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***THIS IS NOT A VIRTUAL POSITION, YOU MUST LIVE WITHIN OR BE WILLING TO RELOCATE WITHIN A COMMUTABLE DISTANCE OF THE DUTY LOCATION***

Duties include, but may not be limited to the following:

Program Management:

• Serves as a special assistant to the Medical Center Director and manages all Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Programs.
• Provides leadership to the Medical Center's top management to carry out its continuing mission of maintaining a robust Equal Opportunity Employment Program.
• Serves as a resource to address problematic and recurring issues to increase the quality and effectiveness of the VHA EEO program; recommends policies and strategies.
• Applies comprehensive knowledge of Federal equal employment statutes, regulations, standard operating procedures, and ADR (Alternative Dispute Resolution) techniques to create a fair employment workplace: special assignments to review and evaluate the quality of local EEO programs.

Provides Personnel Advisory Services:

• Provides managers and employees with information about the organization's personnel policies, procedures, and guidelines.
• Provides Medical Center management with interpretations of policy procedures when the issues involved arc new, highly controversial, precedent setting and/or involve more than one are of personnel policy.
• Analyzes communications on the most controversial, politically sensitive, complex or far EEO reaching matters to assure conformance with executive policy and EEOC regulations.

Exercises Supervisory and/or Managerial Authorities or Program Oversight:

• Analyzes and evaluates, on a quantitative or qualitative basis, the effectiveness of programs or operations in meeting established goals and objectives.
• Keeps abreast of equal employment opportunity and alternative dispute resolution (including mediation) events occurring within and outside of the Medical Center to anticipate the need for initiating action.
• Reviews work of EEO Specialist regarding complex Civil Rights complaints of discrimination.
• Reviews reports of investigation for the VISN for Title VI discrimination complaints to ensure regulatory adequacy of investigations, and report writing.

Policy Review and Analysis:

• Develops new Medical Center personnel policies, procedures, and guidelines when the issues under consideration are new and have no applicable precedent or are highly controversial.
• Reviews new or proposed policies, procedures and guidelines and makes recommendations to management on the need for changes in existing policies.
• Conducts reviews of new or proposed personnel policies, procedures, and guidelines for impact on Medical Center-wide personnel policies. Develop Medical Center strategies and plans.

Policy Development and Revision:

• Develops new or proposed personnel policies, procedures and guidelines and makes recommendations to management on the need for new or modified policies.
• Ensures consistent implementation of statues regulations and guidance issued by the Department of Veterans Affairs and by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).

Personnel Program Evaluation Work:

• Plans, initiates, and/or conducts program surveys, studies, or evaluations. Evaluate personnel programs of and Medical Center or a major primary organizational segment.
• Develops methods of measurement that provide a valid assessment of the success of the EEO program or related initiatives to ensure that established goals and objectives are achieved.

Develops Proposals and Plans for Personnel Projects:

• Develops and/or monitors proposals or plans related to the implementation of personnel programs or projects.
• Develops and monitors action plans related to the implementation of these development projects. Monitors progress and act to resolve problems which will delay the project, or to obtain necessary support for changes.

Personnel Standards and Regulation Development:

• Performs program analysis for the purpose of developing personnel standards and regulations.
• Serves as the primary Medical Center technical authority with respect to regulatory impact upon a sensitive or rapidly evolving equal employment opportunity program.

Work Schedule: Monday - Friday; 8:00am - 4:30pm
Recruitment & Relocation Incentives: Not authorized
Telework: VA supports the use of telework as a way to help attract and retain talented individuals in public service, increase worker productivity, and better prepare the agency to operate during emergencies. This position may be authorized for telework. Telework eligibility will be discussed during the interview process.
Financial Disclosure Report: Not Required

Conditions of employment

• You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959
• 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
• Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP)
• Participation in the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination program is a requirement for all Veterans Health Administration Health Care Personnel (HCP) - See "Additional Information" below for details.

Qualifications

Specialized Experience GS-12: having one (1) year of specialized experience equipped with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position? To be creditable, this specialized experience must have been equivalent to the GS-11 level in Federal Service. Specialized experience includes applying a comprehensive knowledge of the laws, regulations, procedures and policies governing Federal equal employment opportunity; including relevant court and administrative decisions to identify barriers to equal employment; having a detailed awareness of the organizational structures, missions, and functions of the facility; devising skills in the methods and techniques of act-finding, analysis, evaluation, and resolution of problems; understanding the basic principles and requirements of the Federal personnel system including recruitment, placement, labor relations, position and pay management, and appeals and grievances; identifying problems, developing action plans and advising managers and supervisors of courses of action needed to eliminate employment barriers; skill in communicating, both orally and in writing, to provide information, advise supervisors, and employees, prepare reports, and counseling employees and applicants; capable of establishing and maintaining effective relations with local and national ethnic/special interest organizations in order to obtain support and advice; comprehension of the regulations, requirements, and policies of the Special Emphasis Employment Program in order to plan, direct, implement, establish milestones, monitor and evaluate assigned programs; understanding and utilization of automated EEO programs and systems, especially for complaints tracking and data input, local procedures, and requirements for analysis of workforce and employment statistics.

You will be rated on the following Competencies as part of the assessment questionnaire for this position:

• Analytical Thinking
• Manages and Organizes Information
• Problem Solving
• Standards
• Strategic Thinking

IMPORTANT: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. All experience listed on your resume must include the month and year start/end dates. 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.

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.

Physical Requirements: The regular and recurring work of the position involves sitting at a desk, attending conferences or meetings. and occasional visits to various work sites. Occasional use of automobile and public conveyances may be required. No special physical exertion is required.

For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/.

How you will be evaluated

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

IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE WILL NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE. If your resume does not support your questionnaire answers, we will not allow credit for your response(s).

Your responses to the assessment questionnaire will be reviewed along with the information provided in your resume and supporting documentation to determine if you are qualified for the position. If, after reviewing your resume and/or supporting documentation, a determination is made that you have inflated your qualifications and or experience, your rating may be lowered and/or you may lose consideration for this position. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your eligibility.

The Department of Veterans Affairs performs pre-employment reference checks as an assessment method used in the hiring process to verify information provided by a candidate (e.g., on resume or during interview or hiring process); gain additional knowledge regarding a candidate's abilities; and assist a hiring manager with making a final selection for a position.

Candidates who apply under All U.S. Citizens announcements will be rated and ranked using Category Rating procedures. Qualified candidates will be assigned to a quality category. The categories are defined as follows:

• Best qualified - applicants possessing experience that substantially exceeds the minimum qualifications of the position including all selective factors, and who are highly proficient in all requirements of the job and can perform effectively in the position;
• Highly qualified - applicants possessing experience that exceeds the minimum qualifications of the position including all selective factors, and who are proficient in most of the requirements of the job;
• Well qualified - applicants possessing experience that meets the minimum qualifications of the position including all selective factors, and who are proficient in some, but not all, of the requirements of the job; and
• Qualified - applicants possessing experience and/or education that meets the minimum qualifications of the position including all selective factors.

Application of Veterans' Preference: Category rating and selection procedures place those with veteran's preference above non-preference eligibles within each category. Preference eligible applicants that meet the eligibility and qualification requirements and who have a compensable service-connected disability of at least 10 percent are listed in the highest quality category (except when the position being filled is scientific or professional at the GS-09 grade level or higher).

It is the policy of the VA to not deny employment to those that have faced financial hardships or periods of unemployment.

Veterans and Transitioning Service Members: Please visit the VA for Vets site for career-search tools for Veterans seeking employment at VA, career development services for our existing Veterans, and coaching and reintegration support for military service members.