Assistant Regional Administrator for Cooperative and State Programs
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Atlanta, GA - USA
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Job Summary
This position serves as the Assistant Regional Administrator (ARA) for Cooperative and State Programs (CSP) for the Atlanta Region. It is in the Atlanta Regional Office. The ARA-CSP directs the State Program enforcement operations in the Region.
- The selectee will be expected to report to the office listed above; this is not a remote position.
- This position is outside the bargaining unit.
- The official title of this position is Safety and Occupational Health Manager.
The Safety and Occupational Health Manager (Assistant Regional Administrator for Cooperative and State Programs) plans directs develops manages policies and procedures and monitors a number of Safety and Health related programs mandated by the Occupational Safety and Health Act. These include State Plan operations Consultation programs Voluntary Protection Programs Training Public Outreach Partnerships Technical Information dissemination plus the financial grant activities available for some of those programs.
Duties include but are not limited to the following:
- Administers a Region wide program of consultative services and technical assistance to industry through grant arrangements with the states.
- Supervises professional and administrative staff conducting the support programs for clarification interpretation dissemination of technical information to the public as well as to the Area Offices and monitoring and evaluating State Program activities.
- Directs the State Program enforcement operations in the Region. Monitors and evaluates state program activities to judge the effectiveness of the overall performance of state plan operations to determine if they are at least as effective as the federal program.
- Advises OSHA grantees on grants management administration. Negotiates new grants at the beginning of each fiscal year; monitors grantees on administrative management requirements in accordance with prescribed guidelines.
- Directs the Regional Voluntary Protection Program (VPP) providing guidance direction and assistance to corporate and site managers in the development of safety and health management systems.
- Directs the Regional Outreach Technical Information and technical equipment programs.
- Participates with leadership in region wide program planning evaluation redirection and modification of policy and program criteria.
- Responds to significant occurrences such as occupational fatalities catastrophes imminent danger situations and issues involving organized groups.
- Provides technical information data and publications concerning occupational safety and health issues to a variety of users including OSHA personnel other government agencies and the general public.
- Fosters creative partnerships with workers employers other federal agencies insurance companies safety and health professional groups trade associations and others interested in improving workplace conditions.
- Must be a U.S. Citizen.
- Must be at least 16 years old.
- Candidate required to obtain the necessary security/investigation level.
- Requires a probationary period if the requirement has not been met.
- Subject to financial disclosure requirements.
- Requires a supervisory probationary period if the requirement has not been met.
- Requires a valid drivers license.
This series has an Individual Occupational Requirement (IOR):
Education: Undergraduate and Graduate Education: Major study -- safety or occupational health fields (safety occupational health industrial hygiene) or degree in other related fields that included or was supplemented by at least 24 semester hours of study from among the following (or closely related) disciplines: safety occupational health industrial hygiene occupational medicine toxicology public health mathematics physics chemistry biological sciences engineering and industrial psychology.
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Experience: (for positions above GS-5): Experience in or related to safety and occupational health that provided the specific knowledge skills and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position. Examples of qualifying specialized experience include:
- Managing safety or occupational health program elements.
- Developing and recommending safety and occupational health policy to higher levels of management.
- Applying safety and occupational health laws regulations principles theories practices and procedures to advise on or resolve technical matters dealing with occupational safety and health requirements.
- Developing safety and occupational health standards regulations practices and procedures to eliminate or control potential hazards.
- Developing or implementing programs to reduce the frequency severity and cost of accidents and occupational illnesses.
- Analyzing or evaluating new and existing jobs processes products or other systems to determine the existence severity probability and outcome of hazards.
- Designing or modifying workplaces processes products or other systems to control or eliminate hazards.
- Inspecting or surveying workplaces processes products or other systems for compliance with established safety and occupational health policies or standards and to identify potential new hazards.
- Training of workers supervisors managers or other safety and occupational health personnel in safety or occupational health subjects.
- Work in occupational fields such as industrial hygienist safety engineer fire prevention engineer health physicist and occupational health nurse.
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Certification as a Certified Safety Professional (CSP) Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH) or Certified Health Physicist (CHP) or similar certification that included successful completion of aYou must meet the Individual Occupational Requirement (IOR) listed above and the Specialized Experience to qualify for Assistant Regional Administrator for Cooperative and State Programs as described below.
Applicants must have 52 weeks of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level GS-13 in the Federal describing your experience please be clear and specific. We will not make assumptions regarding your experience.
Specialized Experience is the experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge skills and abilities (KSAs) to perform the duties of the position successfully and that is typically in or related to the position to be filled. To be creditable specialized experience must have been equivalent to at least the next lower grade level. Specialized Experience is defined as:
- Managing safety or occupational health enforcement/compliance program elements such as State OSHA Enforcement and Consultation programs Training and Educational Programs and Grants Voluntary Protection Programs Compliance Assistance Programs or other cooperative and state programs;
- Directing the accomplishment of work in accordance with OSHA procedures within the framework of OSHAs Strategic Plan;
- Providing technical assistance to employers employees or the general public concerning technical interpretations of the OSH Act standards regulations policies or procedures.
Any applicant falsely claiming an academic degree from an accredited school will be subject to actions ranging from disqualification from federal employment to removal from federal service.
If your education was completed at a foreign college or university you must show comparability to education received in accredited educational institutions in the United States and comparability to applicable minimum coursework requirements for this position. Click Evaluation of Foreign Education for more information.
The mission of the Department of Labor (DOL) is to protect the welfare of workers and job seekers improve working conditions expand high-quality employment opportunities and assure work-related benefits and rights for all workers.
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You may not be aware but in the regulations for agency ethics programs there are requirements for supervisors. Section 2638.103 of Title 5 of the CFR states: Every supervisor in the executive branch has a heightened personal responsibility for advancing government ethics. It is imperative that supervisors serve as models of ethical behavior for subordinates. Supervisors have a responsibility to help ensure that subordinates are aware of their ethical obligations under the Standards of Conduct and that subordinates know how to contact agency ethics officials. Supervisors are also responsible for working with agency ethics officials to help resolve conflicts of interests and enforce government ethics laws and regulations including those requiring certain employees to file financial disclosure addition supervisors are responsible when requested for assisting agency ethics officials in evaluating potential conflicts of interest and identifying positions subject to financial disclosure requirements.
Supervisory Financial Disclosure (If applicable): This position is subject to the confidential financial disclosure requirements of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (P.L. 95-521). Therefore if selected you will be required to complete a Confidential Financial Disclosure Report (OGE Form 450) to determine if a conflict or an appearance of a conflict exists between your financial interest(s) and your prospective position with DOL. This information will be required annually.
For more information click Telework Position Information. This is not a remote work position. The selectee will report to an assigned DOL office location on a regular basis and is eligible for participation in telework as determined by management in accordance with DOL policy.
Based on agency needs additional positions may be filled using this vacancy.
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Note: The FCA does not apply to some positions specified under the Act such as law enforcement or national security positions.
All Department of Labor employees are subject to the provisions of the Drug-Free Workplace Program under Executive Order 12564 and Public Law 100-71.
Amended to change and extend closing date to 08/28/2026.
Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government passionate about the ideals of our American republic and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.
A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new windowLearn more about federal benefits.
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