Clarification from the agency

U.S. Citizens

The Office of Research and Development’s (ORD) Center for Computational Toxicology and Exposure (CCTE) provides solutions-driven research to rapidly evaluate the potential human health and environmental risk associated with exposures to environmental stressors and ensure the integrity of the freshwater environment and its capacity to support human well-being. For human and ecological health, CCTE provides scientific leadership in developing and applying New Approach Methodologies (NAMs) and innovative in vivo models to evaluate chemical hazards as well as computational and advanced analytical chemistry approaches for characterizing exposure. The Center's research integrates advances in biology, biotechnology, chemistry, statistics, and computer modeling to achieve these goals. CCTE scientists support the Agency’s mission by informing solutions to complex environmental problems by generating data and developing methods, models, and tools used in regulatory decision-making.

Major duties of the Associate Director for Toxicology include:

• Strategically planning the Center’s research in the context of toxicology research and modeling, and developing an innovative, integrated toxicological research program that employs a variety of approaches, including the use of empirical, computational, and modeling tools.
• Implementing an integrated research program that applies systematic investigation of theory, experimentation, or simulation of experiments to environmental research related to the Center’s research areas.
• Serving as a senior advisor to the Center Director, the Deputy Assistant Administrator, and the Assistant Administrator. 
• Serving as the lead for communicating the impact of the Center’s research program both to partners within the Agency and to entities outside of the Agency.
• Developing and maintaining a close working relationships with the ORD Centers and Offices to ensure that an integrated research program is developed and implemented.
• Assuring the timely and effective dissemination of the Center’s outputs to the appropriate user community and that the implications of such findings are communicated to appropriate Agency officials.

Conditions of employment

• You must be a U.S. citizen.
• You must submit a resume and required documents--see How to Apply section.
• You may be required to travel 1 to 5 days of each month.
• Position has education requirements--see Qualifications/Education section.
• If you are selected, a pre-employment background check is required.

The Ethics in Government Act, P.L. 95-521 requires the applicant selected for this position to submit a financial disclosure statement, OGE-278, prior to assuming the Title 42 position, annually, and upon termination of employment.

This position is designated as High Risk and requires a background investigation. Unless an appropriate background investigation is already on record with the Office of Personnel Management, you must undergo a background investigation.

Qualifications

To meet the eligibility criteria, you must have doctoral degree in a scientific discipline related to the ORD Center for Computational Toxicology and Exposure’s (CCTE) mission and substantive specialized experience in a type of work or a combination of functions directly related to this position. You should be recognized as a significant scientific contributor in one or more areas related to New Approach Methods (NAMs) or innovative in vivo models to evaluate human health and ecological hazards and toxicokinetics. You should have demonstrated leadership in interpreting and integrating scientific information across a broad range of disciplines to address complex environmental problems related to CCTE’s mission. As evidence of your qualifications and scientific contributions, you may also have: 1) received an extensive number of invitations to write and speak on issues in your field; 2) written numerous peer reviewed publications in high quality journals; 3) served in leadership roles on numerous taskforces/committees or as an advisor to national and international institutions/governments; 4) held elected positions in scientific societies; and 5) built coalitions and relationships with partners to address the concerns related to emerging toxicological research efforts.

How you will be evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

This position is being filled through the Title 42 hiring authority.  We will review your resume and required documents to ensure you meet the basic qualification requirements. You will be evaluated on the basis of meeting the qualifications stated previously. In determining the degree to which candidates possess the required or desired knowledge, skills, and abilities, an evaluation panel will consider related experience, education, training, awards, and professional references. The evaluation panel will rate you on the following criteria: 1) scientific expertise; 2) leadership and management; 3) communications; and 4) networking and collaboration.