Summary
The Equal Employment Manager serves serves as a senior level manager responsible for the Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Employment (EEO/AE), Diversity and Inclusion (D&I), Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), and external Civil Rights (CR) functions for the VA Medical Center located in Memphis, TN within the Veterans Health Administration, a major organization within the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). Incumbent may supervise staff engaged in EEO/AE, D&I, ADR, and CR functions.
Duties
The primary purpose of this position is to perform work that involves developing, administering, evaluating, or advising on the Federal Government's internal equal employment opportunity program within the assigned organization. Major duties and responsibilities of this position include but may not be limited to
: Principle advisor for Medical Center Director, PENTAD, and Service Chiefs for areas of EEO, Diversity, Affirmative Employment, and Civil Rights External Program. Conduct analyses of workforce by race, sex, grade, occupational series. Assist Office of Resolution Management with investigations and hearings. Serve as technical expert for external complaint process. Conduct diversity and EEO training. Develop, implement, monitor, and evaluate facility EEO/Diversity Management plans. Proposes and develops policy and responses to correspondence for the facility on all EEO/AE, D&I, ADR, and CR matters, and acts as a liaison and/or spokesperson on such matters with persons and/or groups within and outside of the facility. Responsible for assembling, consolidating, and submitting timely and accurate plans, information, and reports on the facility's EEO/AE, D&I, ADR, and CR programs and status. Utilizes systems and tools to gather data, perform analysis, evaluate, and report the effectiveness of the Program. Performs demographic analyses and identifies appropriate benchmarks for the local workforce, including major occupations, grade levels, and other categories, by race, ethnicity, and gender as compared to the Relevant Civilian Labor Force (RCLF) and other appropriate benchmarks. Conducts workforce analysis using the VA's Support Service Center workforce analysis and reporting system. Identifying less than expected representation in major occupations compared to the RCLF Identifying approaches for targeted recruitment outreach. Coordinating with Human Resources staff, managers and other internal stakeholders to meet recruitment outreach needs. Utilizing student intern programs to create an employment pipeline. Identifying triggers and barriers to EEO and developing corrective strategies. Providing training opportunities to eliminate/mitigate occupational barriers. Monitoring climate and employee engagement/satisfaction issues and developing solutions to improve the culture as it relates to EEO/AE, D&I, ADR, and CR. Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 4:30pm
Telework: AD-HOC VA supports the use of telework as a way to help attract and retain talented individuals in public service, increase worker productivity, and better prepare the agency to operate during emergencies. This position may be authorized for telework. Telework eligibility will be discussed during the interview process.
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Position Description/PD#: Equal Employment Manager (Open Continuous)
/ PD03332A
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Authorized
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Authorized
PCS Appraised Value Offer (AVO): Not Authorized
Financial Disclosure Report: Not required