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Department: Department Of Agriculture Agency: Food Safety and
Inspection Service Job Announcement Number:
FSIS-MMP-2009-1067
Job Title: Compliance Investigator in Dallas, TX - PHHRS
Salary Range: 49,118.00 - 110,115.00 USD /year
Series & Grade:
AP-1801-03/04
Promotion Potential: 04
Open Period:
Friday, August 07, 2009
to Friday, August 28, 2009
Position Information:
Full-time Permanent
Duty Locations:
1 vacancy - Dallas, TX
Who May Be Considered:
Current Federal employees with
status, reinstatement eligibles, CTAP
eligibles, ICTAP eligibles, VEOA Eligibles, 30% or more
disabled
veterans, Former Action
Volunteers (Peace Corps, VISTA, etc.);
Individuals with disabilities
who are eligible under special
appointing authorities.
Officers on active duty in the
Public Health Service (PHS)
Commissioned Corps are
encouraged to apply. (See the
"How to Apply"
portion of this announcement.)
If you are not eligible to
apply under this announcement, please see
announcement number FSIS-MCE-2009-0177
that is open to the public.
Please carefully review
information on specialized experience
requirements.
Job Summary:
This is an excellent
opportunity for those seeking greater
responsibility!!!
The Food Safety and Inspection
Service (FSIS) is a public health
regulatory agency of the U.S.
Department of Agriculture (USDA).
Our
mission is to protect
consumers by ensuring that the commercial
supply of *meat, poultry, and
egg products moving in interstate
commerce or exported to other
countries is safe, wholesome and
correctly labeled and package.
*The "Food Conservation
and Engery Act of 2008", also referred to as
the "2008 Farm
Bill", was signed into Law on June 18, 2008. The
Farm Bill amends the Federal
Meat Inspection Act (FMIA) to include
Catfish as an amenable species
under the Act.
This position is covered by
the Public Health Human Resources
(PHHRS) Demonstration Project.
Effective July 19, 2009, FSIS
began operating under the PHHRS, a Pay
Banding and Pay for Performance
Demonstration Project, in which non-
bargaining unit positions will
be classified by career path,
occupational series, and pay
bands rather than the traditional
General Schedule (GS) grades
in the Federal Service. The AP-03 pay
band is equivalent to the
GS-9/11 levels, and the AP-04 pay band is
equivalent to GS-12/13.
PHHRS will offer flexibility
to offer exceptional candidates higher
salaries than most other
Federal agencies. Additionally, employees
will be eligible to receive an
annual pay increase based upon
performance.
For more information on PHHRS,
including information on its pay
tables and how it will benefit
employees, please visit:
http://www.fsis.usda.gov/Careers/PHHRS_Demo_Project/index.asp
This position being announced
is located in the Compliance and
Investigations Division (CID),
Office of Program Evaluation,
Enforcement, and Review
(OPEER). CID investigates
violations of the
inspection laws; controls
violative products thru detentions, civil
seizures, and voluntary
recalls; and helps ensure that appropriate
criminal, administrative and
civil sanctions are carried out.
CID
has a key role in FSIS'
homeland security mission area including
preparation, detection,
prevention, protection and responses to bio-
security threats in the United
States.
The incumbent serves as a
Compliance Investigator and as such you
will play a major role in
assuring the safety of our nation's meat
and poultry supply.
Key Requirements:
- Current FSIS employees do
not need to submit DD214, SF50 or perf appraisals
- E-mailed resumes and/or
supplemental documents cannot be accepted.
- Please fax supplemental
documentation to the fax # on the fax cover sheet.
- Check your status
throughout the hiring process@ www.usajobs.gov
- "FSIS UTILIZES
E-VERIFY TO VERIFY IDENTITY AND EMPLOYMENT ELIGIBILITY"
- This announcement may be
used to fill one or more vacancies.
Major Duties:
As an OPEER, CID Compliance
Investigator here are some of the duties
you will be assigned to do:
1. Plan and conduct random and
planned compliance reviews in a
multitude of commercial
operations.
2. Detect, plan and develop criminal,
bio-security, illness
outbreak investigations and other
enforcement activities involving
surveillance activities,
collection and analysis of records, control
of adulterated/misbranded
product performance of undercover work,
and joint OIG/FSIS
investigations.
3. Coordinate with District Offices and
other Agency components on
response to violations related
to criminal investigations, bio-
security threats, food borne
illness outbreaks, and other activities.
4. Participate in the development and
review of local policies,
procedures and programs for CID
investigators and related personnel
and recommends improvements.
