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Safety & Occupional Health Specialist Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Educion School Operions / Division of Facilty & Safety Management Summary This position is part of the Educion Facilities, Bureau of Indian Educion (BIE), Department of the Interior (DOI). As a Safety & Occupional Health Specialist you responsible for managing the safety program to include implemention, oversite and evaluions, and performance serving as the technical expert regarding safety to management, safety staff and committees. Learn more about this agency Summary This position is part of the Educion Facilities, Bureau of Indian Educion (BIE), Department of the Interior (DOI). As a Safety & Occupional Health Specialist you responsible for managing the safety program to include implemention, oversite and evaluions, and performance serving as the technical expert regarding safety to management, safety staff and committees. Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Posted this week • Apply by 06/25/26 Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on June 25, 2026 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Window Rock, AZ No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible No Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $89,508 - $116,362 per year Pay scale & grade GS 12 Promotion potential None Learn more about pay scale and grade Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required 50% or less - You may be expected to travel for this position. Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series 0018 Safety and Occupional Health Management Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Competitive Service Represented by a union Yes Drug test Yes Security clearance Not Required Position sensitivity and risk Modere Risk (MR) Jobs require a background check and some require a security clearance . The type depends on the job. Background check type Suitability/Fitness Financial disclosure required No Some jobs require financial disclosure to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number
BIE-12983037-26-MM
Control number 872803400 This job is open to Help Federal employees - Competitive service Current federal employees whose agencies follow the U.S. Office of Personnel Management's hiring rules and pay scales. Career transition (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL) Federal employees whose job, agency or department was elimined and are eligible for priority over other applicants. Veterans Veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces or a spouse, widow, widower or parent of a veteran, who may be eligible for derived preference Military spouses Military spouses of active duty service members or whose spouse is 100 percent disabled or died on active duty. Individuals with disabilities Individuals who are eligible under Schedule A. Nive Americans Nive Americans or Alaskan Nives with a tribal affiliion. Clarificion from the agency
INDIAN PREFERENCE
Preference in filling vacancies is given to qualified Indian candides in accordance with the Indian Preference Act of 1934 (25 U.S.C. 5116 (reclassified from 472)). Verificion Form
BIA 4432
must be submitted with the applicion if claiming Indian Preference. Indian preference eligibles may be appointed under the Excepted Service Appointment Authority Schedule
A, 213.3112
(A)(7). Duties Help As a Safety & Occupional Health Specialist, GS-0018-12, your typical work assignments will include the following under supervision: Conducts annual workplace inspections in an approprie frequency and program evaluions to assess conformance with Indian Affairs, adopted safety and health codes and manded standards. Investiges accidents involving employees when necessary and ensures th all accidents are reported immediely and properly. Serves as Tort Claim Officer, and as such, thoroughly conducts special investigions of all accidents which might result in a claim against the Government. Coordines with other safety organizions including the Occupional Safety and Health Administrion (OHSA), Department of the Interior (DOI), Office of Inspectors General (OIG), and others. Provides safety and health training and Bureau wide safety outreach to employees using a variety of methods such as training sessions, videos, web page updes, electronic and other written communicions. Requirements Help Conditions of employment Be sure to read the 'How to Apply' and 'Required Documents' Sections. U.S. Citizenship is required. A background security investigion required for all new hires. Appointment subject to the applicant's successful completion of a background security investigion and favorable adjudicion. As a condition of employment, you required to serve a 2-year trial or 1-year probionary period during which your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest evalued. If you are a male applicant born after 12-31-1959, you are required to register under the Military Selective Service Act and the Defense Authorizion Act of 1986 (https://www.sss.gov), in order to be eligible for appointment to this agency. Driving Requirement (Required only time of appointment): Incumbent may be required, as an incidental duty, to opere a government-owned or leased motor vehicle, in the performance of duties, therefore, a valid driver's license is required. This is a Testing Designed Position (TDP) th requires pre-employment drug testing and is subject to random testing thereafter. Qualificions Applicants must meet the qualificion requirements contained in the OPM Standards . For this position, they are listed below.
SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE
Experience th equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position, and th is typically in or reled to the work of the position to be filled. To be creditable, specialized experience must have been equivalent to least the next lower grade level in the normal line of progression for the occupion in the organizion.
FOR GS-12
One (1) year of specialized experience equivalent to least the GS-11 level in the Federal service th includes: Assisting with workplace inspections to assess conformance with codes and manded standards; investiging accidents involving employees; assisting in the development of safety plans, programs, procedures and opering systems; reviewing construction projects and assisting in solution development to ensure compliance with safety standards.
Time-In-Grade Requirements:
Merit Promotion (stus) candides must have completed one year (52 weeks) of service the next lower grade level. Learn more about wh is time-in grade. All qualificion requirements must be met by the closing de of this announcement. Educion This position does not have a positive educion requirement this grade level. Therefore, no transcripts are required. Additional informion Initial appointments to the competitive or excepted service: The probionary or trial period is an extension of the appointment process and therefore requires the agency to determine if continued employment would advance the public interest, meet the organizion goals and mission of the agency, and/or otherwise promote the efficiency of the service. In determining if your employment advances the public interest, the agency will consider: Your performance and conduct; The needs and interests of the agency; Whether your continued employment would advance organizional goals of the agency or the Government; and Whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service. Under applicable law, the employment of an individual serving a probionary or trial period automically termines when th period ends unless the agency affirmively certifies, in writing, th the individual's employment should continue and th their appointment should be finalized. In the absence of agency action to affirmively certify continued employment beyond the probionary or trial period, such appointments are termined. Upon completion of your probionary or trial period your employment termined unless you receive certificion, in writing, th your continued employment advances the public interest .
Bargaining Unit Stus :
Position is covered by Bargaining Unit/Union - Federion of Indian Service Employees, American Federion of Teachers Local 4521. Career Transition Assistance Program (CTAP)/Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP)
Documention:
The
CTAP/ICTAP
provides placement assistance (click here for more details, here for DOI's policy) to permanent Federal civilian employees who are surplus, displaced, or involuntarily separed. Applicants claiming eligibility must submit a 1) copy of their most recent performance appraisal, 2) proof of eligibility, 3) most current SF-50 noting position, grade level, and duty locion with their applicion. To be considered, applicants must be well-qualified (i.e., meet the minimum qualificion requirements, including any selective placement factors; educion, and experience requirements), score least 85 on the assessment questionnaire, and be able to perform the duties of the position upon entry.
Stus Candides:
Considerion given to Non-Indian applicants ( Stus or Reinstement eligibles) in the absence of a qualified Indian preference eligible. Applicants not entitled to Indian Preference or Veteran's Preference must be Federal civilian employees with competitive stus or former Federal civilian employees with reinstement eligibility and must submit lest Notificion of Personnel Action, SF-50, as proof. Veterans Employment Opportunities Act (VEOA): Preference eligibles may apply for permanent positions (career or career-conditional appointments) under merit promotion procedures for VEOA appointments; however, veteran's preference is not a factor in these appointments. To be eligible for a VEOA appointment, a veteran must be a preference eligible OR veteran separed after 3 or more years of continuous active service performed under honorable conditions. Applicants must submit a copy of their DD-214 (Member Copy 4) for verificion of eligibility. For more informion about this program and to determine whether you are eligible, click here . 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 . 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. Once the announcement has closed, your resume and supporting documention used to determine if you meet the qualificions listed on this announcement. To determine if you are minimally qualified, your resume and supporting documention compared to your applicion to determine your level of experience. Please follow all instructions carefully, you must complete all required steps in the process. In addition to the applicion and applicion questionnaire, this position requires successful completion of additional assessments, which may include a medical examinion, drug test, physical readiness test, written examinion, and structured interview. These assessments measure the critical competencies required to successfully perform the job. This position requires successful completion of the following assessment: Subject Mter Expert (SME) Resume Review. This assessment measures the critical competencies th are required to successfully perform the job in the following areas:
