Total 29 Quality Assurance / Control job vacancies in US-DC Washington DC

• You will conduct large scale, complex and often highly sensitive inspections, audits or investigations involving PSNS and IMF, other public shipyards, NAVSEA or local commands as assigned.
• You will analyze facts obtained from witnesses, regulations, policies, and other evidentiary sources and determines whether witness testimony and the preponderance of the evidence to substantiate or non-substantiate allegations.
• You will prepare clear, concise, accurate, unbiased reports of investigations or investigative inquiries and draws logical conclusions, which are legally sufficient and supported by the evidence.
• You will process and tracks for the CERO ongoing investigative actions on system databases.
• You will perform, as needed or as time permits, in all CERO functions including internal reviews (evaluations), performance of special studies, audit liaison, and the Managers Internal Control Program.
• You will coordinate with, support and manage external inspection, audit, and survey organizations and functions that review shipyard and NAVSEA programs.

At the full performance level, major duties include:

• Directs and/or participates in nationwide or regional internal control reviews of Washington, Regional, and Field Territories, identifying efficient and effective business practices and identifying areas where operations are weak and improvements are required. 
• Designs, develops, and implements visitation guidelines to insure a thorough, consistent, impartial, and accurate review of operations and report of review findings.
• Conducts program compliance and performance reviews, management control reviews, and evaluations of the Division’s operations.  Conducts interviews, gathers facts and other data, reviews a wide variety of records and reports, analyzes data, and develops conclusions and recommendations that are supported by data, documentation and facts. 
• Prepares and presents reports, briefings, and summaries to the Assistant Director, Internal Control and Review Section, and senior-level management officials within and outside the Division on the findings, trends, and observations developed from all internal control review activities conducted of the Division’s operations.
• Serves as RMS’s liaison, and coordinates on audits, reviews, surveys, evaluations, and information requests from the Office of Risk Management & Internal Control, Office of Inspector General, and the Government Accountability Office.  Assists in developing responses to proposed recommendations.

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Supervises a small subordinate staff (typically less than 5 positions with at least one civilian).

Duties:
1. This position will support the Federal Government's response efforts to COVID-19. As the Assistant Chief of Fire Prevention, participates in the administration and planning of a comprehensive fire prevention program at the installation.

2. Plans, administers, and supervises the fire prevention education program. Coordinates public relations activities and uses the news media to promote fire safety.

3. Reviews construction and modification plans, confers with engineers, and provides technical/functional assistance on fire prevention and building design criteria.

4. Performs supervisory personnel management responsibilities for a small subordinate staff with at least one civilian position.

This position is with the Office of Inspector General, Special Investigations and Reviews, headquarters in Washington, District of Columbia,with an office in Herndon, Virigina. SIR is a national program responsible for investigating high-profile, often sensitive and complex, misconduct and mismanagement allegations involving senior-level Department of the Interior employees. As an Attorney Advisor with SIR, the Incumbent will serve as team member of OIG Attorneys and Investigators, advising on substantive legal and other matters encountered in the investigation process, including developing investigative plans, engaging in discovery, and presenting potential criminal violations to U.S. Attorneys, and conducting thorough reviews and providing substantive feedback on all SIR reports of investigation and reviews. Specific duties will include but not be limited to:

Major duties include:

• Conducts investigations of potential violations of criminal, civil, or administrative statutes, regulations, rules, or policies, including developing investigative plans, preparing for and conducting interviews of witnesses and subjects, and reviewing emails and other documentary evidence;
• Prepares legal documents and other materials in connection with ongoing investigations, including subpoenas and document requests, analytical memoranda, and reports of interviews;
• Conducts legal research and provides legal guidance on the scope and conduct of investigations; advises SIR management and OIG leadership on substantive legal matters encountered during investigations, including determining legal precedent applicable to investigations, applying criminal, civil, and administrative laws to specific fact patterns, and assessing the sufficiency of evidence following investigative activities;
• Drafts reports of investigations or other analytical written products that present complex fact patterns, explain governing laws, rules, and policies, and analyze evidence gathered in an investigation to support findings.

