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Department:
Department Of Agriculture
Agency:
Food Safety and Inspection Service
Sub Agency:
Food Safety and Inspection Service, USDA
Job Announcement Number:
FSIS-MMP-2009-1277
Job Title:
Supervisory Consumer Safety Officer (EIAO)
Salary Range:
84,703.00 - 130,125.00 USD /year
Series & Grade:
AP-0696-05/05
Promotion Potential:
05
Open Period:
Wednesday, September 30, 2009 to Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Position Information:
Full-time Permanent
Duty Locations:
1 vacancy - Dallas, TX
Who May Be Considered:
1. Current FSIS employees
nationwide
2. Officers on active duty in the
Public Health Service (PHS)
Commissioned Corps, PHS Inactive
Reserve Officers, and current
applicants to the PHS. (See how to
apply; do not apply on-line.)
3. Career Transition &
Interagency Career Transition Eligibles.
Job Summary:
You will be supervising several
Consumer Safety Officers who work
independently to inspect,
instruct, and report information on
privately owned Meat and Poultry
establishments' food safety and
process control systems. You will play a major role in assuring
the
safety of our nation's meat and
poultry supply!
JOIN A GREAT FSIS TEAM!
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 packaged.
* The "Food Conservation and
Energy 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-5S pay
band is equivalent to the GS-13/14
levels.
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
Key Requirements:
- THIS POSITION HAS AN
EDUCATION REQUIREMENT.
- THIS IS A PUBLIC TRUST
POSITION REQUIRING A BACKGROUND INVESTIGATION.
- RELOCATION EXPENSES WILL BE
DETERMINED PER FSIS DIRECTIVE 3820.2.
- A TRAINING PROGRAM
REQUIREMENT IS A CONDITION OF EMPLOYMENT.
- FSIS UTILIZES E-VERIFY TO
VERIFY IDENTITY AND EMPLOYMENT ELIGIBILITY.
- A SELF-CERTIFICATION MEDICAL
STATEMENT MAY BE REQUIRED.
Major Duties:
Here's what you will be assigned
to do:
1.
Supervise several Consumer Safety Officers (Band 4) who perform
investigations and analysis
regarding administrative of civil
enforcement matters pertaining to
commercial establishments
operating under a grant of Federal
inspection, including managing
the collection of information
pertaining to recall activities,
consumer complaints, or other
public health concerns.
2.
Participates with the District Manager and Deputies in the
formulation of operational
policies, procedures and programs
including long-range goals and
priorities for program verification
activities within the
district. Determines the adequacy
and
accessibility of resources and
information to enable direct reports
to function together as part of a
cohesive food safety team.
Adjusts work activities and
schedules of direct reports' changing
priorities.
3.
Supervises and coordinates assessment of the plant's design of
their control systems and overall
food safety assessment (FSA) of
product considering all food
safety aspects from farm to table.
Schedules assessments in a manner
that accomplishes the agency goal
to perform a comprehensive
assessment at each plant within the 4-
year cycle. Provides guidance and
recommendations to subordinates on
advanced methods and tools used
during assessments.
4.
Makes recommendations to help the District Office overall in
improving the quality of FSA
reviews, by assuring assessments are
comprehensive, contain a thorough
analysis of the facts, and are
completed in a manner consistent
with the Advanced EIAO Methodology
training.
5.
Analyzes and reviews reports and data in order to evaluate
compliance with HACCP and other
regulatory requirements, ensuring
that inspection resources are
appropriately focused on food safety
priorities. Oversees the evaluation of data used to
identify trends
in noncompliance and/or the need
to focus additional attention on
problem areas.
6.
Supervises complex inquiries associated with in-plant
administrative or civil
enforcement matters related to the safety of
meat, poultry and egg
products. Reviews evidence and
develops
testimony to support Agency enforcement
actions assuring that
evidence is admissible in formal
administrative or civil
proceedings. Reviews reports of investigative findings
and makes
final recommendations to the
District Office regarding
determinations and what type of
enforcement actions are necessary.
7.