Organizional Awareness, Planning and Evaluing, Problem Solving, Safety Engineering, and Written Communicion Note:
If, after reviewing your resume and/or supporting documention, a determinion is made th you infled your qualificions and or experience, you may lose considerion. Errors or omissions may affect your qualificion. Providing inaccure informion on Federal documents could be grounds for non-selection or disciplinary action. To preview the assessment questionnaire, click here: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12983037 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 . 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 To apply for this position, you must submit a complete Applicion Package which includes: 1. Resume which includes a list of all significant jobs held and duties performed, des specified in month and year form, and the resume must reflect full and/or part-time or total number of hours worked (i.e., work 40+ hours a week, rher than indicing full-time). If part-time, the hours must be annoted to be able to pro-re the amount of qualified specialized experience. If military or civilian, please include your rank and/or grade. For more informion see How do I write a resume for a federal job? Resumes must not exceed two single-sided pages and resumes longer than two pages will not be accepted. The minimum font size is 10-point for all body text. Headers may be slightly larger but must remain legible. All resumes must maintain a minimum 0.5-inch margins on all sides to ensure readability and prevent excessive content compression. Including supplemental pages or tachments disguised as resume extensions are prohibited and will not be reviewed to determine your eligibility/qualificions. 2. Complete all required assessments. 3. All other supporting documents (if applicable) such as:
Current & Former Federal Employees:
Most recent SF-50, Notificion of Personnel Action , if applying as a stus candide with current or former Federal Service. An SF-50 showing your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted and should include your position title, pay plan/series/grade, tenure and the type of appointment (i.e. Competitive or Excepted). Please be aware th award SF-50's do not provide sufficient informion and will not be accepted for the purpose of verifying time-in-grade. Due Weight for Performance Appraisals and Awards, please submit 1) a copy of your most recent performance appraisal/evaluion and 2) a list of any awards (e.g. superior performance awards, special act or achievement awards, quality step increase, etc.) you received in the last 5 years. Any performance appraisal/evaluion and award documention you provide forwarded to the selecting official. The selecting official will review this documention and give it due weight considerion during the overall selection process. If you do not have your most recent performance appraisal/evaluion, please submit a stement as to why it is not available. Please indice if any prior performance appraisals/evaluions were an acceptable level. If claiming Indian Preference, Form
BIA 4432
. The form must be completed by the approprie official with the Federally recognized tribe where the applicant is enrolled as a member. No other form accepted. If claiming Veterans Preference , you must submit your preference eligibility documents or certificion of expected discharge or release from active duty . If you are claiming 5-points veterans' preference, you must submit a copy of your DD-214 (member 4 copy) or other proof of eligibility. If you are claiming 10-point veterans' preference, you must also submit an SF-15 plus the proof required by th form including your DD-214 ( member 4 copy ), SF-15 and VA letter , or other proof of eligibility.
CTAP/ICTAP
Documention , if applicable. 1) Proof of eligibility (e.g., Certificion of Expected Separion, Reduction-In-Force (RIF) Separion Notice, or Notice of Proposed Removal); 2) SF-50 th documents the RIF separion action; and 3) most recent performance appraisal.
FORMER FEDERAL EMPLOYEES
Are required to indice whether they received a Voluntary Separion Incentive Payment (VSIP) buyout in their previous employment with the Federal government and are required to submit a copy of the applicable SF-50 regarding the VSIP. The majority of individuals, who accept reemployment with the Federal government within 5 years of receiving the VSIP amount, must repay the gross amount of the separion pay prior to reemployment. Learn more about buyouts .
NOTE:
Persons submitting incomplete applicions given credit only for the informion they provide. The applicant is responsible for submitting all required documention in support of their applicion in order to receive full credit for their Indian preference, veteran preference, experience, training, and/or educion as applicable.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WILL NOT BE SOLICITED FROM THIS OFFICE.
