"Alerted.org

Summary Serving Congress and the Supreme Court, the Architect of the Capitol (AOC) is the builder and steward of the landmark buildings and grounds of Capitol Hill. As the Reasonable Accommodation Specialist, you will ensure all programs, services, benefits, activities, and offices are fully accessible to, and usable by people with disabilities and reasonable accommodations. You are also responsible for AOC’s compliance with government wide ADA title I-Employment, disability rights and laws. Responsibilities Major duties for this position include: Reasonable Accommodation Management and Compliance (80%) Provides technical advice, providing guidance to AOC management, employees, and applicants on issues impacting individuals with disabilities. Manages a caseload of complex reasonable accommodation requests, within established time frames to include accommodating an employee in their current position. Responsible for providing expert advice and leadership in carrying out agency policies and programs of nondiscrimination and affirmative employment. Performs special assignments and projects for the Deputy Director, utilizing expert knowledge of ADA, other disability rights laws and the AOC policies, regulations, and guidelines. Reasonable Accommodation Advisement (20%) Provides technical advice, providing guidance to AOC management, employees, applicants, human resources officials and advocacy groups on issues impacting individuals with disabilities. Ensures the recommendations to the agency’s disability employment programs are consistent with established laws, rules, and regulations. Drafts, formulates, amends, revises, and prepares operating policies and guidelines that address the collection and analysis of workforce data. Provides advice to management and staff on approaches to promote disability awareness. Coordinates, develops, and provides disability related training as necessary. Drafts correspondence to the employee, management official and treating physicians, communicating to all parties the necessary information to ensure processing of requests for reasonable accommodation and accessibility. Performs other related duties as assigned. Requirements Conditions of Employment You must be able to pass a drug test. Your resume and question responses must demonstrate the job-related KSAs. You must meet the definition of specialized experience. To be employed by the Architect of the Capitol in a paid position, an individual must meet one of the categories below: A citizen of the United States; A person who is lawfully admitted for permanent residence and is seeking citizenship as outlined in 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)(B); A person who is admitted as a refugee under 8 U.S.C. 1157 or is granted asylum under 8 U.S.C. 1158 and has filed a declaration of intention to become a lawful permanent resident and then a citizen when eligible; A person who owes allegiance to the United States (nationals of American Samoa, Swains Island, and the Northern Mariana Islands, and nationals who meet other requirements described in 8 U.S.C. 1408); or A person who is currently an officer or employee of the Government of the United States. Qualifications You must meet the United States Office of Personnel Management's (OPM) qualification requirements (including specialized experience and/or educational requirements) for the advertised position. You must meet all eligibility and qualifications requirements by the closing date of the job announcement. Additional information on the 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 http://www.opm.gov/qualifications. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the position to be filled. To be creditable, specialized experience must have been equivalent to the GS-12 grade level in Federal service. Specialized experience includes the following (the applicant must meet a minimum of four (4) specialized experience qualifications): (1) Comprehensive and thorough knowledge of laws, equal employment opportunity policy and procedures, rules, regulations, and precedent legal and administrative decisions related to personnel management. (2) Demonstrated skills in fact-finding, investigative, and analytical techniques requiring decisions in interpreting varied and complex factual situations in the context of the requirements of laws, regulations, or policies. (4) Experience developing, managing, implementing, and evaluating EEO Reasonable Accommodation program. (5) Experience identifying barriers to reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities including management policies and practices to eliminate barriers to enhance employment opportunities. (5) Experience interpreting and applying guidelines in the context of employee requests for reasonable accommodation/accessibility. Education Additional Information Welcome Veterans. The Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) gives veterans' preference rights in the legislative branch to certain veterans as applied by the Congressional Accountability Act. Veterans' preference is applied on this vacancy announcement. If you are a veteran and have been separated under honorable conditions, you must submit a copy of your DD-214 or other proof of eligibility; SF-15, if applicable; and Department of Veterans Affairs documentation of disability, if applicable. For more information, please visit http://www.opm.gov/veterans/html/vetguide.asp#6. If you are a male applicant born after December 31, 1959, you must certify that you have registered with the Selective Service System. If you are exempt from registration under Selective Service Law, you must provide appropriate proof of exemption. Please visit the Selective Service System website for more information. DRUG TESTING: The Architect of the Capitol (AOC) is a Drug Free Workplace. As part of the AOC’s suitability assessment, a candidate tentatively selected for a position who is not currently an AOC employee is required to submit to screening for illegal drug use. Satisfactory completion of a drug test is a condition of employment with the Agency. A candidate must test negative prior to being eligible for appointment into a position. We will schedule, provide and cover the cost for the drug test. The selectee(s) under the vacancy announcement for this position is subject to a criminal record check by the U.S. Capitol Police and satisfactory adjudication to be eligible for employment at the Architect of the Capitol. The Architect of the Capitol is an E-VERIFY Participant. E-VERIFY is an Internet-based system that compares information from an employee's Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification, to data from U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Social Security Administration records to confirm employment authorization in the United States. If you are selected for this position, the documentation that you present for purposes of completing the DHS Form I-9 will be verified through the DHS "E-VERIFY" electronic system. For more information on E-Verify, please visit http://www.dhs.gov/files/programs/gc\_1185221678150.shtm The Architect of the Capitol is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, sex, religion, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information and/or disability. This agency provides reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please notify the agency. The decision on granting reasonable accommodation will be made on a case-by-case basis. Moving expenses are not authorized. Relocation expenses are not authorized. Probationary Period - A newly appointed selectee is subject to the completion of a one-year trial/probationary period, regardless of whether or not a trial/probationary period has been completed previously with the Architect of the Capitol or another Federal agency. This vacancy announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies in any of the jurisdictions of the Architect of the Capitol. All application materials become the property of the Architect of the Capitol.