Summary Click on "Learn more about this agency" button below to view Eligibilities being considered and other IMPORTANT information. The primary purpose of this position is: To management and execute operations for assigned program elements, dealing effectively with complexity and change within the dynamic Air Force environment as it relates to Occupational and Environmental Health (OEH), Industrial Hygiene, Public Health, and Emergency Response. Responsibilities Plans and performs varied duties to assess processes and conditions for OEH hazards. Initiates Special Surveillance investigation and mediation in a wide range of exposure pathways. Manages Bioenvironmental Engineering technical programs in support of the Industrial Hygiene and Public Health missions to include new and emerging technology. Executes installation vulnerability and emergency response programs and procedures. Requirements Conditions of Employment Qualifications In order to qualify, you must meet the specialized experience requirements described in the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards for General Schedule Positions, Technical and Medical Support Positions, Environmental Health Technician Series 0698 SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Applicants must have at least one (1) year of specialized experience at the next lower grade GS-10, or equivalent in other pay systems. Examples of specialized experience includes knowledge of Industrial Hygiene (IH) and related safety and environmental concepts, principles, and practices relating to a wide range of duties concerned with identifying, evaluating, and controlling occupational health hazards in a variety of settings; skill in providing instruction and training to allied professions, employee, supervisors, and managers on occupational health related matters; knowledge required to recognize and evaluate workplace and environmental factors and stresses associated with complex work operations and to ascertain their effects on the health and well-being of workers. FEDERAL TIME-IN-GRADE (TIG) REQUIREMENT FOR GENERAL SCHEDULE (GS) POSITIONS: Merit promotion applicants must meet applicable time-in-grade requirements to be considered eligible. One year at the GS-10 level is required to meet the time-in-grade requirements for the GS-11 level. TIG applies if you are in a current GS position or held a GS position within the previous 52 weeks. NOTE: Applicants applying as VEOA candidates who are current GS civil service employees or are prior GS civil service employees within the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements. KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES (KSAs): Your qualifications will be evaluated on the basis of your level of knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies in the following areas: 1. Knowledge of general management functions, practices, and procedures sufficient to understand organizational objectives, in-depth industrial hygiene public health principles, regulations, standards, and work processes of assigned organizational segment requirements, methods, and techniques for evaluating low to high-risk work areas as they relate to occupational health and safety. 2. Knowledge of concepts, principles, and practices of bioenvironmental engineering and public health, as well as knowledge of the mission, organizational structure, programs, and activities related to DoD, Air Force, Air Force Occupational Medicine, OSHA, CDC and environmental health surveillance programs and policies. 3. Skilled in the use of computers and current software to create various memoranda, reports, spreadsheets, databases and graphs. Ability to learn database systems for input of data and extraction of reports. 4. Knowledge of industrial hygiene and environmental methods, practices, techniques, materials and sampling equipment to determine compliance with regulations and standards. Ability to think critically and interact with all levels of installation personnel, with the incumbent possessing a high degree of personal and ethical integrity to understand critical implications of decisions made and the legal or mission impacting consequences that could result. 5. Knowledge of training techniques, methods and material sufficient to develop and present formal training and instructional sessions to allied professions, employees, supervisors and managers on industrial hygiene and public health related matters. 6. Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing, prepare correspondence, briefings and special reports regarding industrial hygiene and public health related matters. PART-TIME OR UNPAID EXPERIENCE: Credit will be given for appropriate unpaid and or part-time work. You must clearly identify the duties and responsibilities in each position held and the total number of hours per week. VOLUNTEER WORK EXPERIENCE: Refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service Programs (i.e., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student and social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge and skills that can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Education Additional Information Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP): For information on how to apply as an ICTAP eligible click here. To be well-qualified and exercise selection priority for this vacancy, displaced Federal employees must be rated well qualified or above for this position. You must submit a copy of the agency notice, your most recent performance rating, and your most recent SF-50 noting position, grade level, and duty location. Employed Annuitants (Reemployed Annuitants): Applicants in receipt of an annuity based on civilian employment in the Federal Service are subject to the DoD Policy on The Employment of Annuitants. Click here for more information. 120-Day Register: This announcement may result in a 120-day register that may be used to fill like vacancies for 120 days after the closing date. Applicants may be referred for consideration as vacancies occur. Military Spouse Preference (MSP) Eligible: MSP applicants, if determined best qualified, must be selected and placed at the highest grade for which they applied. You must include a completed copy of the DD Form 3145-4, Military Spouse PPP Self-Certification Checklist dated within 30 days along with the documents identified on the checklist to verify your eligibility for MSP. Click here to obtain/download a copy of the DD Form 3145-4, Military Spouse PPP Self-Certification Checklist. Priority Placement Program (PPP) Applicant Eligible: PPP Applicants, if determined well qualified and selected, will be placed at the at the full performance level. You must include the applicable completed copy of the PPP Self-Certification Checklist dated within 30 days along with the documents identified on the checklist to verify your eligibility as a PPP Applicant. Click here to obtain/download a copy of the applicable PPP Self-Certification Checklist (DD3145-1 through DD3145-4, select the appropriate checklist for your claimed preference). To determine the applicable PPP Self-Certification Checklist required to substantiate the eligibilities you are claiming, refer to the AF Civilian Employment Eligibility Guide located in the Required Documents section of this vacancy announcement. Direct Deposit: All federal employees are required to have direct deposit. Disabled veteran leave is available to a Federal employee hired on/after 5 Nov 2016, who is a veteran with a service-connected disability rating of 30% or more. For more information, click here. If you have questions regarding this announcement and have hearing or speech difficulties click here. Tax Law Impact for PCS: On 22-Dec-2017, Public Law 115-97 - the "Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017" suspended qualified moving expense deductions along with the exclusion for employer reimbursements and payments of moving expenses effective 01-Jan-2018 for tax years 2018 through 2025. When you perform a Civilian Permanent Change of Station (PCS) with the government, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) considers the majority of your entitlements to be taxable. Visit GSA Bulletin FTR 20-04 here for additional information.