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Veterinary Medical Officer
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · Posted 1 days ago
Hybrid Atlanta, GA $133K – $173K Apply by Sep 18, 2026 Veterinary Medical Science INFJINTJISFJISTJ Healthcare
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This position is located in the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS), U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Office of Laboratory Systems and Response (OLSR), Office of Laboratory Safety (OLS). This announcement will close at 11:59 PM, on the day that 50 applications have been received or on the closing date, whichever is first.
What You'll Do
- →As a Veterinary Medical Officer, GS-0701-14, you will: Serve as a senior Veterinary Medical Officer providing technical direction and veterinary expertise for U.S.
- →Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) animal care and use programs.
- →Lead program activities across CDC laboratory animal campuses.
- →Direct CDC animal care and usie programs across three laboratory animal campuses, ensuring compliance with federal animal welfare laws, policies, and standards.
- →Develop, coordinate, and implement laboratory animal care and use policies, procedures, and program requirements for intramural and extramural activities.
- →Provide expert veterinary and regulatory guidance on laboratory animal welfare, zoonotic diseases, biosafety, occupational health, and biomedical research.
- →Build partnerships with federal, state, local, international, academic, and private organizations to advance laboratory animal health, welfare, and program objectives.
- →Design and oversee training for animal users, scientists, and institutional committee members on regulatory compliance and laboratory animal care and use.
- →Review epidemiologic studies, surveillance projects, surveys, and investigations involving zoonotic diseases to assess animal welfare and program effectiveness.
- →Lead team activities by assigning work, monitor progress, coach staff, resolve problems, and coordinate completion of program priorities and deliverables.
Requirements
- ✓For further information, visit: http://www.ed.gov.
- ✓TRANSCRIPTS are required to verify satisfactory completion of the educational requirement listed above.
- ✓Please see "Required Documents" section below for what documentation is required at the time of application.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 24d1b70f-b2a0-4417-9d9d-8c4ebf25296d
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