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• Ensure that regulated establishments produce a safe product by executing appropriate inspection methods, determining non-compliance with regulatory requirements, documenting noncompliance and initiating enforcement action, where warranted.
• Verify that meat and poultry slaughter and/or processing establishment's Sanitation Standard Operating Procedures (SSOP) and Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) Plans meet regulatory requirements.
• Execute Sanitation Standard Operating Procedures (SSOP) and Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) Plans effectively to prevent unsanitary conditions and adulteration of product.
• Review records, observe plant operations and conduct hands-on verification to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and prepare detailed documentation (Non-Compliance Records) of non-compliance with regulatory requirements.
• Determine when regulatory control action is necessary. You will assess whether the plant's corrective or preventative actions are acceptable and effective, if there are trends in non-compliance, or if enforcement action is warranted.
• Conduct regulatory oversight activities inside plants in matters relating to other consumer protections (e.g., economic adulteration and misbranding).
• Have contact with plant managers, owners and others to explain legal and regulatory requirements, discuss operation of the plant's SSOP, HACCP plan and other food safety programs.
• Communicate and defend determinations on non-compliance issues and discuss plans for addressing non-compliance.
• Work with a variety of individuals to resolve problems, clarify differences of interpretation concerning HACCP and other food safety or consumer protection requirements.
• Advise other Agency inspectors, supervisors and officers on inspection and enforcement matters for which you are involved.
• Conduct various samplings, surveys and tests to obtain pertinent data on potential problem areas, industry trends, or other issues of current interest to the Agency.
• Be involved in performing health and safety verification sampling and tests for detection of specific microbes (e.g., salmonella, listeria, etc.), residues or contaminants.
• Assure that products approved for import are in full compliance with all applicable Federal regulations governing the importation of meat and poultry products.
• Authorize entry of all meat or poultry products considered to comply with Federal regulations or refuse entry of any products which violate any of the requirements for admission into this country.
• Coordinate with other Federal agencies (e.g., the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on such matters as animal health restrictions and refused entry lots.

The Quality Assurance Specialist (Recorded Products) serves as an authority on the artistic. technical, and human factor elements required for controlled production of spoken word recordings, formulates and maintains quality control objectives for the various contracts with recording studios and multistate centers to insure continuous production of digital recorded books and magazines for the National Library Service.

This position requires elevated IT access to systems to perform the work of the position. This position requires a Public Trust background investigation at the Moderate risk level. Audits master digital recordings. for adherence to NLS standards and specifications. Certifies the quality acceptability of all audio material produced for the NLS program.

The incumbent performs electronic inspection and aural review of each narrated tape to assure sound quality. effective interpretation of the text, correct pronunciation and vocal presentation: prepares written critiques on the results of each inspection. Provides guidance and coordinates contractor and multistate center personnel related to the development of quality assurance programs and procedures, establishes programs to evaluate the precision and accuracy of Incoming materials; develops and initiates methods and procedures for inspection, testing, and evaluation of contractor recording facilities and equipment and prospective narrators. As a staff specialist, develops, organizes. administers. evaluates, and coordinates a comprehensive computer software quality assurance program or programs for the assigned quality assurance area.

Applies electronic data processing techniques and equipment to tabulate and analyze quality assurance statistics. related to reliability of each source of narrated material. Develops, organizes, administers, evaluates, and coordinates a comprehensive materials and processes quality assurance program or programs for the assigned quality assurance area. Develops, organizes, administers, evaluates, and coordinates a comprehensive electronics quality assurance program for the assigned quality assurance area.

Reviews contractor's quality control plan, technical procedures. and practices to assure adequacy. Negotiates and coordinates issues pertaining to the electronics quality assurance program area. Prepares administrative reports, studies for appropriate personnel and documents related to work assignments or developmental activities conducted under broad supervisory guidance. Compiles and writes correspondence, manuals, specifications, instructive materials and articles for various publications relating to quality assurance of audio and digital materials.

Being a Customer Experience Strategist makes you a valuable member of the Office of Innovation. You will oversee the planning, coordination, development, and completion of complex and varied projects to extract, transform, and load data into relational and non-relational data stores. Typical assignments include:

• Incorporates modern techniques and methods to present information and material to target audiences.
• Develops mechanisms for gathering or using existing quantitative and qualitative data to help stakeholders understand their customers; develop insights to inform decision-making, identify and scope problems; and embark on new research areas worth exploring through innovative methods.
• Demonstrated the ability to effectively outline and identify business workflows and requirements.
• Work with stakeholders across organizations, functions, and levels to build customer understanding and solve challenging problems, empower teams to move forward by developing metrics, measuring results, and integrating new methodologies into existing systems.
• Defines the overall goals and objectives of the user experience function or specific issues by meeting with OIG leadership.
• Provides input and recommendations to the development or changes on human centered design information for technical and operational feasibility and adherence with project objectives.
• Recommends actions on projects or broad, agency-wide strategic initiatives.
• Establishes a system to review, control and report on user experience development status.
• Designs and undertakes complex management studies, initiatives, or data gathering efforts, where the boundaries of the studies are extremely broad and difficult to determine in advance, i.e., the actual limits of the project are developed as the study proceeds.
• Defines the overall goals and objectives of the customer experience function or specific issues by meeting with stakeholders.
• Works with customers to evaluate their mission requirements, identify the target audience, and define objectives/goals of the requested project, business flow or requirements where these may not have been identified.
• Documents, package and present findings, insights and recommendations via reports, presentations and/or other outputs as needed. Make research findings relevant and impactful for design and action through a variety of formats such as insights, stories, videos, experiences, and exhibits.
• Prepares reports summarizing proposed long- and short- term organizational customer experience goals.
• Communicates ideas, research, concepts, methods, analyses, evaluations, and makes recommendations in a logical and convincing manner.
• Facilitates regular discussions with customers to gather requirements, assess user experiences, and plan future work.
• Actively participates and plans meetings with customers focused on identifying workflows, requirements, problems and resolving issues.

