USAID continues to make progress implementing a Model Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Program. USAID is committed to ensuring the moral and fundamental right to equal opportunity in the workplace. The Director, Office of Civil Rights & Diversity (OCRD) is also the Agency's Chief Diversity Office rand reports to the USAID Administrator. The OCRD Director advises on all aspects of equal employment opportunity. The OCRD Director is a member of the Administrator’s Leadership Council and other Agency management councils and has regular and effective means of informing Agency leadership about the effectiveness of the EEO program and providing input on recruitment strategies, training and human resources activities and initiatives.
USAID’s Executive Diversity Counsel (EDC), co-chaired by the Deputy Administrator and the OCRD Director, is comprised of USAID’s Bureau and Independent Office Heads and Senior Coordinators for Gender; Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex (LGBTI); and Disabilities in Development who identify opportunities and support priorities related to diversity and inclusion throughout the Agency.
USAID’s 2015 EEO Policy and Anti-Harassment Policy are up-to-date. These, and related policies and procedures, are communicated and made available to all employees via a variety of mechanisms (including on the Agency’s website and postings in Agency facilities). Managers and supervisors are evaluated on their commitment to these policies.
On an ongoing basis, USAID takes steps to prevent discrimination; review data, policies, and procedures to identify barriers to EEO; and develop and implement plans to eliminate barriers that impede equal employment opportunity. USAID promotes the use and benefits of ADR (including in non-EEO matters) and once elected by an employee, an Agency senior leader and other appropriate officials are required to participate.
