EQUAL EMPLOYMENT SPECIALIST
Air Education and Training Command
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Posted: March 13, 2026 (2 days ago)
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Equal Employment Manager
Defense Logistics Agency
Department of Defense
Location
Salary
$169,279 - $197,200
per year
Type
Full-Time
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GS-15 Pay Grade
Base salary range: $123,041 - $159,950
Typical requirements: 1 year specialized experience at GS-14. Senior leader or top expert.
Note: Actual salary includes locality pay (15-40%+ depending on location).
Job Description
Summary
This job involves helping lead efforts to ensure fair treatment and equal opportunities for employees across a large defense agency, including creating policies, handling complaints, and advising on related laws.
It requires visiting sites to solve issues and representing the agency in meetings with government bodies.
A good fit would be someone with extensive experience in diversity and inclusion programs, strong leadership skills, and a passion for promoting workplace fairness in a high-level government role.
Key Requirements
- One year of specialized experience at GS-14 level or equivalent in federal, military, or private sector
- Experience planning and developing EEO programs with little guidance or precedent
- Skills in full management functions: planning, directing, evaluating program activities, and setting goals
- Ability to interpret and advise on EEOC, DoD, and other authority issuances, especially controversial ones
- Proficiency in administering EEO complaints and appeals processes
- Experience evaluating and resolving EEO issues through field visits and staff assistance
- Knowledge of analyzing directives, laws, and agency needs for policy development
Full Job Description
See below for important information regarding this job.
To qualify for a Equal Employment Manager, your resume and supporting documentation must support: Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience that equipped you with the competencies to successfully perform the duties of the position and is directly in or related to this position.
To qualify at the GS-15 level, applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-14 level or equivalent under other pay systems in the Federal service, military, or private sector.
Applicants must meet eligibility requirements including time-in-grade (General Schedule (GS) positions only), time-after-competitive appointment, minimum qualifications, and any other regulatory requirements by the cut-off/closing date of the announcement.
Creditable specialized experience includes: Planning and developing special programs to meet identified needs where there is little or no guidance or precedent available.
Participating in the full range of management functions including planning, directing, and evaluating program activities, and developing goals.
Providing interpretations, determinations, information, and advice on unprecedented, unclear or controversial issuances of EEOC, DoD, and other authorities.
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. Major Duties:
- Serves as the Deputy Director of Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO).
- Assists the Office Director in planning, developing, establishing, and maintaining Agency- wide Equal Employment Opportunity policies, programs, regulations, requirements, procedures and, standards.
- Visits field activities to evaluate and resolve EEO problems and provide staff assistance.
- Ascertains Agency needs, analyzes higher authority directives and laws.
- Administers DLA EEO complaints and appeals function.
- Provides professional representation of boards, workgroups, and committees (EEOC, DoD, etc.).
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