• You will responsible for monitoring, evaluating, enforcing, and maintaining the Quality Assurance Inspection program.
• You will be assigning work requirements and priorities for refits to subordinate supervisors on three shifts to meet production needs.
• You will be monitoring, evaluating and tracking Quality Assurance Inspection programs including audits, surveillances, and assessments of Quality Assurance Inspection work conducted by both internal and external activities.
• You will be executing a complete range of supervisory and managerial functions for including personnel, financial, and administrative resource requirement development and program direction.
• You will be responsible for promoting and actively supporting the Equal Employment Opportunity Program, Affirmative Action Program and Sexual Harassment Policy.
• You will be applying principles and practices used to repair ship or submarine hulls, machinery, mechanical and structural systems.
• You will be using the methods and procedures used to disassemble, overhaul, repair, assemble and test ship's or submarines components.
• You will be verifying the integrity and operational capabilities of SUBSAFE , Level I, nonnuclear systems and components and ensuring unrestricted operations are maintained.

• Leads the SAIL/EPRP/PI program and serves as the subject matter expert on all SAIL and EPRP topics
• Reviews charts and ensures that screening measures were performed.
• Analyzes utilization trend data on a monthly basis to verify the accuracy of the data, identify problem areas, provide objective assessments, prioritize identified problems, analyze variances, recommend appropriate and/or alternative actions.
• Reports on any deficiencies found at various meetings, committees, and groups.
• Provides comprehensive reporting and analysis of all programmatic outcomes and makes recommendations to management.
• Develops process improvement projects to address any deficiencies
• Provides oversight, coordination, implementation and evaluation of various continuous improvement and SAIL activities
• Knowledgeable about SAIL and other relevant performance measures and processes and is able to utilize nursing practice, critical thinking, data analytics, and communication skills in the execution of SAIL.
• Implements an educational plan to meet changing program or service needs. Maintains knowledge of current techniques, trends, and professional issues. Provides guidance for staff comprehension.
• Assists in providing education for staff related to high reliability, process improvement projects, team training, and SAIL/EPRP metrics.
• Promotes a culture of quality and safety within the facility and partners with clinical and operational support staff to assure that quality care and services are provided. Partners with operations staff to identify areas which need to be developed, improve, or sustained.

As a Physician (Public Health) you will:

• Provide substantial input in the day-to-day technical and scientific planning, implementation, and analysis of the medical aspects of scientific research studies conducted by other scientists.
• Serve as a liaison with other Centers for Disease Control (CDC) organizational units, State and local public health officials, and other federal and non-governmental agencies, to achieve desired public health objectives.
• Oversee and serve as a project lead over EIS Officers, interns, students, and guest researchers assigned and provide consultation and direction on conceptualization, design, implementation, and presentation of the results of epidemiological/evaluation studies and surveillance projects conducted by junior scientists.
• Perform non-clinical duties involving the evaluation of medical research or the identification of causes or sources of disease or disease outbreaks.

As a Government Information Specialist (Compliance), GS-0306-12, your typical work assignments may include:

• Support PRIV's efforts to ensure that sound privacy and information sharing safeguards and policies are in place across the department to ensure that privacy compliance issues are addressed.
• Evaluate various reports, correspondence, and other agency materials to identify Privacy impact and risks.
• Support PRIVs efforts to ensure that sound privacy safeguards and policies are in place across the Department and make certain that privacy compliance issues are addressed throughout the Department in order to limit unauthorized access to personally identifiable information.
• Communicate official PRIV policies on privacy and compliance issues; and assists in developing and conducting privacy training for employees and contractors.

PHYSICIAN/DENTIST: SR-602 $145,000 - $310,000

NOTE: For Physician - Applicant's education and length of practice (experience) will be considered by a Compensation Panel in determining the salary of the applicant selected. Exceptions to the salary cap must be approved.

Work schedule: Monday - Friday, 40 hours per week

Financial Disclosure Report: Required
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
Appraised Value Offer (AVO): Not Authorized
Relocation Expenses: Authorized

The Department of Veterans Affairs offers Permanent Change of Station (PCS) relocation services. Permanent Change of Station is the relocation of a household due to government convenience in connection with a transfer between duty stations or facilities. For more information go to http://vaww.fscdirect.fsc.va.gov/pcs.asp.

