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Assistant Secretary for Disability Employment Policy

Assistant Secretary for Disability Employment Policy, Department of Labor
Responsibility
Management Scope

The Office of Disability Employment Policy had a fiscal 2016 enacted budget of $38.2 million and a team of 50 full-time equivalents. The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Disability Employment Policy includes a chief of staff, senior advisor and executive officer. There is also a deputy assistant secretary and four divisions (Administrative Systems and Financial Services, Policy Planning and Research, Policy Development and Policy Communication and Outreach).3

Primary Responsibilities

• Creates and implements national policy and provides information that improves employment opportunities for people with disabilities
• Directs the overall organization of the Office of Disability Employment Policy and is the principal advisor to the secretary of labor on disability employment policy
• Provides executive leadership to coordinate and develop cross-cutting policies and effective practices to improve employment opportunities for people with disabilities
• Analyzes and formulates legislative, regulatory and budgetary proposals and initiatives under the purview of the Office of Disability Employment Policy
• Promotes the full inclusion of people with disabilities in the American workforce by engaging and collaborating with stakeholders in the public and private sectors on the implementation and adoption of policies and effective practices4

Strategic Goals and Priorities
[Depends on the policy priorities of the administration.]
Requirements

• Experience and/or demonstrated ability to design, contract for and manage evaluative research
• Experience and/or demonstrated ability with public relations — communicating and selling complex policy ideas

Competencies

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Willingness to travel frequently

Past Appointments
  • Kathleen Martinez (2009 to 2014): Executive Director of the World Institute on Disability; Member of the National Council on Disability; member of the board of the U.S. Institute of Peace; member of the State Department’s advisory committee on disability and foreign policy5
  • Neil Romano (2008 to 2009): President and CEO of Romano & Associates; Director of Communications, The White House Office of National Drug Control Policy6
  • W. Roy Grizzard (2001 to 2007): Commissioner of the Virginia Department for the Blind and Vision Impaired; Personnel Administrator for Employee Relations and Special Staffing for the Henrico County, Virginia, Public Schools7
AGENCY

Department of Labor

Mission: To foster and promote the welfare of job seekers, wage earners and retirees of the United States by improving their working conditions, advancing their opportunities for profitable employment and protecting benefits.

COMPENSATION

Level IV $155,500 (5 U.S.C. § 5315)2

REPORTS TO

Secretary of Labor

SENATE COMMITTEE

Health, Education, Labor and Pensions

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Footnote
  1. https://www.dol.gov/odep/about/
  2. The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017 (Public Law 115-31, May 5, 2017), contains a provision that continues the freeze on the payable pay rates for certain senior political officials at 2013 levels during calendar year 2017.
  3. https://www.dol.gov/odep/about/key.htm
  4. OPM
  5. http://www.businessofgovernment.org/bio/kathy-martinez
  6. LinkedIn
  7. https://www.dol.gov/odep/events/speakers.htm
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