5. Plan or conduct investigations in
cases of alleged or apparent
violations of the laws
administered by FSIS.
6. Prepare investigative reports when
violations are found and
assures that all agency
required documentation is accurate,
thorough, concise,
understandable, brief, legible, and timely.
7. Respond to appeals and complaints
from industry.
8. Maintain liaison with appropriate
Federal, State, local
authorities, and industry
officials necessary for conducting an
effective enforcement program
and assuring homeland security.
9. Apply, adhere to and promote Agency
equal opportunity and civil
rights policies.
Qualifications:
For this position, there are two
basic components that together
define the
qualifications. These components
are:
1. Time In Grade
2. Specialized Experience
1. Time In Grade: In order to meet time-in-grade
requirements, you
will need to have completed 52
weeks at the next lower grade level.
2. Specialized Experience: AP-3, GS-9/11 equivalent:
Specialized experience at this
level is defined as having a
knowledge of meat, poultry and
egg inspection laws and regulations;
the ability to monitor and
verify compliance with inspection laws
and regulations; ability to
analyze official records to assure they
are in compliance, appear to
be true, correct, and unaltered;
ability to recognize, resolve,
or determine if further investigation
is needed when there is a
violation of the Meat Inspection Act,
Poultry Products Inspection
Act, and/or Egg Products Inspection
Act. The ability to gather facts, analyze
data, identify trends;
and document findings.
OR
Education may be substituted
for specialized experience at AP-3,
GS-9/11 level, if the
education that you have received is closely
related to the position. The following shows the amounts of
education required to qualify
for the position at this level.
If qualifying based on
education, your education must meet one of
the following:
1. Master's or equivalent graduate
degree
2. 2 full years of progressively higher
level graduate education
leading to such a degree
3. LL.B. or J.D., if related
4. 3 full years of progressively higher
level graduate education
5. Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree
from an accredited college
university.
or
A combination of education and
experience that meet the
qualifications for AP Band 3.
Specialized experience for
AP-4, GS-12/13 equivalent:
Specialized experience for this
level is defined as enforcement
and investigative work rather
than inspection activities. It
includes working with
enforcement actions, applying investigative
methodology, documenting case
files, administrative enforcement
recall activities, preparing
case investigation files, and working
with and understanding the
enforcement process. This
experience
must demonstrate a knowledge
of meat and poultry inspection laws and
regulations; the ability to
monitor food product and maintain chain
of custody, collect and
evaluate evidence, recognize and resolve
violations of the Meat
Inspection Act, Federal Poultry Products
Inspection Act, and/or Egg
Products Inspection Act; and the ability
to gather facts, analyze data
and develop written reports.
Education may not be
substituted for experience at this band level.
NOTE: Specialized experience for this
position at this band level
may be met in several ways,
but must be equivalent to the
specialized experience cited
above. Specialized experience may have
been gained in the following
ways:
At least 52 weeks of
specialized experience equivalent to the next
lower GS grade level (GS-11)
OR
At least 52 weeks equivalent
to the next lower PHHRS pay band (e.g.
Band 3) level in the federal
service
OR
At least 52 weeks of
specialized experience equivalent to the next
lower comparable pay band in
another pay system.
OR
At least 52 weeks of
equivalent specialized experience gained in
non-Federal or a combination of
non-Federal and Federal work
experience
OR
At least 52 weeks of a
combination of pay band and GS experience
that meets the specialized
experience requirements
Your application and resume
must provide detail that fully supports
that you meet the specialized
experience requirements in order to
meet the basic requirements
for this position.
Applicants must meet the
time-in-grade and specialized experience
requirements within 30 days
after the closing date of this
announcement.
Specialized Experience: To meet the specialized experience
requirement, you will need to
have completed at least 52 weeks of
progressively responsible
specialized experience equivalent to the
next lower grade level within
30 days of the closing date of this
announcement.
How You Will Be Evaluated:
Applicants are evaluated in
accordance with Merit Staffing
procedures which govern Status candidates. All are rated on the
extent and quality of
experience, education, and training relevant
to the duties of the
position. An automated ranking
system, based
on the on-line application
process is used. Before a
certificate
can be issued to the selecting
official, the resume is reviewed
carefully by an HR Specialist
to assure that (a) minimum
qualification requirements are
met, (b) the resume supports the
answers provided to the
job-specific questions, and (c) that your
resume addresses experience
and education relevant to this position.
Please note that your resume
must thoroughly support your responses
to the applicant assessment
questions. High self-assessment
in the
applicant questions that is
not supported by information in your
resume may eliminate you from
best-qualified status, and subsequent
referral to the selecting
official.
