Supervisory Equal Employment Specialist

This Supervisory Equal Employment Specialist position is with Internal Revenue Service (Department of the Treasury) in Bullhead City, AZ. WHAT IS Chief Risk and Control Officer? A description of the business units can be found at: https://www.jobs.irs.gov/about/who/business-divisions Position(s) are to be filled in following area(s): CRCO - Civil Rights Compliance Remain in POD The vacancy will be filled at the selectee's official permanent position of record, post-of-duty. REVIEW THE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BELOW FOR FURTHER DETAILS Key duties: • As a Front Line Manager you will: Plan work to be accomplished by subordinates, sets and adjusts short-term priorities and prepares schedules for completion of work. Assign work to subordinates based on priorities, selective consideration of the difficulty and requirements of assignments, and the capabilities of employees. Evaluate work performance of subordinates and makes recommendations for outstanding performance recognition and/or disciplinary action. Give advice, counsel or instruction to employees on work and administrative matters. Interview candidates for positions within the organization/unit and recommend appointment, promotion or reassignment to such positions. Hear and resolve complaints from employees, refer group grievances and/or more serious unresolved complaints as appropriate. Effect minor disciplinary measures, such as warnings and reprimands, recommend other actions in more serious cases. Identify developmental and training needs of employees, providing or arranging for needed development and training. Initiate ways to improve production, work processes and/or to increase the quality of the work directed. The following are the job specific duties of this position. You will have the opportunity to learn to perform these duties and receive training to help you grow in this position. Plans work to be accomplished by subordinate EEO Specialists and support staff, sets and adjusts short-term priorities, and prepare schedules for completion of work. Assigns work to subordinates based on priorities, selective consideration of the difficulty and requirements of assignments, and the capabilities of employees. Evaluates work performance of subordinates and makes recommendations for outstanding performance recognition or disciplinary action. Develops criteria for evaluation of program effectiveness. Directs necessary corrective action or program changes. Assures that procedures are designed and administered to provide timely consultations to assist in equitable adjudication. Facilitates the processing of discrimination complaints through administrative channels, recommends acceptance/rejection of individual and class action complaints, and negotiates resolutions to complaints and complex process issues. Reviews IRS policy and procedures to ensure equal opportunity in employment practices. Evaluates the effectiveness of various aspects of the EEO and Civil Rights programs and provides key management officials with advisory and consultant services on systemic barriers and problems which impact the IRS accomplishment of identified program goals and objectives. Recommend changes to IRS policy and procedures for implementing regulatory and legal requirements. STANDARD POSITION DESCRIPTIONS (SPD): PD26229 Visit the IRS SPD Library to access the position descriptions. Qualifications: Federal experience is not required. Experience may have been gained in the public sector, private sector or through Volunteer Service. One year of experience refers to full-time work; part-timework is considered on a prorated basis. To ensure full credit for your work experience, please indicate dates of employment by month/day/year, and indicate number of hours worked per week, on your resume. You must meet the following requirements by the closing date of this announcement. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: You must have one (1) year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the next lower level within the payband or GS grade in the normal line of progression in the Federal service that demonstrates the required managerial skills and technical competence required to perform the job. To be qualifying for this position your experience must include: - Experience that demonstrated management/leadership experience such as applying management techniques, methods, theories, principles, or labor relations concepts for the accomplishment of all program objectives with combined technical and administrative oversight. This experience may have been gained through work experience as a project/program manager, team lead or project/program lead, technical advisor, or senior specialist/analyst that included managing resources, providing support to managers, mentoring team members, providing day to day guidance training and/or oversight of peers or others. - Experience applying regulations, other official guidance, and principles, including the latest procedures and techniques sufficient to oversee the planning, development, and implementation of the technical aspects of programs specific to the position being filled. - Experience applying communicative techniques to effectively and diplomatically interact with internal and external customers. - Advising management officials of Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) or Civil Rights compliance matters and is accountable for the program performance workload management, and/or the quality of subordinate work products within assigned areas. - Applying management techniques to improve the complaint and Civil Rights system processes, which include the informal (pre-complaint) and formal complaints processes, applying administrative law proceedings found in EEO cases to manage the IRS EEO complaint program. - Negotiating and/or reconciling the acceptance of controversial decisions by all levels of management, complainant, alleging employee and/or complainant representative/attorney - Applying communication skills both orally and in writing to resolve problems or answer questions related to the work of the assigned areas. AND You must also meet the following requirement(s): TIME AFTER COMPETITIVE APPOINTMENT (TACA): By the closing date (or if this is an open continuous announcement, by the cut-off date) specified in this job announcement, current civilian employees must have completed at least 90 days of federal civilian service since their latest non-temporary appointment from a competitive referral certificate, known as time after competitive appointment. For this requirement, a competitive appointment is one where you applied to and were appointed from an announcement open to "All US Citizens". MINIMUM AGE REQUIREMENT: Minimum age for federal employment is 18 years old, or at least 16 years old and have: Graduated from high school or been awarded a certificate equivalent to graduating from high school; or completed a formal vocational training program; or received a statement from school authorities agreeing with your preference for employment rather than continuing your education. For more information on qualifications please refer to OPM's Qualifications Standards. Go to Understanding the IRS Paybands for GS/IR conversion. View the full announcement and apply on USAJOBS.gov.