Director, Existing Chemical Risk Management Division

Director, Existing Chemical Risk Management Division Environmental Protection Agency Summary This Senior Executive Service (SES) position is in the Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention, Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics, Existing Chemical Risk Management Division.

About OCSPP:

https://www.epa.gov/aboutepa/about-office-chemical-safety-and-pollution-prevention This is an office-centered position

• you must physically report to one of the duty stions sted in this announcement on a regular basis (locion TBD after candide selected).

Learn more about this agency Summary This Senior Executive Service (SES) position is in the Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention, Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics, Existing Chemical Risk Management Division.

About OCSPP:

https://www.epa.gov/aboutepa/about-office-chemical-safety-and-pollution-prevention This is an office-centered position

• you must physically report to one of the duty stions sted in this announcement on a regular basis (locion TBD after candide selected). Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Posted this month
• Apply by 06/30/26 Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on June 30, 2026 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locions: Washington, DC Durham, NC Cincinni, OH No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $197,201
• $228,000 per year Pay scale & grade ES 00 Promotion potential 00 Learn more about pay scale and grade Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required Occasional travel
• You may be expected to travel for this position.

Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series 0340 Program Management Supervisory stus Yes Federal service type This job is in the Senior Executive Service Represented by a union No Drug test No Security clearance Not Required Position sensitivity and risk High Risk (HR) Jobs require a background check and some require a security clearance . The type depends on the job. Background check type Credentialing Suitability/Fitness Financial disclosure required Yes Some jobs require financial disclosure to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number

EPA-ES-26-12975282

Control number 872765400 This job is open to Help The public U.S. Citizens, Nionals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S. Senior executives Individuals looking for an executive-level job and who meet the five Executive Core Qualificions (ECQs). Clarificion from the agency U.S. Citizens Duties Help The Existing Chemical Risk Management Division is responsible for addressing several mandes for "existing" chemicals (those already in commerce and on the Inventory) under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), while continuing to address harmful "legacy" chemicals th remain in the environment. This includes the Polychlorined Biphenyl (PCB) provisions of TSCA, the nional Asbestos laws, the Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act, and the new Formaldehyde Standards for Composite Wood Products Act. Specific duties of this position may include, but are not limited to: Serving as the principal advisor to the Director and Deputy Directors of the Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics for program areas th fall under the purview of the Division. Developing and implementing long

• and short
• range plans, budgets, grants and contracts, and progress and performance evaluions of the Division's programs.

Representing the Division in agency conferences, meetings, seminars, and committees th pertain to assigned program areas. 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. Ensuring th procurements, contracts, grants, and assistance are managed in accordance with agency and office policies, regulory requirements, and budgetary constraints. Performing the full range of supervisory human resources functions for the Division and subordine employees. Requirements Help Conditions of employment You must be a U.S. Citizen. If you are selected, you must complete a 1-year SES probionary 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 stement, OGE-278, prior to assuming the SES position, annually, and upon terminion 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 identificion card during the onboarding process (i.e., for employment eligibility verificion or to obtain your EPA identificion card), the document must be a REAL ID-compliant ste-issued driver's license or identificion card th includes the REAL ID-compliant star marking, or must be an Enhanced Driver's License (EDL). You will receive informion about alternive acceptable documents (e.g., passport) prior to onboarding. For more informion about REAL ID, see Dept. of Homeland Security and REAL ID FAQs . This position is designed as High Risk and requires a background investigion. Unless an approprie background investigion is already on record with the Office of Personnel Management, you must undergo a background investigion. 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 de. #LI-Onsite Qualificions The work of this position is classified in the Program Management, 0340 series where the qualificions include both general management skills and characteristics th are applicable to all SES positions and technical or program responsibilities specific to this position. Applicants must have substantive general experience which provides a good basic or general knowledge of the principles of organizion, management and administrion; and substantive specialized (opering administrive or managerial) experience in a type of work or a combinion of functions directly reled to this position. All applicants must have one year of specialized experience a level close to the work of this job th demonstres the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities required to successfully perform in this role. Typically this experience can be found in work within this field or a field th is closely reled. As a basic requirement for entry into the Senior Executive Service, applicants must also provide evidence of progressively responsible leadership experience th is indicive of senior level management capability and directly reled to the skills and abilities outlined under the Executive Core Qualificions and Technical Qualificions listed below. A. Executive Core Qualificions (ECQs)

