Status: Full-time position
Location: Conyers, GA
Salary: $101,035.00 to $136,771.00 / Per Year
Deadline Date: 5/06/13
Date Available:
Job Summary: Relocation expenses will not be paid
This position is located with the Aquaculture, Swine, Equine and Poultry (ASEP) Unit, National Center for Animal Health Programs (NCAHP), Veterinary Services (VS). The incumbent serves as Senior Coordinator, the National Poultry Improvement Plan (NPIP) and collaborates with a NPIP Staff Officer in the direction, administration, and coordination of the NPIP.
You can make a difference! The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Marketing and Regulatory Programs (MRP) needs bright, energetic and committed professionals to facilitate the domestic and international marketing of U.S. agricultural products and to protect the health and care of animals and plants in the United States. MRP offers an array of occupations and is committed to diversity in the workplace. We operate in domestic and global markets. Be part of an organization that protects the health and agriculture of the American people.
Qualifications: Degree Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) or equivalent degree, i.e., Veterinary Medical Doctor (VMD), obtained at a school or college of veterinary medicine accredited by the American Veterinary Medical Association Council on Education (AVMA). The AVMA web site has a listing of all AVMA-accredited veterinary medical schools. AVMA web site: http://www.avma.org OR
Graduates of foreign veterinary medical schools that are not accredited by the AVMA Council on Education must meet one of the following requirements: (Refer to AVMA web site http://www.avma.org for information about schools in this category.)
Proof of certification of their final transcript by the Educational Commission for Foreign Veterinary Graduates (ECFVG);
Possession of a permanent, full, and unrestricted license to practice veterinary medicine in a State, District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or a territory of the United States that includes successful completion of the North American Veterinary Licensing Examination (NAVLE) or its predecessors, the National Board Examination (NBE) and the Clinical Competency Test (CCT); OR
Proof that the education obtained in a foreign veterinary medical program is equivalent to that gained in a veterinary medical program that is accredited by the American Veterinary Medical Association Council on Education. An AVMA-accredited veterinary medical school or college must have accepted the final transcript from the foreign veterinary medical school at full value for placement into an advanced degree, postgraduate educational program, or training program (e.g., residency or graduate program).
Duties: Provides national leadership in directing and coordinating the NPIP. Serves as Chairperson of the National and Regional conferences and as Executive Secretary of the General Conference Committee.
Collaborates with NPIP Staff officer in the planning, organizing, and conducting of the Biennial National Plan Conference and General Conference Committee meetings (Secretary’s Advisory Committee) of the NPIP.
Participates in developing broad policy and specific objectives for the NPIP, taking into account the most critical needs of the poultry industry.
Advises, consults, and maintains relationships with State poultry officials through personal contacts and participation in State, Regional, and National meetings, along with workshops to coordinate within individual States the organization of poultry improvement programs in accordance with provisions of the NPIP.
Analyzes and evaluates current programs to assure attainment of program objectives, makes recommendations to cooperating boards and Committees, submits plans for extension, change, or discontinuance of current lines of work as appropriate, and coordinates industry action resulting from these recommendations and plans.
Incumbent works with NPIP Staff Officer to insure uniform coordination of the different field and laboratory protocol and procedures for Salmonella contained in the provisions of the NPIP.
Collaborates with the NPIP Staff officer to oversee the uniform coordination of the different field and laboratory protocol and procedures for avian Mycoplasmas contained in the provisions of the NPIP.
Serves in a significant role with the NPIP Staff officer in coordinating different field and laboratory protocols and procedures for avian influenza contained in the provisions of the NPIP.
Provides authoritative technical support in the collection, assembly, and analysis of records pertaining to serological assays, bacteriological examinations, polymerase chain reaction type tests, DNA fingerprinting of isolates (RAPD & pulse gel electrophoresis), flock and hatchery classifications, and related poultry improvement work on a national basis.
Provides leadership in the collection, assembly, and analysis of records pertaining to the blood testing, flock and hatchery classification, and related poultry improvement work on a national basis.
Contributes to developing programs designed to encourage Plan participants in adopting improvement practices compatible with, but not necessarily required by the provisions of the plan.
To Apply:
A complete on-line application will require the submission of the following:
Resume
Responses to the vacancy specific questions (you will be prompted to complete these questions during the online application process)
Supporting Documentation which may be required
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