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Department: Department Of Health And Human Services Agency: Food and Drug
Administration Job Announcement Number:
HHS-FDA-5-2009-0404
Consumer Safety Officer (FOOD/LACF/HACCP/SEAFOOD)
Salary Range: 80,402.00 - 104,525.00 USD /year
Open Period: Thursday, June 11, 2009
to Monday, July 13, 2009
Series & Grade: GS-0696-13/13
Position Information: Full Time Permanent
Promotion Potential: 13
Duty Locations: 1 vacancy - Roanoke, VA
Who May Be Considered:
This vacancy is open FDA-Wide to
current career/career conditional
employees including title 42
employees with status and individuals
eligible under CTAP only.
PHS Commissioned Officers
interested in performing the duties
of this position should also
apply online in order to receive
consideration.
Salary range listed includes
locality pay.
Position Details:
Tenure:Career/Career Conditional Appointment
Bargaining Unit Position:Yes
Merit Promotion Position:Yes
Recruitment Bonus: No
Relocation Paid:Yes
Salary range listed includes
locality pay
Job Summary:
Become a part of the Department
that touches the lives of every
American! At the Department of
Health and Human Services you can
give back to your community,
state, and country by making a
difference in the lives of
Americans everywhere. Join HHS and help
to make our world healthier,
safer and better for all Americans.
This position is located in FDA,
Office of Regulatory Affairs (ORA),
Roanoke, VA.
Certain positions within FDA are
subject to strict restrictions on
financial holdings (FDA
regulated financial holdings). To determine
whether this position is
affected, applicants are advised to seek
additional information during
the interview process from the Ethics
and Integrity Staff, Office of
Management Programs, Office of
Management at (301) 827-5511
prior to accepting such a position.
A valid driver's license is
required.
Key Requirements:
- US Citizenship
- Travel Required: 50%
Major Duties:
If selected for this position,
you will:
Plan, conduct and direct highly
technical, complex and multi-faceted
inspections and in-depth
investigations related to the production,
control and testing of acidified
and low-acid canned (LACF) and food
products, is highly skilled in
interview techniques as well as
criminal investigation
techniques and routinely make recommendations
to regional and district
management officials as to whether or not a
firm/individual involved in food
products is in compliance regarding
Current Good Manufacturing
Practices(CGMP) issues and acidified and
LACF issues.
As a principal source of
expertise within a geographical area provide
extensive advisory, liaison and
consultative services for acidified
and (LACF)programs to regulated
industries, State agencies, other
Federal agencies and Agency
management.
Manage the review of previously
approved products to determine
whether they should continue to
be permitted in light of current
scientific safety criteria.
Research and prepare final
background and decision papers for the
signature of the Director. Prepare memoranda, briefings, and other
background material concerning
substantive issues, findings,
conclusions and proposed
solutions to keep the Director and
appropriate staff involved at
key decision points.
Assignment covers the largest
manufacturers in the District and some
smaller firms where new or
unusual features are present. The
investigator may conduct
inspections and investigations of facilities
where only limited guidance
documents are available.
Independently performs
investigations involving complaints of injury
or death attributable to products
regulated by the FDA.
Serve as a principal advisor or
team leader in a field of regulatory
and compliance expertise
acidified and LACF foods.
Qualifications:
For the GS-13 grade level,
applicants must have one year of
specialized experience equivalent
to the GS-12 level in the Federal
Service.
The position of Consumer Safety
Officer requires that you possess a
degree which includes at least
30 semester hours in one or a
combination of the following:
biological sciences, chemistry,
pharmacy, physical sciences,
food technology, nutrition, medical
science, engineering,
epidemiology, veterinary medical sciences or
related scientific fields that
provided knowledge directly related to
consumer safety officer
work. The 30 semester hours can
include up
to 8 semester hours in
statistics, or course work that included the
principles, theory, or practical
application of computers or computer
programming.
OR
Combination of education and
experience courses consisting of at
least 30 semester hours in the
fields of study described in A above,
plus appropriate experience or
additional education.
All requirements including
time-in-grade, must be met within 30 days
of the closing date of this
announcement.
How You Will Be Evaluated:
Your resume and responses to the
self-assessment job questions are
an integral part of the process
for determining your basic and
specialized qualifications for
the position. Therefore, it is
important to support your
responses to the applicant assessment
questions by providing examples
of past and present experience
when requested.
There are several parts of the
application process that affect the
overall evaluation of your
application:
1. Your resume which is part of your USAJOBS profile
2. Your responses to the core questions
3. Your responses to the self-assessment job-specific
questions
4. Your supporting documents
High self-assessment in the
vacancy questions that is not supported
by information in your resume,
essay responses, and/or supporting
documents will eliminate you
from best-qualified status or result in
a lowered score.
Additional details on the
application process can be found at
the "How to Apply"
section of this announcement.
Please be sure to allow yourself
adequate time to apply for this
vacancy. We recommend that you
preview the questions for this
announcement before you start
the application process using the
"click here" link
below.
