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Job Field: Security
Location: Herndon, VA
Salary: $105,211.00 - $136,771.00 / Per Year
Job Type: Full Time - Permanent
Phone: (888)478-4340

JOB SUMMARY:

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Become a part of the Department that touches the lives of every American! At the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) you can give back to your community, state, and country by making a difference in the lives of Americans everywhere. It is the principal agency for protecting the health of citizens. Join HHS and help to make our world healthier, safer, and better for all Americans.

Who May Apply:  Federal employee with career or career-conditional appointments in the competitive service; former  Federal employees with reinstatement eligibility based on previous career or career-conditional appointment; displaced Federal employees requesting special priority selection consideration under the Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) and the interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP); veterans who are preference eligible or who have been separated under honorable conditions after 3 years or more of continuous active service; Military spouses; PHS Commissioned Corps Officer; individuals eligible for VRA appointments (at the GS-11 and below grade level); and individuals with disabilities. 

Current Federal employees who are PHS Commissioned Officers interested in performing the duties of this position should also apply online in order to receive consideration.

Salary range listed includes locality pay.

YOU MUST SUBMIT YOUR SF-50 AND/OR DD FORM 214 OR YOUR APPLICATION WILL BE CONSIDERED INCOMPLETE. This position is located in the Food and Drug Administration, Office of Regulatory Affairs, Office of Regional Operations, Division of Food Defense Targeting (formerly, Prior Notice Center), in Herndon, Virginia.

The FDA’s Office of Regulatory Affairs is the lead office for all FDA Field activities as well as providing FDA leadership on imports, inspections, and enforcement policy.  ORA supports FDA Product Centers by inspecting regulated products and manufacturers, conducting sample analysis on regulated products, and reviewing imported products offered for entry into the United States.  ORA also develops FDA-wide policy on compliance and enforcement.  The Division of Food Defense Targeting (DFDT) is the lead office for all food defense related reviews and screening of imported foods for human or animal consumption.   The mission of the DFDT is to protect the public from a threatened or actual terrorist attack on the U.S. food supply and other related emergencies and prevent food that may be intentionally contaminated with biological, chemical, or radiological agents from entering into the United States

 

The Division of Food Defense Targeting operates on a 24-hour per day, 3 shifts, per day, 7-days per week schedule. This vacancy is to be assigned to the overnight shift 11:00pm to 7:00am, but incumbent must be willing to work overtime and rotating shifts, if necessary.

 

Incumbents assess and evaluate sensitive information related to national security that requires obtaining and maintaining a Top Secret Security Clearance.

 

Additional selections may be made from this announcement.

KEY REQUIREMENTS:

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U.S. Citizenship is required.

You must meet time-in-grade requirements within 30 days of the closing date

Please carefully read and follow the instructions for HOW TO APPLY.