SAFETY AND Occupational HEALTH Specialist Security Clearance

Responsibilities

• Develop, implement, and evaluate comprehensive safety and occupational health programs.
• Conduct safety indoctrination for all new personnel and students and record all safety/environment training, inspections, and follow-ups in all databases.
• Track and report training, mishap reporting, inspections, medical surveillance, and safety metrics monthly to the Executive Officer and Commanding Officer.
• Prepare and review safety-related directives and assist in drafting command-wide policies.
• Serve as the command's High‑Risk Course Training Safety Officer, ensuring qualification and training compliance for all high‑risk instructors.

• Must be a U.S. citizen.
• Must be determined suitable for federal employment.
• Must participate in the direct deposit pay program.
• New employees will be required to successfully pass the E‑Verify employment verification check.
• Current federal employees applying for GS jobs must serve at least one year at the next lower grade level (time‑in‑grade). Time‑in‑grade must be met by the closing date of this announcement.
• Within the Department of Defense, the appointment of retired military members within 180 days immediately following retirement date to a civilian position is subject to the provisions of 5 United States Code § 3326.
• Military personnel born after 12‑31‑1959 must be registered for Selective Service.
• Must obtain and maintain an interim and/or final security clearance prior to duty. Failure to obtain the required clearance may result in withdrawal of the job offer or removal.

Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS‑11 grade level (or equivalent pay band in the Federal service or private/public sector). Specialized experience must demonstrate the following:

• Comprehensive knowledge of a wide range of safety and occupational health concepts, principles and practices, laws and regulations pertinent to the complex administrative responsibilities involved in planning, organizing, directing, operating and evaluating a safety and occupational health program.
• Ability to perform in‑depth and deliberate risk analyses of command operations.
• Ability to perform accident investigation, analyze reports to determine causal factors, and identify trends that prove effective in devising accident/injury control measures.

Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (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.

This position does not have an education qualification requirement.

This position is covered by the Department of Defense Priority Placement Program. Additional vacancies may be filled under this announcement. A tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if the selectee fails to meet the pre‑employment requirements, including failure to report to any of the scheduled appointments.

During the application process you will have the ability to opt‑in to make your resume available to hiring managers in the agency who have similar positions in the local commuting area. Depending on the hiring organization and the position being filled, job requirements (e.g., security clearance, travel, drug testing, financial disclosure filing, bargaining unit status, etc.) may vary. Other hiring managers filling similar positions may offer relocation expense reimbursement and/or recruitment incentives for new employees, depending on funding availability and in accordance with policy.

Opting in does not impact your application for this announcement, nor does it guarantee further consideration for additional positions. Your resume will be available to other hiring managers for 180 days from the date the job announcement closes.

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