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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-2009-0173
Supervisory Consumer Safety Inspector - GS-10
Salary Range: 49,600.00 - 64,482.00 USD per year
Open Period: Friday, November 21, 2008
to Friday, December 12, 2008
Series & Grade: GS-1862-10/10
Position Information: Full-time Permanent
Promotion Potential: 10
Duty Locations: 1 vacancy - Liberal, KS
Who May Be Considered:
1.
CURRENT eligible Food Safety Inspection Service (FSIS) Agency
Employees Nationwide.
or
2.
USDA Career Transtion Eligibles (CTAP).
Job Summary:
This
is an excellent opportunity for those seeking
a
greater challenge and responsibility in a position directly
involved
in protecting public health. Here's what to expect:
SPECIFIC
VACANCY INFORMATION: SCSI,
GS-1862-10, SJ-552
Establishment:
208A, National Beef Packing Co LLC located in SEWARD
County.
Work
Schedule: Monday-Friday, Shift begins at 5:30 a.m. Position
includes
slaughter and processing of various species.
Species:
Multiple
As
a Supervisory Consumer Safety Inspector (SCSI), you will serve as
a
subordinate supervisor to a Supervisory Veterinary Medical Officer
(SVMO)in
a large slaughter plant. You will assign, direct, review,
and
evaluate the work of line Food Inspectors (FI) and off-line
Consumer
Safety Inspectors (CSI).
Key Requirements:
- THIS IS A
SUPERVISORY/MANAGERIAL POSITION REQUIRING A PROBATION PERIOD
- NON-COMPETITIVE
ELIGIBLES MUST APPLY TO THIS ANNOUNCEMENT FOR CONSIDERATION
- FSIS employees do
not need to submit DD214, SF-50, or Performance
Appraisal
- FSIS UTILIZES
E-VERIFY TO VERIFY IDENTITY AND EMPLOYMENT ELIGIBILITY
- A TRAINING PROGRAM
REQUIREMENT IS A CONDITION OF EMPLOYMENT
Major Duties:
As
a Supervisory Consumer Safety Inspector you will monitor line
inspection
activities, assure appropriate breaks are provided and
that
relief inspectors are utilized as necessary.
You
will provide training to new inspectors and to all inspectors as
needed
on new inspection procedures and techniques.
In
your position as a SCSI, you will verify regulatory compliance
with
the full range of Sanitation and Standard Operating Procedures
(SSOP)
and with Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP)
requirements.
In
addition, you will verify corrective actions taken to deal with
product
contamination and will prepare non-compliance
documentation.
Qualifications:
For
the Supervisory Consumer Safety Inspector (SCSI) positions,
there
are two basic components of your experience that together
define
the qualifications.
These
components are:
1. Time in Grade
2. Specialized Experience
Time
in Grade:
In
order to meet time-in-grade, you will need to have
completed
52 weeks at the next lower grade level within 30 days of
the
closing date of this announcement.
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 level within 30
days
after the closing date of this announcement. Specialized
experience
is experience working with the Federal Meat, Poultry,
and
Egg Products Inspection Acts in order to inspect meat, poultry,
and
egg products. This experience also includes working with basic
SSOP
and HACCP principlesand practices in order to verify plant
HACCP
and SSOP responsibilities, performing basic mathematic and
elementary
statistical concepts and methods to perform testing and
sampling
procedures, and experience in
reaching and interpreting
conclusions. Past or present supervisory experience
will enhance
your
qualifications for the vacancy.
This
is a non-bargaining unit position.
If
you are a non-competitive eligible you MUST APPLY to this
announcement
in order to be considered.
How You Will Be Evaluated:
HOW
WILL MY TOTAL APPLICATION BE EVALUATED?
There
are several parts of the application process that affect the
overall
evaluation of your application: the applicant assessment
questions,
the core questions 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. It is therefore important to explain
what
you did and how you did it, rather than just listing your
current
and former employers.
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
scoring 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, (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.
To preview questions please click here.
Benefits:
You
may participate in the Federal Employees Health Benefits
program,
with costs shared with your employer. More info:
http://www.usajobs.opm.gov/jobextrainfo.asp#FEHB.
Life
insurance coverage is provided. More info:
http://www.usajobs.opm.gov/jobextrainfo.asp#life
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:
http://www.usajobs.opm.gov/jobextrainfo.asp#retr
You
will earn annual vacation leave. More info:
http://www.usajobs.opm.gov/jobextrainfo.asp#VACA
You
will earn sick leave. More info:
http://www.usajobs.opm.gov/jobextrainfo.asp#SKLV
You
will be paid for federal holidays that fall within your
regularly
scheduled tour of duty. More info:
http://www.usajobs.opm.gov/jobextrainfo.asp#HOLI
Other Information:
Condition
of Employment:
This
position has a training program requirement as a condition of
employment. If selected, you must successfully
complete a 2-3 week
training
program at a designated location which may require travel
outside
the duty location for an extended period.
