$88,704 – $136,271 a year
- Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act
- Non-Appropriated Fund Instrumentality (NAFI)
- Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP).
- Serves as a Senior Enterprise (National) staff-level Headquarters U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (HQUSACE) Equal Employment Manager responsible for the management of various national programs and special projects.
- Analyzes trends and alerts management to any incipient problems ensuring that all required metric-based reports are made and develops policy recommendations based on trends revealed by the metrics.
- Executes assigned national programs and special projects related to strategic planning and analysis.
- Develops EEO program standards and evaluation criteria to assess subordinate District/Centers compliance, effectiveness and quality of achieving a model EEO program using assessments, reviews and inspections.
- Champions inclusion of diversity and affirmative employment objectives in policy-setting and decision-making processes by identifying policies, procedures, practices and conditions that are barriers to EEO office.
- Leads and/or participates in interdisciplinary team discussions and problem solving where mastery of EEO laws and regulations as well as the mission, policies, functions and internal and external factors impacting the organization must be applied.
- Participates in the development and coordination of the National USACE EEO program philosophy, vision, strategic plan and policy concepts.
- Regularly briefs HQUSACE and serviced division regional management boards on the status and accomplishments of strategic objectives.
- Maintains a continuing dialogue with respective Federal agencies and Department of Defense.
- Serves as the principal advisor, expert and spokesperson on EEO matters for the serviced Division.
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Job family (Series)
0260 Equal Employment Opportunity
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Requirements
Requirements
Conditions of Employment
- Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
- This position requires the incumbent be able to obtain and maintain a determination of eligibility for a Secret security clearance or access for the duration of employment. A background investigation and credit check are required.
- This position has a Temporary Duty (TDY) or business travel requirement up to 25% of the time.
Qualifications
Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities.- Current Department of Army Civilian Employees
- Current Permanent Department of Defense (DOD) Civilian Employee (non-Army)
- Domestic Defense Industrial Base/Major Range and Test Facilities Base Civilian Personnel Workforce
- Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan
- Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act
- Non-Appropriated Fund Instrumentality (NAFI)
- Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) Eligible
- Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998
In order to qualify, you must meet the experience requirements described below. 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). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document.
Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone-no substitution of education for experience is permitted.
Experience required at the GS-13: To qualify based on your experience, your resume must describe at least one year specialized experience which includes: applying EEO concepts, laws, policies, regulations, and precedents; analyzing methods and techniques to develop EEO strategic plans; measuring and evaluating results of EEO program execution, participating as a subject matter expert (SME) or consultant in designing and planning a wide array of EEO strategic plans and programs; developing guidelines and operating procedures; resolving unprecedented, EEO problems and understanding basic budgetary and financial management principles and techniques as relating to long range planning of programs and objectives; and mastering the application of wide range qualitative and quantitative methods for the assessment and improvement of complex management processes and systems. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-12).
Experience required at the GS-14: To qualify based on your experience, your resume must describe at least one year of specialized experience which includes: performing, formulating and developing lead or higher-level EEO National Programs and Special Emphasis Programs management work; creating broad guidelines and regulations to resolve complex, systemic problems that impact employment policies, guidance and practices; conducting comprehensive reviews and evaluation studies of agency-wide EEO practices; analyzing communications on the most controversial and complex and far reaching matters to assure conformance with policy; understanding of budgetary and financial management principles and techniques as relating to long range planning of programs and objectives; developing strategic plans, policies and program procedures related to EEO; designing, developing, implementing, and delivering EEO diversity and programs; and 8) providing advice and guidance to leadership and other stakeholders on EEO matters, diversity and programs. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-13).
You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas:
- Analysis and Research
- Assessment and Compliance Review
- Communications
- Program Management
Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent.
Education
Additional information
- Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must complete a Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Registration.
- You will be required to provide proof of U.S. Citizenship.
- Two year trial/probationary period may be required.
- Direct deposit of pay is required.
- Selection is subject to restrictions resulting from Department of Defense referral system for displaced employees.
- If you have retired from federal service and you are interested in employment as a reemployed annuitant, see the information in the Reemployed Annuitant information sheet.
- This is a Career Program (CP) 28 – Equal Employment Opportunity position.
- Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement.
- Salary includes applicable locality pay or Local Market Supplement.
- Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP). If you are a Federal employee in the competitive service and your agency has notified you in writing that you are a displaced employee eligible for ICTAP consideration, you may receive selection priority for this position. To receive selection priority, you must: (1) meet ICTAP eligibility criteria (2) be rated well-qualified for the position and; (3) submit the appropriate documentation to support your ICTAP eligibility. To be considered well-qualified and receive selection priority applicants must satisfy all qualification requirements for the position and receive a score of 90 or above. Additional information about the program is on OPM’s Career Transition Resources website.
