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Office Director, Office of Surveillance Strategy and Risk Prioritization

Food and Drug Administration · Posted 11 days ago

Hybrid College Park, MD $213K – $341K Apply by Jul 30, 2026 General Health Science INTJINTPISFJISTJ
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About the Role

This position is being filled under a stream-lined hiring authority, Title 21 of the United States Code (21 US Code 379d-3a) as amended by the 21st Century Cures Act of 2016, section 3072 and the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023, Section 3624. The candidate selected for this position will serve under a career or career-conditional appointment and be paid under the provisions of this authority. This position is being recruited based on the Title 21 Pay Table 4, Band G. .

What You'll Do

  • The Office of Surveillance Strategy and Risk Prioritization (OSSRP) is responsible for leading overall surveillance strategy development, oversight, and associated activities through a comprehensive and integrated approach.
  • Detects and assesses hazards (new and emerging risks), and to assess the overall state of the food supply, including prevalence of various hazards across commodities.
  • The Office Director manages subordinate staff units and performs the following: Responsible for the overall planning and evaluation of OSSRP programs.
  • Oversees the day-to-day administration of the Office through the supervision of three Division Directors and one Staff Director.
  • Reviews and makes recommendations regarding budget allocation, spending, personnel requests and proposals.
  • Serves as the principal advisor to the Deputy Commissioner for Food on a wide variety of HFP responsibilities including microbial and chemical risk/hazard assessment and ranking and surveillance and the detection of risks in the food system.
  • Provides direction for strengthening systems for conducting and coordination of risk analysis and surveillance activities and related research associated with national and international issues involving HFP-regulated products.
  • Designs and evaluates dynamic, integrated work planning approach that optimizes HFP resource allocation.
  • Includes the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) activities and ensures coordination with state and other regulatory partners Serves as a spokesperson and liaison for the HFP on surveillance and risk management activities at the local, state and federal levels.
  • Provides leadership and direction to full range of risk assessment activities that covers both pathogenic and chemical sharing expertise from data collection to model building to end-use analysis.

Requirements

  • Ethics Clearance Requirements This position requires financial disclosure reporting and will be subject to FDA's prohibited financial interest regulation.
  • If you are hired, you may be required to divest of certain financial interests.
  • You are advised to seek additional information on this requirement from the hiring official before accepting any job offers.
  • For more information, please visit the FDA Ethics web page: https://www.fda.gov/about-fda/jobs-and-training-fda/ethics.
  • Education Requirements: Bachelor's or graduate/higher level degree: major study in an academic field related to the medical field, health sciences or allied sciences appropriate to the position.
  • This degree must be from an educational program from an accrediting body recognized by the U.S.
  • Department of Education(external link) at the time the degree was obtained. https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0600/general-medical-and-healthcare-series-0601/ Pay careful attention to the Qualifications and Education sections to identify vacancies where a transcript is required.
  • Even if you hold a similar position or are a current employee, you are not exempt from transcript requirements.
  • TRANSCRIPTS (Required): Positions which are scientific or technical in nature often have very specific educational requirements.
  • You must submit an official transcript, unofficial transcript, or a list including courses, grades earned, completion dates, and quarter and semester hours earned.
  • Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S.
  • Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications.
  • Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S.
  • Department of Education.

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