- Position Title
- Supervisory Safety & Occupational Health Specialist
- Agency
- Veterans Health Administration
- Announcement Number
- CBTG-12745130-25-ENB Opens in new window
- Open Period
- Thursday, June 5, 2025 to Friday, June 20, 2025
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Eligibilities
1.
Are you currently employed by the Department of Veterans Affairs?
This includes: Career/Career Conditional or Excepted Service (i.e. Canteen, Hybrid, Title 38, etc. and meets interchange agreement requirements). This does not include temporary, term or temporary intermittent.
To verify your eligibility, you must submit a copy of your most recent Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (SF-50). Your SF-50 must include enough information to be able to determine that time-in-grade requirements have been met (if applicable) and include your position title, pay plan/series/grade, tenure and the type of appointment (i.e. Competitive or Excepted). Please be aware that award SF-50's do not always include this pertinent information.
This includes: Career/Career Conditional or Excepted Service (i.e. Canteen, Hybrid, Title 38, etc. and meets interchange agreement requirements). This does not include temporary, term or temporary intermittent.
To verify your eligibility, you must submit a copy of your most recent Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (SF-50). Your SF-50 must include enough information to be able to determine that time-in-grade requirements have been met (if applicable) and include your position title, pay plan/series/grade, tenure and the type of appointment (i.e. Competitive or Excepted). Please be aware that award SF-50's do not always include this pertinent information.
2.
Are you an employee of the facility indicated for this position?
This includes: Career/Career Conditional or Excepted Service (i.e. Canteen, Hybrid, Title 38, etc. and meets interchange agreement requirements). This does not include temporary, term or temporary intermittent.
To verify your eligibility, you must submit a copy of your most recent Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (SF-50). Your SF-50 must include enough information to be able to determine that time-in-grade requirements have been met (if applicable) and include your position title, pay plan/series/grade, tenure and the type of appointment (i.e. Competitive or Excepted). Please be aware that award SF-50's do not always include this pertinent information.
This includes: Career/Career Conditional or Excepted Service (i.e. Canteen, Hybrid, Title 38, etc. and meets interchange agreement requirements). This does not include temporary, term or temporary intermittent.
To verify your eligibility, you must submit a copy of your most recent Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (SF-50). Your SF-50 must include enough information to be able to determine that time-in-grade requirements have been met (if applicable) and include your position title, pay plan/series/grade, tenure and the type of appointment (i.e. Competitive or Excepted). Please be aware that award SF-50's do not always include this pertinent information.
Preferences
1.
Which of the following items describes your current or recent (within the last five years) political appointee service?
If you responded yes to any of the items below, you will need to include a SF-50 specifying your prior service.
If you responded yes to any of the items below, you will need to include a SF-50 specifying your prior service.
Your resume must be submitted in English and include the following information for each job listed:
- Job title Duties (be as detailed as possible)
- Month & year start/end dates (e.g. June 2007 to April 2008)
- Full-time or part-time status (include hours worked per week)
- Series and Grade, if applicable, for all Federal positions you have held
- Please be aware that your answers will be verified against information provided on your resume. Be sure that your resume clearly supports your responses to all of the questions by addressing your work experience in detail.
By submitting your application, you are certifying, to the best of your knowledge and belief, all the information submitted by you with your application for employment is true, complete, and made in good faith, and that you have truthfully and accurately represented your work experience, knowledge, skills, abilities and education (degrees, accomplishments, etc.). The information you provide as part of your application may be investigated. You are also certifying, and acknowledging, that misrepresenting your experience or education, or providing false or fraudulent information in, or with your application, may affect your eligibility for appointment and/or continued employment. False or fraudulent statements may be punishable by fine or imprisonment (18 U.S.C. 1001).
2.
I authorize my application information being shared with hiring managers for similar positions. I understand this option may not result in further consideration for additional positions nor will it impact my application for this announcement.
Assessment 1
Select “Yes” or “No” to the following question(s).
1.
Individual Occupational Requirements for Specialized Experience: Do you have experience in or related to safety and occupational health that provided the specific knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position? Examples of qualifying specialized experience include:
Managing safety or occupational health program elements.
Developing and recommending safety and occupational health policy to higher levels of management.