To
preview questions please click here.
Benefits:
You may participate in the
Federal Employees Health Benefits
program, with costs shared with
your employer.
Life insurance coverage is
provided.
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Long-Term Care Insurance is
offered and carries into your
retirement.
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New employees are automatically
covered by the Federal Employees
Retirement System (FERS). If you
are transferring from another
agency and covered by CSRS, you
may continue in this program.
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You will earn annual vacation
leave.
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You will earn sick leave.
More Info
You will be paid for Federal
holidays that fall within your
regularly scheduled tour of
duty.
More Info
Alternative work schedule options
are available.
If you use public
transportation, part of your transportation costs
may be subsidized. Our human
resources office can provide additional
information on how this program
is run.
Other Information:
(Status applicants, persons who
have a career or career-conditional
appointment in the Competitive
service or have reinstatement
eligibility or who are currently
in the Commissioned Corps, are
eligible to apply.) Veterans'
Employment Opportunities Act --
Preference eligibles or veterans
who have been separated from
the armed forces under honorable
conditions after substantially
completing 3 or more years of
continuous active service may apply.
ALL APPLICANTS ARE CONSIDERED
WITHOUT REGARD TO RACE, RELIGION,
COLOR, NATIONAL ORIGIN, SEX,
SEXUAL ORIENTATION, POLITICAL
AFFILIATION, AGE (WITH
AUTHORIZED EXCEPTIONS) OR ANY OTHER NON-MERIT
FACTOR.
Background Investigation:
If selected for this position,
you may be subject to a background
investigation.
More Employment Information:
1. Veterans Information
2. Former Federal employee reinstatement eligibility
3. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Surplus or
displaced
Employees CTAP criteria.
4. Displaced Federal employees ICTAP criteria.
How To Apply:
Please read the ENTIRE vacancy
announcement to ensure that you
comply with the application
procedures. Your application will
be
regarded as incomplete, if the
Rockville Human Resources Center
(RHRC) does not receive your
application and all required
supplemental documentation, as
specified in the "Supporting
documents" section of this
vacancy announcement, by 11:59 PM Eastern
Standard Time (EST) on the
closing date of this vacancy announcement.
Your application and all
required supplemental documents must be
submitted in the manner
specified in this section.
Applications and
supplemental documents that are
submitted in any other manner
without prior approval from the
agency point of contact will be
handled as incomplete and will
not be considered.
You must complete the following
three steps described below in order
to apply for this position
online.
STEP ONE - (Online Resume -
USAJOBS)
You must create a user account
and at least one Federal resume at
USAJOBS. Information you provide
in USAJOBS is general information
completed by all applicants. The
information you provide and your
Federal resume will become part
of your application and will
automatically be transferred to
the HHS Careers system when you
apply on-line. After you finish submitting your resume
from
USAJOBS, you will automatically
be taken to HHS Careers where you
will be asked to complete the
next step of the application
process.
You may edit your resume up
until 11:59 PM EST of the announcement
close date.
STEP TWO - (Vacancy Specific
Questions - HHS Careers)
In HHS Careers, you will answer
vacancy specific questions necessary
to evaluate your qualifications
for the specific job to which you
are applying. When completed,
the information you provided at
USAJOBS and the answers to the
HHS Careers questions will become
your application. You may edit
your answers by 11:59 PM EST of the
announcement close date.
STEP THREE - (Submit Supporting
Documents - HHS Careers)
After you have completed the
vacancy specific question and selected
the "FINISH" button, a
list of fax cover sheets will appear with
instructions. A complete listing of the material that
must be
submitted to the HR office is
provided in the "Supporting documents"
section of this
announcement. Review this section
for which
documents are applicable to you
and how to submit. Most of these
documents will be requested upon
completion of the Vacancy
Questionnaire. All applicable supplemental application
material
must be received at the
appropriate fax number, shown on the fax
cover sheet, by 11:59 Eastern
Time on the closing date.
For additional Information:
Rockville Center HelpDesk
Telephone 888-478-4340
quickquestions@psc.gov
Hours of operation: Monday
through Friday 7:30AM to 5:00PM EST
TTY/TDD 800-877-8339
Reasonable Accommodation:
This agency provides reasonable
accommodation to applicants with
disabilities. If you need a
reasonable accommodation for any part of
the application and hiring
process, please contact the Rockville
Center HelpDesk Telephone
(888)-478-4340, TTY/TDD (800)-877-8339;
email quickquestions@psc.gov.
The decision on granting reasonable
accommodation will be made on a
case-by-case basis.
If applying online poses a
hardship to you, the Rockville Center
HelpDesk listed on the
announcement will provide assistance to
ensure that applications are
submitted online by the closing date.
