The position is located in the Veteran Benefits Administration (VBA), Office of Mission Support (OMS). The Supervisory Program Specialist reports to the Director of Safety, Security and Preparedness (OSSP). In this capacity, incumbent assumes responsibility for all safety and health program elements. They perform survey work to identify and evaluate increasingly more complex hazards and to recommend corrective actions where the potential for injury or property damage exists.

Duties

Specific duties include: Responsible for the execution of work performed by the team, which may consist of government and contracted staff. Coordinates goals, priorities, staff resources, productivity, quality, and general activities with higher-level management. Ensures application of appropriate problem-solving methods and techniques. Provides guidance and makes decisions on work methods, protocols, and procedures. Creates performance standards, monitors employee performance over the rating period, provides verbal and written feedback, and completes official staff performance evaluations. Assists in the recruitment of staff and completion of work supporting recruitment and employee development. Develops long and short-range plans, goals, and objectives of the organization as it applies to safety. Ensure audits and inspections of facilities within VBA follow safety and occupational health laws and regulations. Keeps the Director of OSSP informed of significant safety activities. Prepares technical documents and guidance materials to support safety and occupational program implementation at facilities within VBA. Apply expert knowledge of safety and occupational laws and regulations to provide guidance to VBA facilities in meeting all requirements. Responsible for a safety and fire prevention program for all VBA employees in the 56 Regional Offices and Out-Based sites. Review draft building designs to ensure compliance with applicable codes or regulations. Establishes processes, procedures, and documentation for the identification of deficiencies noted throughout all Regional Offices and develops corrective action plans. Receives customer feedback concerning deficiencies and ensure follows up with the customer until the deficiency has been remedied. Collaborates with the Facilities Division Project Managers on Space & Renovations Project by developing Occupant Emergency Plans for newly obtained facilities and works with Facilities Project Managers and GSA concerning safety in those new facilities. Chairs the Safety Steering Committee which comprises VBA stakeholders. Responsible for setting short-term safety and health priorities, developing internal safety and health procedures to ensure that employees are informed of all aspects of the safety and health programs, recommends employee recognition proposals for best safety and providing on-the-job safety training, providing input on safety/health training plans. Work Schedule: Full time, Monday through Friday, 8 am - 4:30 pm Compressed/Flexible: Not Available. Telework: Available. Virtual: This is not a virtual position Position Description/PD#: Safety & Occupational Health Manager; GS-0018-14 PD# 37458-0 Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized. Financial Disclosure Report: Not Required.

Requirements

• You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959
• You may be required to serve a probationary period
• Subject to background/security investigation
• Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process
• Selectees are required to service a one-year supervisory probationary period if not previously completed in a Federal position.

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement:09/05/2024. TIME-IN-GRADE REQUIREMENT: Applicants who are current Federal employees, former Federal employees applying for reinstatement, or a current federal employee applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment must meet time in grade requirements. 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. NOTE: This does not apply to Non-Federal Applicants, or applicants applying for consideration under Non-Competitive Authority (i.e.... "30% or more Disability", VRA, and/or Schedule A). To verify your eligibility, you must submit a copy of your most recent Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (SF-50). You must provide a copy of your most recent SF-50 that indicates proof of status, and shows Time in Grade (for example, you were a career or career-conditional employee) and identifies your position title, series, grade, step, salary, tenure, and type of service (Competitive or Excepted). 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 also submit your most recent promotion or within-grade increase in addition to your recent SF-50. If you previously held a higher grade, you must also submit any SF-50 showing that grade. DO NOT submit Award SF-50's and/or General Adjustment SF-50's as they cannot be used to prove time-in-grade. For a GS-14 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-13 level. MINIMUM QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENT: You may qualify based on your experience as described below: GS-14 Grade Level: Individual Occupational Requirement (IOR): There is an Individual Occupational Requirement that must be met to be found minimally qualified for this series, please read the requirement description carefully. Education Undergraduate and Graduate Education: Major study -- safety or occupational health fields (safety, occupational health, industrial hygiene), or degree in other related fields that included or was supplemented by at least 24 semester hours of study from among the following (or closely related) disciplines: safety, occupational health, industrial hygiene, occupational medicine, toxicology, public health, mathematics, physics, chemistry, biological sciences, engineering, and industrial psychology. or Experience General Experience (for GS-5 positions): Experience in scientific or technical work that provided an understanding of the basic principles and concepts of the safety and occupational health field. Creditable general experience must have demonstrated the achievement of knowledge equivalent to the education described above. Specialized Experience (for positions above GS-5): Experience in or related to safety and occupational health that provided the specific knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position. 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. or Certificates Certification as a Certified Safety Professional (CSP), Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH), or Certified Health Physicist (CHP), or similar certification that included successful completion of a written examination meets the requirements for GS-5. Applicants may also qualify for higher grade levels based on their education and/or experience. Specialized Experience: In addition to meeting the IOR listed above, you must also have one year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Specialized Experience: Expert level experience leading occupational safety and health teams in a federal agency and conducting annual workplace evaluations. Experience developing and implementing an occupational safety and health program with a national scope. Volunteer Experience: 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. Full vs. Part-Time Employment: Full-time employment is considered to be at least 35 hours per week. Part-time experience will be credited on a pro-rated basis; when including part-time employment in your resume you must specify the average hours worked per week. Physical Requirements: Position is sedentary. For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at http://://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/.

Education

A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education.
Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education to be credited towards qualifications. Provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
All education claimed by applicants will be verified upon appointment. If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript to receive credit.

Contacts

• Address VBA Human Resources Center - Central Office 810 Vermont Ave NW Washington, DC 20420 US
• Name: Jacob Rolon
• Phone: 410-230-4400 X1230
• Email: [email protected]