- When you perform a Civilian Permanent Change of Station (PCS) with the government, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) considers the majority of your entitlements to be taxable. Visit https://www.gsa.gov/cdnstatic/FTR%20Bulletin%2018_05%20Relocation%20Allowances_0.pdf for more information.
- If you are unable to apply online or need to fax a document you do not have in electronic form, view the following link for information regarding an Alternate Application.
- Permanent Change of Station (PCS) allowances may be authorized, subject to the provisions of the Joint Travel Regulations and an agency determination that a PCS move is in the Government Interest.
How You Will Be Evaluated
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
Once the announcement has closed, a review of your application package (resume, supporting documents, and responses to the questionnaire) will be used to determine whether you meet the qualification requirements listed on this announcement. If you are minimally qualified, your résumé and supporting documentation will be compared against your responses to the assessment questionnaire to determine your level of experience. If, after reviewing your résumé and/or supporting documentation, a determination is made that you have inflated your qualifications and/or experience, you may lose consideration for this position. Please follow all instructions carefully when applying, errors or omissions may affect your eligibility.
You should list any relevant performance appraisals and incentive awards in your resume as that information may be taken into consideration during the selection process. If selected, you may be required to provide supporting documentation.
Background checks and security clearance
Security clearance
Secret
Drug test required
No
Position sensitivity and risk
Noncritical-Sensitive (NCS)/Moderate Risk
Trust determination process
Suitability/Fitness
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Required Documents
Required Documents
The documents you are required to submit vary based on the authority you are using to apply (i.e., applying as a veteran, applying as a current permanent Federal employee, applying as a reinstatement, etc). Please review the following links to see which documents you need to provide to prove your eligibility to apply: Applicant Merit Checklist and Proof of Eligibility.
As described above, your complete application includes your resume, your responses to the online questionnaire, and documents which prove your eligibility to apply. If you fail to provide these documents, you will be marked as having an incomplete application package and you will not be considered any further.
1. Your resume:- Your resume may be submitted in any format and must support the specialized experience described in this announcement.
- If your resume includes a photograph or other inappropriate material or content, it will not be used to make eligibility and qualification determinations and you may not be considered for this vacancy.
- For qualifications determinations your resume must contain hours worked per week and the dates of employment (i.e., HRS per week and month/year to month/year or month/year to present). If your resume does not contain this information, your application will be marked as incomplete and you will not receive consideration for this position.
- For additional information see: What to include in your resume.
2. Other supporting documents:
- Cover Letter, optional
- Most recent Performance Appraisal, if applicable
- Proof of Eligibility to Apply: Your application must include the documents which prove you are eligible to apply for the vacancy. The Proof of Eligibility document describes authorities commonly used in merit promotion recruitment and what document(s) are required to prove you meet the requirements of the authority. You must meet the requirements of at least one of the authorities listed in the Who May Apply section above to receive further consideration.
- Time-in-grade documentation: If you are applying for a higher grade and your SF-50 has an effective date within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate you meet the one year time-in-grade requirement so you will need to provide an SF-50 which clearly demonstrates you meet the time-in-grade requirements (examples of appropriate SF-50s include Promotions, Within-grade Grade/Range Increases, and SF-50s with an effective date more than one year old).
NOTE: Documents submitted as part of the application package, to include supplemental documents, may be shared beyond the Human Resources Office. Some supplemental documents such as military orders and marriage certificates may contain personal information for someone other than you. You may sanitize these documents to remove another person’s personal information before you submit your application. You may be asked to provide an un-sanitized version of the documents if you are selected to confirm your eligibility.
If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements:
Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.
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Benefits
Benefits
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Duties
Summary
About the Position: This is a permanent position with Headquarters, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (HQUSACE), Office of Diversity and Leadership with division-wide responsibilities and USACE-wide assignments, serving as the principal advisor.
Management may select at any of the grade levels announced. This recruitment provides promotion opportunity to the target grade of the position without further competition when selectee is eligible and recommended by management.
Responsibilities
Travel Required
25% or less – Temporary Duty (TDY) or business travel is required up to 25% of the time to visit regions typically less than 30 days in duration, typically no more than 4 times a year to represent the EEO Office in mediation, meetings and conferences.
Supervisory status
No
Promotion Potential
14
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