If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply Help A complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on the closing de of the announcement to receive considerion. To begin, click Apply to access the online applicion. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account to apply. If you do not have a USAJOBS account, you will need to cree one before beginning the applicion. Follow the prompts to select your resume and/or other supporting documents to be included with your applicion package. You will have the opportunity to upload additional documents to include in your applicion before it is submitted. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process. After acknowledging you have reviewed your applicion package, complete the Include Personal Informion section as you deem approprie and click to continue with the applicion process . You taken to the online applicion which you must complete in order to apply for the position. Complete the online applicion, verify the required documention is included with your applicion package, and submit the applicion.
IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE MAY NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE AND/OR EMPLOYMENT STATUS.
To verify the stus of your applicion, log into your USAJOBS account , all of your applicions will appear on the Welcome screen. The Applicion Stus will appear along with the de your applicion was last upded. For informion on wh each Applicion Stus means, : https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/how-to/applicion/stus/ . If you are unable to apply online, require reasonable accommodion in the applicion process, or an applicant with a disability, please contact Mary Jean Moeller (703) 381-2016 or maryjean.moeller@bie.edu for alterne applicion instructions. Notificion to
Applicants:
Applicants who apply under this job opportunity announcement agree to have their applicion, associed documents and applicable personal informion shared with other Bureaus/Offices within the Department of the Interior (DOI) who have vacancies within the same occupional series, grade, full performance level and in the same geographic locion(s), including within the same metro/commuting area. Applying to this announcement does not replace the need to apply to other job opportunity announcements for which you wish to receive considerion. Additional selections may be made from this announcement if identical vacancies occur within 90 days from the closing de. Agency contact informion Mary Jean Moeller Phone (703) 381-2016 maryjean.moeller@bie.edu Address Educion Facilities 1849 C Street NW Washington, DC 20240 US Next steps Once the online questionnaire is received you will receive an acknowledgement email th your submission was successful. After a review of your complete applicion is made you notified by email of your ring and or referral to the hiring official. If further evaluion or interviews are required you contacted. 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 To apply for this position, you must submit a complete Applicion Package which includes: 1. Resume which includes a list of all significant jobs held and duties performed, des specified in month and year form, and the resume must reflect full and/or part-time or total number of hours worked (i.e., work 40+ hours a week, rher than indicing full-time). If part-time, the hours must be annoted to be able to pro-re the amount of qualified specialized experience. If military or civilian, please include your rank and/or grade. For more informion see How do I write a resume for a federal job? Resumes must not exceed two single-sided pages and resumes longer than two pages will not be accepted. The minimum font size is 10-point for all body text. Headers may be slightly larger but must remain legible. All resumes must maintain a minimum 0.5-inch margins on all sides to ensure readability and prevent excessive content compression. Including supplemental pages or tachments disguised as resume extensions are prohibited and will not be reviewed to determine your eligibility/qualificions. 2. Complete all required assessments. 3. All other supporting documents (if applicable) such as:
Current & Former Federal Employees:
Most recent SF-50, Notificion of Personnel Action , if applying as a stus candide with current or former Federal Service. An SF-50 showing your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted and should include your position title, pay plan/series/grade, tenure and the type of appointment (i.e. Competitive or Excepted). Please be aware th award SF-50's do not provide sufficient informion and will not be accepted for the purpose of verifying time-in-grade. Due Weight for Performance Appraisals and Awards, please submit 1) a copy of your most recent performance appraisal/evaluion and 2) a list of any awards (e.g. superior performance awards, special act or achievement awards, quality step increase, etc.) you received in the last 5 years. Any performance appraisal/evaluion and award documention you provide forwarded to the selecting official. The selecting official will review this documention and give it due weight considerion during the overall selection process. If you do not have your most recent performance appraisal/evaluion, please submit a stement as to why it is not available. Please indice if any prior performance appraisals/evaluions were an acceptable level. If claiming Indian Preference, Form
BIA 4432
. The form must be completed by the approprie official with the Federally recognized tribe where the applicant is enrolled as a member. No other form accepted. If claiming Veterans Preference , you must submit your preference eligibility documents or certificion of expected discharge or release from active duty . If you are claiming 5-points veterans' preference, you must submit a copy of your DD-214 (member 4 copy) or other proof of eligibility. If you are claiming 10-point veterans' preference, you must also submit an SF-15 plus the proof required by th form including your DD-214 ( member 4 copy ), SF-15 and VA letter , or other proof of eligibility.