• Mandory for competitive applicants
• Failure to address these factors within the required 2-page resume will result in your applicion being disqualified, unless you are a noncompetitive eligible applicant. ECQ 1
• COMMITMENT

TO THE RULE OF LAW AND THE PRINCIPLES OF THE AMERICAN FOUNDING.

Involves demonstred knowledge of the American system of government, commitment to uphold the Constitution and the rule of law, and commitment to serve the American people. ECQ 2

• DRIVING

EFFICIENCY.

Involves demonstred ability to stregically and efficiently manage resources, budget effectively, cut wasteful spending, and pursue efficiency through process and technological upgrades. ECQ 3

• MERIT

AND COMPETENCE.

Involves demonstred knowledge, ability, and technical competence to effectively and reliably produce work th is of exceptional quality. ECQ 4

• LEADING PEOPLE. Involves demonstred ability to lead and inspire a group toward meeting the organizion's vision, mission, and goals, and to drive a high-performance, high-accountability culture. This includes, when necessary, the ability to lead people through change and hold individuals accountable. ECQ 5
• ACHIEVING RESULTS. Involves demonstred ability to achieve both individual and organizional results, and to align results to sted goals from superiors. Your responses should be clear and concise and show a level of accomplishment and a degree of responsibility. Leadership competencies for each ECQ can be found in OPM's Guide to SES Qualificions. B. Technical Qualificions (TQs)
• Mandory for all applicants
• Failure to address these factors within the required 2-page resume will result in your applicion being disqualified. TQ 1
• Demonstred experience in providing leadership and direction to a multi-faceted organizion of technical staff of various disciplines on conducting rule development and preparing documents needed to support regulory and non-regulory programs.

Educion This job does not have an educion qualificion requirement. Additional informion Veterans' preference is not applicable to the Senior Executive Service. EPA participes in E-Verify. E-Verify is an Internet based system opered by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in partnership with the Social Security Administrion (SSA) th enables participing employers to electronically verify the employment eligibility of their newly hired employees.

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E-Verify . Expand Hide additional informion Candides should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passione about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United Stes Constitution. Benefits Help 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 th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Join EPA in protecting human health and the environment and enjoy many work life quality options! Working for the EPA offers you a comprehensive benefits package th includes, in part, 26 days of paid vacion, sick leave, holidays, life insurance, health benefits, and participion in the Federal Employees Retirement System. To learn more about us, Life and Careers EPA . If you are selected for this position, situional telework may be approved by your supervisor if you meet eligibility requirements, as allowable by agency policy. Review our benefits Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. How you evalued You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above. We will review your resume and required documents to ensure you meet the basic qualificion requirements. If you meet basic qualificion requirements, your applicion evalued based on the experience described in your resume with the required Executive Core Qualificions (ECQs) and Technical Qualificions (TQs). It will then be forwarded to a three-member Ring Panel consisting of SES members for further review. The Ring Panel will decide which Best Qualified applicants issued to the Selecting Official by the Human Resources Office. Benefits Help 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 th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Join EPA in protecting human health and the environment and enjoy many work life quality options! Working for the EPA offers you a comprehensive benefits package th includes, in part, 26 days of paid vacion, sick leave, holidays, life insurance, health benefits, and participion in the Federal Employees Retirement System. To learn more about us, Life and Careers EPA . If you are selected for this position, situional telework may be approved by your supervisor if you meet eligibility requirements, as allowable by agency policy. Review our benefits Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. Required documents Required Documents Help Documents to be submitted online:

NOTE:

You should ensure your social security number, de of birth, and any other personal informion are redacted.

