Job Description
Summary This Senior Executive Service (SES) position is in the Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention, Office of Pesticide Programs, Antimicrobials Division. About OCSPP. This is an office-centered position-you must physically report to one of the duty stations stated in this announcement on a regular basis (location TBD after candidate selected). Learn more about this agency This job is open to The public U.S. Citizens, Nationals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S. Senior executives Individuals looking for an executive-level job and who meet the five Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs). Clarification from the agency U.S. Citizens Duties The Antimicrobials Division (AD) is responsible for managing all registration and registration review activities for antimicrobial pesticides including the review of scientific data, participation in relevant research across a range of disciplines important for evaluating the safety of antimicrobial pesticides, development of human health and ecological risk assessments, and regulatory decision making for new registrations, registration review, and reregistration. AD serves as the primary point of contact for assigned pesticides for all regulatory and other customer inquiries. In its decision making for antimicrobial pesticides, the Antimicrobials Division applies principles of risk reduction, incorporating appropriately the principles of safer pesticides, and negotiating risk-reduction strategies with registrants, state officials, and others. AD coordinates with the other Office of Pesticide Programs divisions with related functions to ensure consistency of regulatory and scientific practice, and consistency and quality of assessment methods. Specific duties of the position may include, but are not limited to: Planning, developing, organizing, directing, and implementing programs for which the Director holds Agency-wide responsibility, including programs under the authorities of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act; the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act; the amendments to these laws by the Food Quality Protection Act of 1996; and the Pesticide Registration Improvement Extension Act. Assessing needs, defining goals, developing program plans, establishing the organizational structure of AD, delegating authority and responsibility, and establishing overall AD operating policies, priorities, and procedures. Coordinating AD activities with related or interdependent efforts with internal and external stakeholders. Ensuring that extramural resources, both procurement (contracts) and assistance (grants, cooperative agreements and interagency agreements), are efficiently and appropriately managed to maximize use of the Agency's resources. Supervising a large staff of employees organized into units headed by subordinate managers and supervisors. Requirements Conditions of employment You must be a U.S. Citizen. If you are selected, you must complete a 1-year SES probationary period, if not previously completed. The Ethics in Government Act, P.L. 95-521, requires the applicant selected for this position to submit a financial disclosure statement, OGE-278, prior to assuming the SES position, annually, and upon termination of employment. REAL ID requirements became effective on 05/07/25. If you are selected for this position and plan to use your driver's license or identification card during the onboarding process (i.e., for employment eligibility verification or to obtain your EPA identification card), the document must be a REAL ID-compliant state-issued driver's license or identification card that includes the REAL ID-compliant star marking, or must be an Enhanced Driver's License (EDL). You will receive information about alternative acceptable documents (e.g., passport) prior to onboarding. For more information about REAL ID, see Dept. of Homeland Security and REAL ID FAQs. This position is designated as High Risk and requires a background investigation. Unless an appropriate background investigation is already on record with the Office of Personnel Management, you must undergo a background investigation. All conditions of the pre-employment security process must be met before an official letter of employment can be issued with a report for duty date. Qualifications The work of this position is classified in the Program Management, 0340 series where the qualifications include both general management skills and characteristics that are applicable to all SES positions and technical or program responsibilities specific to this position. Applicants must have substantive general experience which provides a good basic or general kn