There are several parts of the
application process that affect the
overall evaluation of your
application: The applicant
assessment
questions, the core questions,
supplemental documentation submitted,
and your resume. This automated application system
simplifies the
application process, by
replacing the former KSA job-element
questions with the on-line
applicant assessment questions.
Your
resume is an integral part of
the process for determining if you
meet the basic qualifications
of the position, and whether you are
found to be best
qualified. Therefore, it is
important to explain
what you did and how you did
it, rather than just listing your
current and former employers.
To
preview questions please click here.
Benefits:
The Federal government offers
a number of exceptional benefits to
its employees. The following
Web addresses are provided for your
reference to explore the major
benefits offered to most Federal
employees.
Flexible Spending Accounts -
The Federal Flexible Spending Accounts
Program (FSAFeds) allows you
to pay for certain health and dependent
care expenses with pre-tax
dollars. For information visit:
https://www.fsafeds.com/fsafeds/index.asp
Health Insurance - The Federal
Employees Health Benefits Program
offers over 100 optional
plans. For information visit:
http://www.opm.gov/insure/health/index.asp
Leave - Most Federal employees
earn both annual and sick leave. For
additional information visit:
http://www.opm.gov/oca/leave/index.asp
Life Insurance - The Federal
Employees' Group Life Insurance Program
(FEGLI) offers: Basic Life
Insurance plus three types of optional
insurance, for additional
information visit:
http://www.opm.gov/insure/life/index.asp
Long Term Care Insurance - The
Federal Long Term Care Insurance
Program (FLTCIP) provides long
term care insurance for Federal
employees and their parents,
parents-in-law, stepparents, spouses,
and adult children. For
additional information visit:
http://www.ltcfeds.com/
Retirement Program - Almost
all new employees are automatically
covered by the Federal
Employees Retirement System (FERS). FERS is a
three-tiered retirement plan.
The three tiers are: Social Security
Benefits, Basic Benefit Plan,
Thrift Savings Plan. For additional
information visit:
http://www.opm.gov/retire/index.asp
Other Information:
SPECIAL CONDITIONS EFFECTING
THIS ANNOUNCEMENT:
This position requires a
National Security/Critical-Sensitive
clearance (with access to
secret information). Therefore,
as a
condition of continued
employment, the incumbent must successfully
complete a background
investigation with a favorable adjudication.
Failure to successfully meet
these requirements could lead to
adverse action proceedings
including a possible termination.
FEDERAL LAW REQUIRES ALL
EMPLOYERS TO VERIFY THE IDENTITY AND
EMPLOYMENT ELIGIBILITY OF ALL
PERSONS HIRED TO WORK IN THE UNITED
STATES. FSIS utilizes E-Verify to verify
identity and employment
eligibility by providing to
the Social Security Administration (SSA)
and, if necessary the
Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
information from each new
employee's Form I-9 to confirm work
authorization. E-Verify cannot be used to pre-screen
job applicants
or to re-verify current
employees and may not limit or influence the
choice of documents presented for
use on the Form I-9. If you have
concern that there has been a
violation of the E-Verify program or
you feel you have been
discriminated during the verification process
based on your national origin
or citizenship status, contact the
Office of Special Counsel at
1-800-255-7688 (TDD: 1-800-237-2515).
For more information on
E-Verify you may contact DHS at 1-888-464-
4218.
RELOCATION:
ENTITLEMENT TO THE PAYMENT OF
RELOCATION EXPENSES WILL BE DETERMINED
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
PROVISIONS OUTLINED IN FSIS DIRECTIVE
3820.2.
HOW MUCH TRAVEL IS REQUIRED?
Varies, up to 50% in some
locations. There will be some
overnight
travel. Applicant must have a valid driver's
license.
This position has promotion
potential to AP Band 4 (GS-12/13
equivalent.). Future promotion is not guaranteed
and depends on
demonstrated performance and
ability to assume additional
responsibility. The selectee will not be required to
reapply or
compete again for promotion to
the full performance level of this
position.
EEO/DIVERSITY POLICY:
The U.S. Department of
Agriculture (USDA) prohibits discrimination
in all its programs and
activities on the basis of race, color,
national origin, age,
disability and where applicable, sex, marital
status, familial status,
parental status, religion, sexual
orientation, genetic
information political beliefs, reprisal, or
because all or part of an
individual's income is derived from any
public assistance
program. (Not all prohibited
bases apply to all
programs.) Persons with disabilities who require
alternative means
for communication of program
information (Braille, large print,
audiotape, etc.,) should
contact USDA's TARGET Center at (202) 720-
2600 (voice and TDD). To file a complaint of
discrimination, write
to USDA, Director, Office of
Civil Rights, 1400 Independence Avenue,
W.W., Washington, D.C. 20250-9410, or call (800)795-3272
(voice) or
(202)720-6382 (TDD). USDA is an equal opportunity provider
and
employer.
REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION:
This Agency provides
reasonable accommodation to applicants with
disabilities. If you need a reasonable
accommodation for any part
of the application process,
please notify the Agency prior to the
closing date. Decisions on granting reasonable
accommodation will
be on a case-by-case basis.
How To Apply:
1. Answers to all core
questions (Completed when registering on-line
in USA JOBS as part of the
initial application process)
2. Answers to all
vacancy-specific questions (Completed for each
job)
3. Your on-line resume. Resumes are entered into USA
JOBS. Resumes
can be copied and pasted into
the personal information area of your
application from other word
processing documents at any time prior
to the closing date.
4. Any supplemental(supporting)documents
needed.
Applicants who do not respond
to the on-line vacancy questions and
who do not submit a supporting
on-line resume will be rated
ineligible.
PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE (PHS) -
COMMISSIONED OFFICERS
Public Health Service (PHS)
Commissioned Officers, current
applicants to the Commissioned
Corps and members of the PHS Inactive
Reserve should send hard copy
applications (i.e. Curriculum Vitae
and cover letter) and
supporting documents to the HR contact address
listed in this
announcement. Applicants to the
PHS Commissioned
Corps should also submit a
copy of the Commissioned Corps
application. Officers and Corps applicants should
NOT apply online
through the automated
system. Officers and Corps
applicants are
strongly encouraged to submit
the materials requested here (or their
equivalent) in order to be
competitive, however this is not a
requirement.
For general information on
employment as a Commissioned Corps
Officer at FSIS, please
contact CDR Lou Ann Rector at 202-720-7208
or via email at Lou
Ann.Rector@fsis.usda.gov.
However,
applications and supporting
documents for this particular
announcement should be sent to
the HR contact listed in this
announcement.
Required Documents:
If your eligibility is based
on education, please submit a copy of
your official transcripts
and/or course slips. These items should
include course title, school
name/location, date completed, grade,
and number of credits.
If you claim CTAP/ICTAP eligibility, please
provide a copy of your
most recent performance
appraisal (at least "fully successful" or
equivalent), and proof of
eligibility, i.e., a RIF separation notice
or Certification of Expected
Separation, and a SF-50 noting current
position, grade level, and
duty location.
If you are claiming
eligibility for consideration under a
noncompetitive special hiring authority, you
will need to provide
the appropriate supporting
documentation to verify eligibility.
Reinstatement eligible's and
Federal government employees, that are
not current FSIS employees,
must submit their SF-50 in order for
their status to be verified.
If you claim Veterans Preference, you must
provide a copy of your DD-
214 showing an honorable
discharge. For veterans receiving
compensation please provide SF-15 and supporting
documentation from
the VA along with your DD-214.
Faxing Supporting
Documentation:
The next step of the application
process is to fax all the required
supporting documentation
specified in the Required Documents section
of this vacancy announcement.
You do not need to have all of your
supporting documentation
submitted in order to continue with the
online portion of the
application process. Please
carefully follow
the instructions below to
ensure your supporting documents are
properly faxed and
received. All required documents
must be
received by midnight Eastern
Time on the closing date of the vacancy
announcement.
***NOTE! Not all of the
document types listed will pertain to you;
only submit documents needed
to complete YOUR application package.
This announcement is opened to
a variety of applicants.
DD Form 214 (Military
Discharge Papers and Separation Documents) The
Defense Department issues to
each veteran a DD-214, identifying the
veteran's condition of
discharge - honorable, general, other than
honorable, dishonorable or bad
conduct. (This document is needed if
claiming veteran's preference when
applying for announcements that
is opened to "All US
Citizens," or applying under VEOA or VRA.
Current FSIS employees must
also provide this documentation when
applying to announcements
opened to "All U.S. Citizens." For more
information go to
http://www.opm.gov/veterans/html/vetsInfo.asp
SF-15 (Application for 10 Veterans Preference) the
information on
this form, along with any
accompanying required documents, will be
used to determine whether you
are entitled to 10-point veterans'
preference.
VA Ltr (An official statement from
the Department of Veterans
Affairs certifying to the
present existence of the veterans service-
connected disability.)
