Wednesday, September 30, 2015

Customs and Border Protection Officer

Customs and Border Protection Officer


CBP is offering a Student Loan Repayment or Recruitment Incentive for the following locations:  Lukeville, AZ; Portal, ND and Presidio, TX.   More information is available in the announcement link below. 
Discover a challenging and rewarding career in the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), the sole organization responsible for securing the nation's borders. CBP employees protect our Nation's borders from terrorism, human and drug smuggling, illegal migration, and agricultural pests while simultaneously facilitating the flow of legitimate travel and trade. 
The CBP Officer position starts at a salary of $31,944 (GS-5 grade level), with promotion potential to $70,192 (GS-12 grade level). Apply to this exciting opportunity to strengthen the Department's and our partners' ability to perform their homeland security functions by doing the following:
Being a CBP Officer makes you a valuable member of the Federal Law Enforcement Officer (LEO) profession.  Typical assignments include:
  • Detect and prevent terrorist and terrorist weapons from entering the United States
  • Enforce customs, immigration and agricultural laws and regulations at U.S. ports of entry 
  • Prevent the illegal trafficking of people, narcotics and contraband into the United States
For an overview of the diverse responsibilities CBP carries out within the Government, visit our website at www.cbp.gov.  

Career Opportunities at the FDA Center for Tobacco Products

FDA Center for Tobacco Products Career Fair


Career Opportunities at the FDA Center for Tobacco Products
Join us at our Career Fair!
The CTP will be hosting a Career Fair on Wednesday, October 14, 2015 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the DoubleTree Hotel in Silver Spring, MD. Below is a list of several of the positions we are recruiting for at this event:
Engineer                                                           Microbiologist
Biologist                                                            Pharmacologist
Program Analyst                                                Regulatory Counsel
Management Specialist                                       Regulatory Health Project Manager
Consumer Safety Officer                                     Regulatory Information Specialist
Chemist                                                            Mathematical Statistician
Epidemiologist                                                   Toxicologist
Government Information Specialist

Who are we?
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Center for Tobacco Products (CTP) regulates the manufacturing, distribution, and marketing of tobacco products.  CTP also educates the public about the harms of tobacco products, working to reduce their appeal and keep them out of the hands of America’s youth.

What can the Center for Tobacco Products offer?  
We offer innovative, exciting and meaningful opportunities, competitive salaries, extensive professional development and training, comprehensive benefits, flexible work schedules, and much more. 
To learn more about career opportunities, visit http://www.fda.gov/ctpjobs. The Center for Tobacco Products is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

NIEHS Legislative Liaison, Bethesda, MD 

source: https://www.usajobs.gov/

The Office of the Director (OD), National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) has an exciting employment opportunity for a Legislative Liaison in its Bethesda, Maryland office.  The mission of NIEHS is to discover how the environment affects people in order to promote healthier lives; the OD provides leadership, coordinates initiatives, and oversees the scientific research necessary to accomplish this mission.  The OD works with other federal partners, members of Congress, and various other stakeholders to coordinate and support research on environmental health sciences. The Legislative Liaison advises the Director of NIEHS on the significance of emerging science policy and legislative issues and is the Institute’s principal contact on all major policy, legislative, and constituency matters.  If you have experience interacting with Congressional staff and in conducting activities related to science policy, planning, and analysis, then this job may be for you.  Your scientific understanding and political savvy make you great candidate for this position!  For more information about the NIEHS OD, please visit http://www.niehs.nih.gov/about/od/index.cfm. 
Applications will be accepted beginning September 28, 2015. To view the full vacancy announcement and to apply for this position, please go to: https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/416550200