The position is located in the Branch of Training, Education and Program Development (BTEP), Division of Policy and Program Development (DPPD), Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP). The mission of BTEP is to oversee the development and implementation of OFCCP's Training Academy to improve the effectiveness of the agency's enforcement program through training and education. All current Department of Labor employees with competitive status.

Duties

Applicants should apply to the location(s) they are able to regularly report to. Location will be determined once selection(s) is made. Salary posted reflects pay range for all locations. Once the selection has been made, the salary will be set in accordance with the selectee's location. The position can be filled in any of the following locations: New York, NY; Hartford, CT; Boston, MA; Buffalo, NY; Mountainside, NJ; Philadelphia, PA; Baltimore, MD; Pittsburgh, PA Richmond, VA; Orlando, FL; Atlanta, GA; Birmingham, AL; Columbia, SC; Jackson, MS; Miami, FL; Detroit, MI; Indianapolis, IN; Chicago, IL; St. Louis, MO; Kansas City, MO; Milwaukee, WI; Omaha, NE; Houston, TX; Dallas, TX; Denver, CO; San Antonio, TX; Portland, OR Major Duties: Plans, designs, organizes, and executes/delivers a wide range of training courses for both new hires and veteran employees to increase the skills, productivity, and quality of their work. Initiates, plans and develops curricula (including course outlines and aids/materials) for formal training courses. Uses current software to design and deliver effective training course, including OFCCP's Learning Management System and other training development software programs. Develops and conducts training for new Investigators and veteran Investigators that focuses on skills needing improvement. Evaluates the effectiveness of training offered by OFCCP and provides alternative ideas if improvement is needed. Plans, develops, and evaluates experimental programs and pilots. Assignments often involve program innovations or modifications that result in the need to provide training to staff that will be using the new programs or products. Designs, develops and coordinates training and curriculum development and delivery activities with other federal, state, and local public and private organizations and the local public. OFCCP enforces E.O. 11246, as amended; Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, and 38 U.S.C. 4212 of the Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974, as amended. These laws ban discrimination and require Federal contractors or subcontractors to take affirmative action to ensure that all individuals have an equal opportunity for employment, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, sexual orientation or gender identity.

Requirements

• Must be a U.S. Citizen.
• Must be at least 16 years old.
• Candidate required to obtain the necessary security/investigation level.
• Requires a probationary period if the requirement has not been met.
• Appointment to this position may require a background investigation.

Qualifications

You must meet the Basic Requirements listed in the Qualifications section and the Specialized Experience to qualify for Training Specialist, as described below. Specialized Experience is the experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSA's) to perform the duties of the position successfully, and that is typically in or related to the position to be filled. To be creditable, specialized experience must have been equivalent to at least the next lower grade level. IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE WILL NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE. POSITION TITLES ALONE CANNOT BE USED TO DETERMINE IF YOU ARE QUALIFIED. PLEASE LIST DATES IN MM/DD/YYYY FORMAT. THIS IS IMPERATIVE IN DETERMINING IF WHETHER YOU HAVE AT LEAST ONE YEAR OF CREDITABLE SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE. DATES WILL NOT BE ASSUMED. Individual Occupational Requirement (IOR) for Training Instruction Series (1712) as prescribed by OPM: Education: Undergraduate and Graduate Education: Major study -- education or a subject area related to the position to be filled. -or- Experience: Specialized Experience (for positions above GS-5): Experience that demonstrated a practical knowledge of the subject area of the position and of the methods and techniques of instruction. Examples of qualifying specialized experience include:- Teaching or instructing in an adult education program, secondary school, college, military installation, or industrial establishment in the appropriate field(s).- Supervising or administering a training program.- Development or review of training/course materials, aids, devices, etc., and evaluation of training results.- Work in the occupation or subject-matter field of the position to be filled that required training or instructing others on a regular basis. In addition to meeting the Individual Occupational Requirement (IOR) above, applicants must also meet the specialized experience listed below. GS-13: Applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 level in or related to the work of Training, that provided the specific knowledge's, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of Training Specialist. Examples of qualifying specialized experience includes: Developing and delivering training materials related to equal opportunity executive orders, laws, regulations, policies and programs and assessing the outcome of training efforts; Work experience communicating information (orally and/or written) regarding evaluations, interpretation of the laws, regulations and policies that govern equal opportunity programs; Work experience developing technical materials (i.e. scripts, presentations) for contractors and staff related to equal opportunity executive orders, laws and regulations.

Education

Any applicant falsely claiming an academic degree from an accredited school will be subject to actions ranging from disqualification from federal employment to removal from federal service.

If your education was completed at a foreign college or university, you must show comparability to education received in accredited educational institutions in the United States and comparability to applicable minimum coursework requirements for this position. Click Evaluation of Foreign Education for more information.

Contacts

• Address Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs 200 Constitution Avenue NW Washington, DC 20210 US
• Name: Karla Goldberg
• Phone: 215-861-5894
• Email: [email protected]