Equal Opportunity Specialist at U.S. Department of the Treasury in Washington, DC

Summary

This position is located in the U.S. Department of the Treasury; Departmental Offices (DO); Office of the Deputy Secretary, Office of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (ODEIA), Office Civil Rights and Equal Employment Opportunity (OCRE).

This opportunity is also open to under Announcement 25-DO-225. Please refer to that announcement for details on open period, eligibility, and how to apply.

Duties

The following are the duties of this position at the GS-13. If you are selected at a lower grade level, you will have the opportunity to learn to perform all these duties, and will receive training to help you grow in this position.

Conducts comprehensive field technical visits to offices and program recipients. Focuses on issues such as quality of pre-award and post-award compliance reviews, investigations, and compliance measures in general. Reviews systemic factors related to program effectiveness such as compliance practices, workflow, work organization, management, personnel, quality controls and availability of necessary resources, and recommends corrective action as needed.
Identifies and proposes resolution of program equal opportunity and compliance problems (programmatic, technical or procedural, including those stemming from contacts, tensions or conflicts with external organizations or interest groups) and coordinates with the program offices to assure uniformity of procedures and interpretations in resolving issues related to the administration of the equal opportunity program.
Resolves major fundamental issues arising from civil rights compliance reviews through enforcement of decisions and negotiations with recipients of federal funds when the issues are novel, broad,and highly complex. The issues affect the vital interests of the parties and can be strongly contested.

Requirements

Conditions of Employment

Key Requirements:

Must be U.S. Citizen or U.S. National.
Must successfully complete a background investigation.
Public Trust - Background Investigation will be required.
All new hires will be required to comply with federal ethics laws. A review of financial or other interests may be conducted to determine if they create any real or apparent conflict of interests with official Treasury duties.
Complete a to determine your suitability for Federal employment, at the time requested by the agency.
Have your salary sent to a financial institution of your choice by Direct Deposit/Electronic Funds Transfer.
If you are a male applicant born after December 31, 1959, certify that you have registered with the or are exempt from having to do so.
Go through a Personal Identity Verification (PIV) process that requires two forms of identification from the . Federal law requires verification of the identity and employment eligibility of all new hires in the U.S.
Obtain and use a Government-issued charge card for business-related travel.
Please refer to the "Additional Information" section for additional Conditions of Employment.

Qualifications

You must meet the following requirements by the closing date of this announcement.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Specialized Experience for the GS-13: You must have one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-12 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience for this position is defined as proven proficiency and supportable (as evidenced in the resume) hands-on experience in ALL of the following:

Experience applying civil rights and equal opportunity regulations such as Title VI of the Civil Rights of 1964, the Fair Housing Act (also known as Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968), Section 504 of the 1973 Rehabilitation Act, Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Age Discrimination Act or other civil rights laws and regulations; AND
Experience investigating discrimination in financial assistance programs; writing determinations/decision documents in such investigations and bringing such investigations to resolution. AND
Addressing a wide variety of recipient, stakeholder, and client issues to collect and present factual information to aid in resolution of individual complaints and/or conducting compliance reviews and drafting determinations of compliance; AND
Experience analyzing and making recommendations to improve civil rights compliance.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Specialized Experience for the GS-12: You must have one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-11 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience for this position is defined as proven proficiency and supportable (as evidenced in the resume) hands-on experience in ALL of the following:

Experience investigating discrimination in financial assistance programs; and writing determinations/decision documents in such investigations, and bringing such investigations to resolution. AND
Experience in conducting research and analysis of equal opportunity, or analysis of impediments to equal opportunity in financial assistance programs; including drafting final assessments of civil rights compliance, or analysis of impediments to equal opportunity. AND
Experience conducting fact finding AND writing determinations/decision documents AND working toward resolution of compliant for investigations assessing compliance with Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 or Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 or reviews assessing compliance with Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 or Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Specialized Experience for the GS-11: You must have one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-9 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience for this position is defined as proven proficiency and supportable (as evidenced in the resume) hands-on experience in ALL of the following:

Experience investigating discrimination in financial assistance programs.

Experience in conducting research and analysis for development of an assessment of civil rights compliance, or analysis of impediments to equal opportunity.

Experience conducting fact finding AND working toward resolution for investigations assessing compliance with Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 or Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 or reviews assessing compliance with Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 or Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

OR EDUCATION: You may substitute education for specialized experience as follows: A Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.M., if related

OR COMBINATION OF EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION: You may qualify by a combination of experience and education. Only graduate level education in excess of the first 2 years may be credited for education and combined with experience. The total percentages must equal at least 100 percent to qualify. Options for qualifying based on a combination will be identified in the online questions.

The experience may have been gained in either the public, private sector or . One year of experience refers to full-time work; part-time work is considered on a prorated basis. To ensure full credit for your work experience, please indicate dates of employment by month/day/year, and indicate number of hours worked per week on your resumé.

How You Will Be Evaluated

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

Your application includes your resumé, responses to the online questions, and required supporting documents. Please be sure that your resumé includes detailed information to support your qualifications for this position; failure to provide sufficient evidence in your resumé may result in a "not qualified" determination.

Rating: Your application will be evaluated in the following areas: Communication and Technical

Category rating will be used to rank and select eligible candidates. If qualified, you will be assigned to one of three quality level categories, A (highest quality category), B (middle quality category), or C (minimally qualified category) depending on your responses to the online questions, regarding your experience, education, and training related to this position. Your rating may be lowered if your responses to the online questions are not supported by the education and/or experience described in your application. Your application may be reviewed by a Subject Matter Expert.

Veterans' preference is applied after applicants are assessed. Preference-eligibles will be listed at the top of their assigned category and considered before non-preference-eligibles in that category. Qualified preference-eligibles with a compensable service-connected disability of 10% or more will be listed at the top of the highest category.

Referral: If you are among the top qualified candidates, your application may be referred to a selecting official for consideration. You may be required to participate in a selection interview.

If you are a displaced or surplus Federal employee (eligible for the ) you must be assigned the middle category or better to be rated as "well qualified" to receive special selection priority.

Required Documents

A complete application includes:

1. A resume: All applicants are required to submit a resume either by creating one in USAJOBS or uploading one of their own choosing. (Cover letters are optional.)

Please limit your resume to 5 pages. If more than 5 pages are submitted, your resume will still be accepted, however only the first 5 pages will be reviewed and considered for qualifications and eligibility determination in whether or not the minimum qualifications for the position have been met.
To receive full credit for relevant experience, please list the month/date/year and number of hours worked for experience listed on your resume.
It is suggested that you preview the online assessment questionnaire, to ensure that your resume thoroughly describes how your skills and experience align to the criteria defined in the "Qualifications" section of this announcement and support your responses to the online assessment questionnaire.
For resume writing guidance, please visit .

2. Vacancy assessment question responses: All applicants are required to complete vacancy question responses by clicking the apply online button of this vacancy announcement.

3. Submission of any required documents identified below, if applicable: Please note that if you do not provide all required information, as specified in this announcement, you may not be considered for this position (or may not receive the special consideration for which you may be eligible).

VETERANS' PREFERENCE DOCUMENTATION: If you are claiming veterans preference, please see . In order to be considered for veterans preference, you must submit all required documentation as outlined in the applicant guide.
CAREER TRANSITION ASSISTANCE PLAN (CTAP) OR INTERAGENCY CAREER TRANSITION ASSISTANCE PLAN (ICTAP) DOCUMENTATION: If you are a displaced or surplus Federal employee, click for eligibility and a detailed list of required documents you must submit in order to be eligible.