Chief Diversity Officer

Job Description

Duties

The Chief Diversity Officer performs the following major duties:

• Design and institute agency-wide changes, co-create recommended courses of action and secure senior leadership approval and drives implementation of ICDEIA related goals.
• Serve as a thought leader and collaborative partner to senior leadership group on ICDEIA related issues including strategic opportunities and risk management related to ICDEIA
• Maintain knowledge on current and emerging developments and trends; collaborates with senior management to factor new trends and/or risks in future strategies.
• Ensure Executive Orders related to ICDEIA are coordinated across the agency and establish work streams and accountability measures for EO owners.
• Provide subject matter expertise to team members and internal/external stakeholders on complex topics related to ICDEIA in a global setting.
• Model the values of ICDEIA in response to critical and/or crisis events and provide coaching and mentorship for senior leaders to do the same with particular sensitivities to historically marginalized communities.
• Ensure change management principles are implemented in ICDEIA efforts to ensure achievement of goals.
• Design and manage processes that build mutual trust, particularly with historically marginalized communities.
• Advise internal partners on appropriate and effective interventions based on data latest research.
• Stay abreast of state-of-the-art global diversity, equity and inclusion best practices and bring leading trends, innovation, and thought to the Agency’s learning and development team.
• Work collaboratively with key leaders to cultivate an environment that fosters innovation and inspires creative solutions to diversity, equity, and inclusion challenges; and include ICDEIA interventions into programs to close vulnerabilities.
• Provides leadership and oversight to the review of PC Manual Section to ensure coverage of ICDEIA objectives and goals; and provides expert consultation and guidance to senior leadership with regards to ICDEIA inclusion in Manual Section.

Requirements Conditions of Employment

Please read this announcement in its entirety prior to submitting your application for consideration.

• You must be a U.S. Citizen and meet the requirements of the program.
• You must be at least 18 years of age.
• If you are a male applicant born after December 31, 1959, certify that you have registered with the Selective Service System or are exempt from having to do so. For additional information, see www.sss.gov.
• All Federal employees are required to have federal salary payments made by direct deposit to a financial institution of their choosing.
• Telework eligible positions do not guarantee telework. As a reminder - If you are selected for a position, you are responsible for reporting to your designated POD (location) on the negotiated start date or as directed by management.
• You must complete a Declaration for Federal Employment to determine your suitability for Federal employment, at the time requested by the agency.
• Applicants must go through a Personal Identity Verification (PIV) process that requires two forms of identification from the Form I-9. Federal law requires verification of the identity and employment eligibility of all new hires in the U.S. These documents must be unexpired original or certified copies.
• Applicants must successfully complete a background security investigation with favorable adjudication. Failure to successfully meet this requirement will be grounds for employment termination.
• This position requires a Public Trust security clearance.
• This is a non-bargaining unit position.
• A one year trial period is required.
• Additional hiring needs may be filled through this vacancy.

Peace Corps Information

• This is a Federal civilian job in the Excepted Service. Peace Corps employees are paid on the Foreign Personnel (FP) pay scale.
• Initial appointment of employment cannot exceed five years.
• All new employees are required to certify and submit a state of understanding acknowledging adherence to the Peace Corps condition of employment prior to day 1 of employment with the Peace Corps.
• Qualified internal applicants will be given full consideration.

Qualifications

All qualification requirements must be met by 12/18/2023 (the closing date of this announcement). Qualification claims will be subject to verification.

FP-01 (Equivalent to the GS-15)To be minimally qualified for this position at the FP-01 level, you must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower level in the normal line of progression, FP-02 or GS-14 level which is in or directly related to the line of work of the position to be filled and which has equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. Specialized experience is defined as: Experience leading global Intercultural Competence, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility (ICDEIA) efforts for the agency and providing strategic direction, guidance, and enterprise-wide coordination to the ICDEIA program; Experience developing and implementing the ICDEIA strategy, program elements and deliverables, and monitoring programs that promote diversity, inclusion, equity, and accessibility within the Agency; Experience providing oversight and leadership to the day-to-day operations, including quality and timeliness of activities, and ensuring compliance with mandates and policies.

