Office Director, Office of Surveillance Strategy and Risk Prioritization

The Office of Surveillance Strategy and Risk Prioritization (OSSRP) is responsible for leading overall surveillance strategy development, oversight, and associated activities through a comprehensive and integrated approach. Detects and assesses hazards (new and emerging risks), and to assess the overall state of the food supply, including prevalence of various hazards across commodities. The Office Director manages subordinate staff units and performs the following: Responsible for the overall planning and evaluation of OSSRP programs. Oversees the day-to-day administration of the Office through the supervision of three Division Directors and one Staff Director. Reviews and makes recommendations regarding budget allocation, spending, personnel requests and proposals. Serves as the principal advisor to the Deputy Commissioner for Food on a wide variety of HFP responsibilities including microbial and chemical risk/hazard assessment and ranking and surveillance and the detection of risks