Summary This position is located in the U.S. Department of the Treasury; Departmental Offices (DO); Office of the Deputy Secretary, Office of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (ODEIA), Office Civil Rights and Equal Employment Opportunity (OCRE). This opportunity is also open to Status Candidates under Announcement 24-DO-139. Please refer to that announcement for details on open period, eligibility, and how to apply. Responsibilities As an Equal Opportunity Specialist, you will: Serve as program evaluator and technical advisor for the Department of the Treasury. The Equal Opportunity Specialist monitors, reviews, and evaluates equal opportunity compliance for the Department of the Treasury bureaus, identifies operational problems, recommends corrective actions to the appropriate level of management (e.g., national level managers), and provides technical assistance as needed. Facilitate communication between the program offices and the Office of Civil Rights and Equal Employment Opportunity (OCRE) staff, including the External Civil Rights Program Manager and the OCRE Director in a variety of areas such as coordinating, targeting, and scheduling compliance activities, improving equal opportunity operations, and resolving issues raised by Members of Congress, organizations affected by the compliance program, or others from outside the compliance organization. Conduct comprehensive field technical visits to offices and program recipients. Focus on issues such as quality of pre-award and post-award compliance reviews, investigations, and compliance measures in general. Reviews systemic factors related to program effectiveness such as compliance practices, workflow, work organization, management, personnel, quality controls and availability of necessary resources, and recommend corrective action as needed. Identify and propose resolution of program equal opportunity and compliance problems (programmatic, technical or procedural, including those stemming from contacts, tensions or conflicts with external organizations or interest groups) and coordinate with the program offices to assure uniformity of procedures and interpretations in resolving issues related to the administration of the equal opportunity program. Requirements Conditions of Employment Key Requirements: Must be U.S. Citizen or U.S. National. A one-year probationary period may be required. Must successfully complete a background investigation. Public Trust - Background Investigation will be required. All new hires will be required to comply with federal ethics laws. A review of financial or other interests may be conducted to determine if they create any real or apparent conflict of interests with official Treasury duties. Complete a Declaration for Federal Employment to determine your suitability for Federal employment, at the time requested by the agency. Have your salary sent to a financial institution of your choice by Direct Deposit/Electronic Funds Transfer. If you are a male applicant born after December 31, 1959, certify that you have registered with the Selective Service System or are exempt from having to do so. Go through a Personal Identity Verification (PIV) process that requires two forms of identification from the Form I-9. Federal law requires verification of the identity and employment eligibility of all new hires in the U.S. Obtain and use a Government-issued charge card for business-related travel. Please refer to the "Additional Information" section for additional Conditions of Employment. Qualifications You must meet the following requirements by the closing date of this announcement. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Specialized Experience: You must have 1 year of Specialized Experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-13 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience for this position includes: Experience applying civil rights and equal opportunity regulations such as Title VI of the Civil Rights of 1964, the Fair Housing Act (also known as Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968), Section 504 of the 1973 Rehabilitation Act, Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Age Discrimination Act or other civil rights laws and regulations; AND Experience advising management concerning major aspects of civil rights inquiries/investigations in which you interpreted, explained and applied knowledge of external civil rights and Equal Opportunity laws, regulations, and administrative decisions to negotiate and resolve unprecedented problems; AND Experience utilizing fact finding, analytical, problem solving, investigative, and interviewing methods and techniques; AND Experience organizing and presenting facts, findings, conclusions, and recommendations in a logical manner. The experience may have been gained in either the public, private sector or volunteer service. One year of experience refers to full-time work; part-time work 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 resumé. Education Additional Information OTHER INFORMATION: We may select from this announcement or any other source to fill one or more vacancies. This is a non-bargaining unit position. Relocation expenses will not be paid. We offer opportunities for telework. We offer opportunities for flexible work schedules. This position requires that the successful candidate undergo personnel vetting, which includes a background investigation and enrollment upon onboarding into "Continuous Vetting." Enrollment in Continuous Vetting will result in automated record checks being conducted throughout one's employment with Treasury. The successful candidate will also be enrolled into FBI's Rap Back service, which will allow Treasury to receive notification from the FBI of criminal matters (e.g., arrests, charges, convictions) involving enrolled individuals in near real-time. For more information about individual rights, Noncriminal Justice Applicant's Privacy Rights - FBI, FD-258 Privacy Act Statement - FBI, and SEAD-3-Reporting-U.pdf (dni.gov). Our comprehensive benefits are very generous. Our benefits package includes: Challenging work, opportunities for advancement, competitive salaries, bonuses and incentive awards. Eleven paid holidays, 13 days of sick leave, and 13 to 26 days of vacation time each year. Access to insurance programs that may be continued after you retire. A wide choice of health insurance plans, coverage for pre-existing conditions, and no waiting periods. We pay a substantial amount (up to 75%) of the health insurance premiums. A retirement program which includes employer-matching contributions. Learn more about Federal benefits programs at: https://help.usajobs.gov/index.php/Pay\_and\_Benefits