Summary As a Supervisory Program Manager you will direct all phases of microbiological, chemical, and toxicological hazard programs. Responsibilities include managing agency resources, overseeing contracts, and providing high-level technical guidance to federal and international stakeholders. You will lead strategic planning and serve as a senior expert to ensure food safety and protect public health. Responsibilities Directs program functions: Manages, supervises, coordinates, and evaluates all microbiological and chemical hazard operations. Serves as senior expert: Functions as the lead authority on microbiological, chemical, or toxicological policies, systems, and procedures. Designs complex activities: Plans, develops, and maintains varied and highly technical scientific programs. Evaluates work efficiency: Reviews staff operations, makes daily work assignments, and assesses overall productivity. Defends agency proposals: Presents, explains, and defends technical testing positions to domestic and international stakeholders. Selects staff members: Interviews candidates and makes final selections for non-supervisory, and team leader or staff scientist roles. Appraises employee performance: Establishes performance standards and evaluates immediate employees. Approves workplace expenses: Recommends within-grade salary increases, extensive overtime, and staff travel expenses. Recommends personnel awards: Proposes employee performance bonuses and structural changes in personnel management. Requirements Conditions of Employment Qualifications Applicants must meet all qualifications and eligibility requirements by the closing date of the announcement including time-in-grade restrictions, specialized experience and/or education, as defined below. Time in Grade: Current federal employees applying for a promotion opportunity must meet the time in grade requirement of 52 weeks of service at the next lower grade level in the normal line of progression for the position being filled. Specialized Experience: To qualify for this position, you must have one year of specialized experience at the GS-13 or its equivalent in the federal service. Applicants are required to meet 4 out of 5 requirements listed below by the closing date of this announcement. (Note: This experience must be detailed in your resume by the announcement's closing date.) Experience managing, directing, or evaluating multi-faceted public health or regulatory programs focused on microbiological, chemical, or toxicological hazards. Experience monitoring, administering, or assessing compliance metrics for large-scale technical or scientific baseline data or exploratory study contracts or interagency agreements. Experience managing or advising on workload distribution, defining project milestones, or executing day-to-day operations for an administrative or scientific program segment. Experience coordinating collaborative, joint scientific or regulatory initiatives with external federal agencies, public health partners, or research organizations (such as the FDA, CDC, or DOD). Experience preparing technical briefings and handling negotiations with government officials, executive boards, leadership, or political entities. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Education Additional Information Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP), Reemployment Priority List (RPL), or Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP): Visit the OPM website for information on how to apply as a CTAP, RPL, or ICTAP eligible. To exercise selection priority for this vacancy, CTAP/RPL/ICTAP candidates must meet the basic eligibility requirements and all selective factors. CTAP/ICTAP candidates must be rated and determined to be well qualified (or above) based on an evaluation of the competencies listed in the How You Will Be Evaluated section. When assessed through a score-based category rating method, CTAP/ICTAP applicants must receive a rating of at least 85 out of a possible 100. Veterans who are preference eligible or who have been separated from the armed forces under honorable conditions after three years or more of continuous active service are eligible for consideration under the Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA). Farm Service Agency (FSA) County Employees: Permanent County employees without prior Federal tenure who are selected for a Civil Service position under Public Law 105-277 will be given a career-conditional appointment and must serve a 1-year probationary period. Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act (LMWFA) provides current or former temporary or term employees of federal land management agencies opportunity to compete for permanent competitive service positions. Individuals must have more than 24 months of service without a break between appointments of two or more years. Service must be in the competitive service and have been at a successful level of performance or better. Refer to PUBLIC LAW 114-47-AUG. 7, 2015 for more information. For more information on applying under special hiring authorities such as the Veterans Recruitment Appointment (VRA), 30 percent disabled veterans, certain military spouses, Schedule A Disabled, etc., explore the different Hiring Paths on the USAJOBS website. Reasonable Accommodation (RA) Requests: If you believe you have a disability (i.e., physical or mental), covered by the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 as amended that would interfere with completing the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments, you will be granted the opportunity to request a RA in your online application. Requests for RA for the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments and appropriate supporting documentation for RA must be received prior to starting the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments. Decisions on requests for RA are made on a case-by-case basis. If you meet the minimum qualifications of the position, after notification of the adjudication of your request, you will receive an email invitation to complete the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments, based on your adjudication decision. You must complete all assessments within 48 hours of receiving the URL to access the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments if you received the link after the close of the announcement. To determine if you need a RA, please review the Procedures for Requesting a Reasonable Accommodation for Online Assessments.
