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Equal Opportunity Specialist

Export-Import Bank of the United States
Office of Equity and Equal Opportunity (OEEO)
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Summary

Announcement may be used to fill similar positions within 90 days of the closing date.

About this agency

Overview

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Reviewing applications
Open & closing dates
09/05/2024 to 09/11/2024
This job will close when we have received 75 applications which may be sooner than the closing date. Learn more
Salary
$139,395 to - $181,216 per year
Pay scale & grade
GS 14
Location
Washington, DC
1 vacancy
Remote job
No
Telework eligible
Yes—as determined by the agency policy.
Travel Required
Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position.
Relocation expenses reimbursed
No
Appointment type
Permanent
Work schedule
Full-time
Service
Competitive
Promotion potential
14
Supervisory status
No
Security clearance
Secret
Drug test
Yes
Position sensitivity and risk
Noncritical-Sensitive (NCS)/Moderate Risk
Financial disclosure
No
Bargaining unit status
No
Announcement number
M24-CH-12509255-EEO
Control number
808079300

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Clarification from the agency

Export-Import Bank Employees Only (Current Competitive Service, Career/Career-Conditional Employees)

Duties

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Please Note: Employees will be required to report to their assigned office location at least 2 day per week for non-supervisory positions and 3 days per week for supervisory/managerial positions unless the position advertised is designated as a remote-only position.

The incumbent serves as the EEO and Equity Compliance Manager for OEEO for EXIMs headquarters and regional offices. The incumbent reports to the Vice President and Chief Equity and Equal Opportunity Officer under the President and Chair of EXIM Bank. The incumbent provides authoritative technical expertise on equal employment programs, activities, and equity initiatives.

Duties include, but are not limited to:

  • Serve as an EEO Program Manager for EXIM's headquarters and regional offices. Develops, administers, evaluates, and advises on EXIM's internal equal employment opportunity program and compliance, guidance, and policies. Works in collaboration with the Vice President and Chief Equity and Equal Opportunity Officer to ensure and promote an overall efficient equity, fair and equitable EEO and compliance programs for the agency.
  • Apply, implement, and interpret equal opportunity laws, regulations, and precedent decisions to remove equal opportunity barriers and illegal discrimination to EXIM staff nationwide. Ensures EXIM's practices are adhered to regarding compliance of all equal opportunity laws and policies and ensures the agency prohibits discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), parental status, national origin, age, disability, genetic information (including family medical history), political affiliation, military service, or other non-merit-based factors.
  • Monitor, review, assess, and enforces equal opportunity compliance, laws, orders and regulations for EXIM's headquarters and regional offices.
  • Manage and enforces the EEO discrimination complaint process, including intake and processing of informal and formal complaints, acceptance and dismissal decisions and preparation of other associated written correspondence regarding EEO compliance requirements, rights and responsibilities, and other matters within the EXIMs headquarters and regional offices.
  • Co-sponsor with the agency Affinity group to coordinate, execute EXIM-wide special observances, and awareness campaigns and activities.
  • - Collaborate and coordinates with the Office of Human Capital (OHC) on initiatives designed to recruit and retain a diverse workforce. Analyzes statistical data and reports, evaluates policies, processes, and practices to identify barriers to equal employment. Develops short-range and long-term strategic affirmative employment plans for EXIM.
  • Develop applicable program policies and EEO policy statements. Prepares a variety of reports for the EEOC, OPM, other entities and responds to Congressional inquiries as needed. Ensures that program requirements are completed in accordance with specified guidelines and reflects the best representation of EXIMs efforts/accomplishments. This includes such reporting requirements as: Management Directive 715 (MD-715), Management Directive 462 (MD-462), Federal Equal Opportunity Recruitment Report (FEORP), among others.
  • Collaborate with the VP and Chief Equity and Equal Opportunity Officer on budget and personnel allocations that advance equal employment opportunity goals, objectives, and compliance.
  • Coordinate training and educational forums for EXIMs headquarters and regional staff on a myriad of equal employment opportunity and equity related subject matters.
  • Represent EXIM at interagency and external meetings that have an impact on equal employment opportunity, equity, and related areas.

Requirements

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Conditions of employment

  • U.S. Citizenship
  • Background and Security/Suitability Investigation
  • Specialized experience MUST be documented on your resume
  • Current or Former Political Appointees: If you are, or have been employed in the last 5 years, you must disclose this information. Failure to do so may result in disciplinary action including removal from Federal Service.

