Equal Opportunity Representatives and Officers
Monitor and evaluate compliance with equal opportunity laws, guidelines, and policies to ensure that employment practices and contracting arrangements give equal opportunity without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, or disability.
What is this job like?
- Conduct surveys and evaluate findings to determine if systematic discrimination exists.
- Prepare reports of selection, survey, or other statistics and recommendations for corrective action.
- Monitor the implementation and impact of guidelines for nondiscriminatory employment practices.
- Conduct surveys and evaluate findings to determine if systematic discrimination exists.
- Verify that all job descriptions are submitted for review and approval and that descriptions meet regulatory standards.
- Meet with job search committees or coordinators to explain the role of the equal opportunity coordinator, to provide resources for advertising, or to explain expectations for future contacts.
- Develop guidelines for nondiscriminatory employment practices.
- Act as liaisons between minority placement agencies and employers or between job search committees and other equal opportunity administrators.
- Review company contracts to determine actions required to meet governmental equal opportunity provisions.
- Investigate employment practices or alleged violations of laws to document and correct discriminatory factors.
- Provide information, technical assistance, or training to supervisors, managers, or employees on topics such as employee supervision, hiring, grievance procedures, or staff development.
- Counsel newly hired members of minority or disadvantaged groups, informing them about details of civil rights laws.
- Coordinate, monitor, or revise complaint procedures to ensure timely processing and review of complaints.
- Meet with persons involved in equal opportunity complaints to arbitrate and settle disputes.
- Study equal opportunity complaints to clarify issues.
- Verify that all job descriptions are submitted for review and approval and that descriptions meet regulatory standards.
- Interview persons involved in equal opportunity complaints to verify case information.
- Participate in the recruitment of employees through job fairs, career days, or advertising plans.
- Meet with persons involved in equal opportunity complaints to arbitrate and settle disputes.
- Consult with community representatives to develop technical assistance agreements in accordance with governmental regulations.
- Interpret civil rights laws and equal opportunity regulations for individuals or employers.
- Prepare reports related to investigations of equal opportunity complaints.
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