Equal Opportunity Specialist Gs-0360-11 Fpl 12

**Duties**:
As an Equal Opportunity Specialist, GS-0360-11, you will be responsible for:

- Makes civil rights compliance determinations and ensures that complaints and proactive enforcement activities are processed and conform to established case-processing procedures.
- Conducts investigations (complaints and proactive enforcement activities) and responsible for each phase of the case through resolution.
- Monitors implementation of resolution agreements and maintains a caseload of appropriate size and complexity.
- Provides technical assistance in the form of information and related services to ED recipients and other parties, regarding their civil rights responsibilities and rights.

**Requirements**:
**Conditions of Employment**:

- Relocation will not be paid.
- Must be a US Citizen
- Males 18 and over must be registered with the Selective Service.

**You must meet all qualification requirements within 30 days of the closing date of this vacancy announcement.**

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. We will consider all qualifying experience, including any volunteer experience.

Conditions of Employment

**REMOTE ELIGIBILITY**:

- If selected for this position you are eligible to work remotely. Participation must be requested and approved by the supervisor and there must be a signed remote work agreement. You must have access to high speed internet and cell phone service meeting current Agency policy from the approved work location.

**OR**
- You may be eligible for occasional telework in which you are required to report to the office on a regular basis. Participation must be requested and approved by the supervisor and there must be a signed telework agreement. The number of telework days approved is determined by the agency policy, emergency situations, the approval of your immediate supervisor. You must have access to high speed internet and cell phone service meeting current Agency policy from the approved work location. (Telework locations may be found under “Other Information".)

**Qualifications**:
**Minimum Qualification Requirements**
You may meet the minimum qualifications for the GS-11, if you possess the specialize experience, education, or a combination of the two.

Specialized Experience for the GS-11
One year of experience in either federal or non-federal service that is equivalent to at least a GS-09 performing two (2) out of three (3) of the following duties or work assignments:
1. Experience with civil rights regulations guidelines, court cases, procedures and principles.
2. Experience with the causes and effects of discriminatory practices against members of the protected classes.
3. Experience with investigative, analytical, fact-finding, problem-solving, evaluative dispute resolution, mediation, negotiation, and compliance techniques.

OR

EDUCATION (see EDUCATION SECTION of the vacancy announcement)

OR

A combination of both education and experience in which the total percentages must equal at least 100 percent to qualify an applicant for that grade level

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSAs)
The quality of your experience will be measured by the extent to which you possess the following knowledge, skills and abilities (KSAs). You do not need to provide separate narrative responses to these KSAs, as they will be measured by your responses to the occupational questionnaire (you may preview the occupational questionnaire by clicking the link at the end of the Evaluations section of this vacancy announcement).

1. Knowledge of civil rights regulation guidelines, court cases, procedures and principles.
2. Knowledge of the causes and effects of discriminatory practices against members of the protected classes.
3. Knowledge of investigative, analytical, fact-finding, problem-solving, evaluative dispute resolution, mediation, negotiation, and compliance techniques.
4. Ability to exercise independent judgment and latitude in planning and carrying out all assignments within the limits of acceptable practices and administrative policy.

**Education**:
(GS-11)

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

A combination of specialized experience and education that when taken as a percentage of the required education and experience total 100% or more.

**Foreign Education**:
Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet education requirements if you can show that the foreign education is comparable to that received in an accredited educational institution in the United S