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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-2010-0183
Job Title:
Supervisory Public Health Veterinarian -PHHRS
Salary Range:
46,625.00 - 104,525.00 USD /year
Series & Grade:
AP-0701-03/04
Promotion Potential:
04
Open Period:
Thursday, November 19, 2009 to Friday, December 04, 2009
Position Information:
Full Time Permanent
Duty Locations:
1 vacancy - Augusta, GA
Who May Be Considered:
1. All Federal employees with
Status, including employees of USDA's
FSIS that are seeking promotion,
reassignment, or change to lower
grade and former federal
employees with reinstatement eligibility.
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 if applying under this
category; do not apply on-line.)
3. Career Transition and
Interagency Career Transition Eligibles
will be considered.
4. Non-competitive applicants.
5. Qualified VEOA eligibles may be considered
under this and a
Delegated Examining
announcement.
Job Summary:
This is an excellent opportunity
for those seeking
a greater leadership role and
responsibility in Public Health
Veterinary Science!
SPECIFIC VACANCY INFORMATION:
AP-0701-03/04
Establishment# 332M: FPL Food
Work Schedule: Monday - Friday
Relief Varies
Species: Red Meat
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
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-03 pay
band is equivalent to GS 9/11
and 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 click this link.
You will have a dynamic,
multifaceted role protecting consumers as a
Public Health Veterinarian. Your
duties will encompass closely
planning, organizing,
coordinating and adapting the full range of
meat and poultry inspection
operations in privately owned
establishments. As a Public
Health Veterinarian, you will ensure
that plants meet requirements of
the Pathogen Reduction and Hazard
Analysis and Critical Control
Point (HACCP) regulations, as well as
overseeing other consumer
protection, non-food safety concerns such
as proper labeling.
Applicants must have a Doctor of
Veterinary Medicine (DVM) or
equivalent degree, i.e., Veterinary
Medical Doctor (VMD), from a
school or college of veterinary
medicine accredited by the American
Veterinary Medical Association
Council on Education (AVMA). For more
information please see the
"Qualifications and Evaluations" section
of this announcement.
As a federal agency, FSIS offers
a wide variety of benefits,
including excellent health care
benefits, group life insurance, and
a top-notch retirement savings
plan.
Key Requirements:
- SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF A
BACKGROUND INVESTIGATION IS A REQUIREMENT.
- RELOCATION EXPENSES WILL BE
DETERMINED PER FSIS DIRECTIVE 3820.2
- THIS IS A
SUPERVISORY/MANAGERIAL POSITION REQUIRING A PROBATION PERIOD
- FSIS UTILIZES E-VERIFY TO
VERIFY IDENTITY AND EMPLOYMENT ELIGIBILITY.
- THIS POSITION REQUIRES A
PRE-EMPLOYMENT PHYSICAL.
- CURRENT US CITIZENSHIP IS A
REQUIREMENT.
Major Duties:
As a Public Health Veterinarian,
you will ensure that plants
meet requirements of the
Pathogen Reduction and Hazard Analysis and
Critical Control Point (HACCP)
regulations, as well as overseeing
other consumer protection,
non-food safety concerns such as proper
labeling.
You will utilize communication
skills by regularly conferring with
plant management to ensure
regulatory requirements are met. In
addition, you may supervise
other FSIS employees such as one or more
food inspectors and/or consumer
safety inspectors.
You will be directing
ante-mortem and post-mortem inspection of
livestock and/or poultry to
detect, identify and diagnose conditions
that may render food products
unfit for human consumption. You will
also be responsible for
overseeing the humane handling and slaughter
of livestock, and providing
veterinary medical expertise on the
proper disposition of animals
and/or carcasses.
Qualifications:
II.) TIME-IN-GRADE/TIME-IN-BAND
In order to meet time-in-grade
requirements, you will need to have
completed 52 weeks at the next
lower level in the Federal Service
within 30 days of the closing
date of this announcement. For time-in-
band, this means that you need
to have completed at least 52 weeks
at the lowest level of the next
lower band within 30 days of the
closing date of this
announcement.
III.) SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE
A.) There is no specialized
experience requirement if you are
applying to the AP3 band level.
However, you must meet the
educational and
time-in-band/time-in-grade requirements as
previously stated.