Supervises and manages the collection of information and records
regarding potential adulterated or
misbranded products at issue and
prepares Agency's official
response. Assures that accurate and
timely information is provided to
the District Office and the recall
staff. As a member of the recall committee,
contributes
authoritative expertise in
determining the necessity of recall
proceedings and the appropriate
recall classification. Determines
the number of effectiveness checks
needed during a recall; conducts
said effectiveness checks and
prepares report of findings.
Qualifications:
*
For this position, there are three
basic components that together
define the qualifications. These components are:
1. Education
2. Time in Grade/Time in Band
3. Specialized Experience
Education:
All applicants need to meet
minimum education requirements for this
position by the closing date of
this announcement. The minimun
eduction requirements are education
above high school that included
30 semester hours of related
science coursework (i.e. animal
science, chemistry, food science
and nutrition, public health
science, microbiology, zoology
etc.).
Important information regarding
your educational requirements: If
you are a candidate from outside
of the Food Safety and Inspection
Service (either public or private
sector) you must submit course
transcripts with your application
to verify that you meet the
educational requirements. If you
are currently working in the Food
Safety and Inspection Service and
have a letter generated from the
Human Resources Office confirming
that you meet the educational
requirements, or if you are
certain that your transcripts are on
file in your Official Personnel
Folder, you do not have to resubmit
transcripts. If you are uncertain
of whether your transcripts are
filed in the Human Resources
Office or you do not have a letter
confirming that you meet the
educational requirements, please submit
them with this announcement in
order to avoid losing consideration.
Applicants within the Food Safety
and Inspection Service that are
currently working in the 0696 or
0701 job series do not need to
submit transcripts, as the educational
requirement would have been
met upon entry into either of
those series.
Time in Grade/Time in Band:
In order to meet
time-in-grade/time-in-band requirements, you will
need to have completed 52 weeks at
or equivalent to the next lower
level in the Federal Service
within 30 days of the closing date of
this announcement.
Specialized experience definition
for this position: * Regular
responsibility for verification of
food safety systems, including
application of the methodology for
verifying Hazard Analysis and
Critical Control Point (HACCP)
plans, Sanitation Standard Operating
Procedures (SSOPs), E-coli
procedures, and interactions of these
systems. Additionally, it includes
working with enforcement actions,
applying investigative
methodology, documenting case files,
administrative enforcement, recall
activity, consumer complaint
monitoring, and responsibility for
assessing and verifying the
adequacy of food safety systems.
It also includes experience in
effectively communicating with
industry officials and their
representatives, interacting with
scientific and technical experts
regarding food safety concerns,
making recommendations to management
officials on appropriate actions,
collecting, and preparing written
reports of findings to support
administrative enforcement
recommendations, and communicating
findings orally to industry and
government officials. Slaughter
experience is NOT considered
specialized experience.
Specialized experience may be gained
in a number of ways, but must
meet the definition above in any
case. Specialized experience may be
met by:
At least 52 weeks of specialized
experience equivalent to the GS-12
level in the federal service.
At least 52 weeks equivalent to
the next lower PHHRS pay band (e.g.
Band 4) level in the federal
service.
At least 52 weeks of specialized
experience equivalent to the next
lower comparable pay band in
another pay system.
A combination of pay band and GS
experience that meets the
specialized experience
requirements.
At least 52 weeks of specialized
experience equivalent to the next
lower level of the following:
Non-Federal (private sector) or a
combination of Non-Federal and
Federal (GS or pay band) experience
that meets the definition of the
specialized experience
requirements.
Your resume must clearly reflect
this experience, including the
number of months of full-time work
or percentages for combinations
of work that clearly show that you
meet the specialized experience
requirements.
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 any 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
and (b) the RESUME SUPPORTS the
answers provided to the
job-specific questions.
Your answers will be verified
against information provided in your
on-line resume and
application. Be sure that your
resume clearly
supports your responses to all the
questions addressing experience
and education relevant to this
position.
To
preview questions please click here.
Benefits:
The Federal government offers a
number of exceptional benefits to
its employees. For an overview of
all the benefits programs visit:
Benefit Information.
Other Information:
- Entitlement to the payment of
relocation expenses will be
determined in accordance with the
provisions outlined in FSIS
Directive 3820.2.
-If you are selected for this
position, you will be required to
serve a supervisory probationary
period if you have not previously
served one.
