EQUAL EMPLOYMENT SPECIALIST

Equal Employment Specialist

As an Equal Employment Specialist, you will:

1. Write final agency decisions and orders that are clear, concise, persuasive and legally sound, and which set forth the facts of the matter and interpret and apply applicable laws and regulations and legal precedent.
2. Review all class action discrimination complaints filed with the Treasury Department. Analyze complaints to determine the issues involved in class certification and acceptance of the complaint.
3. Recommend appropriate corrective action such as promotion, back pay, compensatory damages, or changes in organizational policies, procedures or practices. In areas such as compensatory damages, where few precedents exist, may have to research federal and private sector insurance case law in an attempt to determine appropriate award recommendations.
4. Serve as a technical authority on the adjudication of discrimination complaints. As necessary, recommend development of Departmental policies relevant to the processing and resolution of discrimination complaints.
5. Provide advice and consultation to bureau management and EEO officials, agency attorneys, complainants and their representatives, and other interested parties regarding resolution of complaints, problems leading to complaints and other related matters, the resolution of which may result in controversial or precedent decisions.