Equal Employment Manager

Summary

The Equal Employment Manager serves as a senior level manager responsible for the Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Employment (EEO/AE), Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), and external Civil Rights (CR) functions within Workforce Management and Consulting (WMC).

Duties

This is a temporary promotion not to exceed one year. The position may be converted to permanent without further competition. The duties of the Equal Employment Manager include, but are not limited to: Directing for EEO/AE, ADR, and CR external programs including planning, evaluation, advisory, training, consultative, and reporting functions for the organization. Proposing and developing policy and responses to correspondence for the organization on all EEO/AE, ADR, and CR matters and acts as a liaison on such matters within and outside of the organization. Consults with the Office of Resolution Management (ORM), the Office of Employment Discrimination Complaint Adjudication (OEDCA), and the Office of General Counsel (OGC) and other senior level officials regarding the direction, design, and implementation of VA national policies and programs in the areas of EEO/AE, ADR, and CR. Assembling, consolidating, and submitting timely and accurate plans, information, and reports on the organization's EEO/AE, ADR, and CR programs and status including Federally mandated plans and reports. Conducting periodic evaluations of the workforce by analyzing data and evaluating the effectiveness of the program. Serving as the technical expert and the organization's coordinator for the Reasonable Accommodation Program. Supervising staff engaged in EEO/AE, ADR, and CR functions. Work Schedule: Monday - Friday Compressed/Flexible: Available Telework: This position may be authorized for telework. Telework eligibility will be discussed during the interview process. Virtual: This position may be authorized for Virtual Work. Virtual Work eligibility is for current VA employees that are already subject to the return to the in-person work mandate in their current position. Definition of Virtual Work: Employee works outside of original hiring duty station at a VA-owned or leased space. Return to Office (RTO): RTO mandates are in effect and selectees will be required to report to in-person work unless they are approved for an exception or an exemption. Any approval for an RTO exception, exemption, or extension will happen after a tentative job offer, but before a final job offer. Position Description/PD#: Equal Employment Manager/PD021274 Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Approved Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 11/04/2026. 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-15 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-14. 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. Note: Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to former Federal employees applying for reinstatement as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment. 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-14 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: (1) Applying Federal EEO laws, regulations, Executive Orders, policies and principles governing Federal EEO/AE, ADR, and CR programs and practices; (2) Planning, organizing, directing and evaluating an equal employment opportunity program; (3) proposing and developing policy on EEO/AE, ADR, and CR matters; and (4) performing compliance and enforcement activities, administrative management, and technical consulting in order to develop, review, and evaluate policies and programs impacting equal opportunity. For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/.

Education

There is no educational substitution at this grade level.