DIRECTOR OF EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY AND AFFIRMATIVE ACTION

Code: 63692 State Unclassified Range: M98 (FY 2027) Work week NL: FLSA exemptOvertime table (4A:3, Appx. A)

Official job specification

The text below is the official specification published by the New Jersey Civil Service Commission. The plain-language summary and analysis above are derived from it by NJ Civil Service Navigator. Source: the official specification page at NJ CSC.

Examples of work

• Provides appropriate assignment, instruction, and direction to professional staff and clerical employees; oversees the training of new employees and recommends such training as appropriate to ensure compliance with federal and state Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Guidelines.
• Recommends to the Governor and the Commissioner, Department of Personnel policies and practices which assure compliance with the federal and state Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action guidelines.
• Directs the development and operation of all state programs to ensure equal employment opportunities in the Executive branch of state government, including special programs for recruiting and training minorities and females.
• Directs the review and revision of requirements, standards, and regulations which have discriminatory effects.
• Directs the review of all state department, agency, and college affirmative action plans, including analyzing goals and timetables for deficiencies and developing recommendations that will be reported to the Governor and Commissioner, Department of Personnel.
• Directs the development of recommendations concerning interpretation of policy, changes in policy, or changes in the rules and statutes related to the equal employment opportunity and affirmative action programs for the state service, and confers with the Commissioner, Department of Personnel, and Governor's Office on such matters.
• Directs the monitoring of Executive Order *61 Chapter 124, Subparts 21- 1.101 and 21- 2.103 compliance of twenty (20) departments, four (4) agencies, and nine (9) State colleges.
• Provides continuing technical assistance to all departments, agencies, and colleges to assure implementation of equal employment opportunity and affirmative action programs, including upward mobility/career restructuring projects.
• Directs the conducting of research and analysis in the field of equal employment opportunity and affirmative action, including federal and state legislation; recommends to the Department of Personnel promulgation of appropriate rules, procedures, and standards.
• Directs the investigation of equal employment opportunity and affirmative action complaints and grievances, reviews reports and findings, determines and recommends appropriate corrective action to the department.
• Serves as the representative of the Commissioner, Department of Personnel in matters dealing with the implementation of approved policies, programs, and projects within and outside the Department of Personnel in the areas of equal employment opportunity and affirmative action.
• Establishes and maintains liaison with civic, professional, and community groups in all fields related to division goals and programs in order to bring about improvements in the administration of the state Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action programs.
• Directs the scheduling, conducting, and provisioning for division representation at conferences, training programs, or meetings designed to improve the policies and programs of the state Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action program.
• Directs the preparation of the division's annual state budget request and explanation for submission to the Commissioner, Department of Personnel.
• Will be required to learn to utilize various types of electronic and/or manual recording and computerized information systems used by the agency, office, or related units.

Education

Graduation from an accredited college or university with a Bachelor's degree.

Experience

Six (6) years of administrative experience, three (3) years of which shall have been in a supervisory capacity in a large private or public agency which shall have included responsibility for significant phases of a personnel administration and equal employment opportunity program.

License

Appointees will be required to possess a driver's license valid in New Jersey only if the operation of a vehicle, rather than employee mobility, is necessary to perform essential duties of the position.

Knowledge, skills and abilities

• Knowledge of the economic and employment conditions and current placement problems common to the state and region as they relate to minorities and women equal employment opportunity.
• Knowledge of the social, economic, work adjustment, and related problems of minorities and women.
• Knowledge of and familiarity with the types and sources of economic and manpower data and of the methods used in the effective utilization of such data.
• Knowledge of state and federal laws dealing with affirmative action and equal employment opportunity and the workings of the agencies which administer and enforce these laws.
• Knowledge of and familiarity with rules, regulations, policies, and procedures of the Department of Personnel and such federal laws as may affect programs of the department.
• Knowledge of state departments and instrumentalities of the Executive Branch of State Government.
• Knowledge of and familiarity with public administration and personnel principles and practices with particular emphasis on recruitment, selection, promotion, termination policies and procedures, and employee rights.
• Knowledge of and familiarity with the theories, regulations, legislation, case law, and current practices in the fields of equal employment opportunity and fiscal implications.
• Knowledge of and familiarity with economic and employment theory, terminology, techniques, and devices, and their application to equal employment opportunity considerations.
• Knowledge of the recording and presentation of data.
• Ability to organize and supervise technical work concerned with the state service and to assume administrative responsibilities.
• Ability to carry out the policies of the Governor's Office, the Commissioner's Office, the Chief Examiner and Secretary, and the law and rules relevant to equal employment opportunity and affirmative action.
• Ability to review the effectiveness and impact of currently used policy and procedures in the various divisions of the Department of Personnel and make recommendations for needed revisions where necessary.
• Ability to review the effectiveness and impact of currently used policy and procedures in the various divisions of the Department of Personnel and make recommendations for needed revisions where necessary.
• Ability to establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with federal officials, state department officials, and representatives of groups and organizations concerned with the work of the Department of Personnel in equal employment opportunity and affirmative action.
• Ability to direct the establishment and maintenance of essential survey and other records, reports, and files, including federal and state Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action guidelines and reports.
• Ability to prepare and direct the preparation of correspondence, often of complex nature, pertaining to the division responsibilities and programs.
• Ability to prepare comprehensive and periodic statistical, procedural, financial, and other reports relevant to the technical work of the division containing findings and formal recommendations.
• Ability to provide advice and assistance to division and department staff on equal employment opportunity and affirmative action, and related matters, and prepare recommendations relevant to the technical work of the division.
• Ability to prepare annual budget request and interpretation of the division.
• Ability to serve as Governor's and Department of Personnel representative and to participate as required in meetings, conferences, and hearings.
• Ability to learn to utilize various types of electronic and/or manual recording information systems used by the agency, office or related units.
• Ability to read, write, speak, understand, or communicate in English sufficiently to perform the duties of this position. American Sign Language or braille may also be considered as acceptable forms of communication.
• Persons with mental or physical disabilities are eligible as long as they can perform the essential functions of the job after reasonable accommodation is made to their known limitations. If the accommodation cannot be made because it would cause the employer undue hardship, such persons may not be eligible.

Note

The examples of work for this title are for illustrative purposes only. A particular position using this title may not perform all duties listed in this job specification. Conversely, all duties performed on the job may not be listed.

Applicants who do not possess a Bachelor's degree may substitute experience as indicated above on a year-for-year basis.

A Master's degree in a related field may be substituted for one (1) year of the nonsupervisory experience.