• Resume
• Required for all applicants
• Ste your experience reled to this position as described in the Duties section and Qualificions section.

In describing your experience, be clear and specific. We may not make assumptions regarding your experience.

NOTE:

Your resume may not exceed 2 pages. If your resume exceeds 2 pages, your applicion disqualified.

• -Executive Core Qualificions (ECQs)
• Required for competitive applicants Address your experience with the ECQS described in the Qualificions section within the limits of your 2-page resume. For more informion on ECQs, see OPM's Guide to SES Qualificions .
• Technical Qualificions (TQs)
• Required for all applicants Address your experience with the TQs described in the Qualificions section within the limits of your 2-page resume.
• Proof of SES noncompetitive eligibility
• Required for noncompetitive applicants
• If you are currently serving under a Career SES appointment, are eligible for reinstement into the SES, or have successfully completed a SES Candide Development Program approved by OPM, submit one of the following: Certificion of completion from an OPM-approved SES Candide Development Program (CDP).

This applies only if your ECQs have been approved by an OPM Qualificions Review Board through the

SES CDP. SF-50

showing your stus as a: current Career SES appointee, former Career SES appointee with Career SES reinstement eligibility, or current or reinstement eligible Career SES-equivalent executive who is/was employed in a Federal government agency th has an interchange agreement with the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) allowing for movement between the agency's SES-equivalent personnel system and the SES. To learn more about submitting documention, Uploading Documents to USAJOBS . How to Apply Help You are strongly encouraged to read the entire announcement before you submit your applicion for this position. You must provide specific examples of your educion, experience, training and awards in the manner and order instructed below which are applicable to each Executive Core Qualificion (ECQ) and Technical Qualificion (TQ). You are required to demonstre your experience with the five ECQs and the TQs described in the Qualificions section. Failure to address the ECQs and TQs within your 2-page resume will result in your applicion being disqualified. To begin the applicion process, click the Apply button to the top right on this screen, follow the prompts to log-in/register, submit all required documents, and complete the assessment questionnaire. To be considered, you must submit a complete applicion package by 11:59 PM Eastern Time on the day the announcement closes. As referenced in the Required Documents section, all required supporting documents collected electronically via the USAJOBS document portfolio feure. It is recommended th you review your applicion merials after they have been uploaded to your applicion to ensure they conform to the requirements sted in the announcement. If you have any questions or concerns regarding your applicion, please contact the HR Specialist listed on the announcement. If you cannot apply online, you must contact the HR Specialist listed below for assistance no ler than two business days prior to the closing de of this announcement. You must provide complete applicion merials by the day the announcement closes. For detailed instructions to assist you in ensuring your applicion package is received, go to EPA Announcement Policies and Procedures .

REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION EPA

welcomes applicions from persons with disabilities. Through the reasonable accommodion process, we provide persons with disabilities an equal opportunity to enjoy the benefits and privileges of employment th persons without disabilities enjoy. A reasonable accommodion is any change in the work environment or in the way things are customarily done. An accommodion removes workplace barriers and enables an applicant with a disability to have an equal opportunity to participe in the applicion process, be considered for a position, and, if hired, perform the essential functions of their job. The EPA Nional Reasonable Accommodion Coordinors will provide assistance to you, the Human Resources Office, and/or the hiring official as needed. For more informion, refer to EPA's Reasonable Accommodion website . Below is more detailed informion about how to request a reasonable accommodion during the applicion, selection, and hiring process: If you require reasonable accommodion for any part of the applicion process (submitting the applicion or completing the applicion process), contact the Human Resources Office listed below no ler than two business days prior to the closing de of this announcement, and the Human Resources Office will work directly with you. If you are referred to the hiring official for considerion and need an accommodion during the selection process, including the interview, notify the person who contacted you from the hiring official's office. If you do not hear back within three days about your reasonable accommodion request for the selection process, please notify EPA's Nional Reasonable Accommodion Coordinors via email disabilityaccommodions@epa.gov. If you are selected and need an accommodion during the hiring process up to oriention, notify the HR Specialist who made the job offer to you.

