Equal Employment Specialist

See below for important information regarding this job. Position may be filled at any of the below locations: Fort Belvoir, VA: $121,785.00 - $158,322.00 Whitehall, OH: $111,065.00 - $144,386.00 Richmond, VA: $111,183.00 - $144,540.00 Battle Creek, MI: $106,437.00 - $138,370.00 New Cumberland, PA: $121,785.00 - $158,322.00

Major duties

• Serves as a Senior Staff Equal Employment Specialist in the DLA Equal Employment Opportunity Office, administering the enterprise Disability and Reasonable Accommodation Programs.
• Interprets and applies governing disability-employment and reasonable-accommodation laws, regulations, policies, and guidance and recommends compliant policies, procedures, and operating standards.
• Provides authoritative technical advice to managers, deciding officials, Disability Program Coordinators, EEO staff, employees, and applicants throughout the interactive process.
• Advises on essential functions, limitations, effective accommodations, implementation, timeliness, and elevated matters and coordinates medical, legal, human-resources, and workplace-safety consultation as appropriate.
• Oversees program execution and quality across reasonable-accommodation cases, including complex or elevated matters, senior-level review packages, implementation, periodic review, reconsideration, and corrective action.
• Ensures case records and medical information are handled, maintained, disclosed, and disposed of consistent with privacy, confidentiality, and records-management requirements.
• Develops policy, guidance, tools, and training for Disability Program Coordinators, supervisors, managers, EEO personnel, and other stakeholders.
• Leads working groups and coordinates with Human Resources, General Counsel, Safety and Occupational Health, Information Operations, Installation Management, resource-management offices, and other partners to improve service delivery and systems.
• Evaluates Disability and Reasonable Accommodation Program performance through quality reviews, workload and timeliness measures, dashboards, trend analysis, and internal controls.
• Identifies risks and systemic process gaps, monitors corrective actions, and prepares executive briefings, reports, implementation plans, and recommendations supporting compliance, accountability, and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

To qualify for an Equal Employment Specialist, your resume and supporting documentation must support: Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience that equipped you with the particular competencies to successfully perform the duties of the position and is directly in or related to this position. To qualify at the GS-13 level, applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 level or equivalent under other pay systems in the Federal service, military, or private sector. Applicants must meet eligibility requirements including time-in-grade (General Schedule (GS) positions only), time-after-competitive appointment, minimum qualifications, and any other regulatory requirements by the cut-off/closing date of the announcement. Creditable specialized experience must demonstrate experience in all of the following: Applying laws, regulations, policies, or guidance involving workplace disability, reasonable accommodation, employee relations, occupational health, workers' compensation, leave, or a comparable program. Providing technical advice on functional limitations, essential job functions, workplace adjustments, accommodations, return-to-work matters, or related employment issues; Managing, coordinating, or consulting on complex employee, applicant, disability, medical, or workplace cases. Gathering and evaluating information, coordinating stakeholders, protecting confidential or medical information, monitoring timeliness, and supporting case resolution; Evaluating program operations through case information, workload or timeliness measures, quality reviews, dashboards, trend analysis, or internal controls. Identifying risks or process gaps and communicating findings and recommendations through reports, briefings, or decision-support products; Developing policies, procedures, tools, training, or process improvements for a disability, reasonable accommodation, employee relations, occupational health, workers' compensation, leave, or comparable compliance program. Coordinating initiatives across legal, human resources, medical, safety, information technology, resource management, or other organizational stakeholders. 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.

Education

Substitution of education may not be used in lieu of specialized experience for this grade level.