-TRAVEL REQUIRED MAY VARY
DEPENDING ON GEOGRAPHICAL ASSIGNMENT-UP TO
50%
-A background investigation is a
requirement for this position.
Appointment will be subject to the
applicant's successful completion
of a background investigation and
favorable adjudication. Failure
to successfully meet these
requirements could lead to adverse action
proceedings, including possible
termination.
- The full performance level of
this position is AP-5S. If
selection is made below the AP-5S
level, promotion may be made
to the AP-5S level without further
competition. This is dependent
upon the incumbent's demonstrated
performance, ability to assume
additional responsibility, and
ability to perform successfully at
the next higher level.
- Applicants from outside FSIS
will be required to complete a
Declaration for Federal Employment
(OF-306) prior to being appointed
to determine suitability for
Federal employment and to authorize a
background investigation. False statements or responses on a resume
or application can jeopardize
employment and may be grounds for
disciplinary action, including
removal from Federal service.
- This position has a training
program requirement as a condition of
employment. If you are selected and you have not
previously
completed this training, you must
successfully complete a 4 week
off-the-job training program at a
designated location which may
require travel outside the duty
location for an extended period of
time. The Enforcement, Investigations and
Analysis Officer (EIAO)
Work Methods training is necessary
to perform the duties and
responsibilities of an EIAO. You must begin the training within 90
days of the effective date of your
selection, and you must
successfully complete it within 12
months of the effective date of
your selection. Failure to successfully complete the
training may
result in returning you to your
former position, or a like position
at the same or lower grade
(depending on availability and the needs
of the Agency) or removal from
Federal Service.
- All applicants tentatively
selected for this position (except
current FSIS employees who have
successfully completed a pre-
employment medical exam) will be
required to complete a self-
certification medical statement
regarding their physical ability to
perform the duties of the
position.
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.
- 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-
720-2600 (voice and TDD). To file a complaint of discrimination,
write to USDA, Director, Office of
Civil Rights, 1400 Independence
Avenue, S.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.
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 notify the agency.
Decisions on granting
reasonable accommodation will be on
a case-by-
case basis.
How To Apply:
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
LouAnn.Rector@fsis.usda.gov.
However,
applications and supporting
documents for this particular
announcement should be sent to the
HR contact listed in this
announcement.
ALL OTHER ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS:
You must begin the application
process online at USAJobs. Submitting
a USAJobs resume, responses to the
basic qualifications, on-line
vacancy questions and any
supporting documents required to complete
your application.
Completed applications include:
1.
Answers to all core questions (completed when registering on-
line in USAJOBS and 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 USAJOBS. 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 documents
needed for your application, such as
transcripts or a SF-50.
Announcement closes on midnight
eastern time of the closing date.
Applicants who do not respond to
the on-line vacancy questions and
who do not submit supporting
resumes or supporting documents will be
rated ineligible.
Required Documents:
If you are not a current FSIS
employee with transcripts on file, you
must submit your transcripts
and/or course slips. These items
must
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. Applicants are considered
well qualified if they receive a
score of 85 OR a score at or above
the minimum score referred.
Click here: for more
information.
Status applicants who are not FSIS
employees need to provide a
legible copy of their most recent
Notification of Personnel Action
(SF-50) to verify status.
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.
Veteran preference eligibles or
veterans who have been separated
from the armed forces under
honorable conditions after at least
three consecutive years of active
duty military service may also be
considered. A DD-214 that includes beginning and
ending dates of
service and character of discharge
(Member Copy 4) must be submitted
to verify eligibility.
Supporting documentation should be
sent using the fax imaging
instructions after you have
applied for the vacancy announcement.
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.
***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.
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:
Thomas Mack
Phone: 612-659-8552
Fax: 612-370-2377
TDD: 800-877-8339
Email: thomas.mack@fsis.usda.gov
Or write:
Food Safety and Inspection Service, USDA
Human Resource Operations
Butler Square West, Suite 420C
Minneapolis, MN 55403
Fax: 612-370-2377
What To Expect Next:
To check your application status,
you would go to USAJOBS.
Applications are reviewed after
the announcement closing date the
best qualified candidates are
referred to the selecting official.
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
USAJOBS Control Number: 1693891
Control Number: 83687870
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