Please note:

Determinions on requests for reasonable accommodion made on a case-by-case basis. Agency contact informion Taylor Heise Phone 919-541-2859 heise.taylor@epa.gov Address Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, DC 20460 US Next steps It is your responsibility to check your USAJOBS account for applicion stus informion. You can track the progress of your applicion via your USAJOBS account by clicking the Track This Applicion link. Your USAJOBS applicion stus will appear in your profile if your applicion was received successfully; if your submission was not received, the applicion stus will show as unavailable. After the announcement closes, the Human Resources Office will conduct a review of your applicion package. If your applicion is complete and you meet basic qualificion requirements, it forwarded to a three-member Ring Panel consisting of SES members for further review of your 2-page resume, particularly your described experience with the ECQs and TQs. The Ring Panel will decide which Best Qualified applicants referred to the Selecting Official by the Human Resources Office. Competitive candides referred for considerion contacted to schedule a structured interview. Additional interviews and/or assessments may follow. If you are selected, you contacted personally by the Human Resources Office posting this announcement. Your applicion stus will change in USAJOBS when updes are available for each step of the process.

NOTE:

We may verify all informion you provide in your resume and questionnaire responses through reference and/or background check, and/or verificion of your educion. Any exaggerion of your experience, false stements, or tempt to conceal informion may disqualify you for employment considerion. Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Required Documents Help Documents to be submitted online:

NOTE:

You should ensure your social security number, de of birth, and any other personal informion are redacted.

• Resume
• Required for all applicants
• Ste your experience reled to this position as described in the Duties section and Qualificions section.

In describing your experience, be clear and specific. We may not make assumptions regarding your experience.

NOTE:

Your resume may not exceed 2 pages. If your resume exceeds 2 pages, your applicion disqualified.

• -Executive Core Qualificions (ECQs)
• Required for competitive applicants Address your experience with the ECQS described in the Qualificions section within the limits of your 2-page resume. For more informion on ECQs, see OPM's Guide to SES Qualificions .
• Technical Qualificions (TQs)
• Required for all applicants Address your experience with the TQs described in the Qualificions section within the limits of your 2-page resume.
• Proof of SES noncompetitive eligibility
• Required for noncompetitive applicants
• If you are currently serving under a Career SES appointment, are eligible for reinstement into the SES, or have successfully completed a SES Candide Development Program approved by OPM, submit one of the following: Certificion of completion from an OPM-approved SES Candide Development Program (CDP).

This applies only if your ECQs have been approved by an OPM Qualificions Review Board through the

SES CDP. SF-50

showing your stus as a: current Career SES appointee, former Career SES appointee with Career SES reinstement eligibility, or current or reinstement eligible Career SES-equivalent executive who is/was employed in a Federal government agency th has an interchange agreement with the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) allowing for movement between the agency's SES-equivalent personnel system and the SES. To learn more about submitting documention, Uploading Documents to USAJOBS . How to Apply Help You are strongly encouraged to read the entire announcement before you submit your applicion for this position. You must provide specific examples of your educion, experience, training and awards in the manner and order instructed below which are applicable to each Executive Core Qualificion (ECQ) and Technical Qualificion (TQ). You are required to demonstre your experience with the five ECQs and the TQs described in the Qualificions section. Failure to address the ECQs and TQs within your 2-page resume will result in your applicion being disqualified. To begin the applicion process, click the Apply button to the top right on this screen, follow the prompts to log-in/register, submit all required documents, and complete the assessment questionnaire. To be considered, you must submit a complete applicion package by 11:59 PM Eastern Time on the day the announcement closes. As referenced in the Required Documents section, all required supporting documents collected electronically via the USAJOBS document portfolio feure. It is recommended th you review your applicion merials after they have been uploaded to your applicion to ensure they conform to the requirements sted in the announcement. If you have any questions or concerns regarding your applicion, please contact the HR Specialist listed on the announcement. If you cannot apply online, you must contact the HR Specialist listed below for assistance no ler than two business days prior to the closing de of this announcement. You must provide complete applicion merials by the day the announcement closes. For detailed instructions to assist you in ensuring your applicion package is received, go to EPA Announcement Policies and Procedures .

REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION EPA

welcomes applicions from persons with disabilities. Through the reasonable accommodion process, we provide persons with disabilities an equal opportunity to enjoy the benefits and privileges of employment th persons without disabilities enjoy. A reasonable accommodion is any change in the work environment or in the way things are customarily done. An accommodion removes workplace barriers and enables an applicant with a disability to have an equal opportunity to participe in the applicion process, be considered for a position, and, if hired, perform the essential functions of their job. The EPA Nional Reasonable Accommodion Coordinors will provide assistance to you, the Human Resources Office, and/or the hiring official as needed. For more informion, refer to EPA's Reasonable Accommodion website . Below is more detailed informion about how to request a reasonable accommodion during the applicion, selection, and hiring process: If you require reasonable accommodion for any part of the applicion process (submitting the applicion or completing the applicion process), contact the Human Resources Office listed below no ler than two business days prior to the closing de of this announcement, and the Human Resources Office will work directly with you. If you are referred to the hiring official for considerion and need an accommodion during the selection process, including the interview, notify the person who contacted you from the hiring official's office. If you do not hear back within three days about your reasonable accommodion request for the selection process, please notify EPA's Nional Reasonable Accommodion Coordinors via email disabilityaccommodions@epa.gov. If you are selected and need an accommodion during the hiring process up to oriention, notify the HR Specialist who made the job offer to you.

Please note:

Determinions on requests for reasonable accommodion made on a case-by-case basis. Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion Taylor Heise Phone 919-541-2859 heise.taylor@epa.gov Address Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, DC 20460 US Next steps It is your responsibility to check your USAJOBS account for applicion stus informion. You can track the progress of your applicion via your USAJOBS account by clicking the Track This Applicion link. Your USAJOBS applicion stus will appear in your profile if your applicion was received successfully; if your submission was not received, the applicion stus will show as unavailable. After the announcement closes, the Human Resources Office will conduct a review of your applicion package. If your applicion is complete and you meet basic qualificion requirements, it forwarded to a three-member Ring Panel consisting of SES members for further review of your 2-page resume, particularly your described experience with the ECQs and TQs. The Ring Panel will decide which Best Qualified applicants referred to the Selecting Official by the Human Resources Office. Competitive candides referred for considerion contacted to schedule a structured interview. Additional interviews and/or assessments may follow. If you are selected, you contacted personally by the Human Resources Office posting this announcement. Your applicion stus will change in USAJOBS when updes are available for each step of the process.

NOTE:

We may verify all informion you provide in your resume and questionnaire responses through reference and/or background check, and/or verificion of your educion. Any exaggerion of your experience, false stements, or tempt to conceal informion may disqualify you for employment considerion. Expand Hide next steps Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Overview Help Accepting applicions Posted this month

• Apply by 06/30/26 Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on June 30, 2026 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locions: Washington, DC Durham, NC Cincinni, OH No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $197,201
• $228,000 per year Pay scale & grade ES 00 Promotion potential 00 Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required Occasional travel
• You may be expected to travel for this position.

Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series Supervisory stus Yes Federal service type This job is in the Senior Executive Service Represented by a union No Drug test No Security clearance Not Required Position sensitivity and risk Jobs require a and some require a . The type depends on the job. Background check type Financial disclosure required Yes Some jobs require to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number

EPA-ES-26-12975282

Control number 872765400