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Join our team! The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) is looking for a Supervisory Attorney Advisor to serve as a Deputy Director. OCR ensures that recipients of Federal financial assistance comply with applicable civil rights laws. You will lead a team of attorneys who investigate discrimination complaints, conduct compliance reviews, and provide technical assistance on civil rights, among other tasks to enforce federal prohibitions against discrimination and ensure equal opportunity.
Learn more about this agency04/13/2023 to 05/01/2023
$155,700 - $183,500 per year
GS 15
1 vacancy in the following location:
No
Yes—as determined by the agency policy.
25% or less - Travel may be required for site visits, meetings, conferences, and/or training.
No
Permanent
Full-time
Excepted
15
Yes
Yes
JP-23-093
719338000
The position serves as one of OCR's Deputy Directors, who directly supervises a team of OCR attorney advisors and helps lead the office as a member of OCR's management team. OCR is critical to the DOJ's efforts to ensure that recipients of Federal financial assistance from the Department are acting in accordance with federal laws prohibiting discrimination in employment and the delivery of services. OCR is the external civil rights office not only for OJP, but also for the DOJ's Office of Violence Against Women (OVW) and Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office). The laws that OCR enforces include (but are not limited to) Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Title IX of the Educational Amendments of 1972, the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, and the nondiscrimination provisions of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 and the Victims of Crime Act of 1984.
Supervisory and/or Managerial Responsibilities
Supervises a group of employees performing work at the GS-15 level and below. Provides administrative and technical supervision necessary for accomplishing the work of the unit. Provides technical expertise to the OCR employees and assigned staff, and directly oversees a number of OCR personnel. Provides training for OCR staff to ensure standard practices support the overall success of the OCR. Communicates program and management goals to OCR staff, identifies targeted results/outcomes, and advises on the establishment of timeframes. Allocates and adjusts resources in response to workload and priority changes and plans, organizes, and assigns OCR work. Ensures OCR compliance with DOJ's policies, including OJP Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) program. Implements policy set by the OCR Director and assists the OCR Director in applying the policies consistently in the OCR. Reviews processes and practices for efficiency and utility, implementing improvements in a continuous improvement process.
Performs the administrative and human resource management functions relative to the staff supervised. Establishes guidelines and performance expectations for staff members, which are clearly communicated through the formal employee performance management system. Observes workers' performance; demonstrates and conducts work performance critiques. Provides informal feedback and periodically evaluates employee performance. Resolves informal complaints and grievances. Develops work improvement plans, recommending personnel actions as necessary. Provides advice and counsel to workers related to work and administrative matters. Effects disciplinary measures as appropriate to the authority delegated in this area. Reviews and approves or disapproves leave requests. Assures that subordinates are trained and fully comply with the provisions of the safety regulations.
Prepares Legal Reports and Opinions on Civil Rights Matters
Reviews and approves attorney written legal work. Creates reports on OCR's program performance based on formal, organically created measures. Provides information briefings to the OCR Director, the OJP Assistant Attorney General, and DOJ senior management on OCR performance and cases. Ensures effective communication with OJP senior leadership to ensure urgent and compelling matters are addressed and appropriately elevated as needed. Independently conducts investigations or negotiations, plans an approach, and develops completed decisions, reports, briefs, opinions, contracts, or other products affiliated with difficult civil rights issues affecting a significant segment of public interest.
Serves as Agency Liaison for Legal Issues Regarding Civil Rights Law
Serves as an OCR primary point of contact for complainants and external agencies and participates in workgroup or intra/inter agency meetings or public forums related to complaint investigations or strategic initiatives. Addresses civil rights cases or legal problems that have the effect of substantially broadening or restricting the activities of an agency. Is responsible for recognizing when matters under discussion are of such precedent-setting nature or of such importance that recommendations must be cleared with superiors before being made public.
Confers or negotiates with top administrative personnel in DOJ OJP, private industry, or state, local, or foreign governments on important legal and policy questions pertaining to civil rights law. Delivers briefings and presentations affiliated with civil rights law at seminars and other outreach programs for the agency. Facilitates meetings and post-meeting question and answer sessions on civil rights matters. In the course of regular business, the incumbent establishes and maintains effective working relationships with recipients of federal financial assistance, state governments, law enforcement organizations, and important stakeholders.
Applicants must possess a J.D. or LL.B. degree.
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
You will be rated based on your qualifications for this position as evidenced by the education, experience and training you report relative to this position which shows that you possess the knowledges, skills and abilities required. Paid or unpaid experience will be considered.
REMINDER: ALL DOCUMENTS MUST BE RECEIVED BY MIDNIGHT Eastern Time (Washington, D.C. time) ON THE CLOSING DATE OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. Required Documents
Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.
To apply for this position, you must complete the online application and submit the supporting documentation specified in the Required Documents section above. A complete application package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on the vacancy closing date to receive consideration. To begin, click Apply to access the online application. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account to apply. If you do not have a USAJOBS account, you will need to create one before beginning the application.
Once your completed application is certified and received you will receive an acknowledgement email that your submission was successful. After a review of your complete application is made you will be notified of your status and/or referral to the hiring official. If further evaluation or interviews are required you will be contacted. After making a tentative job offer, we will conduct a suitability/security background investigation. We expect to make a final job offer within 80 days after the closing date of the announcement.
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