Additional information on qualification requirements is outlined in the OPM Qualifications Standards Handbook of General Schedule Positions. It is available for your review on the OPM web site at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/

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Time-in-Grade Requirements:

You must meet applicable TIG requirements to be considered eligible. To meet TIG for positions above the GS-05 grade level, you must have served at least one year (52 weeks) at the next lower grade (or equivalent) in the normal line of progression for the position you are applying to. The experience may have been gained in the public sector, private sector or Volunteer Service. One year of experience refers to full-time work; part-time work is considered on a prorated basis. To ensure full credit for your work experience, please indicate dates of employment by month/year, and indicate number of hours worked per week, on your resume. For more information on qualifications please refer to OPM’s Qualifications Standards.

Please note: Peace Corps employees are employed using the Foreign Personnel (FP) pay scale. The FP pay plan does not follow the same structure as the GS pay plan. In the FP pay plan, as the grade-level numbers decrease the level/pay for the position increases (e.g., the FP-09 is the lowest entry-level pay and the FP-01 is the highest senior-level pay).

Education

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

Additional information

Intelligence Background Information

Peace Corps Manual Section 611 is applicable to this position. This section prohibits the employment of certain persons previously engaged in intelligence activities or connected with intelligence agencies within the past 10 years. If you have ever worked for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), you are not eligible for employment at the Peace Corps in any capacity, and you should not apply for employment.

Acceptance of employment with Peace Corps precludes employment by certain intelligence organizations for a specific period of time, determined by the employing agency, after Peace Corps employment ceases.

Applicants who are found to be otherwise qualified will be required to submit upon request in the future a completed Intelligence Background Questionnaire, or narrative signed statement, indicating whether the applicant has been involved in or has had any connection with intelligence activities or related work and, if so, the nature and dates of his or her involvement. Failure to meet this requirement will result in the applicant being rated ineligible for further consideration. If you have any other type of possible intelligence connection, your application will not be further considered until you submit this form. Except when the CIA or the National Security Agency (NSA) is involved (see below), if your connection with an Intelligence Agency involves an immediate family member who works or has worked in intelligence, the immediate family member should complete the form, not the applicant. Usually relying on memory is sufficient to answer most if not all of the questions.

If you have an immediate family member who works or has worked for the CIA, you should not give them this form to complete. Please contact your relative in person-not by phone, email, social networking, or any other means that is not in person- and ask him or her to contact the Office of General Counsel at the CIA.

If you or an immediate family member have been employed by or associated with the NSA, you or your family member must contact the NSA Prepublication Review Office at 443-634-4095.

For initial appointments in the federal government, salary will be set at the step 1 of the grade offered.

The reflected salary on this announcement does include locality pay.

**Peace Corps does not offer any additional benefits beyond that which the Federal employee is already receiving.

Peace Corps uses E-Verify, an Internet-based system, to confirm the eligibility of all newly hired employees to work in the United States. Learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities.

How You Will Be Evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

We use a multi-step process to review and evaluate applicants:

1. Eligibility and Minimum Qualifications

Once the vacancy announcement closes, we will review your resume and documents to determine if you meet the eligibility and minimum qualification requirements, including any required education, experience, and/or selective placement factors. You will be rated as ineligible if your application is missing any required documents. You will be rated as not qualified if you do not possess the minimum qualification requirements. If, after reviewing your resume and/or supporting documentation, a determination is made that you have inflated your qualifications and/or experience that is cause for disqualification, and you may lose consideration for this position. Please follow all instructions carefully when applying, errors or omissions may affect your eligibility. You will be rated as not qualified if you do not possess the minimum qualification requirements.

2. Rating and Ranking

If you are found to meet both the eligibility and minimum qualification requirements, we will assess the quality of your experience and the extent to which you possess the required KSAs by comparing your submitted resume and documents against your responses to the occupational questionnaire. You will be evaluated based on how well you meet the qualifications and competencies listed in this vacancy announcement. Your qualifications will be evaluated based on your application materials and the responses on the application questionnaire. You will be assessed on the following competencies.

Basis for Rating: Qualified candidates will be assigned to one of three quality categories: Best Qualified, Highly Qualified or Qualified. Veteran preference eligibles are listed ahead of non-preference eligibles within each quality category.

• Best Qualified. Candidates in this category possess exceptional skills and experience to exceed well above the minimum requirements for the announced position.
• Highly Qualified. Candidates in this category possess good skills and experience above the minimum requirements for the announced position.
• Qualified. Candidates in this category meet the minimum experience requirements for the announced position.

