The Office of Forensic Toxicology Service (OFTS) is looking for an individual to serve as the Deputy Assistant Director (DAD). As the DAD, you will be responsible for directing forensic testing operations, managing forensic toxicology staff, and pharmacokinetic interpretation. If you possess a Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA), PSA wants you! This announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies.

Duties

As a Supervisory Chemist (Forensic) or Supervisory Toxicologist (Forensic), (Deputy Assistant Director) you will: 1. Direct and manage all activities of OFTS, which performs the full range of forensic drug testing. Direct the implementation of systems and processes for the collection of urine and oral fluid samples to detect drug use in adult clients and defendants and juvenile respondents. 2. Manage long and short-range planning for OFTS and establish program goals and objectives. 3. Provide expert consultation to the PSA Director and Assistant Director, and executive management of Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency (CSOSA). 4. Represent PSA in DC Superior Court and US District Court, providing expert testimony on all phases of forensic drug testing and laboratory operations. 5. Direct or perform independent research and special studies in forensic drug testing. Based on results, determines changes in policy or protocol or other applications for OFTS. 6. Manage OFTS staff, who are divided into teams and units. Plan and assign work, delegate responsibility, and establish priorities. Administer leave policies and programs in accordance with affirmative action and equal employment opportunity requirements. 7. Identify, acquire and manage fiscal resources for OFTS, direct budget planning and execution, assure adherence to regulation and policy, and obtain maximum cost efficiency.

Requirements

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, you must meet the selective factor, basic professional requirements, and specialized experience requirement below. Selective Factor: Candidates must currently be Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) certified by a board approved by Health and Human Services (HHS). The current approved boards are the following: ABB - American Board of Bioanalysis ABB public health microbiology certification ABCC - American Board of Clinical Chemistry ABFT - American Board of Forensic Toxicology ABMGG - American Board of Medical Genetics and Genomics (formerly known as American Board of Medical Genetics (ABMG)) ABMLI - American Board of Medical Laboratory Immunology ABMM - American Board of Medical Microbiology ACHI -American College of Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics (formerly known as American Board of Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics (ABHI)) NRCC - National Registry of Certified Chemists DMLI - Diplomate in Medical Laboratory Immunology (ASCP Board of Certification) Provide a copy of your Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) certification. Basic Professional Requirement and specialized experience: For Chemistry Series 1320: Applicant must have a degree 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 Combination of education and experience, course work equivalent to a major as shown above, including at least 30 semester hours of chemistry, supplemented by mathematics through differential and integral calculus, and at least 6 semester hours of physics, plus appropriate experience or additional education; AND One year (52 weeks) of specialized experience at the GS-14 grade level that equipped you with the skills needed to perform the job duties. Specialized experience is defined as managing and directing all phases of a forensic toxicology laboratory that performs the full range of forensic screening and confirmation analyses to detect drug use; providing interpretation of data, drug pharmacokinetics and drug pharmacodynamics to the court, law enforcement or criminal justice agency leadership and staff; and providing expert testimony on all phases of forensic drug testing operations. For Toxicology Series 415: Applicant must have a degree 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; AND Applicant must have one year (52 weeks) of specialized experience at the GS-14 grade level that equipped you with the skills needed to perform the job duties. Specialized experience is defined as managing and directing all phases of a forensic toxicology laboratory that performs the full range of forensic screening and confirmation analyses to detect drug use; providing interpretation of data, drug pharmacokinetics and drug pharmacodynamics to the court, law enforcement or criminal justice agency leadership and staff; and providing expert testimony on all phases of forensic drug testing operations. NOTE: Your resume must clearly show the specialized experience related to this position. Failure to demonstrate how you possess the experience requirements will result in an "Ineligible" rating.

Education

There is no education substitution at this grade level.

ARE YOU USING YOUR EDUCATION TO QUALIFY? You MUST provide transcripts or other documentation to support your educational claims. Unless otherwise stated: (1) official or unofficial transcripts are acceptable, or (2) you may submit a list with all of your courses, grades, semester, year, and credit for the course. All materials must be submitted by the closing date of the announcement.

PASS/FAIL COURSES: If more than 10 percent of your undergraduate course work (credit hours) was taken on a pass/fail basis, your claim of superior academic achievement must be based upon class standing or membership in an honor society.

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: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html

Contacts

• Address Office of Forensic Toxicology Services 90 K. Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20004 US
• Name: Tara Stoney
• Phone: (202) 220-5586
• Email: [email protected]