Sr Manager, EEO - Office Chief Operating Officer

Minimum Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

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Manages the daily operations of one or more programs and sections. Provides leadership in the development of the EEO compliance section and staff. Schedule’s workload, establishes priorities, assigns counseling, investigations, projects, sets standards, monitors work assignment progress and reviews complaint investigation reports for legal sufficiency. Leads, motivates, and coaches staff. Fosters teamwork. Ensures that current section program meets the Board’s EEO policies and practices, division goals and section objectives and recommends to senior management operational changes and personnel actions.

Responsible for communicating section procedures regarding EEO compliance statutes, regulations, and federal law. Act as subject matter expert to contribute to and advise on EEO analyses, policies, and procedures. Seeks advice from senior management and legal upon implementing EEO statute and legislation updates. Embodies a strong stakeholder service philosophy.

• Manages Operations:
  Manages and ensures continuous improvement of EEO compliance programs and operations. Provides overall strategic direction regarding work methods and procedures, accountability, and management controls and ensures policies are adhered to in addressing EEO complaints, workplace harassment, training, and affirmative employment requirements and initiatives.
• Manages and Develops Section Staff:
  Provides leadership in the development of the section. Schedules, assigns and directs work, monitors workload, establishes and adjust priorities, assigns projects, ensures effective and efficient use of resources (both monetary and people). Provides developmental feedback and supports opportunities for training and professional development. Serves as reviewing manager on staff performance evaluations and recommend to senior management personnel actions (hiring, salary administration, position reallocation).
• Develops, Implements, Evaluates Programs:
  Serve as Board liaisons or representative in consulting/collaboration with federal agencies and legislative entities. Act as recognized domain expert within the Board. Exercises strategic oversight and direction for all aspects of the EEO compliance program activities, ensuring programs meet legislative/regulatory compliance and are reflective of current and future organizational needs and objectives. Drive innovative and creative solutions to EEO program challenges, concentrating primarily on systemic workforce issues, that broadly impact equal opportunity.
• Identifies and Manages Needs and Risk:
  Identify relevant issues and trends and draw conclusions through analysis of quantitative and qualitative data that can be used to analyze EEO workplace issues, policies, and practices. Anticipates, identifies and manages needs and risk of the Board as they relate to EEO and Compliance initiatives and develops projects and actions that mitigate these risks. Directs staff in research and analysis of significant issues.
• Strategic Planning:
  Serves as a member of the division’s management team, helping to identify future goals and objectives for section and division. Actively participate in the division’s strategic planning process. Cultivate new and strengthen existing collaborative relationships with senior management and other colleagues to develop strategic direction and vision for future initiatives of the Board, and visibly champions initiatives to stakeholders. Leads or participates in multi-disciplined tasks forces and work groups formed within the Board and inter-agencies to address needs and issues relevant to EEO.
• Develops and Communication of Policies:
  Responsible for communicating EEO and compliance policies and procedures. Leads policy initiatives to enhance and meet EEO objectives to comply with the laws, regulations, and policies. Provides advice, recommendations, and comments to assist the Director, EEO Programs and OMWI in making programmatic and policy decisions as they relate to EEO compliance. Has technical authority on problems or issues that may require new policy and…