Associate Director, Appellate Review Programs

Summary

The Associate Director of Appellate Review Programs (ARP) manages the EEOC's national federal sector appeals program. The Associate Director position is designated as SES, General. EEOC structures its SES positions into position levels. This is a position level two with an initial onboarding salary range of $191,900 - $210,217 per year. Exceptions to the salary cap may be considered in certain circumstances. SES employees are eligible to receive performance-based bonuses and salary adjustments.

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Duties

• Manages short and long-range planning and policy development for the agency’s administrative appeals program; determines program priorities; and revises and ensures the legal correctness of federal sector decisions.
• Directs the work of Appeals Divisions and Branches, and determines and implements policies regarding the effective, efficient, expeditious and consistent processing of cases.
• Recommends statutory changes or other changes that may be needed concerning administrative appeals.
• Represents the Program at Agency and external meetings and speaks for the Director and the Commission on federal administrative appeals matters.
• ARP reviews appeals from final agency decisions of complaints of employment discrimination of federal employees and applicants for federal employment and handles petitions for review of decisions by the MSPB on employment discrimination issues.
  
  

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Requirements

Conditions of Employment

• U.S. Citizenship
• Suitable for Federal government as determined by background investigation
• Newly appointed SES members must serve a 1-year probationary period
• Public Financial Disclosure (OGE-278 filing within 30 days is required)
• Required to apply and maintain a government travel card.
• Must have a current BAR License in Good Standing
  
  

Qualifications

As a basic requirement for entry into the SES, you must provide evidence of progressively responsible leadership experience that is indicative of senior executive level management capability; and that is directly related to the skills and abilities outlined under the Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs) and the Technical Qualifications (TQs) listed under "How You Will Be Evaluated." Typically, experience of this nature will have been gained at or above the GS-14/15 grade level in the Federal service or its equivalent with state or local government, the private sector, or non-governmental organizations.

To meet the minimum qualifications for this position, you must have earned a professional law degree (J.D. or LL.B.) from a law school accredited by the American Bar Association, be an active member of a Bar, and you must possess all of the mandatory Executive Core Qualifications and Technical Qualifications listed below. These qualifications would typically be acquired through education, experience, and training which reflect progressive development and achievement in managing a comprehensive business program in a complex organization. An individual's total experience and education must demonstrate the ability to perform the duties of the position. Applicants must meet all of the qualification requirements by the closing date of this announcement.

Senior Executive Core Qualifications

ECQ1 - Leading Change: The ability to bring about strategic change, both within and outside the organization, to meet organizational goals. Inherent to this ECQ is the ability to establish an organizational vision and to implement it in a continuously changing environment. Leadership Competencies: Creativity and Innovation, External Awareness, Flexibility, Resilience, Strategic Thinking and Vision.

ECQ2 - Leading People: The ability to lead people toward meeting the organization's vision, mission, and goals. Inherent to this ECQ is the ability to provide an inclusive workplace that fosters the development of others, facilitates cooperation and teamwork, and supports constructive resolution of conflicts. Leadership Competencies: Conflict Management, Leveraging Diversity, Developing Others and Team Building.

ECQ3 - Results Driven: The ability to meet organizational goals and customer expectations. Inherent to this ECQ is the ability to make decisions that produce high-quality results by applying technical knowledge, analyzing problems, and calculating risk. Leadership Competencies: Accountability, Customer Service, Decisiveness, Entrepreneurship, Problem Solving and Technical Creditability.

ECQ 4 - Business Acumen: The ability to manage human, financial and information resources strategically. Leadership Competencies: Financial Management, Technology Management and Human Capital Management.

ECQ 5 - Building Coalitions: The ability to build coalitions internally and with other Federal agencies, State and local governments, nonprofit and private sector organizations, foreign governments, or international organizations to achieve common goals. Leadership Competencies: Influencing/Negotiating, Oral Communication, Partnering and Political Savvy.

NOTE: Responses to ECQs must not exceed 10 pages typed in 12-point font.

Technical Qualifications (TQ): In addition, all applicants must submit a written narrative response to the following TQ(s). Please give examples and explain how often you used your skills, the complexity of the knowledge possessed, the level of people you interacted with, the sensitivity of the issues you handled managing a large public or private sector organization that administers complex, rules-based benefits or services, etc.

• Extensive knowledge of programmatic, human resources, budget, and administrative management techniques and practices sufficient to accomplish national organizational mission objectives within a public environment.
• Extensive knowledge of rules, regulations and/or procedures related to Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended; the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967; the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990; the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Equal Pay Act of 1963, the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008; the Elijah E. Cummings Federal Employee Antidiscrimination Act of 2020; and the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act of 2022.
• Extensive knowledge and legal experience of the adversarial judicial system and legal processes, including knowledge necessary to interpret laws, analyze facts and to render legally sufficient and defensible decisions in cases that involve, among other elements, a review of hearings, trials, oral and written arguments, offers of settlement, rulings on motions, pre-hearing conferences, briefs, final decisions, etc.
  
  

NOTE: Responses to TQs must not exceed 2 pages per TQ, for a total of 6 pages.

For detailed guidance on ECQs, applicants are strongly encouraged to review the Office of Personnel Management's Guide to Executive Qualifications at http://www.opm.gov/ses/recruitment/ecq.asp

Example of ECQ statements are available at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/senior-executive-service/reference-materials/guidetosesquals_2012.pdf

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. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Education

This position has a basic education requirement listed under the Qualifications section of this announcement.

Additional information

This position is being re-advertised to solicit additional applications. Applicants who applied previously need not reapply unless submitting updated and/or missing information.

You will be expected to report to the duty station listed on this announcement.

Background Investigation: This position requires that a background investigation be conducted and favorably adjudicated in order to establish security eligibility.

FinancialDisclosure: This position is covered under the Ethics in Government Act, which requires comprehensive financial disclosures from employees. The appointee will be required to file a Public Financial Disclosure Report (OGE-278), within 30 days after his/her appointment, and then annually thereafter.

Qualifications Approval: Persons newly selected for career appointment to the Senior Executive Service must have their Executive Core Qualifications approved by an Office of Personnel Management Qualifications Review Board.

Direct Deposit: All Federal employees are required by P.L. 104-134 to have federal payments made by Direct Deposit.

False Statements: If you make a false statement in any part of your application, you may not be hired, you may be fired after you begin work, or you may be subject to fine, imprisonment, or other disciplinary action.

Privacy Act - Privacy Act Notice (PL 93-579): The information requested here is used to determine qualifications for employment and is authorized under Title 5 U.S.C. 3302 and 3361.

Selective Service: Male applicants born after 12/31/1959, who are required to register with the Selective Service under section 3 of the Military Selective Service Act, must be registered (or must have registered at the time they were required to do so) in order to be eligible for appointment. For more information, visit the SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM web site at http://www.sss.gov/default.htm.

Veterans' preference: Is not applicable to positions in the Senior Executive Service.

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission provides reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please notify Jennifer Blank, the servicing Human Resources Specialist, either by e-mail at [email protected] or by telephone at 202-921-3090. The decision on granting reasonable accommodation will be on a case-by-case basis. TTY users may contact us via the Federal Relay Service, 1-800-877-8339.

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