Equal Employment Manager

The VA New Mexico Healthcare System is recruiting for an Equal Employment Manager (EEO) under the Office of the Executive Director. The incumbent manages the EEO program for the VA and is responsible to the Facility Director for program development, administration, evaluation and preventive advisory functions for review of both systemic problems and case-­focused issues.

Duties may include but are not limited to: Recruit and hire subordinate staff members in line with merit staffing procedures and equal employment opportunity guidelines. Responsible for equal opportunity for all employees supervised, ensuring fair and equitable practices in the selection of employees for training, promotions, awards and recognition, and for other career development opportunities. Develop and conduct facility-wide analyses of EEO-related issues and programs, including reviewing systemic problems within the facility.

Develop strategies for handling discrimination complaints; investigate discriminatory practices; develop and implement EEO program policies to address and resolve discriminatory barriers for various SEPs. Responsible for developing, planning, directing, coordinating, reviewing, monitoring, evaluating and updating EEO program activities. Develop facility-level EEO procedures and policies and assess policies for effectiveness.

Serve as technical advisor to the facility's EEO Committee and establishes and implements an effective recognition program for those who make a significant contribution to members of the Facility's Federal EEO Committee. Serve to improve the representation of minorities, the disabled, and women, and other Special Emphasis groups in the workforce; and reduces or eliminates potential complaints of discrimination. Develop an ADR Program, which is any procedure or combinat10n or procedures voluntarily used to resolve issues in controversy without the need to resort to litigation.

Conduct mandated "New Employee Orientation of the Prevention of Workplace Harassment" for all newly hired employees and ensures that all employees receive refresher training on "Prevention of Workplace Harassment" every 2 years. Arranges for the proper training and provides leadership and administrative supervision to equal employment opportunity advisory committees, equal employment opportunity technical assistants, and other specifically designated equal employment opportunity staff personnel involved in the planning, counseling, investigative, personnel, and legal aspects of equal employment opportunity.

Work Schedule: 8:00am - 4:30pm Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Equal Employment Manager/PD13798A Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized.

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 11/13/2026. Time-In-Grade Requirement: Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement. For a GS-13 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-12. The grade may have been in any occupation, but must have been held in the Federal service.

An SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials. If the most recent SF-50 has an effective date within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate you possess one-year time-in-grade, as required by the announcement. In this instance, you must provide an additional SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one-year time-in-grade. Note: Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to former Federal employees applying for reinstatement as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment.

You may qualify based on your experience and/or education as described below: Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-12 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: equal employment, regulations, resolve complex problems, regulations, advise Federal managers, sensitive equal employment opportunity, EEO Laws, policies, affirmative action plans, and GEMS.

(must be in resume) For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/.