Veterinary Medical Officer
What you'd do
The incumbent serves as a Senior Veterinary Medical Officer with nationwide authority and responsibility across multiple mission-critical areas within the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS). Managing complex policy, technical expertise, regulatory functions and related authorities.Your work may have national implications in protecting animals, plants, and personnel from disease of epidemic proportions.
Major duties
The duties may include, but are not limited to: Serves as the agency’s senior expert on providing authoritative regulatory interpretation of horses covered by the Horse Protection Act, as well as the regulatory requirements for pet animals and the transportation of all regulated species. Guides national policy development for the veterinary biologics industry within multi disciplinary teams to ensure consistent, compliant regulatory frameworks. Provides senior technical consultation on complex facilities, enforcement actions, and high impact regulatory matters. Supports national emergency readiness through guidance on biologics acquisition strategies and regulatory pathways. Assesses production methods, validation data, and risk factors for domestic and foreign biologics and advises on national regulatory impacts. Evaluates domestic and foreign biologics for suitability during foreign animal disease emergencies and provides expert recommendations to leadership. Represents APHIS in national and external engagements with federal and state partners, industry, and scientific stakeholders. Reviews applications for US Veterinary Biologic Establishment Licenses, Product Licenses and Permits for conformance with the Virus-Serum-Toxin Act. Reviews and evaluates the manufacturing, immunological, microbiological, and clinical effects of new veterinary biological products (vaccines, antibody therapies, and diagnostic test kits).
What you need to qualify
Applicants must meet all qualifications and eligibility requirements by the closing date of the announcement, including specialized experience and/or education, as defined below. All applicants must meet the Basic Requirement 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: Provide expert evaluation of veterinary biological products or lead development of advanced diagnostic and laboratory testing methods, including virology and molecular biology tools for animal disease detection. Lead and advise senior leadership on highly complex, sensitive, or precedent setting import and export regulatory cases, applying authoritative judgment and cross agency problem solving. Providing superior customer service, resource management and information sharing, and contributing to modernizing information technology infrastructure and support services, to deliver timely, accurate and easily accessible knowledge to customers and stakeholders. Develops policy regarding animal diagnostic testing or vaccines impacting the national or international animal health industry. 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.
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