Equal Employment Specialist

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Position may be filled at any of the below locations:

• Fort Belvoir, VA: $121,785.00 - $158,322.00
• Whitehall, OH: $111,065.00 - $144,386.00
• Richmond, VA: $111,183.00 - $144,540.00
• Battle Creek, MI: $106,437.00 - $138,370.00
• New Cumberland, PA: $121,785.00 - $158,322.00

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Duties

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• Serves as a Senior Staff Equal Employment Specialist in the DLA Equal Employment Opportunity Office, administering the enterprise Disability and Reasonable Accommodation Programs.
• Interprets and applies governing disability-employment and reasonable-accommodation laws, regulations, policies, and guidance and recommends compliant policies, procedures, and operating standards.
• Provides authoritative technical advice to managers, deciding officials, Disability Program Coordinators, EEO staff, employees, and applicants throughout the interactive process.
• Advises on essential functions, limitations, effective accommodations, implementation, timeliness, and elevated matters and coordinates medical, legal, human-resources, and workplace-safety consultation as appropriate.
• Oversees program execution and quality across reasonable-accommodation cases, including complex or elevated matters, senior-level review packages, implementation, periodic review, reconsideration, and corrective action.
• Ensures case records and medical information are handled, maintained, disclosed, and disposed of consistent with privacy, confidentiality, and records-management requirements.
• Develops policy, guidance, tools, and training for Disability Program Coordinators, supervisors, managers, EEO personnel, and other stakeholders.
• Leads working groups and coordinates with Human Resources, General Counsel, Safety and Occupational Health, Information Operations, Installation Management, resource-management offices, and other partners to improve service delivery and systems.
• Evaluates Disability and Reasonable Accommodation Program performance through quality reviews, workload and timeliness measures, dashboards, trend analysis, and internal controls.
• Identifies risks and systemic process gaps, monitors corrective actions, and prepares executive briefings, reports, implementation plans, and recommendations supporting compliance, accountability, and continuous improvement.

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Conditions of employment

• Must be a U.S. citizen
• Tour of Duty: Flexible
• Security Requirements: Non-Critical Sensitive
• Appointment is subject to the completion of a favorable suitability or fitness determination, where reciprocity cannot be applied; unfavorably adjudicated background checks will be grounds for removal.
• Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA): Exempt
• Selective Service Requirement: Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service.
• Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
• Bargaining Unit Status: No
• Selectees are required to have a REAL ID or other acceptable identification documents to access certain federal facilities. See for more information.

Qualifications

To qualify for an Equal Employment Specialist, your resume and supporting documentation must support:

Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience that equipped you with the particular competencies to successfully perform the duties of the position and is directly in or related to this position. To qualify at the GS-13 level, applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 level or equivalent under other pay systems in the Federal service, military, or private sector. Applicants must meet eligibility requirements including time-in-grade (General Schedule (GS) positions only), time-after-competitive appointment, minimum qualifications, and any other regulatory requirements by the cut-off/closing date of the announcement. Creditable specialized experience must demonstrate experience in all of the following:

• Applying laws, regulations, policies, or guidance involving workplace disability, reasonable accommodation, employee relations, occupational health, workers' compensation, leave, or a comparable program. Providing technical advice on functional limitations, essential job functions, workplace adjustments, accommodations, return-to-work matters, or related employment issues;
• Managing, coordinating, or consulting on complex employee, applicant, disability, medical, or workplace cases. Gathering and evaluating information, coordinating stakeholders, protecting confidential or medical information, monitoring timeliness, and supporting case resolution;
• Evaluating program operations through case information, workload or timeliness measures, quality reviews, dashboards, trend analysis, or internal controls. Identifying risks or process gaps and communicating findings and recommendations through reports, briefings, or decision-support products;
• Developing policies, procedures, tools, training, or process improvements for a disability, reasonable accommodation, employee relations, occupational health, workers' compensation, leave, or comparable compliance program. Coordinating initiatives across legal, human resources, medical, safety, information technology, resource management, or other organizational stakeholders.

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). 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.

Education

Substitution of education may not be used in lieu of specialized experience for this grade level.

Additional information

As required by 5 C.F.R. § 302.106, DLA will provide Section 508 conformant ICT to employees with disabilities. All ICT interfaces with the public related to vacancy announcements and career transition opportunities must conform to the applicable requirements in the current ICT Standards and Guidelines (36 C.F.R. § 1194).

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Reemployed Annuitants: This position does not meet criteria for appointment of Reemployed Annuitants. The DoD criteria for hiring Reemployed Annuitants can be found at:

Information for Veterans is available at: As of 23 December 2016, Military retirees seeking to enter federal service in the Department of Defense now require a waiver if they would be appointed within 180 days following their official date of retirement.

Drug-Free Workplace Policy

The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) is committed to maintaining a safe, drug-free workplace. All DLA employees are required to refrain from illegal drug use on and off duty. DLA conducts pre-employment, reasonable suspicion, post-accident, and random drug testing.

Applicants tentatively selected for employment in testing designated positions will undergo a urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment. Refusal to undergo testing or testing positive for illegal drugs will result in withdrawal of the tentative job offer and a six-month denial of employment with DLA from the date of the drug test. Employees in drug testing designated positions are subject to random drug testing. A negative drug test result must be received by HR within 30 calendar days after the EOD (i.e., start date). The selectee's inability successfully pass; or refusal to conduct the test may result in: 1) the tentative or FJO being withdrawn during the recruitment process; or 2) subsequently being removed from Federal service for failure to meet a condition of employment. You may be required to sign a "Drug Test Statement of Understanding" if you are selected for this position.

The DLA drug testing panel tests for the following substances: marijuana, cocaine, opiates, heroin, phencyclidine, amphetamines, methamphetamines, fentanyl, norfentanyl, methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA), methylenedioxyamphetamine (MDA), and opioids.

ADVISORY: Use of cannabidiol (CBD) products may result in a positive drug test for marijuana. DLA employees are subject to Federal law and under Federal law, Marijuana is illegal .

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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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