the time they apply for a Federal job, a "certification" of active service in lieu of a DD-214, assuming the service member is otherwise eligible. A "certification" letter should be on letterhead of the appropriate military branch of the service and contain (1) the military service dates including the expected discharge or release date; and (2) the character of service. The service member's military service dates are necessary in order to determine whether he or she meets the definition of "veteran" under 5 U.S.C. 2108(1). The "certification" must reflect the service member is expected to be discharged or released from active duty service in the armed forces under honorable conditions not later than 120 days after the date of submission. The "certification" must be signed by, or by direction of, the adjutant, personnel officer, or commander of your unit or higher headquarters and must indicate when your terminal leave will begin (if applicable), your rank, dates of active duty service, the type of discharge and character of service (i.e. honorable). Further, under paragraph (h) of the rule, agencies are required to verify a qualifying separation from military service prior to appointment, through the DD-214 or other appropriate documentation. Your preference and/or appointment eligibility will be verified prior to appointment. Active duty members that fail to provide a valid "certification" of service with their initial application will be found "not eligible." Military members may be appointed before the effective date of their military retirement/separation if member is on terminal leave.
Current or Former Political Appointees: Beginning January 1, 2010, agencies must seek prior approval from OPM before they can appoint a current or recent political appointee to a competitive or non-political excepted service position at any level under the provisions of title 5, United States Code. If you are currently or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule C, or Non-career SES employee in the executive branch, you MUST disclose that to the Human Resources Office. Submit a copy of your applicable SF-50, along with a statement that provides the following information regarding your most recent political appointment:
Position title;
Type of appointment (Schedule A, Schedule C, Non-career SES, or Presidential Appointee);
Agency; and,
Beginning and ending dates of appointment.
All qualifications and education requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement and clearly documented in your resume.
Education
Education cannot be substituted for experience at the GS-06 or GS-07 grade level.
ARE YOU USING YOUR EDUCATION TO QUALIFY AT THE GS-05 LEVEL? You MUST provide transcripts to support your educational claims. Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. Unless otherwise stated: (1) official or unofficial transcripts are acceptable, or (2) you may submit a list with all of your courses, grades, semester, year, and credit for the course. All materials must be submitted by the closing date of the announcement.
PASS/FAIL COURSES: If more than 10 percent of your undergraduate course work (credit hours) were taken on a pass/fail basis, your claim of superior academic achievement must be based upon class standing or membership in an honor society.
GRADUATE EDUCATION: One academic year of graduate education is considered to be the number of credits hours your graduate school has determined to represent one academic year of full-time study. Such study may have been performed on a full-time or part-time basis. If you cannot obtain your graduate school's definition of one year of graduate study, 18 semester hours (or 27 quarter hours) should be considered as satisfying the requirement for one year of full-time graduate study
FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit:
https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html
A tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if the selectee fails to meet the pre-employment requirements, including failure to report to any of the scheduled appointments.
If you are unable to apply online, you must request an alternative application. Please view the following link for information on how to obtain an alternative application
https://help.usastaffing.gov/Apply/index.php?%20title=Alternate_Application_Information
Appointment Authorities: For more information on appointment authority eligibility requirements:
Contacts
- Address WHS Immediate Office
Human Resources Directorate
4800 Mark Center Drive
Alexandria, VA 22350
US
- Name: Washington HQ Services
- Phone: 000-000-0000
- Email: [email protected]
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