The Associate Deputy Under Secretary for Health for Quality and Patient Safety (Associate DUSH for QPS) is a direct report to the Deputy Under Secretary for Health (DUSH) and supports the overall work of the Office of the Under Secretary for Health (USH). The Associate DUSH for QPS provides national leadership in the formulation and establishment of effective health care policies, programs, and initiatives that fulfill the VHA's mission to provide personalized, pro-active, high quality, safe, reliable care for Veterans. The Associate DUSH for QPS is responsible for leading VHA on its journey toward becoming a high reliability organization and has oversight of VHA's performance measurement, quality and process improvement, safety, clinical risk management, systems redesign, accreditation, and data analytics and reporting programs. The office manages approximately 400 clinical and administrative professionals in the day-to-day operations of these key programmatic elements. The Associate DUSH for QPS serves in a direct consultative capacity to the Under Secretary for Health, serving as a national subject matter expert in the quality improvement and patient safety QPS directorate. The Associate DUSH for QPS works collaboratively with other Assistant Under Secretaries leading the strategic direction of the Veterans Health Administration.

Additionally, the Associate DUSH for QPS provides consultation to the Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs
and works closely with Veterans Service Organizations, Congress and their constituents, addressing the immediate and long-term needs of our Nation's Veterans.

As a Human Resources Specialist (Classification & Recruitment), you will:

• Serve as a technical expert providing the full range of support to managers and supervisors in the following: Classification and position management-related duties to include resolving difficult and complex position management and position classification issues involving a variety of professional, administrative, technical, law enforcement, and clerical positions.
• Serve as a technical expert on classification matters. Provide extensive assistance, advice and guidance to supervisors and managers to clarify and define duties and responsibilities of positions, interrelationships with other positions, and career patterns, determine the types of positions required and the most appropriate organizational structure, recommending options or alternative courses of action for attaining human resource management goals. Interpret, analyze, and prepare responses to new or proposed changes to complex legislative, regulatory, and policy guidance affecting classification.
• Serve as a technical expert in providing the full range of support to managers and supervisors in performing the following: complex position analysis to determine position requirements and area of consideration, utilize the most efficient techniques to fill vacancies and meet the goals of the Directorates/Offices served.
• Provide management with a wide range of flexible and innovative strategies in carrying out the full range of Delegated Examining Unit (DEU) for assigned areas. In this capacity, develop job analysis, crediting plans, vacancy announcements, position descriptions, assessment questionnaires, and other rating guides, reviews employment applications for minimum qualification requirements, adjudicates veterans' preference, and prepares Certificates of Eligibles and reviews contractor's work, as appropriate.
• Assist with various candidate onboarding duties and responsibilities.

Under direction of management develops schedule to ensure the Quality Assurance Evaluation Program is conducted in accordance with Air Force (AF) Standards. Inspects lodging rooms, buildings, grounds, parking lots and other areas such as offices, day rooms, hallways and storage areas for quality and quantity of work performed by all employees. Evaluates and updates all general room instructions to include: guest directories, fire evacuation procedures, equipment instructions, sundry price listings, and informational signage. Corrects publications as required. Reviews guest feedback, analyzes data, and informs Lodging Manager of issues or areas requiring correction. Tracks trends in performance and conducts hospitality specific training to improve overall guest service and compliance with established standards. Responsible for monitoring the Lodging Educational Institute training program in accordance with Air Force Lodging standards. Works with section supervisors to determine training needs. Tracks courses required to maintain or earn hospitality certifications. Oversees and manages the in-house training program. Oversees small study groups or self-directed studies as needed to complete lodging courses. Coordinates with Lodging Manager and Assistant Manager to establish and maintain budgets for staff development, incentives, and recognition items. Ensures completion of hospitality training required for certification with AH&LA/ Educational Institute. Coordinates with the Lodging Educational Institute to obtain training dates, materials, and instruction plans. Assesses the effectiveness of training standards in all areas of Lodging. Observes and reviews processes and performance in the workplace and adjusts training programs to address any performance shortcomings noted. Performs other related duties as assigned.

If interested in applying for this position you may preview the online application: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12619408

As an unpaid summer 2025 intern, you will be asked to assist other attorneys in the office with legal research and writing; reviewing policies, regulations, statutes, and contracts; assisting with litigation matters; reviewing audit or investigative reports; reviewing subpoenas; assisting with other legal assignments as necessary. Student Volunteers will choose the volunteer service position they are interested in. The different volunteer service positions available are: Legal position, Field Examiner position, and Administrative Professional position. To learn more about the different volunteer service positions, please click on the position links.