Qualifications

Specialized Experience (Credit for Specialized Experience on resume must reflect 40 hours/Full-time per week for each period of work):

GS-14
You must have one (1) year of specialized experience that has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled. To be creditable, specialized experience must have been equivalent to at least the GS-13 level in the Federal Government or other equivalent pay systems. Specialized experience includes:

  • Experience in major EEO/EO federal program functions, such as EEO counseling, investigations, Alternative Dispute Resolution, informal and formal complaint processing.
  • Experience in Federal EEO laws, regulations, policies, practices and Equity Programs.
  • Experience in serving as an expert EEO/EO consultant to senior leadership and providing advice on the development, implementation, and management of a broad range of complex EEO/EO and Equity programs and activities.
Education cannot be substituted for experience at the GS-14 grade level.

For qualification determinations, your resume must contain the following for each work experience listed:
  • Organization/Agency's Name
  • Title
  • Salary (series and grade, if applicable)
  • Start and end dates (including the month and year)
  • Number of hours you worked per week
  • Relevant experience that supports your response to the specialized experience that is stated in the job announcement
If your resume does not contain this information, your application may be marked as incomplete and you will not receive consideration for this position.

NOTE: Do not copy and paste the duties, specialized experience, or occupational assessment questionnaire from this announcement into your resume as that will not be considered a demonstration of your qualifications and your application may be marked as incomplete/ineligible and you will not receive consideration for this position.

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.

Part-time and/or unpaid experience related to this position will be considered to determine the total number of years and months of experience. Be sure to note the number of paid or unpaid hours worked each week.

Foreign Education: If you are qualifying by education and/or you have education completed in a foreign college/university described above, it is your responsibility to provide transcripts and proof of U.S. accreditation for foreign study. Please visit the following links for more information: Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.

Additional information on the qualification requirements is outlined here.

Time-in-grade requirements must be met by 09/11/2024, the closing date of the announcement.

Education

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

Additional information

Current or Former Political Appointees: Pursuant to the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) oversight authority under section 1104(b)(2) of title 5, United States Code (U.S.C.) and section 5.2 of title 5, Code of Federal Regulations, OPM requires agencies to seek their approval prior to appointing any current or former political appointee to a permanent position (without time limits) in the civil service. A former or recent political appointee is someone who held a political appointment covered by OPM's policy within the previous 5-year period. OPM's oversight in this area safeguards merit system principles as well as fair and open competition free from political influence. If you are currently employed, or have been employed within the last 5 years, you must disclose this information. Failure to disclose this information could result in disciplinary action including removal from Federal Service.

Please visit the following link for the types of political appointments.

Noncompetitive Appointment Authorities: The following links contain information on the eligibility requirements to be considered under a noncompetitive appointing authority:

Selective Service: If you are a male applicant born after December 31, 1959, you must certify that you have registered with the Selective Service System, or are exempt from having to do so under the Selective Service Law.

This agency provides reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please notify the agency. The decision on granting reasonable accommodation will be made on a case-by-case basis.

Ethical Standards/Financial Disclosure:

EXIM is committed to the highest ethical standards. As an employee, you will be covered by the criminal conflict of interest statutes and the Standards of Ethical Conduct for Employees of the Executive Branch. You will be required to complete new employee ethics training within 3 months of your appointment.

If this position is subject to financial disclosure requirements (either public or confidential depending upon your position), you will be required to complete a new entrant financial disclosure report within 30 days of your appointment.

Agency Career Transition Assistance Program (CTAP) or the Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP) Eligibles: These programs apply to employees who have been involuntarily separated from a Federal service position within the competitive service or Federal service employees whose positions have been deemed surplus or no longer needed. To receive selection priority for this position, you must: 1) meet CTAP or ICTAP eligibility criteria; 2) be rated well-qualified for the position with a score of 80 or above based on the competencies listed above; and 3) submit the appropriate documentation to support your CTAP or ICTAP eligibility. For more information, please click here.

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 based on how well you meet the qualifications listed in this vacancy announcement. Your qualifications will be evaluated based on your application materials (e.g., resume, supporting documents) and the responses you provide on the application questionnaire.

If you are found qualified for this position and meet or exceed a predefined rating threshold from your questionnaire responses, a Subject Matter Expert (SME) will review your resume to determine if your technical competencies meet the proficiency requirements established for this position.

You will be notified by email if your application is forwarded to the hiring official for further consideration.

If you do not meet the rating threshold to move forward to the next evaluation stage or it is determined that your technical competencies do not meet the proficiency requirements for this position, you will be notified by email.

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