Equal Employment Opportunity Specialist - SV-0260-H - Transportation Security Administration - Arlington, Virginia - EXPIRED

This Equal Employment Opportunity Specialist position is located in the Civil Rights Diversity and Inclusion Division (CRDI), within the Office of Civil Rights and Liberties, Ombudsman and Traveler Engagement (CRL/OTE), Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Department of Homeland Security (DHS). If selected for this position, you will report directly to the Section Chief. You will use your knowledge of civilian Federal civil rights and Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) laws, regulations, and policies to advise, guide, and provide support services to TSA offices or field components. Duties include but are not limited to:

• Providing and ensuring legal and technical proficiency in processing civilian Federal sector Equal Employment Opportunity formal complaints in accordance with Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Regulations at 29 CFR, Part 1614 and EEOC MD 110.
• Analyzing EEO laws, regulations, and guidance to determine acceptability or to recommend dismissal of a formal Equal Employment Opportunity complaint.
• Conducting sufficiency reviews of investigative plans and Reports of Investigations submitted by EEO investigators.
• Providing advice and assistance to managers, supervisors, and employees on formal civilian Federal sector EEO complaint processing.
• Using iComplaints and Excel programs to produce reports and to respond to requests for data.

To qualify for the SV-H Pay Band (equivalent to GS-12), you must have one year of specialized experience at the SV-G Pay Band (GS-11) in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private sector. Specialized experience is defined as experience that has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. Such experience includes applying civilian Federal sector civil rights and Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) laws, regulations, and policies to manage and process a case inventory of formal EEO complaints; and producing EEO related correspondence, documents, and reports.

DESIRABLE FACTOR: Experience processing formal Federal sector EEO complaints (civilian) and investigations of formal complaints.

National Service Experience (i.e., volunteer experience): 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.

NOTE: Credit for experience is given based on a 40-hour workweek. Part-time experience is credited on a part-time ratio, i.e., working 20 hours per week for two months equals one month of experience. No additional credit is given for overtime.

If you are requesting non-competitive consideration as an individual with disability (IWD), you must meet all qualification and selective factors, and/or conditions of employment prior to being appointed to positions under authority of TSA HCM Policy No. 300-28.

You must meet the qualification requirements for this position no later than the closing date of the vacancy announcement.

You must meet all qualifications and selective factors, and/or conditions of employment prior to being appointed to positions using this authority.

A request for reasonable accommodation can be made by an employee, an applicant, or a third party (i.e., family member or health care professional) on behalf of an employee or applicant. An employee may request reasonable accommodation from his or her supervisor, another supervisor/manager in the employee’s immediate chain of supervision, or the Reasonable Accommodation Program Manager.

Employees, in most circumstances, should submit a written request using the TSA Form 1133, Reasonable Accommodation Request, available on TSA Intranet Forms page. If an employee makes the request orally, the request should be followed up with a written request, generally within 5 days. An applicant may request reasonable accommodation from any TSA official with whom the applicant has had contact in connection with the application or hiring process.

HOW YOU WILL BE EVALUATED:

You will be evaluated based on a comparison of the position requirements against the quality and extent of the experience and/or related education as reflected in your resume and supporting documentation. You are encouraged to ensure work experiences clearly show possession of the competencies required for this position. We will compare your resume and supporting documentation to your responses on the assessment questionnaire. If, after reviewing your resume and any supporting documentation, a determination is made that you have rated yourself higher than is supported by your application materials, your category placement may be adjusted and/or you may be excluded from consideration for this job.

When completing the assessment questionnaire for this position, you will be prompted to elect if you wish for your application to be considered as External (where Veterans’ Preference applies), as Status (current or former Federal Employees), and/or Internal to TSA as a current permanent or competitive temporary employee. At that time, please select the answer(s) that apply to you and your application to this position.

Candidates will be rated and ranked using Category Grouping procedures. Under Category Grouping, candidates will be rated and ranked into one of three categories:

Best Qualified - applicants possessing experience that substantially exceeds the minimum qualifications of the position including all selective factors and are highly proficient in all requirements of the job and can perform effectively in the position;

Well Qualified - applicants possessing experience that exceed the minimum qualifications of the position including all selective factors and are proficient in most of the requirements of the job; and

Qualified - applicants possessing experience that meets the minimum qualifications of the position including all selective factors and are proficient in some, but not all of the requirements of the job.

Non-Competitive Applicants (IWD): You will be evaluated based on a comparison of the position requirements against the quality and extent of the experience and/or related education as reflected in your resume and supporting documentation. You are encouraged to ensure work experiences clearly show possession of the competencies required to meet the qualifications for these positions.
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