Applying safety and occupational health laws, regulations, principles, theories, practices, and procedures to advise on or resolve technical matters dealing with occupational safety and health requirements.
Developing safety and occupational health standards, regulations, practices, and procedures to eliminate or control potential hazards.
Developing or implementing programs to reduce the frequency, severity, and cost of accidents and occupational illnesses.
Analyzing or evaluating new and existing jobs, processes, products, or other systems to determine the existence, severity, probability, and outcome of hazards.
Designing or modifying workplaces, processes, products, or other systems to control or eliminate hazards.
Inspecting or surveying workplaces, processes, products, or other systems for compliance with established safety and occupational health policies or standards and to identify potential new hazards.
Training of workers, supervisors, managers, or other safety and occupational health personnel in safety or occupational health subjects.
Work in occupational fields such as industrial hygienist, safety engineer, fire prevention engineer, health physicist, and occupational health nurse.in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization.
OR
Individual Occupational Requirements for Education: Do you have a degree in a Major study -- safety or occupational health fields (safety, occupational health, industrial hygiene), or degree in other related fields that included or was supplemented by at least 24 semester hours of study from among the following (or closely related) disciplines: safety, occupational health, industrial hygiene, occupational medicine, toxicology, public health, mathematics, physics, chemistry, biological sciences, engineering, and industrial psychology? Transcripts required.
OR
Individual Occupational Requirement for Certificates: Do you have a current certification as a Certified Safety Professional (CSP), Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH), or Certified Health Physicist (CHP), or similar certification that included successful completion of a written examination?
Managing safety or occupational health program elements.
Developing and recommending safety and occupational health policy to higher levels of management.
Applying safety and occupational health laws, regulations, principles, theories, practices, and procedures to advise on or resolve technical matters dealing with occupational safety and health requirements.
Developing safety and occupational health standards, regulations, practices, and procedures to eliminate or control potential hazards.
Developing or implementing programs to reduce the frequency, severity, and cost of accidents and occupational illnesses.
Analyzing or evaluating new and existing jobs, processes, products, or other systems to determine the existence, severity, probability, and outcome of hazards.
Designing or modifying workplaces, processes, products, or other systems to control or eliminate hazards.
Inspecting or surveying workplaces, processes, products, or other systems for compliance with established safety and occupational health policies or standards and to identify potential new hazards.
Training of workers, supervisors, managers, or other safety and occupational health personnel in safety or occupational health subjects.
Work in occupational fields such as industrial hygienist, safety engineer, fire prevention engineer, health physicist, and occupational health nurse.in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization.
OR
Individual Occupational Requirements for Education: Do you have a degree in a Major study -- safety or occupational health fields (safety, occupational health, industrial hygiene), or degree in other related fields that included or was supplemented by at least 24 semester hours of study from among the following (or closely related) disciplines: safety, occupational health, industrial hygiene, occupational medicine, toxicology, public health, mathematics, physics, chemistry, biological sciences, engineering, and industrial psychology? Transcripts required.
OR
Individual Occupational Requirement for Certificates: Do you have a current certification as a Certified Safety Professional (CSP), Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH), or Certified Health Physicist (CHP), or similar certification that included successful completion of a written examination?
2.
Specialized Experience: Carefully read the following descriptions of the required specialized experience. Applicants must have one (1) full year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade, GS-12, in the Federal Service. Specialized experience is defined as:
Experience in or related to safety and occupational health that provided the specific knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position. Examples of qualifying specialized experience include:
Managing safety or occupational health program elements.
Developing and recommending safety and occupational health policy to higher levels of management.
Applying safety and occupational health laws, regulations, principles, theories, practices, and procedures to advise on or resolve technical matters dealing with occupational safety and health requirements.
Developing safety and occupational health standards, regulations, practices, and procedures to eliminate or control potential hazards.
Developing or implementing programs to reduce the frequency, severity, and cost of accidents and occupational illnesses.
Analyzing or evaluating new and existing jobs, processes, products, or other systems to determine the existence, severity, probability, and outcome of hazards.
Designing or modifying workplaces, processes, products, or other systems to control or eliminate hazards.
Inspecting or surveying workplaces, processes, products, or other systems for compliance with established safety and occupational health policies or standards and to identify potential new hazards.