In order to meet specialized
experience requirements for the AP-4
level, you must have completed
52 weeks or more of post D.V.M.
progressively responsible
professional veterinary work experience
equivalent to the AP-3 band
level (GS-11) in the Federal service.
This requirement must be met within
30 days of the closing date of
the announcement.
B.) Applicants can also
substitute education for specialized
experience at AP-4 level by
meeting one of the educational
requirements shown below IN
ADDITION to having a DVM or equivalent
degree.
1. Successfully attained a Ph.D.
degree in any of the specialties *
(i.e., veterinary toxicology,
laboratory animal medicine, poultry
veterinary medicine, etc.) or
related sciences related to the work
of a veterinary medical officer
position.
2. Successfully completed two
years of a postgraduate internship,
residency program or fellowship
training program in a discipline
related to this position.
3. Successfully completed all
requirements for Diplomate status in
an ABVS-recognized veterinary
specialty *(i.e., veterinary
toxicology, laboratory animal
medicine, poultry veterinary medicine,
etc.) organization.
4. Successfully attained a
Master's degree in an area of
specialization *(i.e.,
veterinary toxicology, laboratory animal
medicine, poultry veterinary
medicine, etc.) or sciences related to
the work of a veterinary medical
officer position.
5. Successfully completed two
years of an internship, residency
program, or fellowship training
program in a discipline related to
the position.
*For additional accepted
specialties and more information about the
qualification standards please
review the VMO, 0701 qualification standard.
For the Veterinary Medical
Officer (VMO) position, three basic
components that together define
the qualifications for this
position. These components are:
I. Education Requirements
II. Time-in-Grade/Time-in-Band
III. Specialized Experience
(Only required for the AP-4 band level)
I.) EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS:
*Please note that current FSIS
Public Health Veterinarians do not
need to submit any educational
qualification documentation.
A. Doctor of Veterinary Medicine
(DVM) or equivalent degree, i.e.,
Veterinary Medical Doctor (VMD),
obtained at a school or college of
veterinary medicine accredited
by the American Veterinary Medical
Association (AVMA) Council on
Education. The AVMA web site, www.avma.org, has a listing of all
AVMA accredited veterinary
medical schools.
OR
B. Graduates of foreign
veterinary medical schools that are not
accredited by the AVMA Council
on Education (Refer to AVMA web site,
www.avma.org for information
about schools in this category)
must meet one of the following
requirements:
1.) Proof of certification of
their final transcript by the
Educational Commission for
Foreign Veterinary Graduates (ECFVG).
2.) Possession of a permanent,
full, and unrestricted license to
practice veterinary medicine in
a State, District of Columbia, the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or
a territory of the United States
that includes successful
completion of the North American Veterinary
Licensing Examination (NAVLE) or
its predecessors, the National
Board Examination (NBE) and the
Clinical Competency Test (CCT).
3.) Proof that the education obtained in a
foreign veterinary
medical program is equivalent to
that gained in a veterinary medical
program that is accredited by
the American Veterinary Medical
Association Council on
Education. Under this provision, equivalency
is established only if an
AVMA-accredited veterinary medical school
or college in the United States
accepts the graduate's final
transcript from the foreign
veterinary medical school at full value
for placement into an advanced
degree, postgraduate educational
program, or training program
(e.g. residency or graduate program).
** Graduates of foreign
veterinary medical programs must also
provide proof of proficiency in
the English language by successfully
completing one of the nationally
and internationally recognized
examinations that incorporate
assessments of reading, writing,
listening, and speaking skills.
Examples of examinations that assess
mastery of the English language
are shown below:
(1) Test of English as a Foreign
Language (TOEFL) - Minimum scores
for the TOEFL are 560 for the
paper-based version; 220 for the
computer-based version; or
overall score of 83 for the internet-
based version (including 26 or
higher in speaking, 26 or higher in
listening, and 17 or higher in
writing). For the computer-based and
paper-based test versions,
applicants must also complete the Test of
Spoken English (TSE) and the
Test of Written English (TWE). Minimum
required scores are 55 for the
TSE and 5.5 for the TWE;
(2) Academic tests (listening,
writing, and speaking) offered by the
International English Language
Testing System (IELTS). Applicants
must achieve a minimum overall
band score of 7.0, with at least 7.0
in speaking, 6.5 in listening,
and 6.0 in writing;
OR
(3) Canadian Academic English
Language Assessment (CAEL). Applicants
must achieve a minimum overall
band score of 70, with at least 60 in
speaking, 60 in listening, and
50 in writing.
