This position is located in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), United States Coast Guard (USCG), Commandant, Civil Rights Directorate (CG-00H), Office of Civil Rights Operations (CG-00H-2), in Washington, DC

Duties

You will serve as the Chief of Civil Rights Operations, within the Civil Rights Directorate. You will develop and implement the majority of the plans and policies for the Coast Guard's (CG) military equal opportunity (EO) and civilian equal employment opportunity (EEO) programs with mission responsibility for insuring compliance with equal opportunity laws, Executive Orders, Government-wide policies and regulations, and Commandant EO/EEO Instructions throughout the CG.

Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship is required.
• This position requires a National Agency Check with Inquiries (NACI).
• Males born after 12/31/1959 must be registered for Selective Service.
• New supervisors will be subject to a one-year probationary period.

Qualifications

Specialized experience is experience that has equipped you with the particular ability, skill, and knowledge to successfully perform the duties of this position and is typically in or related to this line of work. To qualify at the GS-15 level, applicants must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-14 level in the federal service. Specialized experience for this position is defined as meeting at least 5 out of 7 of the following: Leading and managing an EEO Program; Leading efforts to accomplish strategic equal employment opportunity and civil rights goals; Ensuring compliance with applicable EEO laws, regulations, and policies; Developing and implementing policy, strategy, and action plans to the internal program and Departmental EEO complaints program; Providing direction to other internal personnel and coordinating with legal counsel regarding determinations and recommendations regarding complaint adjudication and case reviews; Conducting EO compliance reviews; Leading a team, assigning and monitoring work, and evaluating the performance of subordinate staff.   National Service Experience (i.e., volunteer experience): 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.The Office of Personnel management (OPM) must authorize employment offers made to current or former political appointees.  If you are currently, or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule, C, Non-career SES or Presidential Appointee employee in the Executive Branch, you must disclose this information to the Human Resources Office.

Education

This position does not have a positive education requirement. If you are including education on your resume, report only attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. See Required Documents section for detail.

FOREIGN EDUCATION: Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet Federal qualification requirements if you can show that your foreign education is comparable to education received in accredited educational institutions in the United States. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence with your application. See Recognition of Foreign Qualifications click here

Contacts

• Address United States Coast Guard 2703 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave SE STOP 7912 Washington, District of Columbia 20593-7120 United States
• Name: USCG Applicant Support
• Phone: 866-656-6830
• Email: [email protected]