This position is located in the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Office of the Principal Deputy Administrator, Equal Employment Opportunity Office. This position primary purpose is coordinating and advising with responsibility for developing, revising, analyzing, and issuing agency wide discrimination complaints policies.

Duties

As a Equal Employment Specialist (Discrimination Complaints), your typical work assignments may include: Advising managers on broad, complex, and sensitive equal employment opportunity issues. Updating policy, manuals, standard operating procedures, and desktop guides for the EEO in support of audit program initiatives. Providing monthly status reports on EEO counseling activity and other appropriate information to the EEO Officer. Conducting timely fact-finding inquiries into specific incidents regarding alleged claims of discrimination, to include obtaining and thoroughly reviewing all pertinent documents and files related to the claim. Providing advice and guidance to EEO counselors on processes, such as advising on how to address legal claims of discrimination and draft settlement agreements.

Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship is required.
• Selective Service: Males born after 12/31/59 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service (see http://www.sss.gov/).
• Successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit: http://www.dhs.gov/E-Verify/.
• Incumbent is subject to random drug testing.
• Selectee may be required to serve a probationary period.
• Employment is subject to the successful completion of a background investigation. Must be able to obtain and maintain a security clearance.

Qualifications

Applicants must meet all of the required qualification requirements described below by the closing of this announcement. You may qualify at the GS-12 level, if you fulfill the following qualification requirement: One year of experience (equivalent to at least the GS-11 level or pay band in the Federal service) that includes performing the following duties: 1) Participating in the development of solutions to complicated EEO issues or situations with program-wide impacts; 2) Managing all EEO discrimination complaints in accordance with 29 Code of Federal Regulations Part 1614 and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) MD-110; 3) Assisting with conducting legal sufficiency reviews, and issuing the Report of Investigations to the complainant and their representative; and 4) Assisting with processing and forwarding EEO formal complaints for investigations to the designated contractor, and processing requests for EEOC hearings, final agency decisions, and EEOC appeals. You may qualify at the GS-13 level, if you fulfill the following qualification requirement: One year of experience (equivalent to at least the GS-12 level or pay band in the Federal service) that includes performing the following duties: 1) Participating in the development of solutions to complicated EEO issues or situations with program-wide impacts; 2) Managing all EEO discrimination complaints in accordance with 29 Code of Federal Regulations Part 1614 and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) MD-110; 3) Conducting legal sufficiency reviews, and issuing the Report of Investigations to the complainant and their representative; and 4) Processing and forwarding EEO formal complaints for investigations to the designated contractor, and processeing requests for EEOC hearings, final agency decisions, and EEOC appeals. Additional information on the position qualification requirements are located in the Office of Personnel Management's (OPM) Qualifications Standards Handbook. Time-In-Grade Requirement: Applicants must meet time-in-grade and time after competitive appointment requirements by the closing date of this announcement.

Education

Education requirements do not apply to this vacancy announcement.

Contacts

• Address Drug Enforcement Administration Do Not Send Postal Mail Springfield, VA 21310 US
• Name: Debra Jordan
• Phone: 571-776-2688
• Email: [email protected]