Safety and Occupational Health Specialist

Full Job Description

View Common Definitions of terms found in this announcement. These are non-bargaining unit positions.

Salary: The salary range indicated in this announcement reflects the lowest and highest potential salaries for this position.

The actual salary range will be based on the applicable locality pay for the selected duty location. General Schedule locality pay tables may be found under Salaries & Wages.

Please limit your resume to 2 pages. If more than 2 pages are submitted, only the first 2 pages will be reviewed to determine your eligibility/qualifications.

IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE WILL NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE.

Do not copy and paste the duties, specialized experience, or occupational assessment questionnaire from this announcement into your resume as that will not be considered a demonstration of your qualifications for this position.

GS-09: You qualify for the GS-09 grade level if you possess one of the following: Experience: One (1) year of specialized experience at the GS-07 grade level or equivalent performing duties such as: Provides corrective action and best practices to field responsible officials for the betterment of the local program; Assists the occupational and safety unit in planning and organizing the implementation of recommendations where proposals require changes of established procedures that involve agency resources or conflict with other ongoing activities; and Assists team leads in obtaining resources and accessing related information for decisions on major work problems and issues that arise related to safety and health.

OR Education: master's or equivalent graduate degree or 2 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.B. or J.D., if related.

OR Combination of Education and Experience: A combination of successfully completed education and experience.

This will be calculated using your resume and unofficial transcripts or a list of courses/course hours submitted with your application.

GS-11: You qualify for the GS-11 grade level if you possess one of the following:Experience: One (1) year of specialized experience at the GS-09 grade level or equivalent performing duties such as: Collaborating with employees to promote the occupational safety and health programs and communicating policy and standards, under direction of leadership.

Conducting incident investigations when personnel are injured, or property is damaged in accordance with the requirements established in Federal Policy and Procedures and organizational safety policy.

Accomplishing occupational safety and health objectives and priorities established by statutes, executive orders, the Department, or executive leadership by utilizing the management information systems.

Assisting the occupational safety and health team in planning and organizing the implementation of recommendations where proposals require changes of established procedures that involve agency resources or conflict with other ongoing activities.

OR Education: Ph.D.

or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.M., if relatedCombination of Education and Experience: A combination of successfully completed education and experience.

This will be calculated using your resume and unofficial transcripts or a list of courses/course hours submitted with your application.

GS-12: You qualify for the GS-12 grade level if you possess one (1) year of specialized experience at the GS-11 grade level or equivalent performing duties such as: Developing training for agency employees on a variety of safety and occupational health subjects including chemical, biological, or physical safety, various laboratory safety needs, or ventilation requirements, under direction of Unit leadership.

Providing advice on work methods, best practices, and procedures. Assisting in the implementation of an enterprise-wide training policy supporting an agency's Occupational Safety Health Program.

Evaluating and analyzing safety and occupational health problems, conditions, and administrative practices affecting work operations and environmental conditions.

Qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement. Qualification claims will be subject to verification.

National Service Experience (i.e., 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; religious; 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.

Current or Former Political Appointees: The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) must authorize employment offers made to current or former political appointees.

If you are currently, or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule C, Non-career SES or Presidential Appointee employee in the Executive Branch, you must disclose this information to the Human Resources Office.

The Department of Homeland Security encourages persons with disabilities to apply, to include persons with intellectual, severe physical or psychiatric disabilities, as defined by 5 CFR 213.3102(u), and/or Disabled Veterans with a compensable service-connected disability of 30 percent or more as defined by 5 CFR 315.707.

Veterans, Peace Corps, VISTA volunteers, and persons with disabilities possess a wealth of unique talents, experiences, and competencies that can be invaluable to the DHS mission.

If you are a member of one of these groups, you may not have to compete with the public for federal jobs.

To determine your eligibility for non-competitive appointment and to understand the required documentation, click on the links above or contact the Servicing Human Resources Office listed at the bottom of this announcement.

Major Duties:

As a Safety and Occupational Health Specialist, you will perform the following duties: Serves as an advisor on several OSH programmatic areas and/or critical program segments for which both the scope and effect of the work have ICE-wide impact.

Manages a comprehensive and diverse enterprise-wide safety program including elements such as Collateral Duty Safety Officers (CDSO), providing Employee Occupational Safety and Health guidance, management of a Safety Management Information System (SMIS) database, and following Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) record keeping regulations.

Serves as subject matter expert (SME) in the field of occupational safety and health management with responsibilities for oversight of contract service providers.

Completes OSH assignments, projects, problems, actionable events, milestones, and/or program issues under review, within the deadlines and timeframes for completion.