Supervisory Plant Protection and Quarantine Officer

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service•Honolulu, HI

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About The Position

As a Supervisory Plant Protection and Quarantine Officer, you help protect the health, welfare, and agricultural economy of the United States and facilitate agricultural exports. You supervise professional employees, including Officers, administrative staff, and a substantial, fluctuating workforce of permanent and temporary technical and aid-level employees in Agricultural Quarantine Inspection (AQI) and Domestic programs. The duties listed are at the full-performance level; assignments at developmental grades have more limited scope, independence, and complexity.

Requirements

U.S. citizen or U.S. national.
Individuals born male after December 31, 1959, must be registered with Selective Service or exempt.
Subject to satisfactory adjudication of a background investigation and/or fingerprint check.
Complete a one-year probationary period unless previously served; a one-year supervisory/managerial probationary period also applies unless prior service is creditable.
New USDA supervisors must successfully complete all components of the required training program before the end of the supervisory probationary period.
Enroll in Direct Deposit for federal payments.
Successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check.
Enroll in Continuous Vetting as a USDA employee.
Meet applicable time-in-grade requirements: current federal employees seeking promotion must have 52 weeks of service at the next lower grade in the normal line of progression.
Meet the basic education requirement with a degree in biological sciences, agriculture, natural resource management, chemistry, or a related discipline appropriate to the position; alternatively, have post-high-school coursework equivalent to a major (24 semester or 36 quarter hours) in an appropriate discipline, plus appropriate experience or additional coursework.
At the GS-11 level, have one year of specialized experience equivalent to GS-9 supporting import/export, survey, and quarantine operations; providing routine guidance and task-related coaching; adjusting workflows and priorities during staffing changes; resolving routine operational issues; and communicating technical guidance and program updates to staff and external partners.
Alternatively, at the GS-11 level, have three years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree in an appropriate discipline, or a qualifying combination of education and experience.
Provide transcripts when required by the education-based qualification pathway; qualifying education must be completed at an accredited school, college, or university.

Responsibilities

Implement regulatory, treatment, and/or inspection programs to facilitate exports of agricultural products.
Plan and manage the technical approach for inspections, treatments, survey and eradication programs, and quarantine applications.
Plan and organize subordinate employees’ work and training; administer overtime and approve subordinate employees’ leave.
Prepare an annual budget within allocated funds and ensure supplies, equipment, and facilities meet program needs.
Evaluate and review subordinate employees’ work and prepare work accomplishment reports.
Determine when additional staffing is needed; initiate recruitment requests, conduct interviews, and make selections.
Conduct program assessments and develop long-range work plans at the local level.
Perform other duties as assigned.