Supervisory Biological Scientist or Supervisory Veterinary Medical Officer

If selected for this position, you will be responsible for the first line supervision of the assigned subunit in the New World Screwworm (NWS) Facilities which is part of Veterinary Services (VS), Field Operations (FiOps). You will provide administrative and technical direction to one of the subunits under the NWS Facilities Branches which includes the Technical Branch, Services Branch, and Production Dispersal Branch.

The duties may include, but are not limited to:

Supervising subordinates more than 25% of the time including, but not limited to, recruitment, selecting, appraising, rewarding, and addressing performance problems.

Provides leadership and technical direction in the formulation and execution of programs and policies related to APHIS’ support services at the NWS Production Facility.

Reviews progress of unit and makes appropriate revisions or modifications of plans.

Ensures the uniform application of standards and criteria for evaluating shared services program planning, results, and conclusions.

Helps ensure the operational aspects of NWS Production Facility meets standards for ISO (International Organization for Standardization) 9001 (requirements for quality management systems).

Helps ensure the operational aspects of NWS Production Facility meets standards for ISO 17025 (general requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories).

Helps ensure the operational aspects of NWS Production Facility meets standards for ISO 17043 (conformity assessment -- general requirements for proficiency testing).

Helps ensure the operational aspects of NWS Production Facility meets standards for ISO Guide 34 (general requirements for the competence of reference material producers).

Develops briefing documents regarding the status of the NWS production planning.