Senior Regulatory Policy Specialist

• Hiring Agency: Food Safety and Inspection Service

This position is in the Office of Policy and Program Development (OPPD), Policy Development Staff (PDS). PDS is responsible for recommending and developing all domestic, import, and export policy for FSIS, maintaining askFSIS and providing customer service to internal and external stakeholders, and developing and evaluating inspection programs and methods.

Draft clear and actionable policy documents that support agency regulatory objectives.

0401 Natural Resources Management and Biological Sciences Basic Requirements:

Degree: biological sciences, agriculture, natural resource management, chemistry, or related disciplines appropriate to the position.

or Combination of education and experience: courses equivalent to a major, as shown in A above, plus appropriate experience or additional education.

OPM Natural Resources Management and Biological Sciences Series  Microbiology Series Basic Requirements:
Degree: microbiology; or biology, chemistry, or basic medical science that included at least 20 semester hours in microbiology and other subjects related to the study of microorganisms, and 20 semester hours in the physical and mathematical sciences combining course work in organic chemistry or biochemistry, physics, and college algebra, or their equivalent.

or Combination of education and experience: courses equivalent to a major in microbiology, biology, chemistry, or basic medical science that included courses as shown in A above, plus appropriate experience or additional education. OPM Microbiology Series  Consumer Safety Series Basic Requirements The education must have been obtained at a college, university, or an accrediting body recognized by the Secretary, U.S. Department of Education U.S. Department of Education at the time the degree was obtained.

Applicants must meet one of the following requirements.

A bachelor's or graduate/higher level degree in quality assurance or a related degree that included at least 30 semester hours in one or a combination of the following: consumer laws, biological sciences, food science, chemistry, pharmacy, physical sciences, food technology, nutrition, medical science, engineering, epidemiology, veterinary medical science, legal investigations, law enforcement, or related scientific fields that provided knowledge directly related to consumer safety officer work.

The 30 semester hours may include up to 8 semester hours in statistics, or course work that included the principles, theory, or practical application of computers or computer programming. or Combination of education and experience: courses consisting of at least 30 semester hours in the fields of study described in paragraph A above, plus appropriate experience or additional education.

Experience:

To meet specialized experience requirements, the applicant's work experience must have demonstrated the knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies necessary to perform at the grade level of the position.

Qualifying experience involves enforcing laws and regulations to protect consumers from foods, drugs, cosmetics, fabrics, toys, equipment, and household products that are defective, dangerous, impure, unwholesome, ineffective, or improperly or deceptively labeled or packaged. OPM Consumer Safety Series  Chemistry Series Basic Requirements:
Degree: 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 in A above, including at least 30 semester hours in…