JOB SUMMARY: This Senior-Level (SL) position is in the Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention. About Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention. This is an office-centered position--you must physically report to the duty station stated in this announcement on a regular basis. Partial work-from-home flexibilities may be authorized. MAJOR DUTIES: This position is located in the Immediate Office of the Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention (OCSPP) to promote greater coordination and cooperation on science policy issues across OCSPP’s two major regulatory programs led by the Office of Pesticide Programs and the Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics. OCSPP is responsible for the implementation of several important environmental statutes with broad cross-media impacts, including the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) as amended by the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act, the Pollution Prevention (P2) Act of 1990, the Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act of 1992, the Formaldehyde Standards for Composite Wood Products Act of 2010, the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), the Food Quality Protection Act of 1996 (FQPA), the Endangered Species Act (ESA), the Pesticide Registration Improvement Act (PRIA) and other statutes. OCSPP must evaluate new and existing industrial chemicals and pesticides, require and promote risk reduction and responsible risk management practices through the life cycle of these substances; promote pollution prevention activities and the design, development, and application of safer chemical processes and technologies in the industrial sector; and promote public understanding of the risks of chemicals and pesticides and public involvement in environmental decision-making through development and dissemination of information on toxic chemicals and pesticides. Critical to the agency’s ability to carry out its statutory mandates is the need to create greater efficiencies in implementing TSCA and FIFRA, and other policies, processes and program implementation. Duties may include, but are not limited to: - Coordinating across OCSPP's offices in order to provide input and advice to Agency leadership on homeland security incident prevention, preparedness, and response as well as homeland security policy and scientific assessments. - Serving as OCSPP's liaison with other Agency partners as well as external partners (e.g. government, business, industry, academia) on homeland security policy and strategy as well as science and science policy related to human health and environmental risk assessments and evaluations. - Leading the collection and analysis of input and data from OCSPP offices during homeland security events to ensure accuracy, timeliness, and usefulness of the federal government's response. - Identifying, developing, and implementing complementary risk assessment approaches that meet the needs, goals, and outcomes of OCSPP's regulatory programs under TSCA, FIFRA, and FFDCA. - Identifying and resolving science policy and risk assessment questions within the program office. - Providing support for testimony and witness testimony in legal and congressional hearings to support and defend the Agency's position for regulatory and enforcement actions. - Providing guidance, advice, and direction on the development and/or revision of health and environmental risk assessments for new and existing chemicals and pesticides. - Providing leadership and scientific knowledge in interpreting and integrating the results of scientific information, studies, and data for use in human health and ecological risk assessments. - Providing information and conducting briefings for Office and Agency leaders about human health and ecological science policy issues that will then be used to inform and/or craft regulatory opinions and policies. IMPORTANT: Click the 'Apply for this job' button to view a complete job description.