Duties/Responsibilities The incumbent serves as the Branch Chief of the Virulence Mechanisms Branch and is responsible for the planning, initiation, coordination, and effective management of food safety or food defense programmatic activities. • Providing leadership and direction to a multidisciplinary staff. Performing technical functions in the biology field of work in the regulatory, administrative and control programs of the Branch. Developing the most cost-effective and fiscally responsible methods to conduct these programs and solve problems. • Serving as an expert on the policies, procedures, and programmatic activities related to food safety, foodborne pathogens, food allergens and gluten programs, or the toxic effects of substances in the biological field o