Office Director, Office of Surveillance Strategy and Risk Prioritization

About the role

The Office of Surveillance Strategy and Risk Prioritization (OSSRP) is responsible for leading overall surveillance strategy development, oversight, and associated activities through a comprehensive and integrated approach. Detects and assesses hazards (new and emerging risks), and assesses the overall state of the food supply, including prevalence of various hazards across commodities.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for the overall planning and evaluation of OSSRP programs.
• Oversees the day-to-day administration of the Office through the supervision of three Division Directors and one Staff Director.
• Reviews and makes recommendations regarding budget allocation, spending, personnel requests and proposals.
• Serves as the principal advisor to the Deputy Commissioner for Food on a wide variety of HFP responsibilities including microbial and chemical risk/hazard assessment and ranking and surveillance and the detection of risks in the food system.
• Serves as a spokesperson and liaison for the HFP on surveillance and risk management activities at the local, state and federal levels.
• Provides direction for strengthening systems for conducting and coordinating of risk analysis and surveillance activities and related research associated with national and international issues involving HFP-regulated products.
• Designs and evaluates dynamic, integrated work planning approach that optimizes HFP resource allocation. Includes the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) activities and ensures coordination with state and other regulatory partners.
• Provides leadership and direction to full range of risk assessment activities that covers both pathogenic and chemical sharing expertise from data collection to model building to end-use analysis.

Requirements

This position requires financial disclosure reporting and will be subject to FDA's prohibited financial interest regulation. If you are hired, you may be required to divest of certain financial interests. You are advised to seek additional information on this requirement from the hiring official before accepting any job offers.

Qualifications

• At least 5 years of experience leading a team or work related to surveillance, risk prioritization, and risk management activities impacting food.
• Experience advancing innovative initiatives efficiently; experience/knowledge in the government sector.
• Experience communicating highly technical information to a variety of stakeholders at the state and local level, national and international representatives, Members of Congress, etc.
• Ability to develop networks and build alliances; collaborates across boundaries to build strategic relationships and achieve common goals.
• Experience leading and managing subordinate supervisors and teams effectively, with a track record of strategic decision-making and achieving business objectives.
• Knowledge and experience with implementing initiatives involving risk modeling, risk management strategies, public health risk ranking, and evaluating consumer complaints.

Skills

Not specified in the provided job posting.

Benefits

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Pay

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Schedule

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Conditions of Employment

• U.S. Citizenship requirement or proof of being a U.S. National must be met by closing date.
• The candidate selected for this position will serve under a career or career-conditional appointment within the competitive service.
• Direct Deposit: You will be required to have all federal salary payments electronically deposited into a bank account with a financial institution of your choice.
• FDA participates in e-Verify: All new hires must complete the I-9 form; this information will be processed through e-Verify to determine your employment eligibility. If a discrepancy arises, you must take affirmative steps to resolve the matter.
• Males born after December 31, 1959, must be registered with the Selective Service. Please go to http://www.sss.gov for more information.
• Background Investigation Requirement: All employees must pass a security investigation. Failing to pass the background check may be grounds for non-consideration, non-selection, or appropriate legal action.
• Certification of Accuracy: All information concerning eligibility and qualification is subject to investigation and verification. False representation may be grounds for non-consideration, non-selection, or appropriate legal action.
• All applicants tentatively selected for this position will be required to submit to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment and be subject to random, reasonable suspicion, and post-accident drug testing upon hiring.
• Appointment to the position will be contingent upon a negative applicant drug test result.
• Probationary periods are required for new employees appointed to competitive service positions for the first time; or reinstated employees who return after a break in service of 30-days or more and who have not completed a probationary period.
• Pre-employment physical required: No
• Drug testing required: Yes
• Drug Impact Statement for Top Secret Security Clearance: In accordance with Executive Order 12564 of September 15, 1986, The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is A Drug-Free Federal Workplace. The Federal government, as the largest employer in the Nation, can and should show the way towards achieving drug-free workplaces through programs designed to offer drug users a helping hand, and at the same time demonstrating to drug users and potential drug users that drugs will not be tolerated in the Federal workplace. The use of illegal drugs, on or off duty, by Federal employees is inconsistent not only with the law-abiding behavior expected of all citizens, but also with the special trust placed in such employees as servants of the public. All applicants tentatively selected for this position will be required to submit to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment and can be subject to random, reasonable suspicion, and post-accident drug testing upon hiring. Appointment to this non-bargaining unit position will be contingent upon a negative drug test result.
• License required: No
• Mobility agreement required: No
• Immunization required: No
• Bargaining Unit: No
• Telework eligible position: Telework is at the discretion of the supervisor.
• Ethics preclearance/OGE-278, required: Please be advised that this position is subject to FDA's prohibited financial interest regulation and may require the incumbent of this position to divest of certain financial interests. Applicants are advised to seek additional information on this requirement from the hiring official before accepting this position. For more information please visit the FDA Ethics web page: https://www.fda.gov/about-fda/jobs-and-training-fda/ethics.
• Financial disclosure statement, required: This position requires financial disclosure reporting and will be subject to FDA's prohibited financial interest regulation. If you are hired, you may be required to divest of certain financial interests. You are advised to seek additional information on this requirement from the hiring official before accepting any job offers.
• Employment is subject to the successful completion of a background investigation, verification of qualifications, completion of onboarding forms, submission of required documents, and any other job-related requirement before or after appointment