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This position serves as an Equal Employment Specialist with full responsibility for establishing, organizing, and directing an identifiable part of the Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) program (e.g., Federal women's program, Hispanic employment program, complaint adjudication program, etc.). Informs and advises management officials and employees on basic EEO program requirements. Assists in managing the complaint program to include, intake, counseling, mediation, coordination and compliance.

Qualifications:

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 11/03/2026.

Time-In-Grade Requirement :

Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement. For a GS-11 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-09. The grade may have been in any occupation, but must have been held in the Federal service. An SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials. If the most recent SF-50 has an effective date within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate you possess one-year time-in-grade, as required by the announcement. In this instance, you must provide an additional SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one-year time-in-grade.

Note:

Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to former Federal employees applying for reinstatement as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment. You may qualify based on your experience and/or education as described below:

Specialized Experience:

You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-09 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: Applies comprehensive knowledge of laws, regulations, executive orders, court decisions, and issues related to the Federal Equal Employment Opportunity program (EEO) and skill to interpret and apply this knowledge to a variety of difficult and complex work assignments. Skilled in applying the operating principles, methods and techniques of the EEO Program to include fact-finding, analysis, counseling, complaint, and investigative processes, the roles of the EEO Committee and Special Emphasis Programs. Analyzes and recommends solutions to problems that adversely affect EEO, Affirmative Employment, ADR, Reasonable Accommodation and the Prevention of Sexual Harassment. Provides leadership and guidance to facility employees, managers, supervisors, EEO/Diversity Committees, and Special Emphasis Program Managers. Serves as a trainer in the areas of EEO, ADR, Diversity Awareness, and Special Emphasis.

OR, Education:

Applicants may substitute education for the required experience. To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree, or three (3) full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree, or LL.M., in a field related to this position that demonstrate the ability to do the work of this position. Education must have been obtained in an accredited college, or university.

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OR, Combination:

Applicants may also combine education and experience to qualify at this level. You must have an combination of specialized experience and education beyond the first two graduate years or 36 semester hours and specialized experience to meet the total experience requirements. The education portion must include graduate courses that demonstrate the ability to do the work of the position.

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Transcripts are 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/ .