Job Opportunities Available in the USDA Animal Care Program

USDA Animal Care: 

Ensuring the welfare of the animals we regulate is at the heart of everything we do.

 

 

There are multiple job opportunities currently available within the Animal Care program. We are committed to hiring the most highly qualified and diverse workforce possible. Please consider these opportunities for yourself and also consider sending this announcement to any of your contacts who may be interested in joining our team. These job opportunities are located throughout the United States.

 

Please note: The deadline for submitting completed application packages for all of these positions is Friday, July 5, 2013, at midnight EST.

 

Veterinary Medical Officer

Department: Department of Agriculture
Agency: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Number of Job Opportunities & Location(s): Many vacancies – multiple locations
Salary: $57,408.00 to $94,645.00 / per year
Series and Grade: GS-0701-11/12
Open Period: Thursday, June 27, 2013 to Friday, July 05, 2013
Position Information: Permanent – Full-time
Who May Apply: This announcement is open to all United States citizens. (Current and former federal employees may also apply with a separate application to Merit Promotion vacancy announcement #6AC-2013-0015. For information on viewing Merit Promotion announcements, visit www.usajobs.gov and click on Locating a Status Position.)

Animal Care Inspector

Department: Department of Agriculture
Agency: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Number of Job Opportunities & Location(s): Many vacancies – multiple locations
Salary: $38,790.00 to $61,678.00 / per year
Series and Grade: GS-0704-07/09
Open Period: Thursday, June 27, 2013 to Friday, July 05, 2013
Position Information: Permanent – Full-time
Who May Apply: This announcement is open to all United States citizens. (Current and former federal employees may also apply with a separate application to Merit Promotion vacancy announcement #6AC-2013-0013. For information on viewing Merit Promotion announcements, visit www.usajobs.gov and click on Locating a Status Position.)

 

About Animal Care

 

Animal Care is responsible for enforcing the Animal Welfare Act and the Horse Protection Act. The Animal Welfare Act requires that established standards of humane care and treatment be provided for warm-blooded animals bred for commercial sale, used in research, transported commercially or exhibited to the public. The Horse Protection Act seeks to put an end to soring – a procedure in which horses are subjected to chemical and/or mechanical irritants in order to enhance their gate – by preventing sored horses from participating in exhibitions/shows/sales/auctions. Animal Care also has an emergency response component, through which it provides national leadership on the safety and well-being of pets during disasters.

 

For more information, please visit our website: http://www.aphis.usda.gov/animal_welfare.