Department:
Department Of Health And Human Services
Agency:
Food and Drug Administration
Sub Agency:
Department of Health and Human Services
Job Announcement Number:
HHS-FDA-5-2009-0449
Job Title:
Consumer Safety Officer (Food-LACF/HACCP/Seafood
Salary Range:
83,523.00 - 108,582.00 USD /year
Series & Grade:
GS-0696-13/13
Promotion Potential:
13
Open Period:
Tuesday, September 08, 2009
to Thursday, October 08, 2009
Position Information:
Full Time Permanent
Duty Locations:
1 vacancy - Cincinnati, Ohio
Who May Be Considered:
This vacancy is open to current
permanent Title 5 FDA-WIDE
employees and individuals eligible
under CTAP
only. Title 42 employees are not eligible.
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
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 at the
U.S. Department of Health & Human
Services, Food and Drug
Administration (FDA), Office of Regulatory
Affairs (ORA), Central Region,
Cincinnati District Office,
Investigations Branch in
Cincinnati, Ohio
Position Details:
Tenure: Career/Career Conditional
Bargaining Unit Position: Yes
Relocation Paid: Yes
Additional selections may be made
from this announcement.
Key Requirements:
- You must meet time-in-grade
requirements within 30 days of the closing date
- You must be a U.S. Citizen by
the closing date to qualify.
- Travel Required: 50%
- Please carefully read and
follow the instructions for HOW TO APPLY.
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 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.
As a principal source of expertise
within a geographical area
provides extensive advisory,
liaison and consultative services for
food programs to regulated
industries, State agencies, other
Federal agencies and Agency
management.
Manages the review of previously
approved products to determine
whether they should continue to be
permitted in light of current
scientific safety criteria.
Researches and prepares 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.
Serves on task forces and study
groups charged with considering
problems or directions in the area
of food programs.
Serves as an expert witness in
area of expertise in court cases
dealing with regulated products.
Is a member of the international
inspection cadre and conducts
inspections of both domestic and
international food establishments.
Assignments cover the largest
manufacturers in the District and some
smaller firms where new or unusual
features are present. The
investigator may conducts
inspections and investigations of
facilities where only limited guidance
documents are available.
The investigator conducts the more
complex, technical investigations
and inspections of establishments
in the area of assigned
responsibility and prepares
proposed or final EIR endorsements.
Independently performs investigations
involving complaints of injury
or death attributable to products
regulated by the FDA.
Develops and implements formal
training programs for Agency
personnel, industry, and
state/local officials, and provides
technical expertise to industry
representatives.
Serve as a principal advisor or
team leader in a field of regulatory
and compliance expertise.
Qualifications:
Specialized Experience:
In addition to meeting the
qualification requirements for the
position, you must also possess
experience that has equipped you with
the particular knowledge, skills,
and abilities to perform
successfully the duties of the
position, and that is typically in or
related to the work of the
position. To be creditable, the
specialized experience must have
been equivalent to at least one year
at the GS-12 grade level.
Education Statement - Individual
Occupation Requirement:
This position has an education
requirement. You must submit a copy
of your transcripts (or a list of
your courses including titles,
credit hours completed and grades)
to document that you have met the
education requirement. Unofficial
transcripts will be accepted in
the application package. Official
transcripts will be required prior
to beginning employment. Most
colleges and universities offer
unofficial transcripts online -
please check your school website to
obtain a copy quickly.
If you have Federal status and
have never been on an appointment in
this occupational series, you must
submit your transcripts as
indicated above. If you have
Federal status and are currently or
were previously on an appointment
in this occupational series, you
do not need to submit transcripts
at the time of application.
Instead, you should submit an SF-50 showing that you were on an
appointment in this occupational
series.
Foreign Degree Note: All foreign degrees must be evaluated by
a
nationally recognized Accrediting
Agency. You must submit proof of
such evaluation and/or
conversion. 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.
Applicants must have successfully
completed one of the following (A
or B):
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 science, or
related scientific fields that
provide 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 includes
principles, theory, or practical
application of computers or computer
programming.
OR
B.
Combination of education and experience courses consisting of
at least 30 semester hours in the
fields of study described above,
plus appropriate experience or
additional education. The quality of
the combination of education and
experience must be sufficient to
demonstrate possession of knowledge
directly related to consumer
safety officer work and is
comparable to that normally acquired
through the successful completion
of a full four year course of study
with a major in the appropriate
fields.
You must meet citizenship and all
other qualification requirements
by the closing date of this
announcement. All other requirements
(including Time-in-Grade) must be
met no later than 30 days from the
closing date of this announcement.
All male citizens of the United
States born after December 31, 1959,
must be registered for the
Selective Service to be eligible for
Federal employment. For more
information about registering with the
Selective Service visit: www.sss.gov.
This position is subject to a
background investigation.
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.
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 may 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:
Federal Employees Health Benefits.
More Info
Life insurance.More Info
Long-Term Care Insurance.More Info
Almost all 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. More Info
Annual leave.More Info
Sick leave.More Info
Information on Federal holidays
that fall within your
regularly scheduled tour of duty.More Info
Alternative work schedule options
may be 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:
Equal Opportunity Employment
Equality is held as one of the
most important values here at HHS.
Selection for this - and any other
- position will be based solely
on merit. HHS does not
discriminate on the premises of race, color,
religion, sex, national origin,
politics, marital status, sexual
orientation, physical or mental
disability, age or membership or non-
membership in an employee
organization.
Special Consideration:
Certain veterans, displaced
federal employees, and the disabled may
be eligible for special
consideration. Please refer to the following
links for additional information
and documentation requirements.
Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Surplus or
displaced
Employees CTAP 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
Time (ET) 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 ET 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 ET of the
announcement close date.
When completing the online
questionnaire, please do not inflate your
qualifications or underestimate
your previous experience. You will
receive a rating based on your
responses to the questionnaire.
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 PM 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 ET
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 ET
Required Documents:
Supporting Documentation
Your application will be
considered INCOMPLETE if you do not FAX all
required supporting documentation
before 11:59 PM ET 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 ET on the
closing date of the vacancy. You
will receive an email confirming
receipt of your faxed supporting
documents within 24 hours.
Each online application generates
fax cover sheets that contain a
unique Barcode. You must use the cover sheets generated
by this
online application when submitting
your supporting documents. DO
NOT use fax cover sheets generated
by a different online application.
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 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.)
Foreign Degree Note: All foreign degrees must be evaluated by
a
nationally recognized Accrediting
Agency. You must submit proof of
such evaluation and/or
conversion. 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 (FOR DISPLACED EMPLOYEES):
If you are applying under the
Career Transition Assistance Program
(CTAP), 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
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
ET (excluding Federal holidays).
Contact Information:
Rockville Center HelpDesk
Phone: 888-478-4340
Fax: 571-258-4052
TDD: 800-877-8339
Email: quickquestions@psc.gov
Or write:
Department of Health and Human Services
Rockville HR Center
5600 Fishers Lane
Rockville, MD 20857
Fax: 571-258-4052
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.
EEO Policy Statement: http://www.usajobs.gov/eeo
Reasonable Accommodation Policy
Statement: http://www.usajobs.gov/raps
Veterans Information: http://www.usajobs.gov/vi
Legal and Regulatory Guidance: http://www.usajobs.gov/lrg
Control Number:
83264082
