This position is located in Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), Civil Rights Directorate, Office of Civil Rights Operations (CG-OOH-2), Civil Rights Operations Division (CG-OOH-21), Houston, TX, Cleveland, OH or New Orleans, LA.  Only one position will be filled in either of the listed locations.

Duties

You will serve as a Regional Director for the USCG, Civil Rights Directorate. You will provide principle technical information to senior leaders, managers, and supervisors on Civil Rights matters, including Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and Equal Opportunity (EO) matters. As a Supervisory, Equal Employment Specialist, you will be responsible for overseeing, managing, planning, developing, implementing, reviewing, and evaluating Civil Rights Policies, Programs and Activities within the Region and detached Zone locations.

Requirements

• Males born after 12/31/1959 must be registered for Selective Service.
• U.S. Citizenship is required.
• Time-in-grade requirements must be met by closing date.

Qualifications

To qualify for the GS-14 level: Applicants must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-13 level in the federal service.   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. Specialized experience must include: Providing leadership and direction for the agency's Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and Civil Rights programs. Serving as an expert on reasonable accommodations, processing requests, and reviewing and analyzing reasonable accommodation appeal files for determinations. Creating broad guidelines and regulations to resolve complex, systemic problems that impact employment policies and practices. Analyzing communications on controversial, politically sensitive, and complex matters to assure conformance with executive policy. Conducting legal research and written analysis on EEO laws and regulation. Drafting Final Agency Decisions and response letters to congressional inquiries and FOIA requests. NOTE: Education can/cannot be substituted for experience at this grade level. 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.

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]