Equal Employment Specialist

Summary

The VA Southern Nevada Health Care System is currently recruiting for a full time Equal Employment Specialist (EEO) Specialist position with the Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Office. Responsible for the planning, development, implementation, evaluation, and monitoring of the affirmative action and equal employment opportunity programs at the medical center. This job will close when we have received 50 applications, which may be sooner than the closing date

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Duties

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Major duties include, but not limited to the following:

• Serves as consultant to employee and management officials at the facility level relevant to EEO and ADR including the development of affirmative employment plans, identification of initiatives to eliminate barriers, strategizing for resolution of discrimination complaints and other workplace disputes.
• Assists in coordinating and conducting EEO Training for employees, managers, and supervisors to include but not limited to the Prevention of Sexual Harassment, No Fear-Act, Anti-Harassment, and Reasonable Accommodation overview.
• Serves as the Alternate Local Reasonable Accommodation Coordinator and assists supervisors and management officials at all levels with processing requests for reasonable accommodation, interpreting regulations and statutes; advises employees and applicants for employment on their rights and responsibilities regarding reasonable accommodation; reviews existing policies and procedures; recommends appropriate changes in policy and procedures; and assists with securing funding for reasonable accommodations.
• Develops data into reports/recommendations for management on performance improvement for the facility EEO Program.
• Assists all levels of staff at the Office of Resolution Management (ORM), and Administrative Judges with investigations, hearings and provides assistance to ORM field office personnel (EEO Counselors, Investigators, and Intake Specialists) during both the counseling and investigative stages.
• Receive and review Civil Rights Complaints; issuing notices of receipt; conducting acceptability determinations; conducting investigations; rendering compliance to Final Agency Decisions; maintain all case files; and developing reports for submission to VISN Lead EEO Manager, VHA Central Office EEO staff and the Office of Resolution Management.
• Provides technical assistance, consultation; and guidance to national, state and/or local agencies and organizations regarding the development, extension and improvement of educational programs, systems and services for minority Veterans and develops a network relationship with state and private Veteran organizations that will. broaden the scope of outreach.
• Analyzes and evaluates the effectiveness of programs and operations within the Minority Veterans Program.
• Maintains an extensive and comprehensive information system as a centralized source of data relating to minority Veterans to identity opportunities for improvement and maintains a comprehensive control system of recurring and non-recurring reports that ensures timely submission to executive leadership.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Work Schedule: Monday-Friday, 8:00am-4:30pm

Virtual/Remote Position: This is not a virtual or remote position

Position Description PD #: 044890

Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized

Financial Disclosure Report: Not required

Requirements

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Conditions of employment

• You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job.
• All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment. Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA.
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
• Must be proficient in written and spoken English.
• You may be required to serve a probationary period.
• Subject to background/security investigation.
• Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.
• To be considered for this position, you must complete all required steps in the process. In addition to the application and questionnaire, this position requires an online assessment. The online assessment measures critical general competencies required to perform the job.
• Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP).
• As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest. In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider:
• your performance and conduct;
• the needs and interests of the agency;
• whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and
• Whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.
• Upon completion of your probationary period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this job announcement.

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-11 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS- 9. 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 and/or education as described below:

GS-11

• Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-9 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: Ability to plan, develop, implement, evaluate and monitor programs, complete cycle of fact-finding, problem definition and identification, determining cause and effect relationships, making conclusions and recommending a decision or proposing action, solve complex problems, attention to detail. OR,
• Education: Applicants may substitute education for the required experience. To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree

or

3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree

or

LL.M., if related OR,

• Combination: Applicants may also combine education and experience to qualify at this level. You must have an combination of specialized experience and education beyond equivalent combinations of successfully completed graduate level education and specialized experience as described above to meet total experience requirements.

You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position:

Analytical Reasoning, Attention to Detail, Compliance, Customer Service, Flexibility, Influencing/Negotiating, Integrity/Honesty, Interpersonal Skills, Learning, Oral Communication, Reading Comprehension, Self-Management, Stress Tolerance, Teamwork, and Written Communication

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 regular and recurring work of the position is sitting, bending, carrying light items, attending meetings and conferences, etc., and the occasional attendance at career fairs and veteran related events. Occasional use of automobile and public conveyances may be required. No special physical exertion is required. The work is mostly sedentary, requiring ambulation, bending, sitting, and carrying light items.

For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at

Education

IMPORTANT: A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education.

Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your education here: If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education. For further information, visit:

Additional information

Receiving Service Credit or Earning Annual (Vacation) Leave : Federal Employees earn annual leave at a rate (4, 6 or 8 hours per pay period) which is based on the number of years they have served as a Federal employee. Selected applicants may qualify for credit toward annual leave accrual, based on prior work experience or military service experience. This credited service can be used in determining the rate at which they earn annual leave. Such credit must be requested and approved prior to the appointment date and is not guaranteed.

Special Employment Consideration: VA encourages persons with disabilities to apply, including those eligible for hiring under 5 CFR 213.3102(u), Schedule A, Appointment of persons with disabilities [i.e., intellectual disabilities, severe physical disabilities, or psychiatric disabilities], and/or Disabled veterans with a compensable service-connected disability of 30% or more. Contact the Agency Contact for information on how to apply under this appointment authority via the Selective Placement Coordinator.

The Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP) and Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) provide eligible displaced Federal/VA competitive service employees with selection priority over other candidates for competitive service vacancies. To be qualified you must submit appropriate documentation (a copy of the agency notice, your most recent performance rating, and your most recent SF-50 noting current position, grade level, and duty location) and be found well-qualified for this vacancy. To be well-qualified: applicants must possess experience that exceeds the minimum qualifications of the position including all selective factors, and who are proficient in most of the required competencies of the job. Information about ICTAP and CTAP eligibility is on OPM's Career Transition Resources website at

This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies.

If you are unable to apply online or need an alternate method to submit documents, please reach out to the Agency Contact listed in this Job Opportunity Announcement.

Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.

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Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.