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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-2010-0017
Job Title:
DEPUTY DISTRICT MANAGER
Salary Range:
84,992.00 - 130,570.00 USD /year
Series & Grade:
AP-0340-05/05
Promotion Potential:
05
Open Period:
Wednesday, October 14, 2009 to Wednesday, November 04, 2009
Position Information:
Full-time Permanent
Duty Locations:
1 vacancy - Minneapolis, MN
Who May Be Considered:
1. Current status employees of the
United States Department of
Agriculture (USDA), Food Safety
and Inspection Service FSIS),
Nationwide.
2. USDA Career Transition
Eligibles(CTAP).
Job Summary:
This is an excellent opportunity
for those seeking to join the next
generation of leaders in the
Office of Field Operations (OFO). OFO
administers a nationwide program
of public health regulatory
oversight and enforcement
activities relating to meat, poultry and
egg products.
This Deputy District
Manager(DDM)position is located in the
Minneapolis District Office in
Minneapolis, Minnesota. The
Deputy District Manager is
responsible for delivery of major aspects
of the Agency's food safety and
public health regulatory mission.
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 level.
PHHRS will allow FSIS the
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 MAY REQUIRE UP
TO 50% TRAVEL.
- THIS POSITION REQUIRES A
BACKGROUND INVESTIGATION.
- THIS IS A
SUPERVISORY/MANAGERIAL POSITION REQUIRING A PROBATION PERIOD.
- RELOCATION EXPENSES WILL BE
DETERMINED PER FSIS DIRECTIVE 3820.2
- FSIS UTILIZES E-VERIFY TO
VERIFY IDENTITY AND EMPLOYMENT ELIGIBILITY
Major Duties:
1. You will exercise complete
responsibility and authority for
managing a full range of public
health regulatory and other consumer
protection program activities in
your District.
2. You will direct and oversee the
review, implementation and on-
going assessment of the domestic
meat, poultry and egg products
inspection program in your
District, personally and through
subordinate managers, supervisors
and staff.
3. You will formulate operational
policies, procedures and programs
including long-range goals and
priorities for program activities
within the District.
4. You will ensure that the
activities of frontline personnel are
prioritized and appropriately
directed to conduct inquiries or
assessments, document findings,
and recommend action in response to
public health problem(s) and/or
food safety issues.
5. You will exercise broad
delegations of authorities and
flexibilities for assuring
efficient and effective management of
extensive financial, human, and
other resources in support of the
Agency's public health regulatory
mission.
Qualifications:
Applicants who wish to be
considered for this position must meet the
following requirements within 30
days after the closing date of this
announcement.
There are two basic components
that defines your qualification for
this vacancy. These are
Specialized Experience and Time-in-
Grade/Time-in-Band.
SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE:
In order to meet the specialized
experience requirement, you will
need to have completed 52 weeks of
progressively responsible
specialized experience at the next
lower grade or band level within
30 days after the closing of this
announcement. The specialized
experience must demonstrate
responsibility for performing, planning,
and managing complex work
involving the oversight and enforcement of
a full range of the Agency's
public health and other consumer
protection regulatory requirements
where the subordinate workforce
is multi-level, multi-disciplined
and geographically dispersed, OR
equivalent experience.
TIME-IN-GRADE/TIME-IN-BAND:
In order to meet
time-in-grade/band requirements, you will need to
have completed 52 weeks at the
next lower grade level or band 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 online 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.
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.
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:
CONDITION OF EMPLOYMENT:
This position requires a
background investigation. 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.
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.
SUPERVISORY/MANAGERIAL POSITION:
Selectees must successfully
complete a one year
supervisory/managerial
probationary period if one has not been
completed previously.
RELOCATION:
Entitlement to the payment of
relocation expenses will be determined
in accordance with the provisions
outline in FSIS Directive 3820.2.
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:
Applicants wanting consideration
for lateral reassignment or
promotion must complete the full
online application process.
1. Answers to all core questions
(Completed when registering online
in USAJOBS as part of the initial
application process)
2. Answers to all vacancy-specific
questions (Completed for each
job)
3. Your online 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
required.
5. Applicants who do not respond
to the online vacancy questions and
who do not submit a supporting
on-line resume will be rated
ineligible.
6. In order to receive
consideration, your application and all
required supporting documentation
must be received by midnight
(Eastern Standard Time) on the
closing date of the announcement.
7. Applicants must submit an
online resume for this announcement in
order to be considered. Any
applicant whose online application does
not have an associated resume will
not be considered. In order to
ensure your resume contains the
required information, please see the
Office of Personnel Management's
Optional Forms 510 (Applying
for a Federal Job) and 612
(Optional Application for Federal
Employment),at OPM's website.
PLEASE NOTE: Multiple selections
may be made from this vacancy
announcement.
Required Documents:
CURRENT FSIS EMPLOYEES DO NOT NEED
TO SUBMIT ADDITIONAL
DOCUMENTS FOR THIS VACANCY. (e.g SF-50, Transcripts, Performance
Appraisals, DD214, ETC.)
Individuals who have special
priority selection rights under the
Agency Career Transition
Assistance Program (CTAP) must be well
qualified for the position to
receive consideration for special
priority selection. To be
well-qualified and exercise selection
priority for this vacancy,
displaced Federal employees must be rated
at 85 or above on the rating
criteria for this position. For those
instances where the best qualified
lists include applicants with
scores less than 85, the
well-qualified score becomes the lowest
score on the best qualified list. CTAP eligibles must submit one of
the following as proof of
eligibility for the special selection
priority: a separation notice; a
"Notice of Personnel Action" (SF-
50) or equivalent that documents
separation; an agency certification
that you cannot be placed after
injury compensation has been
terminated; an OPM notification
that your disability annuity has
been terminated; OR a Military
Department or National Guard Bureau
notification that you are retired
under 5 U.S.C. 8337(h) or 8456.
Click here: for more information.
If hard copy documents are being
submitted by you for career
transition assistance, the
documents must be received via fax during
the USAJOBS registration process.
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. (e.g., 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 Resources Operations
Butler Square West, Suite 420C
Minneapolis, MN 55403
Fax: 612-370-2377
What To Expect Next:
You may check your status on
USAJOBS. Applications are reviewed
after the announcement closing
date and the best qualified
candidates are referred to the
selection 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: 1706395
Control Number: 83967639
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