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Epidemiologist
Customs and Border Protection · Posted 13 days ago
About the Role
Organizational Location: This position is with the Department of Homeland Security, within U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Human Resources Management, Occupational Safety & Health. Location negotiable upon selection, must report to a CBP facility.
What You'll Do
- →This position starts at a salary of $106,437.00 (GS-13, Step 1) to $138,370.00 (GS-13, Step 10).
- →GS Salary: Visit this link to view the locality pay tables by geographic area.
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- →Typical duties in this position include: Providing evidence-based expertise and advice to multiple CBP academy and operational field locations, concerning concepts, techniques, administrative procedures, and practices associated with injury, accidents, and infectious disease trends, risk reduction, and workforce health status and changes.
- →Analyzing data for trends and significant causal relationships regarding work tasks, behaviors, and health practices utilizing appropriate statistical evaluation methods such as data analysis, epidemiological modeling, and contact tracing.
- →Developing and conducting studies and surveys for academy trainees and staff and employees located at various field locations, which will typically inquire about injury, exposure, and health risk will include input and involvement from CBP and other Federal law enforcement administrative and physical training staff, as appropriate.
- →Providing professional leadership and program direction in administration, practices, education, and research related to epidemiology as an integral component of a national safety and health program.
- →Developing standards, safety and health policies, and guidelines concerning the delivery of public health education and services, ensuring conformance with CBP policies, industry standards, and coordination with local management.
Requirements
- ✓You must be a U.S.
- ✓Your conduct will be subject to the ethics rules applicable to all Executive Branch employees, and to CBP employees specifically, as well as the criminal conflict of interest statutes.
- ✓Once you enter on duty, these rules include obtaining approval for outside employment or business activity, to ensure such employment or business activity is not prohibited and does not interfere or conflict with performance of your official duties.
- ✓Please review further details via the following link.
- ✓DHS uses E-Verify, an internet-based system, to confirm the eligibility of all newly hired employees to work in the United States.
- ✓Learn more about E-Verify including your rights and responsibilities.
- ✓Bargaining Unit: This is a bargaining unit covered position, represented under the National Treasury Employees Unions - NTEU.
- ✓For local chapter contact information see Chapter Websites - National Treasury Employees Union - NTEU.
- ✓Please see the Qualifications and Required Documents sections for more information if education is applicable to this position.
Benefits
- ★CBP employees demonstrate the highest level of commitment to protect and serve the United States of America and to exemplify the CBP Core Values of Vigilance, Service to Country and Integrity.
- ★Learn more about CBP's mission, core values and careers at https://www.cbp.gov/about Additional selections may be made beyond the total number of vacancies specified using this vacancy announcement.
- ★Further selections may also be made for additional organizational divisions and/or units within the duty location(s) listed above.
- ★The open period for this job opportunity announcement may be extended to allow for a sufficient applicant pool.
- ★Your assessment results will be kept on record for one year and used toward future positions for which you might apply that require the same assessments.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 00505934-f94d-42f4-8700-c5dd8ea0397f
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