Summary This position serves as the Equal Employment Specialist located within the Director's Office Service at the VA Southern Nevada Healthcare System, Las Vegas NV. The primary purpose of the position is to serves as the principal advisor in the area of Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO). This position is only open to Southern Nevada Healthcare Employees Only. Responsibilities Major Duties include: Responsible to the Executive Director for program development, administration, evaluation, and advisory functions. Requires knowledge of Federal EEO regulations and principles, compliance and enforcement skills, administrative, management, and consulting skills, and knowledge of federal personnel administration. Serves as the medical center's spokesperson for all protected groups within the local community. Serves with full authority to plan, organize, implement and evaluate the facility-wide EEO program. Serves as advisor and consultant to the Executive Director, Executive Leadership team, and Health System Specialist to the Executive Director on policy matters relative to the various complex phases and specific mission of the EEO program. Maintains liaison with higher headquarters and other government agencies and facilities. Plans, organizes, implements, and evaluates the overall EEO program, which in addition to meeting regulatory and statutory requirements, focuses on the solution of individual, institutional, and systemic problems, and eliminates barriers to equality of opportunity for all employees. Conducts studies on the administration of personnel management to identify institutional aid systemic EEO problem. Plans, develops, directs, prepares, and implements the facility-wide Affirmative Employment Program (AEP) for women and minorities in compliance with regulatory requirements and guidance from higher headquarters. Administers the discrimination complaints processing system in compliance with regulatory requirements. Mediates and negotiates settlements and reaches a resolution of complaint matters at the lowest possible levels. Develops and manages an Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Program, which is any procedure or combination of procedures voluntarily used to resolve issues in controversy without the need to resort to litigation. Work Schedule: 7:30 am to 4:00 pm Monday thru Frida Telework: Not eligible Virtual/Remote: Not eligible PD #: 593-043250 Recruitment/Relocation Incentives: None Financial Disclosure Report: Not required PREFERRED EXPERIENCE Prior EEO Experience, Certified National Facilitator, Fact Finding Trained Requirements Conditions of Employment You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959 You may be required to serve a probationary period Subject to background/security investigation Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents). Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment. As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you may be required to serve a one year probationary period or two year trial period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest. In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service. Upon completion of your probationary period one year probationary period or two year trial period your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest. Qualifications 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-12 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-11. 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. You may qualify based on your experience as described below: Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-11 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: Developing, administering, evaluating, or advising on the equal employment opportunity program Provides quality EEO products and services, advice and direction on issues related to the administration and management of an EEO program and the impact of organization policies, plans, practices and decisions on personnel. Serves as the principal advisor to the organizational leadership and staff for a facility by providing expert advice on all matters related to the EEO program. Provides leadership, advice and counsel to line and staff managers/supervisors in the development and implementation of the organization's affirmative action plan. Manages the EEO complaints. You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Manages and Organizes Information Communication Compliance 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; religions; 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: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment. Physical Requirements: Regularly and recurring work performed involves sitting at a desk, and/or attendance at conferences/meetings. Some physical demands evolve from stressful and protracted negotiation settlements that require intense physical and mental exertion and fatigue. Regular and recurring work is performed in a work environment that involves normal everyday low risks of discomforts typical of an office. Work areas are adequately lighted, heated, and ventilated. Travel will be required. Education There is no education substitution at this grade level. Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/. If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education. For further information, visit: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html. Additional Information Receiving Service Credit or Earning Annual (Vacation) Leave: Federal Employees earn annual leave at a rate (4, 6 or 8 hours per pay period) which is based on the number of years they have served as a Federal employee. Selected applicants may qualify for credit toward annual leave accrual, based on prior work experience or military service experience. This credited service can be used in determining the rate at which they earn annual leave. Such credit must be requested and approved prior to the appointment date and is not guaranteed. This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies. If you are unable to apply online or need an alternate method to submit documents, please reach out to the Agency Contact listed in this Job Opportunity Announcement. Under the Fair Chance to Compete Act, the Department of Veterans Affairs prohibits requesting an applicant's criminal history prior to accepting a tentative job offer (TJO). Please visit the Human Resources and Administration/Operations, Security, and Preparedness (HRA/OSP), va.gov/EMPLOYEE/docs/The-Fair-Chance-to-Compete-Act.pdf for more information.
