Summary
This position is being filled under a stream-lined hiring authority, Title 21 of the United States Code (21 US Code 379d-3a) as amended by the 21st Century Cures Act of 2016, section 3072 and the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023, Section 3624. The candidate selected for this position will serve under a career or career-conditional appointment and be paid under the provisions of this authority. This position is being recruited based on the Title 21 Pay Table 4, Band G. .
Duties
Provides executive leadership and direction to professional, technical, and support staff engaged in activities related to the planning, development, execution, and coordination of post market food chemical review and chemical contaminants programs.
Assists the Director of the Office of Food Chemical Safety, Dietary Supplements and Innovation (OFCSDSI)and the Deputy Commissioner for the Human Foods Program (HFP) in the development and implementation of program goals.
Principal liaison for developing and implementing nationwide programs for post-market review and safe use of food additives, contact substances, color additives, GRAS substances, biotechnology products, and prior sanctioned substances.
Participates in top-level Program and Agency activities on cross-organizational policy matters impacting regulated industry, including biological, chemical, and toxicological food safety, contaminant action levels, and food additive safety.
Serves as Agency representative or with OFCSDSI leadership in Congressional testimony, meetings with Congressional staff, other Federal agencies, regulated industry, and stakeholders.
Represents FDA on national and international committees and professional meetings, making commitments and providing authoritative recommendations on policies, programs, and post-market evaluation of food ingredient safety.
Serves as principal Agency liaison with industry, Federal, State, foreign, and other organizations on safety testing methodologies and protocol standards for evaluating food ingredient safety.
Provides expert biological, chemical, and toxicological advice and regulatory guidance to Agency leadership, field directors, scientific personnel, industry, and governmental counterparts on post-market food safety assessments.
Principal advisor to Office and Program Directors on program evaluation, resource deployment, organizational structure, staffing needs, recruitment, and budget recommendations to ensure effective and economical operations.
Represents FDA in meetings with top-level officials, Congress, industry, foreign governments, and stakeholders to exchange information, discuss policy issues, present Agency positions, and make program decisions and commitments.
Keeps Commissioner, Deputy Commissioner for Foods, and Office Directors informed of programs, resources, and considerations affecting planning, development, and management of post-market review processes for food ingredients.
Education
Education Requirements: A. Degree in biological sciences, agriculture, natural resource management, chemistry, or related disciplines appropriate to the position OR B. Combination of Education and Experience: Courses equivalent to a major, as shown in A above, plus appropriate experience or additional education. https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0400/general-natural-resources-management-and-biological-sciences-series-0401/ Pay careful attention to the Qualifications and Education sections to identify vacancies where a transcript is required. Even if you hold a similar position or are a current employee, you are not exempt from transcript requirements. TRANSCRIPTS (Required): Positions which are scientific or technical in nature often have very specific educational requirements. You must submit an official transcript, unofficial transcript, or a list including courses, grades earned, completion dates, and quarter and semester hours earned. For information on where to submit transcripts, please see section under How To Apply. Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities, see the Foreign Education section below for additional requirements. Electronic Transcript Caution: If you have obtained your transcripts electronically, the file might contain security measures that could prevent our application system from reading the file. Therefore, you should consider asking the institution to provide the file in a non-secured electronic format. Alternatively, you could scan or take a photo of the printed copy of the transcript. If your uploaded transcript cannot be read by our system, you may receive consideration and credit for the information we can access. Foreign Education: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show that the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit the U.S. Department of Education website for Foreign Education Evaluation. To be acceptable, the foreign credential evaluation must include/describe at a minimum, the following information: (1) The type of education received by the applicant; (2) The level of education in relation to the U.S. education system, and state that its comparability recommendations follow the general guidelines of the International Evaluation Standards Council; (3) The content of the applicant's educational program earned abroad, and the standard obtained; (4) The status of the awarding foreign school's recognition and legitimacy in its home country's education system; and (5) Any other information of interest such as what the evaluation service did to obtain this information, the qualifications of the evaluator, and any indications as to other problems such as forgery. Note: Some positions require the completion of specific courses or a specified number of credit hours. Therefore, the foreign credential evaluation should provide information similar to that of an official transcript, to include a list of the courses taken, quarter and/or semester hours awarded, the cumulative grade point average (GPA), honors received, if any, date degree awarded. Applicants can request an evaluation from a member organization of one of the two national associations of credential evaluation services listed below: National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES) Association of International Credentials Evaluators (AICE) Credential evaluations are not free, and applicants are responsible for the cost of the selected service. For more information about this requirement, please visit the U.S. Department of Education website for Foreign Education Evaluation.
How you will be evaluated
This is a Title 21 announcement. Traditional rating and ranking of applications, and veterans' preference does not apply to this vacancy. You will be evaluated against the basic qualifications and if found qualified, you will be referred to the Hiring Manager for consideration. If you are referred to the hiring manager for consideration, you may be further evaluated based on an interview; review of requested work samples, writing samples, most recent performance evaluation(s), or professional references; or results of an oral presentation or work-related test. Failure to comply with any of the additional assessment requirements will result in removal from further consideration.