This Senior-Level (SL) position is in the Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention. About Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention. This is an office-centered position--you must physically report to the duty station stated in this announcement on a regular basis. Partial work-from-home flexibilities may be authorized.

Duties

This position is located in the Immediate Office of the Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention (OCSPP) to promote greater coordination and cooperation on science policy issues across OCSPP’s two major regulatory programs led by the Office of Pesticide Programs and the Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics. OCSPP is responsible for the implementation of several important environmental statutes with broad cross-media impacts, including the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) as amended by the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act, the Pollution Prevention (P2) Act of 1990, the Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act of 1992, the Formaldehyde Standards for Composite Wood Products Act of 2010, the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), the Food Quality Protection Act of 1996 (FQPA), the Endangered Species Act (ESA), the Pesticide Registration Improvement Act (PRIA) and other statutes. OCSPP must evaluate new and existing industrial chemicals and pesticides, require and promote risk reduction and responsible risk management practices through the life cycle of these substances; promote pollution prevention activities and the design, development, and application of safer chemical processes and technologies in the industrial sector; and promote public understanding of the risks of chemicals and pesticides and public involvement in environmental decision-making through development and dissemination of information on toxic chemicals and pesticides. Critical to the agency’s ability to carry out its statutory mandates is the need to create greater efficiencies in implementing TSCA and FIFRA, and other policies, processes and program implementation.

Requirements

• You must be a U.S. citizen.
• You must submit a resume and required documents--see How to Apply section.
• Pre-employment drug testing is required and random testing thereafter.
• Position has education requirements--see Qualifications/Education section.
• EPA and non-EPA applicants must submit transcripts/course listings.

Qualifications

In addition to the educational requirements, we are looking for at least one year of specialized experience related to this position as described below: To qualify for this SL position, you need to have at least one year of full time experience equivalent to the GS-15 level defined as providing expertise and advice to officials in matters related to homeland security policy, and incident prevention and response; integrating human and environmental risk assessment information and studies into policies and practices for an organization; liaising between multiple offices and/or entities and providing current human health and environmental risk evaluations to both; and briefing and/or testifying to senior officials of an organization and/or court/congress/legal proceeding. You will be evaluated on the mandatory Technical Qualifications listed below. Your responses should be clear and concise and show a level of accomplishment and a degree of responsibility. Technical Qualifications (TQs) - Mandatory for all applicants - Failure to address these factors individually within a limit of two (2) pages per factor will result in your application being disqualified.TQ 1 - Demonstrated experience managing, directing, developing and providing guidance and policy direction for human health and/or ecological risk assessment policies and initiatives related to the development and use of traditional and advanced toxicology testing techniques, chemical exposure estimation methods, species and dose-response extrapolation, and probabilistic risk estimation. TQ 2 - Demonstrated experience evaluating advanced risk assessment methodologies relevant to chemical regulations. TQ 3 - Demonstrated experience communicating complex and politically sensitive environmental policy issues to higher management and externally. TQ 4 - Demonstrated experience analyzing current domestic and international risk assessment issues for chemicals.

Education

You need a degree or combination of education and experience as described below to qualify for this position.

Biologist: You must have a bachelor's or higher degree from an accredited or pre-accredited college or university in biological sciences, agriculture, natural resource management, chemistry, or related disciplines appropriate to the position; OR a combination of education and experience with courses equivalent to a major, as listed.

Toxicologist: You must have a bachelor's or higher degree from an accredited or pre-accredited college or university in toxicology; or an appropriate discipline of the biological, medical, or veterinary sciences that included at least 30 semester hours in chemistry, biochemistry, or physiology, and 12 semester hours in toxicology.

Chemist: You must have a bachelor's or higher degree from an accredited or pre-accredited college or university in physical sciences, life sciences, or engineering that included 30 semester hours in chemistry, supplemented by course work in mathematics through differential and integral calculus, and at least 6 semester hours of physics; OR a combination of education and experience with education equivalent to one of the majors listed that included the described coursework.

For information about accreditation requirements, visit EPA Announcement Policies and Procedures.

Contacts

• Address Environmental Protection Agency U.S. EPA Mail Drop: C639-02 109 T.W. Alexander Drive, P.O. Box 12055 RTP, North Carolina 27711 United States
• Name: Matt Swing
• Phone: 202-564-2017
• Email: [email protected]