Senior Advisor Strategic Operations

Office of the Secretary; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

The Office of Employment Discrimination Complaint Adjudication (OEDCA) within the Department of Veterans Affairs seeks a professional with deep knowledge of federal employment discrimination laws to advance fair and effective adjudication.

Applicants must have one year of relevant experience and be eligible for bar admission. The role emphasizes leadership in quality and process improvements and training initiatives for EEO programs.

Qualifications

• Must have experience with federal employment discrimination laws, including equitable relief and damages.
• Experience leading quality and/or process improvement initiatives in discrimination complaint programs.
• Ability to develop and deliver training related to EEO compliance and procedures.

Responsibilities

• Apply subject matter expertise to review and adjudicate discrimination complaints.
• Lead training initiatives and support program improvements for EEO processes.

Skills

Federal employment discrimination laws

Quality and process improvement

Training initiatives

Education

Bar admission in any US state or DC

Job description

The Department of Veterans Affairs mission is \"to fulfill President Lincoln's promise to care for those who have served in our nation's military and for their families, caregivers, and survivors.\" The Office of Employment Discrimination Complaint Adjudication (OEDCA) was established by Congress to ensure fairness, integrity, and trust throughout the Department's adjudicatory phase of the equal employment opportunity (EEO) complaint process.

Applicants must have one or more years of experience that clearly demonstrates the following knowledge, skills, and abilities below. This training and/or experience MUST be reflected by descriptions of your experience in your resume. IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE WILL NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE.

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.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required:

Demonstrated subject matter expertise in the area of federal employment discrimination laws, to include the areas of equitable relief, pecuniary and nonpecnicary damages, and attorneys fees; experience applying the subject matter expertise in connection with leading quality and/or process improvement activities and training initiatives in federal employment discrimination complaint programs

Licensure Requirement:

An applicant MUST be a member in good standing of the bar of a State or Territory of the United States, or the District of Columbia.