3. Referral and Selection

If you are found to be amongst the best qualified applicants, you will be referred to the selecting official. As part of the assessment and selection process, the selecting official may invite you to participate in a structured interview, check your references, and/or request a writing sample or complete a written assessment or exercise to further evaluate your qualifications for this position.

Your qualifications will be evaluated on the following competencies (knowledge, skills, abilities and other characteristics):

• Compliance
• Leveraging Diversity
• Partnering
• Strategic Thinking

Required Documents

Documentation requirements may vary from applicant to applicant based on your eligibility claims. For example, Veteran documents would be required only from applicants claiming Veteran’s Preference. It is your responsibility to carefully review the list of document descriptions below, to see which documents are required for your application.

If you fail to provide these documents or if it is determined that your resume has erroneous information or you have copied the specialized experience statement, the job description, or the assessment questions into your resume, you will be marked as having an incomplete application package and you will not be considered any further.

ALL APPLICANTS: You must submit a detailed resume containing the following pieces of information for each job entry listed in your employment history:

1. Official position title,
2. Employer name and contact information,
3. Start and end dates (including month and year),
4. A detailed list of duties & accomplishments,
5. Your grade/step achieved, and
6. The number of hours worked per week (or indicate full-time).

If your resume includes a photograph or other inappropriate material or content, it will not be used to make eligibility and qualification determinations and you may not be considered for this vacancy. If you’re unsure about what to include in your resume, please review the USAJOBS Resume Writing Tutorial on YouTube. You are encouraged to use the USAJOBS Resume Builder, as this will ensure you’re including everything that is required.If you are a current or former federal employee or current agency employee:

1. You are required to submit a legible copy/copies of your most recent SF-50, Notification of Personnel Action.
2. Time-in-grade documentation: If you are applying for a higher grade and your SF-50 has an effective date within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate you meet the one year time-in-grade requirement so you will need to provide an SF-50 which clearly demonstrates you meet the time-in-grade requirements (examples of appropriate SF-50s include Promotions, Within-grade Grade/Range Increases, and SF-50s with an effective date more than one year old).
3. Examples of appropriate SF-50’s include:
   • Within grade increases at the highest grade held; or
   • Promotions with an effective date more than one year old; or
   • SF-50’s at the highest grade held with an effective date more than one year old.

If you are claiming a Veterans Preference eligibility:

1. When claiming a Veteran’s Preference, you must submit your last DD-214 (Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty) form, specifically the Member #4 Copy, indicating dates and character of service and discharge type.
2. If you are a Veteran with a service-connected disability rating of 30% or more, you will need to additionally submit the SF-15 (Application for 10-point Veterans Preference) AND a copy of your VA Letter stating your disability rating.
3. If you are the qualifying parent or spouse of a disabled, deceased, or deployed Veteran, and are seeking a derived preference eligibility, you must submit appropriate supporting documentation such as the Veterans DD-214, SF-15, VA Letter, and/or Permanent Change of Station (PCS) orders. See Veteran Family Preference for more information.
4. For more information on each type of Veterans Preference, and the documentation required for each, see FedsHireVets.

If you are a Military Spouse: You are required to submit acceptable documentation of your appointment eligibility which may include the following:

1. A copy of the service member’s permanent change of station orders, including a statement authorizing the spouse to accompany the member to the permanent duty station (if the spouse is not listed on the orders, then a command sponsorship letter must be submitted), the specific location to which the member is assigned, reassigned, or transferred to permanent change of station orders, and the effective date of the permanent change of station; AND
2. Verification of the marriage to the service member (i.e., a marriage license or other legal documentation verifying marriage).

If you are using education to qualify for this position, or education is required:

1. You must submit a transcript, which may be unofficial, as long as it contains a full listing of courses, credit earned, grade and grade-point-average, subject area, degree(s) earned, and dates of award.
2. Your transcript must come from a nationally-accredited educational institution recognized by the Department of Education.
3. If submitting a foreign transcript, you must have the transcript reviewed by an approved foreign education review organization recognized by the Department of Education.
4. Please do not submit electronic transcripts with documentation security protection, these may prevent our application system from accepting and processing the document.

About the Organization

Summary

This position is located in the Office of the Director, Peace Corps Headquarters, Washington DC. The incumbent works as a part of the senior leadership team within the Director's Office to provide strategic direction, guidance and enterprise-wise coordination for the global Intercultural Competence, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility (ICDEIA) efforts.