The training you
will
attend is called the Food Safety Regulatory Essentials (FSRE).
The
type of class you will attend will be based on your assignment.
For
example, if your assignment covers raw products, you will attend
the
two week course for raw products. If
your assignment covers not
shelf
stable, ready-to-eat/not ready-to-eat products, you will
attend
the three week course. 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
like
position at the same or lower grade (depending on availability
and
the needs of the Agency) or removal from Federal Service.
This
is a non-bargaining unit position.
If you are a non-
competitive
eligible you must apply to this announcement in order to
be
considered.
Multiple
selections: This announcement may be used to fill
additional,
like vacancies should any occur in the announced duty
location.
SELECTEE
WILL BE REQUIRED TO SERVE A ONE YEAR SUPERVISORY
PROBATIONARY
PERIOD UNLESS PRIOR SERVICE IS CREDITABLE.
ENTITLEMENT
TO THE PAYMENT OF RELOCATION EXPENSES WILL BE DETERMINED
IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OUTLINED IN FSIS DIRECTIVE 3820.2
The
law prohibits political recommendation for employment or other
personnel
actions (including promotion, reassignment, detail, etc.)
in
the competitive service. Federal
agencies may not accept or
consider
such recommendations (either oral or written) from members
of
Congress, elected State and local government officials, political
party
officials, or others based on political affiliation.
Salaries
in some locations may be higher than the salary listed in
this
announcement due to locality pay.
For a listing of locality
pay
areas, pay tables and counties within the
locality
pay areas: http://www.opm.gov/index.asp
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. 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)
TRAVEL
REQUIRED MAY VARY DEPENDING ON GEOGRAPHICAL ASSIGNMENT.
EEO/DIVERSITY
POLICY:
The
USDA is an Equal Opportunity Employer and 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.
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.
To
file a complaint of discrimination, write USDA, Director,
Office
of Civil Rights, 1400
Independence Ave. SW, Washington,
DC
20250-9410
or call (800)795-3272 (voice) or (202)720-6382 (TDD).
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.
How To Apply:
COMPLETED
ON-LINE APPLICATION INCLUDES:
Registration
with USAJOBS, including answering any questions and
submitting
an on-line resume with USAJOBS.
Answers
to all vacancy-specific questions (Completed for each job).
Answers
to core questions the first time you apply to our upgraded
system.
Applicants
who do not respond to the on-line vacancy questions and
who
do not submit a supporting resume will be rated ineligible.
Applicants
can check their general status, as it is updated by going
to
USAJOBS. Because of these
capabilities, the Human Resources
Division
will no longer send email or hardcopy notifications ("non-
select
letters") to applicants regarding the outcome of on-line FSJO
vacancy
announcements.
Completed
applications for this vacancy must be received no later
than
midnight, U.S. Eastern time zone, on the closing date. If
applying
on line poses a hardship to any applicant, the contact
person
listed on the announcement will provide assistance to help
you
apply or provide alternative methods. Applicants may contact
the
servicing human resources office during core business hours
(8:00
a.m. to 3:30 p.m. central time) prior to the closing date.
Required Documents:
WHAT
OTHER DOCUMENTS ARE NEEDED?
If
you claim CTAP 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
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,
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 both of them 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 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:
Merri Stellburg
Phone: 800-370-3747
Fax: 612-370-2062
TDD: 800-877-8339
Email: merri.stellburg@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:
After
the position closes, qualifications are evaluated. The best
qualified
and non-competitive candidates are referred to the
selecitng
official for consideration.
The United States Government does not discriminate in employment on the
basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, political
affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, age,
membership in an employee organization, or other non-merit factor.
Federal agencies must provide reasonable accommodation to applicants with
disabilities where appropriate. Applicants requiring reasonable
accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process should
contact the hiring agency directly. Determinations on requests for
reasonable accommodation will be made on a case-by-case basis.
Send Mail to:
Food Safety and Inspection Service, USDA
Human Resources Operations
Butler Square West, Suite 420C
Minneapolis, MN 55403
Fax: 612-370-2062
For questions about this job:
Merri Stellburg
Phone: 800-370-3747
Fax: 612-370-2062
TDD: 800-877-8339
Email: merri.stellburg@fsis.usda.gov
Control Number: 1404797
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