CTAP/ICTAP
Documention , if applicable. 1) Proof of eligibility (e.g., Certificion of Expected Separion, Reduction-In-Force (RIF) Separion Notice, or Notice of Proposed Removal); 2) SF-50 th documents the RIF separion action; and 3) most recent performance appraisal.
FORMER FEDERAL EMPLOYEES
Are required to indice whether they received a Voluntary Separion Incentive Payment (VSIP) buyout in their previous employment with the Federal government and are required to submit a copy of the applicable SF-50 regarding the VSIP. The majority of individuals, who accept reemployment with the Federal government within 5 years of receiving the VSIP amount, must repay the gross amount of the separion pay prior to reemployment. Learn more about buyouts .
NOTE:
Persons submitting incomplete applicions given credit only for the informion they provide. The applicant is responsible for submitting all required documention in support of their applicion in order to receive full credit for their Indian preference, veteran preference, experience, training, and/or educion as applicable.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WILL NOT BE SOLICITED FROM THIS OFFICE.
If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply Help A complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on the closing de of the announcement to receive considerion. To begin, click Apply to access the online applicion. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account to apply. If you do not have a USAJOBS account, you will need to cree one before beginning the applicion. Follow the prompts to select your resume and/or other supporting documents to be included with your applicion package. You will have the opportunity to upload additional documents to include in your applicion before it is submitted. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process. After acknowledging you have reviewed your applicion package, complete the Include Personal Informion section as you deem approprie and click to continue with the applicion process . You taken to the online applicion which you must complete in order to apply for the position. Complete the online applicion, verify the required documention is included with your applicion package, and submit the applicion.
IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE MAY NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE AND/OR EMPLOYMENT STATUS.
To verify the stus of your applicion, log into your USAJOBS account , all of your applicions will appear on the Welcome screen. The Applicion Stus will appear along with the de your applicion was last upded. For informion on wh each Applicion Stus means, : https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/how-to/applicion/stus/ . If you are unable to apply online, require reasonable accommodion in the applicion process, or an applicant with a disability, please contact Mary Jean Moeller (703) 381-2016 or maryjean.moeller@bie.edu for alterne applicion instructions. Notificion to
Applicants:
Applicants who apply under this job opportunity announcement agree to have their applicion, associed documents and applicable personal informion shared with other Bureaus/Offices within the Department of the Interior (DOI) who have vacancies within the same occupional series, grade, full performance level and in the same geographic locion(s), including within the same metro/commuting area. Applying to this announcement does not replace the need to apply to other job opportunity announcements for which you wish to receive considerion. Additional selections may be made from this announcement if identical vacancies occur within 90 days from the closing de. Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion Mary Jean Moeller Phone (703) 381-2016 maryjean.moeller@bie.edu Address Educion Facilities 1849 C Street NW Washington, DC 20240 US Next steps Once the online questionnaire is received you will receive an acknowledgement email th your submission was successful. After a review of your complete applicion is made you notified by email of your ring and or referral to the hiring official. If further evaluion or interviews are required you contacted. 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 week • Apply by 06/25/26 Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on June 25, 2026 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Window Rock, AZ No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible No Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $89,508 - $116,362 per year Pay scale & grade GS 12 Promotion potential None Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required 50% or less - You may be expected to travel for this position. Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Competitive Service Represented by a union Yes Drug test Yes 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 No Some jobs require to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number
