The primary purpose of this position is to perform work that involves developing, administering, evaluating, or advising on the Federal Government's internal equal employment opportunity program within the assigned organization. This position serves as the Equal Employment Manager with full responsibility for establishing, organizing, and directing an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Program that provides services to a region.

Duties

Developing, administering, evaluating, and advising on the Federal Government's internal equal employment opportunity program within the assigned organization. Serving as the Equal Employment Manager with full responsibility for establishing, organizing, and directing an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Program that provides services to a region. Provides expert advice on all matters related to the EEO program on the feasibility and impact of EEO plans, policies, and decisions. Provide leadership, advice and counsel to line and staff managers/supervisors in the development and implementation of the organization's affirmative action plan. Manages the EEO Complaints processes. Prepares complete, timely reports on pre-complaint counseling activities, the status of formal complaints, and the disposition of complaints closed for various levels of higher authority. Informs and advises management officials and employees on EEO program requirements. Coordinate activities, program planning, reports and other EEO related functions with Human Resources, Office of Resolution Management, Office of General Counsel/Regional Counsel and other internal and external office stakeholders. Develops and promotes EEO program publicity and reference materials insuring EEO program is communicated to the workforce. Developing and maintaining data through a variety of databases and information tracking systems. Assigns, directs, and reviews the equal employment opportunity program work of collaterally assigned or subordinate employees; coordinates program activities with other staff offices and with line managers to achieve mutual objectives. Knowledge of overall department, medical center and VISN goals, missions and priorities to assure a positive impact on other programs and resources. Defines equal employment opportunity problem areas, identifies reasons for problems, and drafts specific action items to treat the causes of problems. Developing recommendations to management on the level and mix of resources (staff, money, space and equipment) to be assigned to the program; allocating assigned resources within the program to meet program objectives. Provides quality EEO products and services, advice and direction on issues related to the administration and management of an EEO program and the impact of organization policies, plans, practices and decisions on personnel. Work Schedule: Full-Time, Monday through Friday, 8:00AM - 4:30PM. Tour of duty based upon supervisor, subject to change based upon facility needs. AD HOCTelework: VA supports the use of AD HOC telework as a way to help attract and retain talented individuals in public service, increase worker productivity, and better prepare the agency to operate during emergencies. This position may be authorized for AD HOC telework. AD HOC Telework eligibility will be discussed during the interview process. Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Equal Employment Manager/PD037260 Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Approved Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized

Requirements

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 12/12/2024. Time-In-Grade Requirement: Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement. For a GS-12 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-11. The grade may have been in any occupation, but must have been held in the Federal service. An SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials. If the most recent SF-50 has an effective date within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate you possess one-year time-in-grade, as required by the announcement. In this instance, you must provide an additional SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one-year time-in-grade. Note: Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to former Federal employees applying for reinstatement as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment. You may qualify based on your experience as described below Applies comprehensive knowledge of laws, regulations, executive orders, court decisions, and issues related to the Federal equal employment opportunity program and skill to interpret and apply this knowledge to a variety of difficult and complex work assignments. Skilled in applying the operating principles, methods and techniques of the EEO Program to include fact-finding, analysis, counseling, complaint, and investigative processes, the roles of the EEO Committee and Special Emphasis Programs. Analyzes and recommends solutions to problems that adversely affect EEO, Affirmative Employment, ADR, Reasonable Accommodation and the Prevention of Sexual Harassment. Provides leadership and guidance to facility employees, managers, supervisors, EEO/Diversity Committees, and Special Emphasis Program Managers. Serves as a trainer in the areas of EEO, ADR, Diversity Awareness, Workplace Harassment (sexual and non-sexual), and Special Emphasis. Communicates effectively both verbally and in writing, and brief management officials at the facility level. Please ensure your resume/application supports the response that you select. You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Administration and ManagementAnalytical ThinkingCommunicationsPlanning and Evaluating 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; religions; 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. Note: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment. Physical Requirements: The work is mostly sedentary, but walking and limited travel to outpatient clinics in Mobile, Pensacola, Eglin, and Panama City is required. For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/.

Education

There is no educational substitution at this grade level.

Contacts

• Address Biloxi VA Medical Center 400 Veterans Avenue Biloxi, MS 39531 US
• Name: Lesa Lang
• Phone: 804-566-8397
• Email: [email protected]