Training of workers, supervisors, managers, or other safety and occupational health personnel in safety or occupational health subjects.
Work in occupational fields such as industrial hygienist, safety engineer, fire prevention engineer, health physicist, and occupational health nurse.
Experience in or related to safety and occupational health that provided the specific knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position. Examples of qualifying specialized experience include:
Managing safety or occupational health program elements.
Developing and recommending safety and occupational health policy to higher levels of management.
Applying safety and occupational health laws, regulations, principles, theories, practices, and procedures to advise on or resolve technical matters dealing with occupational safety and health requirements.
Developing safety and occupational health standards, regulations, practices, and procedures to eliminate or control potential hazards.
Developing or implementing programs to reduce the frequency, severity, and cost of accidents and occupational illnesses.
Analyzing or evaluating new and existing jobs, processes, products, or other systems to determine the existence, severity, probability, and outcome of hazards.
Designing or modifying workplaces, processes, products, or other systems to control or eliminate hazards.
Inspecting or surveying workplaces, processes, products, or other systems for compliance with established safety and occupational health policies or standards and to identify potential new hazards.
Training of workers, supervisors, managers, or other safety and occupational health personnel in safety or occupational health subjects.
Work in occupational fields such as industrial hygienist, safety engineer, fire prevention engineer, health physicist, and occupational health nurse.
Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided.
3.
Assess and apply regulations, standards and industry/community practices to evaluate, monitoring, and identify deficiencies and gaps in medical center activities to assure compliance with Federal laws, regulations, and guidance to include OSHA, EPA, CDC, TJC, NFPA, NIOSH, and FEMA in a comprehensive program.
4.
Assess and prioritize competing requirements from work group comprised of technical experts and maximize resources and work activities, all to assure compliance with Federal laws, regulations, and guidance to include OSHA, EPA, CDC, TJC, NFPA, NIOSH, and FEMA in a comprehensive program for the medical center.
5.
Evaluates compliance with construction safety, fire standards and environmental requirements to devise innovative hazard control measures applicable to new building construction and industrial/facility modifications with knowledge of construction standards, methods, practices, techniques, materials, equipment and utility. systems
6.
Planning, organizing, coordinating, directing and managing a facility wide comprehensive occupational safety, health, industrial hygiene and safe patient handling programs.
7.
Planning, organizing, coordinating, directing and managing a facility wide comprehensive fire prevention/protection program.
8.
Instigates mishaps involving personnel, damage to machinery, tools, materials or equipment and any type of environmental mishap; describes orally or in writing mishap circumstances; analyzes actions or conditions contributing to the mishap and recommends measures to eliminate similar occurrences. Compiles statistical data to determine mishap trends and recommends preventive measures.
9.
Set well-defined and realistic personal and team goals with a multi-disciplined team in projects with organization wide impact.
10.
Provides a high level of initiative, effort, and commitment towards managing multi-campus, 1B medical center wide programs while demonstrating responsible behavior.
11.
Makes well informed, effective and timely decisions based on mission and guidelines of organization; demand of customers; and understands how these decisions impact the various reporting levels of the medical center, the Network and VACO, as well as other peer professionals in the VA and the surrounding community.
12.
Assess and guide staff using techniques and procedures applied by fire prevention/protection professionals to protect workers and business operations through accepted risk assessment techniques and provide senior leader level recommendations.
13.
Communicates orally and in writing with many employees in the healthcare system including Service Chiefs, Supervisors, Union Officials, Industrial Hygienist, Physicians, Safety and Engineer Specialist in a clear, concise, organized, and convincing manner for the intended audience internal and external to the organization.
14.
Assures development and presentation of safety/environmental/fire protection and prevention/ emergency preparedness and responds education activities for medical center staff: contractors and visitors, as appropriate.
15.
Reviews all grant proposals for inclusion of safeguards for using chemicals, ensuring safety training has taken place and safe practices are in effect.
16.
Performs workplace ergonomic surveys, recommending corrective measures to eliminate or minimize ergonomic related hazards and makes recommendations on purchase of ergonomic related equipment and furniture.
17.
Reviews drawings and specifications for new construction and building alternations to determine the degree of compliance with standards and regulatory criteria.