You will serve as an Equal Employment Specialist in the EEO and Diversity Department of NAVAIRWARCENAC DIV.

Duties

You will manage caseload and other program responsibilities including meeting legal time requirements imposed by regulations and other job requirements. You will make presentations, analyze complaints, write reports, and interface one-on-one with employees and applicants for employment, managers and supervisors. You will utilize working knowledge of policies and practices including appeals and grievances, labor relations, position classification, recruitment and selection to know when to answer questions, resolve problems, etc. You will conduct studies and surveys or develop questionnaires as needed to identify issues or barriers to equal employment opportunity when necessary for fact-finding and/or as requested. You will perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Must be a US Citizen.
• Must be determined suitable for federal employment.
• Must participate in the direct deposit pay program.
• New employees to the Department of the Navy will be required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit e-verify.gov
• Generally, current federal employees applying for GS jobs must serve at least one year at the next lower grade level. This requirement is called time-in-grade. Time-in-grade requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement.
• Within the Department of Defense (DoD), the appointment of retired military members within 180 days immediately following retirement date to a civilian position is subject to the provisions of 5 United States Code 3326.
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
• You will be required to obtain and maintain an interim and/or final security clearance prior to entrance on duty. Failure to obtain and maintain the required level of clearance may result in the withdrawal of a job offer or removal.
• This position may require travel from normal duty station to CONUS and OCONUS and may include remote or isolated sites. You must be able to travel on military and commercial aircraft for extended periods of time.

Qualifications

Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the (GS-09/10) grade level or pay band (DA-03) in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: (1) Providing comprehensive counseling to potential EEO complainants including information on the informal and formal discrimination complaints process; (2) Processing formal complaints in accordance with EEOC (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission); (3) Conducting fact finding inquiries to resolve disputes; (4) Providing advisory services to management and supervisors; (4) Providing advice and guidance to employees, union officials, and agency representatives; (6) Seeking resolution of complaints through Alternate Dispute Resolution (ADR) techniques including mediation; (7) Conducting studies and surveys or developing questionnaires to identify issues or barriers to equal employment opportunity as needed for assigned program; (8) Overseeing discrimination complaints tracking program; and (9) Preparing formal complaint correspondence and meeting activity specific reporting requirements in accordance agency requirements. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management web site: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (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.

Education

In lieu of specialized experience, you may qualify with the following education or combination of both education and experience:

- master's or equivalent graduate degree
OR
- 2 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree
OR
- LL.B. or J.D., if related
OR
- A combination of experience and graduate education as described above that equates to one year of experience.

A transcript must be submitted with your application if qualifying using education. See Required Documents for additional information.

Contacts

• Address NAVAIRWARCENAC DIV Naval Air Warfare Center Patuxent River, MD 20670-5304 US
• Name: Department of Navy EIC
• Email: doneic@us.navy.mil