Our Mission: "To care for him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow, and his orphan" - by serving and honoring the men and women who are America's Veterans. The incumbant serves as the senior staff advisor to the Director, Office of OSH Occupational Safety and Health program Office.

Duties

Communicated with persons and/or groups within and outside of the facility and has the ability to manage and resolve conflicts. Acts as a liaison between the facilities and the Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Provide guidance and counsel to safety stakeholder program managers regarding their responsibilities and requirements under the Occupational Safety and Health (OSHA) Act. Maintains comprehensive and current knowledge of the Department of Labor OSHA rules, regulations, standards and maintains a working knowledge of Departmental OSH existing processes and procedures utilized by VA stakeholders. Develops training material on varied Occupational Safety and Health topics. Speaks before audiences, 10 or more, regarding occupational safety/health at an authoritative level. Assists with written work product designed for allocating safety resources, establishing occupational safety/ health safety metrics, goals, objectives, and priorities.

Requirements

• You must be a U.S. citizen to apply for this job
• Selectees are subject to a background/suitability investigation
• Selective Service registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959
• A probationary period may be required for employees and supervisors

Qualifications

Specialized Experience: To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement. 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. The Office of Personnel Management's group coverage qualification standards, associated individual occupational requirements (IOR), and individual qualification standards covering white collar occupations in the Federal competitive service can be found here. To qualify, applicants must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade (GS-12) in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Specialized experience is defined as work that involves. (1) Provides expert integrated experience for formulating and executing national policy and assuring safe and occupational healthful working conditions are being implemented throughout the organization. (2) Ability to develop and updated existing Department wide safety policies in accordance with OSHA regulatory guidance. (3) Ability to report status of safety program and any associated issues to the Director, Occupational Safety and Health on a weekly basis. (4) Ability to anticipates organizational safety training needs; in coordination with stakeholder Program Managers and makes recommendations to the Director Occupational Safety and Health for consideration. (5) Ability to communicate effectively with senior leaders and programs professionally.

Education

There is no educational substitution for the GS-13 level.

Contacts

• Address Deputy Assistant Secretary for Administration 810 Vermont Ave Washington, DC 20420 US
• Name: Erik Hubbard
• Phone: (313) 596-7200
• Email: [email protected]