For more information about the
qualification standards please review
the VMO, 0701 qualification standard.
Please Note: Employees currently
classified in the 0701 series, DO
NOT have to meet the English
proficiency requirement. These
candidates are covered under the
In-service Placement Provisions if
they meet the minimum
educational and 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 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. For an overview
of all the benefits programs visit:
Benefit Information.
Other Information:
Conditions of Employment:
This position has a training
program requirement as a condition of
employment. If selected, you
must successfully complete a 9-week
training program. The Public
Health Veterinarian (PHV) methods
training is necessary to perform
the duties and responsibilities of
a PHV to further the mission of
the Office of Field Operations
and FSIS. 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. If you
are a new hire with FSIS and you
fail to successfully complete the
training, you will be terminated
from Federal Employment. If you are
not a new hire to FSIS and have
moved into a Public Health
Veterinarian position from
another type of position in FSIS, you
will either be removed from
Federal service; returned to your former
position (depending on
availability and the needs of the Agency); or
if qualified, be offered another
position at the same or lower grade
than the position held
immediately before accepting the covered
position.
If selection is made below AP-4
level, promotion may be made to that
level without further
competition.
If you are selected for this
position, you will need to serve a
supervisory/managerial
probationary period unless you have
previously completed one.
Entitlement to the payment of
relocation expenses will be determined
in accordance with the
provisions outlined in FSIS Directive 3820.2
Multiple selections: This
announcement may be used to fill
additional, like vacancies
should any occur in the commuting area.
If you are selected, you will
need 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.
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 meeting these
requirements could lead to adverse
action proceedings including
possible termination. (Current
employees of the Food Safety and
Inspection service may already have
the required background
investigation.)
THIS POSITION REQUIRES A
PRE-EMPLOYMENT PHYSICAL.
This position requires a
pre-employment physical. Applicants must
be physically and mentally able
to efficiently perform the job
functions, without hazard to
themselves or others. These positions
require good vision (including
color vision), hearing, touch and eye-
hand coordination. Applicants
who use a prosthesis or mechanical aid
that satisfactorily compensates
for an impaired function will be
considered. (Current employees
of the Food Safety and Inspection
service may already have a
pre-employment physical)
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.
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) 720-720-2600 (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
accommodations 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:
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
Applicants who do not respond to
the on-line vacancy questions and
who do not submit a supporting
resume will be rated ineligible.
Officers on active duty in the
Public Health Service (PHS)
Commissioned Corps, PHS Inactive
Reserve Corps Officers,
and applicants to the PHS
Commissioned Corps do not apply on-line.
These applicants should send
hard copy applications (i.e. curriculum
vitae) to the HR contact listed
in this announcement. Applicants to
the PHS Commissioned Corps
should also submit a copy of their
Commissioned Corps application.
Officers and Corps applicants are
strongly encouraged to submit
all the materials requested here (or
their equivalent) in order to be
competitive. For general
information on employment as a
Commissioned Corps Officer at FSIS,
please contact CDR LouAnn Rector
at (202) 720-7208 or email
LouAnn.Rector@fsis.usda.gov.
Required Documents:
Current employees of the Food
Safety and Inspection service do not
need to submit educational
transcripts, SF-50, or copies of their
performance appraisal.
Non-FSIS federal employees and
reinstatement eligibles must provide
a copy of their most recent SF-50 in addition to copies of
their
transcripts.
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 eligible's 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 you claim eligibility for
consideration via a variety of non-
competitive special hiring authorities,
supporting documentation
should be provided before the
closing date of this 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
cover
sheet(s).
NOTE: You must be connected to a
printer in order to
print the cover sheets. 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:
Dianne Kaldun
Phone: 612-659-8609
Fax: 612-370-2062
TDD: 800-877-8339
Email: Dianne.Kaldun@fsis.usda.gov
Or write:
Food Safety and Inspection Service, USDA
Human Resources Operations
Butler Square West, Suite 420C
Minneapolis, MN 55403
Fax: 612-370-2062
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
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: 1737871
Control Number: 84674025
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