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Career Details : Equal Opportunity Representatives and Officers

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Description

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.

Experience

A minimum of two to four years of work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. For example, an accountant must complete four years of college and work for several years in accounting to be considered qualified.

Education

Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.

Training

Employees in these occupations usually need several years of work-related experience, on-the-job training, and/or vocational training.

Tasks

  • Interprets civil-rights laws and equal opportunity governmental regulations for individuals and employers.
  • Investigates employment practices and alleged violations of law to document and correct discriminatory factors.
  • Consults with community representatives to develop technical assistance agreements in accordance with governmental regulations.
  • Conducts surveys and evaluates findings to determine existence of systematic discrimination.
  • Prepares report of findings and recommendations for corrective action.
  • Studies equal opportunity complaints to clarify issues.
  • Reviews contracts to determine company actions required to meet governmental equal opportunity provisions.
  • Acts as representative between minority placement agencies and employers.
  • Confers with management or other personnel to resolve or settle equal opportunity issues and disputes.
  • Develops guidelines for nondiscriminatory employment practices for use by employers.

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