Mortuary Specialist

About the Position: You will serve as a Senior Mortuary Specialist and technical consultant. Receiving, identifying, preparing of remains. Composing directives, policy memos, SOPs for staff; providing oversight on the planning and directing of funeral services to include transportation of remains.

Major duties

• Provide guidance and technical advise on all matters pertaining to mortuary operations.
• Adopt new techniques and methods associated with recovery, identification, preparation, and disposition of deceased personnel.
• Exercise tact, courtesy and sympathy and/or empathy when providing counsel and assistance to next of kin or person authorized to direct disposition.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory Host Nation public health and quarantine guidance.
• Assign work directly to team members, imposing suspense dates and priorities.
• Perform allied restorative work, cosmeticizing and other preparatory tasks as necessary in processing a variety of current death cases.
• Coordinate with military authorities and host nation authorities on such matters as health laws, permits for disinterment of remains, and air transportation to US port of entry or foreign country for final disposition.
• Prepare remains in accordance with Host Nation and United States standards of embalming regulations and published DOD guidance.

Qualifications

Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities. 30 Percent or More Disabled Veterans Current Department of Army Civilian Employees Applying to OCONUS Positions Family Member Preference (FMP) for Overseas Employment Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act Military Spouse Preference (MSP) for Overseas Employment Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability Retirement Priority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference Eligible Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998 In order to qualify, you must meet the education and experience requirements described below. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document. Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes: Receiving, identifying, preparing of remains;composing directives, policy memos, SOPs for staff; providing oversight on the planning and directing of funeral services to include transportation of remains; AND coordinating with appropriate authorities on such matters as health laws, permits for disinterment of remains, and air transportation to US port of entry or foreign country for final disposition. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-11 or above). Selective Placement Factor Requirement: Applicants must be licensed to practice embalming and funeral directing by a State, territory, or the District of Columbia. You must identify the certificate/license you hold and the dates it is valid and expires in your resume and/or supplemental data. You will be ineligible for further consideration if you do not meet this requirement. Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-11).

Education

Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted.