Summary
This Senior Executive Service (SES) position is in the Office of Air and Radiation, Office of Radiation and Indoor Air, Indoor Environments Division. About the Office of Air and Radiation.. This is an office-centered position--you must physically report to the duty station stated in this announcement on a regular basis.
Duties
The Indoor Environments Division (IED) provides national level leadership in how to provide clean indoor air for every American and to improve and protect the health of Americans in homes, schools, places of worship, buildings, and workplaces. IED synthesizes and translates the best available science into indoor air quality (IAQ) guidance and efficiency for the public, industry, federal, state, and tribal communities. IED also provides technical assistance and outreach to these stakeholders, raises awareness of IAQ and related issues in buildings, and promotes risk-reducing, cost-effective action. IED serves as a catalyst for action by guiding indoor air research on schools, homes and buildings; providing effective technical assistance and tools for residence and building owners, particularly during emergencies with potential for causing significant indoor air impacts, such as wildfires, hurricanes, flooding, etc. IED uses innovative and creative outreach approaches, and builds cooperative public/private partnerships. IED pursues programmatic goals by establishing and prioritizing quantitative public health targets for indoor air contaminants, using state-of-the-art scientific and policy analysis; providing tools to track and measure performance of buildings, as well as developing and implementing an action plan that can leverage legal, economic, and institutional factors to support and encourage improvements in indoor air quality and related building improvements for all Americans. The Division coordinates with Regional offices on all the above functions. Specific duties of this position may include, but are not limited to: - Planning, developing, and implementing the technical program policies and objectives of the Division. - Preparing and coordinating the Division's budget requests and revisions, ensuring accurate resource allocation for the Division. - Identifying, implementing, and evaluating the Division's goals, objectives, programs, policies, and procedures as well as the effectiveness, efficiency, and productivity of the Division. - Performing the full range of supervisory human resource tasks for the Division. - Ensuring that extramural resources, both procurement (contracts) and assistance (grants, cooperative agreements and/or interagency agreements) are appropriately managed to maximize use of the Agency's resources. - Overseeing the development, assessment, and improvement of management control systems in order to safeguard programs and achieve results while adhering to the Federal Managers Financial Integrity Act.
Requirements
You must be a U.S. Citizen. If you are selected, you must complete a 1-year SES probationary period, if not previously completed. 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 SES position, annually, and upon termination of employment. REAL ID requirements became effective on 05/07/25. If you are selected for this position and plan to use your driver's license or identification card during the onboarding process (i.e., for employment eligibility verification or to obtain your EPA identification card), the document must be a REAL ID-compliant state-issued driver's license or identification card that includes the REAL ID-compliant star marking, or must be an Enhanced Driver's License (EDL). You will receive information about alternative acceptable documents (e.g., passport) prior to onboarding. For more information about REAL ID, see Dept. of Homeland Security and REAL ID FAQs. 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. All conditions of the pre-employment security process must be met before an official letter of employment can be issued with a report for duty date. #LI-Onsite
How you will be evaluated
We will review your resume and required documents to ensure you meet the basic qualification requirements. If you meet basic qualification requirements, your application will be evaluated based on the experience described in your resume with the required Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs) and Technical Qualifications (TQs). It will then be forwarded to a three-member Rating Panel consisting of SES members for further review. The Rating Panel will decide which Best Qualified applicants will be issued to the Selecting Official by the Human Resources Office.