Equal Opportunity Specialist

The Office of Civil Rights serves as the principal advisor to the Maritime Administrator on civil rights and equal employment opportunity matters. Develops, implements, reviews, and evaluates equal employment opportunity and civil rights policies and activities within the Maritime Administration. Provides leadership and oversight for the affirmative employment programs, special emphasis programs, workforce diversity initiatives, and external Civil Rights matters.

Qualifications:

To meet the minimum qualifications for this position, you must meet the specialized experience requirements for the grade at which you are requesting consideration.
To qualify for the GS-12 on Experience, you must have at least one year of experience equal or equivalent to the GS-11 it must include:

• Experience providing assistance with external civil rights policies and programs for the agency, and processing external discrimination complaints.
• Experience providing guidance to internal and external stakeholders in ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING: Title VI, Title IX, Section 504, ADA, Age or applicable regulatory.

To qualify for the GS-13 on Experience, you must have at least one year of experience equal or equivalent to the GS-12 it must include:

• Experience implementing and providing assistance with external civil rights policies and programs for the agency.
• Experience providing guidance to internal and external stakeholders in TWO OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING: Title VI, Title IX, Section 504, ADA, Age or applicable regulatory.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES (KSAs): Your qualifications will be evaluated on the basis of your level of knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies in the following areas:

• Knowledge of Equal Opportunity laws, principles, regulations, policies, and relevant decisions sufficient to recognize and assist management officials in resolving systemic Equal Opportunity problems and provide technical recommendations for resolution of alleged discrimination.
• Skill in fact finding and analysis to determine the meaning, relevancy, veracity, and importance of a large body of complex and interrelated facts, weigh evidence, make conclusions, and recommend decisions.
• Ability to write in a clear, concise, organized, and convincing manner for the intended audience.

For all types of consideration, 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
For additional information about applying to Federal positions, please click on the following link: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-policies/#url=e4
Other applicants must meet all qualification requirements by the closing date of this announcement.

Employment Type: FULL_TIME