Supervisory Veterinary Medical Officer (Assistant Director)

Supervisory Veterinary Medical Officer (Assistant Director)

Department: Department of Agriculture

Location(s): Salt Lake City, Utah, Seattle, Washington, Phoenix, Arizona, Los Angeles, California, San Francisco, California, Denver, Colorado, Washington, District of Columbia, Miami, Florida, Atlanta, Georgia, Chicago, Illinois, Indianapolis, Indiana, New Orleans, Louisiana, Boston, Massachusetts, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Kansas City, Missouri, Albuquerque, New Mexico, New York, New York, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Portland, Oregon, Austin, Texas

Salary Range: $125776 - $197200 Per Year

Job Summary: As the Assistant Director in one of APHIS-VS Commodity Health Centers, you will provide leadership and supervision to animal health subject matter experts, coordinating and directing national cooperative animal disease control and eradication programs for ruminants, aquaculture, swine, equine, poultry, and/or other species. This position would be housed in the Aquaculture, Swine, Equine, and Poultry Health Center and maintain primary responsibility for Poultry Health activities.

Major Duties:

• The duties described are for the full-performance level. The duties may include, but are not limited to:
• Formulates, organizes, and executes national cooperative animal disease control and eradication programs to maintain a thriving animal agriculture system in the United States.
• Provides leadership in the development of department regulations, guidance, specific objectives, programs, policies, and procedures for the oversight and implementation of Federal and state field activities.
• Prepares and approves briefing papers, administrative reports, correspondence, budget documents, scientific papers, manuscripts, and other written materials related to staff operations.
• Collaborates with the Director to oversee the planning, initiating, and directing of pilot projects, preparedness tests, and/or other special studies concerning specific problems related to programs.
• Represents the Director and other senior leaders and the Department at national and international meetings concerning the development, modification, or adoption of rules, regulations, and procedures.
• Provides guidance to staff on standards and protocol for communicating important veterinary and regulatory concepts to APHIS, other Federal and State government officials, field personnel, etc.
• Develops and maintains professional contacts with research leaders and regulatory officials throughout the United States and other countries to keep abreast of new advances in veterinary science.

Qualifications: Applicants must meet all qualifications and eligibility requirements by the closing date of the announcement including time-in-grade restrictions, specialized experience and/or education, as defined below. TIME-IN-GRADE: Current federal employees applying for a promotion opportunity must meet time-in-grade (TIG) requirement of 52 weeks of service at the next lower grade level in the normal line of progression for the position being filled. BASIC REQUIREMENT: Must meet the Basic Requirement(s) outlined in the Education section below. FOR THE GS-14 LEVEL: Applicants must have one year of specialized experience (equivalent to the GS-13 level) that may have been obtained in the private or public (local, county, state, Federal) sectors which demonstrates: Directing the work or leading a team of subject matter experts in regulatory animal health Developing regulations, policies and protocols to implement national surveillance and control programs for animal diseases and/or pests Analyzing data and reports to include epidemiology, disease risk factors, and research studies, and applying findings toward the development and implementation of animal disease and/or pest surveillance and control programs Note: There is no education substitution for this grade level. TRANSCRIPTS are required. This position requires specific coursework or a degree in a specific field to be basically qualified. this education must have been successfully completed and obtained from an accredited school, college or university. 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). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

How to Apply: Please read the entire announcement and all instructions before you begin. You must complete this application process and submit all required documents electronically by 11:59p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on the closing date of this announcement. Applying online is highly encouraged. We are available to assist you during business hours (normally 8:00a.m. - 4:00p.m., Monday - Friday). If applying online poses a hardship, contact the Agency Contact listed below well before the closing date for an alternate method. All hardship application packages must be complete and submitted no later than noon ET on the closing date of the announcement in order to be entered into the system prior to its closing. Resume cannot exceed two pages. This agency provides reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities on a case-by-case basis; contact the Agency Contact to request this. Step 1: Create a USAJOBS account (if you do not already have one) at www.usajobs.gov. It is recommended that as part of your profile you set up automatic email notification to be informed when the status of your application changes. If you choose not to set up this automatic notification, then you will have to log into your USAJOBS account to check on the status of your application. Step 2: Create a Resume with USAJOBS or upload a Resume into your USAJOBS account. You may want to customize your resume to ensure it documents duties and accomplishments you have gained that are directly related to this position in order to verify that qualifications are met. In addition, your resume must support your responses to the online questionnaire (you may preview the online questionnaire by clicking on the link at the end of the How You Will Be Evaluated section of the job announcement). Step 3: Click "Apply Online" and follow the prompts to complete the Occupational Questionnaire and attach any additional documents that may be required. You can update your application or documents anytime while the announcement is open. Simply log into your USAJOBS account and click on "Application Status." Click on the position title, and then select "Update Application" to continue. NOTE: Please verify that documents you are uploading from USAJOBs transfer into the Agency's staffing system as there is a limitation to the number of documents that can be transferred. However, once in the Agency's staffing system, you will have the opportunity to upload additional documents. Uploaded documents must be less than 5MB and in one of the following document formats: GIF, JPG, JPEG, PNG, RTF, PDF, TXT or Word (DOC or DOCX). Do not upload Adobe Portfolio documents because they are not viewable. Only one resume will be reviewed. Applicants who submit a resume that exceeds two pages will be removed from consideration.

Application Deadline: 2026-03-12