Civil Rights and Equal Employment Opportunity Director.

Key Responsibilities

Executive-Level Strategic Advisory: Serve as the trusted, principal advisor to the BPA Administrator and senior executive team. You will directly influence agency operations, personnel policies, and workforce strategies to ensure equal opportunity is woven into every level of our organization.

Visionary Program Leadership: Shape, design, and direct BPA-wide programs that champion fairness and respect. You will lead strategic initiatives to proactively prevent discrimination and harassment, ensuring our agency is recognized as an exemplary, model workplace.

Strategic Business Integration: Partner collaboratively with executive leadership and external stakeholders to integrate equal opportunity and civil rights principles directly into BPA's overall corporate strategic planning and organizational priorities.

Empowering Team Leadership: Manage and mentor a multidisciplinary team of civil rights and administrative professionals. You will set performance standards, foster professional development, and cultivate a highly collaborative, high-performing team environment.

Proactive, Data-Driven Problem Solving: Lead forward-thinking strategies by analyzing workforce trends and organizational data. You will identify and eliminate potential systemic barriers to career advancement and job satisfaction, continuously driving organizational improvements.

Collaborative Conflict Resolution: Oversee the agency's mediation and Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) programs. You will champion constructive, fair, and timely pathways to resolve workplace differences, helping to maintain a collaborative and harmonious organizational climate.

Agency-Wide Education and Empowerment: Supervise the creation and delivery of modern training programs. You will equip managers, supervisors, and employees across the agency with the knowledge and tools needed to uphold civil rights standards and prevent workplace bias.

Resource and Program Stewardship: Exercise executive oversight over budget planning, financial forecasting, and resource allocation. You will strategically align the program's budget and external services to ensure the civil rights office has the tools and personnel necessary to achieve its mission.

Requirements

Conditions of employment: Applicants are encouraged to respond to four short, free-response, essay questions in the questionnaire. Answer to these questions is not scored or rated. Your answers will be reviewed by the hiring manager and agency leadership if you are referred for selection consideration.

Specialized experience: A qualified candidate's online application and resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade level (GS-14) in the Federal service. Specialized experience for this position is defined as:

• Managing a key component of an organization's equal employment opportunity (EEO) program, such as the formal complaint process, affirmative employment, or alternative dispute resolution;
• Developing organizational policies and serving as a senior advisor to management on complex EEO and compliance matters, including providing strategic initiatives to address and eliminate barriers to equal opportunity;
• Supervising a team of EEO professionals responsible for conducting analyses, training, or investigations.

Time-in-Grade: Current Federal employees must meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement to receive consideration.

CTAP/ICTAP candidates: To be considered "well qualified" you must meet all of the requirements as described in this section. You must meet all qualifications and eligibility requirements by the closing date of this announcement.

Education: There are no specific education requirements or substitution of education for experience for this position.

Additional information: This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional similar vacancies across DOE.

EEO Policy: Reasonable Accommodation Policy: Employees or applicants may request Reasonable Accommodation (RA) for assistance, when applying or competing for a job or performing a job due to their medical condition or to exercise their religious beliefs. If you need reasonable accommodation in the application or selection process, please contact the Staffing Specialist listed on this vacancy announcement.

Reasonable Accommodation for USAHire: If you believe you have a disability (i.e., physical or mental), covered by the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 as amended, that would interfere with completing the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments, you will be granted the opportunity to request a reasonable accommodation in your online application. Requests for Reasonable Accommodations for the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments and appropriate supporting documentation for Reasonable Accommodation must be received prior to starting the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments. Decisions on requests for Reasonable Accommodations are made on a case-by-case basis. If you meet the minimum qualifications of the position, after notification of the adjudication of your request, you will receive an email invitation to complete the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments. You must complete all assessments within 48 hours of receiving the URL to access the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments, if you received the link after the close of the announcement.

Telework: Selective Service Registration: Hiring incentives may be authorized for a highly qualified candidate based on budget availability and in accordance with federal regulations.

BPA strives to ensure a safe and positive work environment. We also understand the importance of work/life balance and offer a variety of programs and policies designed to create more flexible, responsive work environments supportive of commitments to community, home and family members.

The program supports five key areas of life: career, community, financial, physical and social.

Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.

A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding.

Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.