Safety and Occupational Health Specialist

Summary

About the Position: This position is a DOD Cyber Excepted Service (CES) personnel system position in the Excepted Service under 10 USC 1599f. Employees occupying CES positions are in the Excepted Service and must adhere to U.S. Code, Title 10, as well as Department of Defense Instruction 1400.25. This position is located at 160th Signal Brigade in Camp Arifjan, Kuwait. This is an unaccompanied position with an initial overseas tour of 1 year with possible extensions for a total of 5 years.

Duties

• Directs and evaluates a comprehensive, 24-hour-a-day safety and occupational health program and serves as the primary adviser to the Commander, staff, and subordinate commanders, analyzing and resolving complex, diverse, and high-risk hazards.
• Develops and implements policy and guidance applicable to hazardous operations supporting the Command mission, including use of current information technology communications equipment and repair of complex electronic/electrical gear and materials.
• Plans, organizes, and provides technical advice to subordinate command unit safety personnel. Briefs senior command officials who discuss Command-wide safety problems and review Command accident experience.
• Establishes and maintains continuing liaison and cooperative relationships with subordinate organizations, host nation and Army safety and governmental officials and civilian professional organizations.
• Directs the systematic collection and analysis of accident data and directs performance of job hazard analysis on hazardous communication and electronic job specialties.

Qualifications

CYBER EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITIONS ARE NOT SUBJECT TO THE TWO-PAGE RESUME LIMIT. YOUR FULL RESUME WILL NEED TO BE UPLOADED TO YOUR USAJOBS PROFILE USING THE DOCUMENT TYPE "OTHER DOCUMENTS". Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities. Current Civilian Employees of the Organization Applying to Cyber Excepted Service (CES) Positions Organization is defined as current, permanent ARCYBER/NETCOM employees only. This position is in the Professional Work Category at the Full Performance Work Level within the CES Occupational Structure. If you are a current federal career/career-conditional employee, you will be placed on an excepted appointment. Current DoD Employees: If a current permanent CES employee, you shall be granted administrative return rights. If not a current permanent CES employee, you may be granted administrative return rights if agreed to by your CONUS organization. In order to qualify, you must meet the experience requirements described below. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document. To qualify based on your experience, your resume must describe one year of specialized experience that demonstrates the possession of knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies necessary for immediate success in the position. Such experience is typically in or directly related to the work of the position to be filled. Specialized experience would be demonstrated by assisting with the development of policies for hazardous military operations; Implementing safety guidelines, standard operating procedures, and processing accident reports; analyzing and resolving complex, diverse, and high-risk hazards; and planning and scheduling the safety and health inspection program.

Education

Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone-no substitution of education for experience is permitted. How You Will Be Evaluated

Once the announcement has closed, a review of your application package (resume, supporting documents, and responses to the questionnaire) will be used to determine whether you meet the qualification requirements listed on this announcement. Please follow all instructions carefully when applying, errors or omissions may affect your eligibility. If, after reviewing your resume and/or supporting documentation, a determination is made that you have inflated your qualifications and/or experience, you may lose consideration for this position. Other Information

Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must complete a Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Registration. You will be required to provide proof of U.S. Citizenship. This position requires a 3 year probationary period during which the agency evaluates your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest. In making this determination, the agency may consider your performance and conduct; agency needs and interests; whether your continued employment supports organizational or Government goals; and whether it promotes the efficiency of the Federal service. Continued employment requires written certification that it advances the public interest. Direct Deposit of Pay is required. Recruitment or Relocation Incentives may be authorized up to 25% for highly qualified candidates. Housing will be provided for you upon arrival in country. Temporary storage of household goods costs will be paid for 1 year assignments. Household goods and U.S. postal capabilities are currently limited in Kuwait, with significant backlogs and extended delivery timelines. Incoming personnel are strongly encouraged to limit HHG shipments and plan accordingly for delays in receiving personal property and mail. Domicile to duty transportation will be provided at no cost to employees, this is a taxable benefit. Shipment and storage of Privately Owned Vehicle (POV) is NOT authorized. You may be entitled to post differential and allowances in addition to your base salary with: You may be authorized foreign allowances (subject to change without notice), if eligible: post allowance, post differential, Involuntary Separate Maintenance Allowance, and 10 days of Home Leave. Please visit https://aoprals.state.gov/Web920/location_action.asp?MenuHide=1&CountryCode=1161 for more information Locality pay does not apply in the overseas area. Selectees may receive certain foreign area benefits such as: Living Quarters Allowance (LQA) or government quarters, home leave, etc. Selectees will have their eligibility for foreign area benefits determined at the time of hire in accordance with Department of State Standardized Regulation (DSSR) and DoDI 1400.25 volume 1250. Employees who require medical or dental care in the overseas location will be responsible for obtaining and paying for such care. Access for civilian employees to military medical and dental treatment facilities is on a space-available and reimbursable basis only. Selection is subject to restrictions resulting from Department of Defense referral system for displaced employees. If you have retired from federal service and you are interested in employment as a reemployed annuitant, see the information in the Reemployed Annuitant information sheet. This is an Installations Career Field position. Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement. 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 https://www.dfas.mil/civilianemployees/civrelo/Civilian-Moving-Expenses-Tax-Deduction/ for more information. Permanent Change of Station (PCS) allowances may be authorized, subject to the provisions of the Joint Travel Regulations and an agency determination that a PCS move is in the Government Interest.