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• Supports the GSFC ODEO Director in managing the program and in representing the organization in all programmatic areas working with stakeholders across the Center, the ODEO enterprise, the Agency, and the federal sector.
• Performs the administrative and human resource management functions (e.g. approving time and attendance, etc.) relative to the staff supervised.
• Advances the Agency's goals of DEIA to assure the accomplishment of the Agency and Center's mission, focus on overseeing the Center's DEIA program and the implementation of Executive Order 14035.
• Leads intra/inter-Center teams to study, evaluate, and recommend new/revised policies and procedures for extremely broad and complex dispute resolution projects.
• Serves as an expert on Diversity, EEO (equity), Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA) activities and challenges for the Center and the ODEO enterprise.
• Advises senior management officials and others in planning, developing, implementing, and evaluating DEIA across the organization, the ODEO enterprise, the Center, the Agency.
• Provides Center management with interpretations of policy and procedures when the issues involved are new, highly controversial, precedent setting and/or involve more than one area of DEIA policy.
• Advises management of systemic practices which contribute to discrimination and develops or leads a team in the development of actions/program to correct deficiencies.
• Assists EEO, Diverity and Inculsion specialist, Human Resources specialists, technical managers, and Employee Resource Groups to develop strategies to recruit and retain employees and interns from underrepresented groups.
• Oversees and manages the Center's Employee Resource Groups.

Conditions of employment

• This position is open to U.S. citizens, nationals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S
• Position subject to pre-employment background investigation
• You must meet qualifications requirements by the closing date of this announcement
• If selected, you will be required to complete a financial disclosure statement.
• A one year supervisory probationary period may be required
• Please see the "Additional Information" section for important information about COVID-19 vaccination requirements for federal employees.

Qualifications

You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade, which has equipped you with the particular competencies needed to successfully perform the duties of the position described above.


To qualify for GS-14,you must have one year of directly related specialized experience equivalent to the GS-13 level:

• developing, implementing, and evaluating the organization's diversity and inclusion program and associated DEIA programs, policies, and activities;
• providing consulting services to management interpreting DEIA policies and principles and Human Resources Administration;
• providing advice and guidance to management on incorporating diversity and inclusion program strategies into operational processes and development and implementation/delivery of related training materials;
• communicating professionally orally and in writing in order to explain and justify the scope, content, status, and direction of the program to management; and
• developing action plans to solve these problems and advise supervisors on appropriate courses of action to eliminate DEIA organizational challenges.

Your resume must include a clear and detailed narrative description, in your own words, of how you meet the required specialized experience. Experience statements copied from a position description, vacancy announcement or other reference material constitutes plagiarism and may result in disqualification and losing consideration for the job.

How you will be evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

You will be evaluated for this position based on how well you meet the qualifications and eligibility requirements listed in this vacancy announcement. To determine your qualifications and referral status, we may review your resume and supporting documentation and compare it against your responses to the vacancy questionnaire. Overstating your qualifications and/or experience in your application materials or application questionnaire may result in your removal from consideration.

You will be assessed on the following competencies:

• Diversity Management
• Employee Development
• Employee Relations
• Human Capital Management
• Leveraging Diversity
• Oral Communication
• Planning and Evaluating
• Problem Solving

NASA considers 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.

Under NASA's category rating process, applicants will be assessed on the position competencies and placed in one of three categories identified and defined below:

• Best Qualified Category - Applicants who demonstrate a superior level of all evaluation criteria.
• Highly Qualified Category - Applicants who demonstrate a satisfactory level of the evaluation criteria.
• Qualified Category - Applicants who demonstrate the basic qualifications, with general knowledge, skills, and abilities.

Names of all qualified candidates in the Best Qualified category will be sent to the hiring official for employment consideration (unless a sufficient number of qualified veterans are found - in which case only those names will be initially certified ). Candidates within the Best Qualified category who are eligible for veteran preference will receive selection priority over non-veteran preference eligibles.