SF-50 - (Notification of
Personnel Action) Current or former Federal
employees must submit a copy
of most recent SF-50, "Notification of
Personnel Action",
reflecting grade, title, series, and annual pay.
Current FSIS employees do not
need to provide these documents in
order to be considered for
vacancy announcements.
College Transcripts -
Transcripts are required only if applying to
positions with a positive education
requirement. Please look at
the "Qualifications"
portion of the vacancy announcement to see if
education is required. If education is required, your
transcripts
and or course slip must
include course title, school name/location,
date completed, grade, and
number of credits.
Schedule A Certification - If
applying for the position under a
Schedule A appointment,
applicants must provide proof of their
disability by submitting
documentation. For more information go to
http://www.opm.gov/disability/appointment_disabilities.asp
ICTAP/CTAP - Career Transition
Assistance Plan (CTAP), Interagency
Career Transition Assistance
Plan (ICTAP). If you claim CTAP/ICTAP
eligibility, please provide a
copy of your most recent performance
appraisal (at least
"fully successful" or equivalent), and proof of
eligibility, i.e., a RIF
separation notice or Certification of
Expected Separation and a SF-50 noting current position, grade
level, and duty location.
Click here: for more information or go to
http://www.opm.gov/rif/employee_guides/career_transition.asp#cts
Performance Appraisal: A performance Appraisal is not needed
if you
are a current FSIS employee or
if you are a non-federal government
employee.
FAX INSTRUCTIONS:
1. If you have previously faxed
supporting documentation the status
of those documents will
indicate Received. There is no
need
to resubmit documents which
show a status of received unless you are
submitting an updated copy. (If a document is resubmitted, it
replaces the previous
submission, which means the previous document
is no longer available to the
human resources office. If you
are
adding to, rather than
replacing, a previous submission, you must
fax both the old document and
the new document for them both to be
accessible to HR.)
2. You must use a separate cover sheet
for each category of
supporting documentation
(i.e., transcripts, SF-50, DD-214). Choose
the document cover sheet(s)
you would like to print by selecting the
appropriate check boxes in the
Selected Documents column.
3. Click the [Print Cover Sheets]
button. A window will pop up
containing the fax cover
sheet(s) you selected. Print the
coversheet
(s). NOTE: You must be connected to a
printer in order to
print the coversheets. Additionally, you must allow pop-ups.
4. Once you have reviewed the list of
documents and printed any
required fax cover sheets
click on [Done]. You will be
moved
forward in the application
process.
5. Before faxing your document(s), take
care to ensure the document
is legible and all information
is complete and signed, if
necessary. Fax only documents which are clear
and legible.
Original documents with light
or faded print and/or dark or
patterned backgrounds will not
be legible upon receipt.
Illegible
faxed documents cannot be used
for qualification or verification
purposes.
6. Place the corresponding cover sheet
on top of the document and
fax the cover sheet and
document together to the fax number
specified on the cover
sheet. NOTE: If you are faxing
documents from more than one
category of supporting documentation,
you must submit them with the
appropriate cover sheet. EACH
DOCUMENT TYPE MUST BE FAXED
SEPARATELY under its corresponding
cover sheet. DO NOT FAX ALL
DOCUMENTS TYPES UNDER ONE COVER
SHEET. (i.e., Transcripts are one type of
document; fax all
pages of your transcript and
other education-related documents under
the transcript cover sheet;
the SF-50 is another document
type, if
you are faxing more than one SF-50, fax them all under the SF-50
cover sheet.)
7. Be sure to save these cover sheets in
the event you need to re-
fax your supporting documents.
Each fax transmission includes a
unique identification number
and bar code, which ensures your
document is processed
correctly.
8. You will receive an e-mail confirming
the fax has been
successfully received by Human
Resources. You should retain your e-
mail confirmation and
confirmation of your fax transmittal report as
proof of submission.
Your application will be
considered incomplete and YOU WILL BE
FOUND INELIGIBLE if you fail
to submit the required
documentation as specified
under the required documents section by
midnight Eastern Time on the
closing date of the vacancy
announcement.
Contact Information:
Shannon R. Sarbo
Phone: 612-659-8564
Fax: 612-370-2376
TDD: 800-877-8339
Email: shannon.sarbo@fsis.usda.gov
Or write:
Food Safety and Inspection Service, USDA
Human Resources Field Office
Butler Square West, Suite 420C
Minneapolis, MN 55403
Fax: 612-370-2376
What To Expect Next:
Please check your status at
www.usajobs.gov. Applications
are
reviewed after the announcement
closing date and the best qualified
candidates are referred to the
selection official.
Control
Number: 82727917
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