Job opening: Safety & Occupational Health Manager - Recruitment/ Relocation Incentive Authorized
Salary: $82 830 - 107 680 per year
Published at: Aug 10 2023
Employment Type: Full-time
The Safety and Occupational Health Manager acts under the authority of the Associate Director on matters relating to occupational safety and health at the VA Medical Center. The Safety and Occupational Health Manager is responsible for planning, organizing, administering, and evaluating a comprehensive safety management program in a health care setting.
Qualifications
To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 08/21/2023.
Time-In-Grade Requirement: Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement. For a GS-12 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-11 level. The grade may have been in any occupation, but must have been held in the Federal service. An SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials. If the most recent SF-50 has an effective date within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate you possess one-year time-in-grade, as required by the announcement. In this instance, you must provide an additional SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one-year time-in-grade. Note: Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to former Federal employees applying for reinstatement as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment.
Specialized Experience: To qualify for this position, you must have 1 year of specialized experienceat or equivalent to the GS-11 level in or related to safety and occupational health that provided the specific knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position:
Knowledge of a wide range of safety and occupational health concepts, principles and practices, laws and regulations applicable to the performance of complex Department of Veterans Affairs safety management responsibilities.
Knowledge sufficient to serve as a technical authority and make significant, far-reaching decisions or recommendations in the development, interpretation or application of the principal safety and occupational health policies or laws.
Knowledge to develop and recommend to Healthcare System management critical programs that (a) may or may not require modification of known safety and occupational health techniques; and, (b) are applicable to an extensive range of health care operations and potentially high hazardous health research activities.
Examples of qualifying specialized experience include:
Managing safety or occupational health program elements.
Developing and recommending safety and occupational health policy to higher levels of management.
Applying safety and occupational health laws, regulations, principles, theories, practices, and procedures to advise on or resolve technical matters dealing with occupational safety and health requirements.
Developing safety and occupational health standards, regulations, practices, and procedures to eliminate or control potential hazards.
Developing or implementing programs to reduce the frequency, severity, and cost of accidents and occupational illnesses.
Analyzing or evaluating new and existing jobs, processes, products, or other systems to determine the existence, severity, probability, and outcome of hazards.
Designing or modifying workplaces, processes, products, or other systems to control or eliminate hazards.
Inspecting or surveying workplaces, processes, products, or other systems for compliance with established safety and occupational health policies or standards and to identify potential new hazards.
Training of workers, supervisors, managers, or other safety and occupational health personnel in safety or occupational health subjects.
Work in occupational fields such as industrial hygienist, safety engineer, fire prevention engineer, health physicist, and occupational health nurse.
You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position:
Public Safety & Security
Compliance
Fire Management
Leadership
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; religions; spiritual; community; student; social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.
Note: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment.
Physical Requirements: The work is sedentary. Some work may require movement between offices, hospitals, warehouses, and similar areas for meetings and to conduct work. Work may also require walking/standing, in conjunctions with travel to and attendance at meetings and/or conferences away from the work site. Incumbent may carry and lift light items weighing less than 15 pounds.
For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/.
Education
There is no educational substitution at this grade level.
Duties Continued:
Explains performance expectations to employees and provides regular feedback on strengths and weaknesses.
Holds employees responsible for satisfactory completion of work assignments. Rate workers' performance, ensuring consistency and equity in rating techniques:
Recommends awards when appropriate.
Hears and resolves employee complaints and refers serious unresolved complaints to higher level management.
Initiates action to correct performance or conduct problems.
Effects minor disciplinary measures such as warnings and reprimands and recommends action in more serious disciplinary matters.
Prepares documentation to support actions taken.
Identifies employee developmental needs and provides or arranges for training (formal and on-the-job) to maintain and improve job performance.
Encourages self-development.
Approves master leave schedule assuring adequate coverage for peak workloads and traditional holiday vacation time.
Demonstrates sensitivity to subordinates' ideas.
Promotes an environment in which employees are empowered to participate in and contribute to effective mission accomplishment.
Discharges security responsibilities by ensuring education and compliance with security directives for employees with access to classified or sensitive material.
Recognizes and takes action to correct situations posing a threat to the health or safety of subordinates.
Applies Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)/Equal Opportunity Treatment (EOT) principles and requirements to all personnel management actions and decisions, and ensures all personnel are treated in a manner free of discrimination.
Takes positive action to implement affirmative action WEEO initiatives identified in the installation Affirmative Employment Plan.
Takes action to prevent or correct situations that may give rise to complaints of discrimination and/or sexual harassment.
Cooperates fully with counselors, investigators, and examiners.
Familiarizes self with how their activities impact VA's goal to implement sound stewardship practices that are protective of the air, water, land, and other natural and cultural resources. The goals of the VA GEMS program seek to cost-effectively meet or exceed compliance with applicable Federal, State and local environmental; public health; and resource protection laws regulations.
Contacts
- Address George H O'Brien Jr VA Medical Center
300 Veterans Boulevard
Big Spring, TX 79720
US
- Name: VISN 17 SSU USAS Group
- Email: [email protected]
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