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 SciencesBasic 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.Click here for more information on this series: OPM Natural Resources Management and Biological Sciences Series 0401 0403 Microbiology SeriesBasic 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. Click here for more information on this series: OPM Microbiology Series 0403 0696 Consumer Safety SeriesBasic 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.Click here for more information on this series: OPM Consumer Safety Series 0696 1320 Chemistry SeriesBasic 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 chemistry, supplemented by mathematics through differential and integral calculus, and at least 6 semester hours of physics, plus appropriate experience or additional education.
Click here for more information on this series: OPM Chemistry Series 1320 1382 Food Technology SeriesBasic Requirements: Degree: food technology, or dairy technology, microbiology, biology, chemistry, physics, or a related discipline or field of biological or physical science.
The course work must have been comprised of at least 30 semester hours in the basic biological and physical sciences, and included at least 20 semester hours in food technology and closely related subjects, or 20 semester hours in subjects that can be applied directly to food technology. or Combination of education and experience: courses equivalent to a major, including the course work specified, as shown in A above, plus appropriate experience or additional education.
Click here for more information on this series: OPM Food Technology Series 1382
tiffany.pescini@usda.gov · 612-852-7764
This position is with Food Safety and Inspection Service, Department of Agriculture.
The posted pay range is $126797 – $182316/yr.
This position is eligible for telework.
This position requires a Other security clearance.
Applications close on 2026-10-29.
This position is open under the 'Fed Transition' hiring path.
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