You must contact the Rockville
Center HelpDesk prior to the closing
date of this announcement to
receive assistance. Hours of
operation: Monday through Friday
7:30AM to 5:00PM EST
Required Documents:
Supporting Documentation
Your application will be
considered INCOMPLETE if you do not FAX all
required supporting
documentation by 11:59 PM EST on the closing
date of this vacancy
announcement. Our Fax number is 571-258-4052.
During the online application
process, you will encounter a webpage
which lists the available fax
coversheets. There will be several
options available. However, you only need to print and
submit the
fax coversheets that are
applicable to you as an applicant.
You
must submit a coversheet for
each type of supporting documentation.
Only the fax coversheet will
ensure the proper receipt of your
materials(s) and the coversheet
MUST be page one (1) of the
corresponding supporting
documents. All supporting
documents must
be faxed before 11:59 PM EST on
the closing date of the vacancy. You
will receive an email confirming
receipt of your faxed supporting
documents within 24 hours.
PLEASE NOTE: Not all of the document types listed
will pertain to
you; only submit documents
needed to complete your application
package. For example, the Schedule A
Certification document must
only be submitted by individuals applying based
on eligibility for
appointment due to a
disability. The SF-50 is a form current and
former Federal employees submit
to document their Federal employment
status.
Below is a list of supporting
documents for this announcement.
This
is not an all-inclusive list of
supporting documents. Please only
submit the documents that are
APPLICABLE to you as an individual
applicant:
STATUS APPLICANTS:
A Status Applicant is a current
career or career-conditional Federal
employee or former Federal
employee who has reinstatement
eligibility. As a status applicant, you must fax a
copy of your
Notification of Personnel
Action, SF-50, or equivalent showing
your full performance level or
career ladder. The SF-50
MUST verify current grade,
promotion potential, reinstatement
eligibility or highest federal
civilian grade. Please DO NOT
send Awards or Pay Adjustment SF-50s.
You may obtain a copy of your
SF- 50 from your Human Resources
Office or HHS employees may
download a copy from here
a
href="https://ehr.opm.gov/dhhseopf/"target=newwin>
Electronic Personnel Folder
If you have separated from
Federal Government employment, you may
obtain a copy of your SF-50 via:
Federal Records Center National,
Archives and Records Administration
111 Winnebago Street, St. Louis,
MO 63118-4126 or
CPR.CENTER@NARA.GOV, or VISIT
the NATIONAL ARCHIVES WEBSITE
EDUCATION DOCUMENTS:
You must fax copies of your
college transcripts if using education
to qualify or if the position
requires positive education.
UNOFFICIAL COPIES ARE ACCEPTABLE
at the application phase; however,
you will be required to provide
official transcripts upon entry on
duty. (See paragraph under education if you
are currently in series
advertised.)
All foreign degrees must be
evaluated by a nationally recognized
Accrediting Agency. You must submit proof of such
evaluation and/or
conversion. see the National Association of
Credential Evaluation
Services website.
This list, which may not be all
inclusive, is for informational
purposes only and does not imply
any endorsement of any specific
agency.
CTAP/ICTAP (FOR DISPLACED EMPLOYEES):
If you are applying under the
Career Transition
Assistance Program (CTAP) or under the Interagency
Career Transition
Assistance Program (ICTAP), please FAX a copy of
your SF-50 and RIF
Notice dated within one year.
Information regarding the CTAP can be found by clicking
CTAP INFO
Information regarding the ICTAP can be found by clicking
VETERANS:
If you are a veteran, please FAX
a copy of your DD214, which states
the type of discharge
received. If you are a disabled
veteran,
please FAX a copy of your DD214, SF-15, and a copy
of your VA Disability Letter
issued after 1991 or later documenting
a service-related
disability.
Information regarding the
eligibility requirements for 5-point and
10-point veterans' preference
can be found by clicking
HERE.
If you encounter technical
difficulties during the faxing process
please call the Rockville Center
HelpDesk at 1-888-478-4340 Monday
through Friday, 7:30AM to 5:00PM
EST (excluding Federal holidays).
Contact Information:
Rockville
Center HelpDesk
Phone: 888-478-4340
Fax: 301-827-4139
Email: quickquestions@psc.gov
Or write:
Department of Health and Human Services
Rockville HR Center
5600 Fishers Lane, Room 17-38
Rockville, MD 20857
Fax: 301-827-4139
What To Expect Next:
Once the online questionnaire is
received, you will receive an
acknowledgement email that your
submission was successful. Once the
announcement closes, we will
review applications to identify the
best qualified candidates. Due
to a high volume of phone calls
and emails, please use MYUSAJOBS
WEBSITE to check the status of your
application. The most highly
qualified candidates will be referred to
the hiring manager for further
consideration and possible interview.
The United States Government does not discriminate in employment on the
basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, political
affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, age,
membership in an employee organization, or other non-merit factor.
Federal agencies must provide reasonable accommodation to applicants with
disabilities where appropriate. Applicants requiring reasonable
accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process should
contact the hiring agency directly. Determinations on requests for
reasonable accommodation will be made on a case-by-case basis.
Control Number:
81459764
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